We also found two polymorphic L1 with unmethylated 5' end: the reference L1 at chr13:29641706-29647706 and non-ref insertion at chr7:104771658-104771660. The one at chr13 seems also reduced the methylation level of CpG at the right (neg strand insertion, upstream of the 5'UTR).

The final report is out from the Congressional Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. Here's a thread looking at what they discovered about covid origins and how this compares to other government reports: x.com/COVIDSelect/st…

X is getting worse every day.

Human Alu sequences really don’t like foreigners.

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This is cool...

This account is a firehose of quantitative racism but it is worth re-iterating that: if a trait like skin color is caused by genes, and society determines outcomes based on skin color, then -- yes -- those outcomes will also be heritable. This is heritability 101!

Both my kids were born in US when I was on F1 student visa. Hate to see changes affecting future students and H1B workers and I hope this EO won’t stand.

Recent immigration reforms signal major shifts for H-1B landscape. Key changes brewing under the radar that every visa holder should know: 🧵 1/7

Found a fascinating review about geese hybridization (PMID: 27182276) last week. Reading this figure about how nest parasitism could lead to hybridization and my immediate reaction was Tarzan could mate with Terk...

Philip Goff This is basically the teaching of Confucianism: 老吾老，以及人之老；幼吾幼，以及人之幼. On contrast, 墨家 advocate for unconditional love to everyone (兼爱). This was a great debate in ancient China.

Why is nobody talking about the egg price in my TL?

I got covid, and I am fine.

Aaron Rupar It is physically impossible for US to be a surplus country -- How can other countries get their $ ?

Regardless, it was an interesting topic to dig into. Before writing, I would have assumed that China made a large share of the components. But the amount of value going to Chinese companies is surprisingly low. A lot more goes to Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea.

I also got a speeding ticket going fishing when I was a grad student in Utah. I would be deported if this administration happened a few years earlier.

What if Wolverine is jewish? Why it never occurred to me?

Congratulations to our postdoctoral researcher Wesley Saintilnord on being selected as a #JCCFellow! The JCC Fund supports groundbreaking science by the most promising postdoctoral fellows working in cancer and human disease research. jccfund.org/blog/the-jane-…