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Will Ratcliff

@wc_ratcliff

Evolutionary biologist. Prof. at Georgia Tech & Director @QBioS_GT PhD program.

NO LONGER ACTIVE HERE. @wcratcliff.bsky.social

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Two stages of evolution... Grant Kinsler Gavin Sherlock Dmitri Petrov use #ExperimentalEvolution in yeast to show that while 1st-step mutants appear pleiotropic in nature, 2nd-step mutations show a shift towards modular adaptation #PLOSBiology plos.io/4glXoXJ

Two stages of evolution... <a href="/GrantKinsler/">Grant Kinsler</a> <a href="/gsherloc/">Gavin Sherlock</a> <a href="/PetrovADmitri/">Dmitri Petrov</a>  use #ExperimentalEvolution in yeast to show that while 1st-step mutants appear pleiotropic in nature, 2nd-step mutations show a shift towards modular adaptation #PLOSBiology plos.io/4glXoXJ
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I checked out one of these cited papers at random, and the abstract reads like a textbook example of GPT-isms. "by delving deeper into this multifaceted and intricate phenomenon..."

I checked out one of these cited papers at random, and the abstract reads like a textbook example of GPT-isms. 

"by delving deeper into this multifaceted and intricate phenomenon..."
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When I'm writing a grant, first thing I do when I wake up is read the whole draft, top to bottom. Morning brain is by far the most attentive and capable of reading it like my referees will (i.e., seeing it with fresh eyes, not taking the shortcut of filling in the details).

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New major paper from our lab: nature.com/articles/s4158… Interested in learning more? Come read about it at BlueSky, the new home of science twitter. Deep dive here: bsky.app/profile/wcratc… Huge thanks to NIH and HFSP for supporting this work!

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Here's my interview with Steven Strogatz on Quanta Magazine's Joy of Why podcast. This was *so much fun*. I was nervous going into it (I really look up to Steve!), but I had a blast and I think this is the best interview I've ever done. Thanks for having me on, folks!

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Scientists, is it even worth the effort to post here anymore? For comparison, my twitter post about two recent big papers got a whopping 5 likes. My post at the other place got a lot of community engagement. Either the community here is dead, or algo attention is pay to play.

Scientists, is it even worth the effort to post here anymore?

For comparison, my twitter post about two recent big papers got a whopping 5 likes. My post at the other place got a lot of community engagement.

Either the community here is dead, or algo attention is pay to play.
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Exciting news! Will Ratcliff and I published an essay last week in nature reviewing the substantial contributions of 'long-term' studies to evolutionary biology nature.com/articles/s4158… 1/n

Exciting news! <a href="/wc_ratcliff/">Will Ratcliff</a> and I published an essay last week in <a href="/Nature/">nature</a> reviewing the substantial contributions of 'long-term' studies to evolutionary biology

nature.com/articles/s4158…

1/n
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When you're the size of a pencil tip, water can feel as viscous as jelly. To get out of this jam, unicellular stentors team up to vacuum in more prey. These 'Family Style' meals may have been a key early step towards multicellularity Latest for The New York Times: nytimes.com/2025/03/31/sci…