Audrey K Ward
@audreykward.bsky.social
Proponent of joy. PhD in Genetics. Interested in environmental adaptation and advancing STEM education. Opinions are my own. • she/her
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my new AI powered lamp is trained on millions of lamp interactions so it understands that 50% of chain pulls are to turn it on and the other 50% are to turn it off. and honestly, it's a little spooky how it knows exactly what i want almost half of the time
March 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
my new AI powered lamp is trained on millions of lamp interactions so it understands that 50% of chain pulls are to turn it on and the other 50% are to turn it off. and honestly, it's a little spooky how it knows exactly what i want almost half of the time
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I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science
Too poor to science: How wealth determines who succeeds in STEM
From student to researcher, a career in science can come with a high price tag. This Perspective explores how persistent financial barriers limit who can succeed in science, revealing how wealth shape...
journals.plos.org
June 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science
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Audrey Ward @audreykward.bsky.social from the Bensasson lab @dbensasson.bsky.social explores the pop genomics of the yeast 🧫🧽 L. thermotolerans 🍷
They find five major divergence groups and intercontinental migration ✈️
#Evol2025 #Evol25
They find five major divergence groups and intercontinental migration ✈️
#Evol2025 #Evol25
June 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Audrey Ward @audreykward.bsky.social from the Bensasson lab @dbensasson.bsky.social explores the pop genomics of the yeast 🧫🧽 L. thermotolerans 🍷
They find five major divergence groups and intercontinental migration ✈️
#Evol2025 #Evol25
They find five major divergence groups and intercontinental migration ✈️
#Evol2025 #Evol25
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My second dissertation chapter is now published in PLOS Genetics! A really fun study in which we examine hybridization dynamics across space and time between monkeyflowers Mimulus guttatus and Mimulus nasutus in the Columbia River Gorge. @plos.org journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
Fluctuating reproductive isolation and stable ancestry structure in a fine-scaled mosaic of hybridizing Mimulus monkeyflowers
Author summary Hybridization between species can create genetic novelty and promote adaptation, but can also erode species barriers and dilute genetic diversity. Climatic variation likely impacts the ...
journals.plos.org
April 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
My second dissertation chapter is now published in PLOS Genetics! A really fun study in which we examine hybridization dynamics across space and time between monkeyflowers Mimulus guttatus and Mimulus nasutus in the Columbia River Gorge. @plos.org journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
So excited to have successfully defended my PhD - thank you to @dbensasson.bsky.social for your mentorship and encouragement over the years!!
March 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
So excited to have successfully defended my PhD - thank you to @dbensasson.bsky.social for your mentorship and encouragement over the years!!
i wish i could write individual scripts for multiple strains listed in this text file all at once!
the humble while loop:
the humble while loop:
February 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i wish i could write individual scripts for multiple strains listed in this text file all at once!
the humble while loop:
the humble while loop:
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Our accidental finding that "Low level contamination confounds population genomic analysis” is on bioRxiv - a fun collaborative project with the @mcmomany.bsky.social lab
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Low level contamination confounds population genomic analysis
Genome sequence contamination has a variety of causes and can originate from within or between species. Previous research focused primarily on cross-species contamination or on prokaryotes. This paper...
www.biorxiv.org
January 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Our accidental finding that "Low level contamination confounds population genomic analysis” is on bioRxiv - a fun collaborative project with the @mcmomany.bsky.social lab
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...