Bruce Hamilton
@bahome.bsky.social
Professor, personal account. Genetics, genomics, brain development, other stuff. Typo-prone. If you’re nice I’ll post dog photos.
If you click the Starter Packs tab below you’ll find two I made for genetics and genomics accounts.
If you click the Starter Packs tab below you’ll find two I made for genetics and genomics accounts.
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Bruce Hamilton
@bahome.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Open data or it didn’t happen.
Endorsed:
On this day I always recommend reading The Guns of August, a superb book about how the events of August 1914 led to a global conflict that killed and wounded tens of millions. President John F. Kennedy was so impressed by it that he ordered the Pentagon to send a copy to every general.
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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this is true, but in some ways this is one of the most hidden areas of review. Some grantsmanship complaints are preferences, but some really affect the ability of reviewers to evaluate the grant. Because commenting on them is discouraged, they can remain mysterious for less connected applicants
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
this is true, but in some ways this is one of the most hidden areas of review. Some grantsmanship complaints are preferences, but some really affect the ability of reviewers to evaluate the grant. Because commenting on them is discouraged, they can remain mysterious for less connected applicants
“Treat others as you want to be treated,” he murmurs at the list of declined-to-review-a-paper-squarely-in-their-expertise-for-a-journal-where-they-publish.
October 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“Treat others as you want to be treated,” he murmurs at the list of declined-to-review-a-paper-squarely-in-their-expertise-for-a-journal-where-they-publish.
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Keeping all those old publications behind their paywall is one of the most anti-educational things @AAAS does. Inconsistent with the "Advancement of Science."
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Keeping all those old publications behind their paywall is one of the most anti-educational things @AAAS does. Inconsistent with the "Advancement of Science."
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Cool development
@nejm.org Evidence will publish a section in association with @cidrap.bsky.social on public health and vaccine issues usually covered by the now-dead MMWR
www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...
#publicHealth #MedSky
@nejm.org Evidence will publish a section in association with @cidrap.bsky.social on public health and vaccine issues usually covered by the now-dead MMWR
www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...
#publicHealth #MedSky
NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication
Two institutions are coming together to create an alternative to the CDC’s vaunted Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
www.statnews.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Cool development
@nejm.org Evidence will publish a section in association with @cidrap.bsky.social on public health and vaccine issues usually covered by the now-dead MMWR
www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...
#publicHealth #MedSky
@nejm.org Evidence will publish a section in association with @cidrap.bsky.social on public health and vaccine issues usually covered by the now-dead MMWR
www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...
#publicHealth #MedSky
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Scientists themselves determine what is valued within science. Yet we act as if beholden to external managers, bean-counters who confuse the production of papers with scientific progress.
We don't have to find better ways to navigate the prison of metrics-driven scientific assessment.
We don't have to find better ways to navigate the prison of metrics-driven scientific assessment.
October 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Scientists themselves determine what is valued within science. Yet we act as if beholden to external managers, bean-counters who confuse the production of papers with scientific progress.
We don't have to find better ways to navigate the prison of metrics-driven scientific assessment.
We don't have to find better ways to navigate the prison of metrics-driven scientific assessment.
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Does anyone have an unlocked copy of Bateson (1907) “Facts limiting the theory of heredity” in Science? Apparently our subscription does not cover fresh papers from 118 years ago. Surely this is public domain by now?
October 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Does anyone have an unlocked copy of Bateson (1907) “Facts limiting the theory of heredity” in Science? Apparently our subscription does not cover fresh papers from 118 years ago. Surely this is public domain by now?
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The @uncchapelhill.bsky.social Department of Biology is searching for tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see:
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
October 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The @uncchapelhill.bsky.social Department of Biology is searching for tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see:
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
What is the most hopeful thing you have read recently?
October 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
What is the most hopeful thing you have read recently?
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All I want this Halloween is for the corpses of the Radical Republicans of the 19th Century to rise from their graves and cleanse this country.
24 states have filed a brief at the Supreme Court in support of the Trump administration's effort to curb birthright citizenship, suggesting that it is not correct to say the issue is "settled and beyond debate."
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
October 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
All I want this Halloween is for the corpses of the Radical Republicans of the 19th Century to rise from their graves and cleanse this country.
Does anyone have an unlocked copy of Bateson (1907) “Facts limiting the theory of heredity” in Science? Apparently our subscription does not cover fresh papers from 118 years ago. Surely this is public domain by now?
October 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Does anyone have an unlocked copy of Bateson (1907) “Facts limiting the theory of heredity” in Science? Apparently our subscription does not cover fresh papers from 118 years ago. Surely this is public domain by now?
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If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
Cool cucumber paper in Journal Club this morning.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Plant genetics for George Beadle’s birthday (born #OTD 1903)
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Plant genetics for George Beadle’s birthday (born #OTD 1903)
Redirecting
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Cool cucumber paper in Journal Club this morning.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Plant genetics for George Beadle’s birthday (born #OTD 1903)
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Plant genetics for George Beadle’s birthday (born #OTD 1903)
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In the October issue of #GENETICS, @bahome.bsky.social and the team investigated unexplained phenotype differences among premature termination codon variants caused by small, frame-shifting deletions in Zfp423 in mice. buff.ly/SWA7csm
October 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
In the October issue of #GENETICS, @bahome.bsky.social and the team investigated unexplained phenotype differences among premature termination codon variants caused by small, frame-shifting deletions in Zfp423 in mice. buff.ly/SWA7csm
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“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
—Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water
—Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water
October 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
—Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water
—Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water
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My quote of the day
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
Maya Angelou
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
Maya Angelou
October 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
My quote of the day
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
Maya Angelou
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
Maya Angelou
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America’s founders fiercely disagreed about a lot of things. One thing that united them: No kings.
October 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
America’s founders fiercely disagreed about a lot of things. One thing that united them: No kings.
Standardizing models across a field so that everyone gets the same answer is only helpful if the answer is (1) correct and (2) generalizable.
Otherwise it’s a regulated circle jerk.
Otherwise it’s a regulated circle jerk.
October 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Standardizing models across a field so that everyone gets the same answer is only helpful if the answer is (1) correct and (2) generalizable.
Otherwise it’s a regulated circle jerk.
Otherwise it’s a regulated circle jerk.
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I've received an 'exclusive' invite to try Nature's new 'research assistant', which will burn down a forest to provide a 'summary of the paper' I'm reading and I have SUCH exciting news for them, that's called an 'abstract' and the actual authors already wrote it for me, no forest-burning required.
October 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I've received an 'exclusive' invite to try Nature's new 'research assistant', which will burn down a forest to provide a 'summary of the paper' I'm reading and I have SUCH exciting news for them, that's called an 'abstract' and the actual authors already wrote it for me, no forest-burning required.
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October 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM