“The Narrows” - SuperRare. This particular shot has never been taken before. Taken at almost 3 miles above NYC in a 🚁 with the doors open. The pilot had to be on Oxygen to legally and safely pilot the aircraft. This is the result of a highly planned and coordinated photo shoot.

Vertgenlab out in the wild! 2 posters and 2 talks at Cold Spring Harbor’s Biology of Genomes. Everyone did amazing! #BoG23 Duke Genetics and Genomics DukeMGM

My friend Gabe passed away suddenly and tragically while doing research in Sonora, Mexico. If you have anything to spare, please help his family and loved ones give him a proper homegoing gofund.me/585b2768

People insist on comparing other cities to NY. It’s a fool’s errand, especially around Halloween.

I can finally update my twitter and linkdin bio to PhD ✨candidate✨ What have I learned while preparing? Don't gaslight yourself over medical stuff and go see a doctor.

Also throw in some insurance-imposed special pharmacy changes from time to time which may lead you to go through the diagram's Phase 2 again

This is a frequently misdiagnosed ailment. The actual problem is not enough bookcases.

Are you guys ready for the buck-wildest agriculture story I've ever heard

This is Otto. He has a lot of squeaky toys. But this one is his favorite. 13/10

And not a year later, y’all have decided to abandon these specimens. What a shame

This cheeky, funny mini-doc on "The Crazy Defenses of Moths and Butterflies" from True Facts by Ze Frank is actually based on real science. Among those contributing expertise behind the scenes were MBL Director Nipam Patel and members of his lab. mbl.edu/news/true-fact…

For me this is the crux of the matter. Some people may be wondering—if the collections are going to end up in another herbarium, what is the big deal? The specimens and their data will still be protected, right? But that isn't the whole story... 🧵 1/n

The use of the phrase “ancestry-specific variant” is increasing, particularly to describe rare Single-nucleotide variants (SNVs). But these alleles are not ancestry-specific. They have not yet been found elsewhere, but they will be. 1/n

NCBS Professor Shashi Thutupalli & comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath, with support from Azim Premji University host Friendship with Science, a series of fun conversations with a range of scientists in India, & for EP 3 they talk to Dr Uma Ramakrishnan, Professor at NCBS. ▶️bit.ly/3Xi4RRA