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dnadam.bsky.social

human geneticist, queerdo, mystery solver, gentle giant, big ol’ nerd, ADHD-brained. He/him https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aJKZ5RYAAAAJ&hl=en

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Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order: 3. Bee Gees, “Too Much Heaven” (1979) dir. Martin Pitts youtu.be/nREV8bQJ1MA

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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

submitted 28 days ago • 615 comments

Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc

submitted 29 days ago • 16 comments

the autoconclave can sterilize any cardinals still tainted by original sin in 30 minutes

submitted 29 days ago • 8 comments

Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order: 2. The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (2001) dir. Michel Gondry & Olivier Gondry youtu.be/0S43IwBF0uM

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"Northwestern University professor Luis Amaral said President Donald Trump’s decision to slash hundreds of millions in federal funding from his institution is reminiscent of the 48-year dictatorship that gripped his home country, Portugal." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/t...

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Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order: 1. Annie Lennox, No More “I Love You’s” (1995) dir. Annie Lennox & Joe Dyer youtu.be/NSkboTTTmpg?...

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Functional profiling of KCNE1 variants informs population carrier frequency of Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome type 2 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.28.646046v1

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News of 23andMe’s bankruptcy “should be a wake-up call for lawmakers, who must work to pass stronger comprehensive privacy protections in general and genetic-privacy protections in particular,” EFF’s @mariotrujillo.bsky.social told @marketwatch.com.

submitted 59 days ago • 3 comments

It’s been a devastating 24 hours with 3 NIH grants terminated…all focused on the health and wellbeing of trans or intersex youth. If folks have any ideas of foundations that may be interested in supporting the completion of these projects so years of work aren’t wasted, please let me know. 🙏

submitted 62 days ago • 15 comments

having their executive order to combat antisemitism be order number "14188" is the kind of thing they do to make us look crazy for pointing it out.

submitted 64 days ago • 30 comments

Per an email to staff I have viewed: the director of NIH’s National Human Genome Research Institute, whose departure Stat reported yesterday, did not have his appointment renewed at the end of his latest 5-year term. Eric Green had held the role for 16 years.

submitted 64 days ago • 3 comments

they’re organizing

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

Francis Collins led the mapping of the human genome, and chose to do big scientific to benefit the public. He is a a former NIH Director. He just resigned his position in government. His resignation letter: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

submitted 83 days ago • 65 comments

Over on LinkedIn, the head of the Executive Secretariat of the NIH -- a central part of NIH leadership 🧪🩺-- resigned with a lettter worth reading www.linkedin.com/posts/nathan...

submitted 92 days ago • 46 comments

The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

submitted 93 days ago • 8 comments