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The Tattooed Professor

@schwessinger.bsky.social

Professor at the Australian National University. Biosecurity, fungal and plant genomics, evolution, and biochemistry. Dad. Swimming, reading, nature.

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David Colaço@davidcolaco.bsky.social · 3d ago

The syllabus for my course Philosophy of Scientific Communication is now available here. Please share to anyone who might be interested in teaching a course like this (and kindly give me an acknowledgment if you use it): drive.google.com/file/d/1LDKY...

Colaco Philosophy of Scientific Communication Syllabus.pdf

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David Colaço@davidcolaco.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Several people seemed interested in my Philosophy of Scientific Communication course, so here is my schedule of readings. Thanks to everyone for their help; I hope to get to additional topics mentioned using these as the anchors:

Arnau Sebé-Pedrós@arnausebe.bsky.social · 3d ago

Happy to share the final version of our study on the evolution of chromatin states across eukaryotes, out today in @natgenet.nature.com Led by @crisnava.bsky.social and @seanamontgomery.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... Some highlights below

Diversity and evolution of chromatin regulatory states across eukaryotes - Nature Genetics

This study introduces iChIP2, a low-input chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing method that profiles histone post-translational modifications (hPTMs) simultaneously across diverse eukar...

nature.com

Peter Solomon@plantpathpete.bsky.social · 3d ago

We're recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow at ANU to help strengthen Australia's preparedness for wheat blast. The project spans plant pathology, genetics, breeding and biosecurity, with collaborators in Australia and Brazil. Apply here: tinyurl.com/25zcj9yy #PlantScience #Postdoc #Biosecurity

Postdoctoral Fellow - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia

Classification: Academic Level ASalary package: $91,546 - $114,906 per annum plus 17% superannuationTerm: Full-Time, Continuing (Contingent Funded) Note: This position will be primarily based at the N...

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Dr Charlie Gardner@charliejgardner.bsky.social · 7d ago

"At this crucial time every scientist needs to examine their conscience, take on board the reality that there will be no research grants on a dead planet – and act accordingly" If anyone would like to chat about getting involved in activism as a scientist, send me a message and check my pinned post

Wildfires are raging – and the world has junked 45 climate pledges. Disaster looms, and little wonder | Bill McGuire

Five years ago, I wrote an open letter asking climate scientists to speak out. Now governments are in retreat, it is surely time to act, says climate professor Bill McGuire

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Lavisha Parab@lavishaparab.bsky.social · 6d ago

Our next speaker will be @dagivi.bsky.social speaking about his preprint on metagenomic analysis of communities in urinary tract infections. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Cross-study metagenomics analysis reveals distinct microbial signatures of urinary tract infections

Background Urinary tract infections (UTIs) represent a major public health concern, increasingly complicated by rising antibiotic resistance, diminishing treatment efficacy, and increasing prevalence ...

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️@napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 3w ago

If you are interested in microbiomes, this is an excellent group of international researchers coming together to discuss current research.

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books

If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.

news.com.au

GreenRobust@greenrobust.de · last wk.

New GreenRobust publication by the group of Eric Kemen on using machine learning to identify beneficial microbiota: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Machine learning reveals biocontrol agents shaping disease outcome in natural Arabidopsis populations - Nature Communications

Plants can recruit beneficial microbes to suppress pathogens, offering a route to rational biocontrol beyond empirical screening. Here, the authors use machine learning to identify disease-associated ...

nature.com

The Tattooed Professor@schwessinger.bsky.social · last wk.

Our first orchid genome paper is out "Inter-haplotype inversions and repeat expansion in the sexually deceptive orchid Chiloglottis trapeziformis" academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-.... All let by our super talented master student Zirui Zhang

Inter-haplotype inversions and repeat expansion in the sexually deceptive orchid Chiloglottis trapeziformis

Abstract. High-quality nuclear genome resources remain scarce for most orchids, particularly Australia’s diverse terrestrial lineages. Chiloglottis trapezi

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Scott Hamilton@sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social · last wk.

On July 25th, global sea-surface temperatures set a record high anomaly of 0.80°C above the 1991-2020 mean, breaking the previous record of 0.76°C set in January, 2024. STOP SUBSIDISING & BURNING FOSSIL FUELS ‼️

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Martin P. Girardin@mgirardin.bsky.social · 2w ago

New paper out! Using tree rings, fire records, Landsat biomass data, and SEMs, we show that atmospheric dryness acts as a coordinating driver of boreal forest dynamics, raising questions about the extent to which growth gains can offset increasing fire-driven biomass losses doi.org/10.1071/WF25...

Atmospheric dryness as a coordinated driver of fire activity and biomass accumulation in northwestern boreal Canada

Rising vapor pressure deficit in northwestern boreal Canada is linked to increased burned area and reduced tree growth, with indirect effects on biomass ac

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Nature Ecology & Evolution@natecoevo.nature.com · 2w ago

Combining genomic data from 156 nematode species with fossil calibrations, the authors develop a time-calibrated phylogeny that resolves the timing of nematode diversification and evolution of parasitism, while accounting for variation in divergence time estimates 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The timescale of nematode evolution reveals late and convergent radiations of parasitism - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Establishing a universal evolutionary timescale of nematodes has been complicated by their patchy fossil record and analytical limitations. Combining genomic data from 156 nematode species with fossil...

nature.com