Kyle Serikawa
@kyleserikawa.bsky.social
Scientist. Genetics, genomics, biotech, systems. Interested in all kinds of things.
Agree
Claus Wilke@clauswilke.com · 6h agoYou may have seen that Claude can now design peptide binders. I'm not quite sure what to make of this, but I'm quite certain Claude has not unlocked anything new that wasn't already available in all the standalone tools that are floating around. blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/has-anthro...
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
I am delighted to announce that The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Utah is continuing a multi-year recruiting initiative for multiple tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant Professor. Please share and consider applying! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/208...
HHS Replaces Childhood Vaccination Schedule With List Of Recommended Animal Bites https://theonion.com/hhs-replaces-childhood-vaccination-schedule-with-list-of-recommended-animal-bites/
Science. In a time when science is under attack, people need to understand how our lives have been improved through scientific research. ex: PCR, a cornerstone of biomedical science is thanks to asking how bacteria reproduce at high temperatures. GLP1 drugs came from gila monster venom studies…
Nobel Prize@nobelprize.org · 5d agoWhat kind of content would you like to see on the Nobel Prize’s Bluesky profile? Let us know in the comments.
My message to Trump: hands off our public lands. Without the Roadless Rule, 2 million acres of forest in WA state alone will be unprotected and up for grabs to Trump's highest bidder. This is outrageous, and I will do everything I can to fight back.
Trump Administration Moves to Allow Logging in Pristine National Forests
The move to repeal the ‘roadless rule’ would pave the way for road construction and logging in nearly 45 million acres of untouched back country.
nytimes.com
Two unvaccinated people have died from measles in Pennsylvania, state health officials announced today. Re-upping my recent @opinion.bloomberg.com column on faltering childhood vaccine rates and our growing pockets of vulnerability from entirely preventable diseases:
New Kindergarten Vaccine Data Has RFK Jr.’s Stamp All Over It
In an early but damning gauge of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s impact since his ascent to US health secretary, a growing number of Americans are sending their kids off to kindergarten without crucial vaccin...
bloomberg.com
🧬 Fred Hutch Cancer Center is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in B Cell Immunology. Build an independent research program and advance discoveries in infectious disease prevention and human immunology. Apply: https://bit.ly/3UAoOn5
#data Don't be fooled.
public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 2w agothis is lying with statistics in 3+ ways. 1. y-axis crime 2. we have more recalls at this point in the year than we’ve had in recent years 3. recall counts aren’t very helpful measures because they don’t tell you anything about things like scale or health outcomes and severity.
We're a ground turkey household, thank goodness.
✙ 𝐃𝐨𝐜 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 - 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🖇️ 𝟾𝟼𝟺𝟽@unauthorizedbeast.bsky.social · 2w agoSo, 47 is importing 300,000 tons of cut rate ground beef & ranchers are pissed off but the best part? He won’t say from where this meat is coming. 🤢 iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/08/21/b...
Meta glasses are a workplace menace www.theverge.com/report/98241... These are pretty horrible stories. Why can’t some people not be creeps?
Meta glasses are a workplace menace
“Pervert” glasses are making jobs weird and putting workers on edge.
theverge.com
Gender affirming care IS an essential health benefit relied on by Washingtonians and we will continue to fight for better, more accessible health care. www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-re...
Washington secures court victory protecting gender-affirming care under the Affordable Care Act | Washington State
Attorney General Nick Brown and a multistate coalition secured a major victory on Friday protecting gender-affirming care from federal overreach. The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachuse...
atg.wa.gov
Junior faculty position in Basic Sciences @fredhutch.org! Please repost!
Fred Hutch@fredhutch.org · 2w ago🔬 Fred Hutch Cancer Center is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in the Basic Sciences Division @basicsci.fredhutch.org. Join a world-class research community in Seattle and help advance discoveries in fundamental biology. Apply: https://apply.interfolio.com/190640
I don't want to be judgy or mean but seriously, fuck transphobes forever, they are awful.
This was a terrific counter to the pollyannish views in the Zuckerberg piece. His "better" future doesn't sound like one I'd want to live in. @theverge.com publishes the good stuff.
Elizabeth Lopatto@lopatto.bsky.social · 3w agoI am coming to believe we need a better quality of AI booster www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.
This was a thoughtful take on use cases for different kinds of #ML models for healthcare support. Talks about the challenges of finding the right test cases, how that might impact measures of model performance www.secondopinion.media/the-model-is...
The Model Isn’t the Medicine
A landmark study confirms AI is ready for medicine. The harder question is what ready means.
secondopinion.media
I live in a very blue state and still there were 39% of Washingtonians that voted for Trump. How can an administration justify withholding grant money based on how the state overall voted when the population is a lot more diverse?
The New York Times@nytimes.com · last mo.Breaking News: Federal officials acknowledged in court documents that they canceled grants to states that didn’t vote for President Trump in 2024. nyti.ms/4gRd5Kb
If you're a current or former employee at CDC or FDA in a food safety role, I'm interested in speaking with you for a story for @wired.com. You can reach me securely at emullin.06 on Signal.
The purloined planet: Astronomers find a third planet around the nearby very young star Beta Pictoris… and it was hiding in plain sight for over a decade! [with amazing video of the planet's orbital motion] badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-third-pl... 🔭 🧪
A third planet for the nearby star Beta Pictoris!
The gas giant has been hiding in plain sight for over a decade
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
