Andres Bendesky
@bendeskylab.com
Neuroscience – behavior – genetics – evolution
Columbia University
Columbia University
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Andres Bendesky
@bendeskylab.com
· Aug 2
Scientists Discover Gene Responsible For Eating Whole Goddamn Bag Of Chips theonion.com/scienti...
Happy to have played a role in this discovery.
As a case, not a scientist.
As a case, not a scientist.
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Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
January 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
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オオウチ錯視は、円内の市松模様を縦長を描くのが標準的と思うが（左図。たぶん元の画像がそういう配置だったから）、横長にしたらどうであるかのテスト。横長の方（右図）が錯視が強いような気はする。
画像作成プログラムはこちら。
www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/akitaoka/Jav...
画像作成プログラムはこちら。
www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/akitaoka/Jav...
January 3, 2026 at 4:25 AM
オオウチ錯視は、円内の市松模様を縦長を描くのが標準的と思うが（左図。たぶん元の画像がそういう配置だったから）、横長にしたらどうであるかのテスト。横長の方（右図）が錯視が強いような気はする。
画像作成プログラムはこちら。
www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/akitaoka/Jav...
画像作成プログラムはこちら。
www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/akitaoka/Jav...
December 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Ok here it is - out of 44 FDA approvals this year, 31 are small molecules (70%), 26 of those are oral drugs (84%), 22 of them are chiral (71%). This is the largest number and percentage of chiral FDA approved molecules in a single year. Fitusiran is not a small molecule, bonus.
December 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Ok here it is - out of 44 FDA approvals this year, 31 are small molecules (70%), 26 of those are oral drugs (84%), 22 of them are chiral (71%). This is the largest number and percentage of chiral FDA approved molecules in a single year. Fitusiran is not a small molecule, bonus.
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Top 5 most exciting things to happen on the Upper West Side in my lifetime.
December 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Top 5 most exciting things to happen on the Upper West Side in my lifetime.
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Happy Winter Solstice!
Beer can, pinhole camera photos of the Summer to Winter Solstice (2024) and the Winter to Summer Solstice (2025).
You never know quite what you're going to get with these photos, set the beer can pointing towards the sun at hopefully the correct angle and wait 6 months!
Beer can, pinhole camera photos of the Summer to Winter Solstice (2024) and the Winter to Summer Solstice (2025).
You never know quite what you're going to get with these photos, set the beer can pointing towards the sun at hopefully the correct angle and wait 6 months!
December 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Happy Winter Solstice!
Beer can, pinhole camera photos of the Summer to Winter Solstice (2024) and the Winter to Summer Solstice (2025).
You never know quite what you're going to get with these photos, set the beer can pointing towards the sun at hopefully the correct angle and wait 6 months!
Beer can, pinhole camera photos of the Summer to Winter Solstice (2024) and the Winter to Summer Solstice (2025).
You never know quite what you're going to get with these photos, set the beer can pointing towards the sun at hopefully the correct angle and wait 6 months!
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This smells distinctly like collider bias and/or selection bias and/or regression to the mean... You simply can't select teen prodigies, and world class athletes rom databases, and go run regressions without serious consideration of the selection process!
"Most top achievers (Nobel laureates and world-class musicians, athletes, chess players) demonstrated lower performance than many peers during their early years. Across the highest adult performance, peak performance is negatively correlated with early performance" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance
Scientists have long debated the origins of exceptional human achievements. This literature review summarizes recent evidence from multiple domains on the acquisition of world-class performance. We re...
www.science.org
December 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This smells distinctly like collider bias and/or selection bias and/or regression to the mean... You simply can't select teen prodigies, and world class athletes rom databases, and go run regressions without serious consideration of the selection process!
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A story I found about Haiti:
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A story I found about Haiti:
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
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Ok, this is nuts. Once you see it you cannot unsee it. Do you see it?
(OP @drgbuckingham.bsky.social )
(OP @drgbuckingham.bsky.social )
December 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Ok, this is nuts. Once you see it you cannot unsee it. Do you see it?
(OP @drgbuckingham.bsky.social )
(OP @drgbuckingham.bsky.social )
“Sholto David flagged irregularities in Dana-Farber’s researchers’ papers in 2024…
David filed the suit under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act on behalf of the government to recover taxpayer funds…
David will receive 17.5% of the money recovered, or more than $2.6 million.”
😲
David filed the suit under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act on behalf of the government to recover taxpayer funds…
David will receive 17.5% of the money recovered, or more than $2.6 million.”
😲
The Harvard Medical School affiliate will pay $15 million to resolve allegations that its researchers misrepresented images and data in several studies. on.wsj.com/3YiWhBr
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to Pay $15 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations
The Harvard Medical School affiliate will pay $15 million to resolve allegations that its researchers misrepresented images and data in several studies.
on.wsj.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
“Sholto David flagged irregularities in Dana-Farber’s researchers’ papers in 2024…
David filed the suit under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act on behalf of the government to recover taxpayer funds…
David will receive 17.5% of the money recovered, or more than $2.6 million.”
😲
David filed the suit under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act on behalf of the government to recover taxpayer funds…
David will receive 17.5% of the money recovered, or more than $2.6 million.”
😲
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You could read my Dispatch, but only as a teaser for two brilliant papers from Bogdan Sieriebriennikov (Desplan lab) and Giacomo Glotzer (Kronauer lab), which you *must* read.
Olfactory receptors: Making sense (and antisense) of monogenic expression: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Olfactory receptors: Making sense (and antisense) of monogenic expression: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Olfactory receptors: Making sense (and antisense) of monogenic expression
Monogenic expression of odorant receptors (ORs) in individual sensory neurons is a
hallmark of olfactory systems in insects and vertebrates. New studies highlight how
transcriptional interference and ...
www.cell.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
You could read my Dispatch, but only as a teaser for two brilliant papers from Bogdan Sieriebriennikov (Desplan lab) and Giacomo Glotzer (Kronauer lab), which you *must* read.
Olfactory receptors: Making sense (and antisense) of monogenic expression: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Olfactory receptors: Making sense (and antisense) of monogenic expression: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
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New paper alert!!...🤩 Led by @blogeman.bsky.social, we identify how cell type-specific hormonal responses in the hypothalamus tunes parenting behavior in males and females 🐭🧠🍼. Highlights in thread 👇 1/6
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Cell Type-Specific Hormonal Signaling Configures Hypothalamic Circuits for Parenting
Parenting behavior emerges from hormonally sensitive circuits, but how distinct circuit components are affected by, and contribute to, sex and state dependent changes in infant caregiving remains uncl...
www.biorxiv.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
New paper alert!!...🤩 Led by @blogeman.bsky.social, we identify how cell type-specific hormonal responses in the hypothalamus tunes parenting behavior in males and females 🐭🧠🍼. Highlights in thread 👇 1/6
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Deadline for this post-doc position in my lab extended to Jan 11th!
I'm looking to recruit a post-doc to help push forward our growing interests in insect ecotoxicology.
Apply here by Nov 30th!
(thanks for reposting)
career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...
Apply here by Nov 30th!
(thanks for reposting)
career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...
Career Opportunities: Posdoctoral researcher in toxin susceptibility and evolution of resistance in insects (22517)
career5.successfactors.eu
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Deadline for this post-doc position in my lab extended to Jan 11th!
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I am thrilled to share our latest work led by @zurisullivan.bsky.social in collaboration with @moffittlab.bsky.social ! We find that the brain encodes distinct, pathogen-specific sickness states across behavior, physiology, neural activity, and gene expression 1/6
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I am thrilled to share our latest work led by @zurisullivan.bsky.social in collaboration with @moffittlab.bsky.social ! We find that the brain encodes distinct, pathogen-specific sickness states across behavior, physiology, neural activity, and gene expression 1/6
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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The Sudmant Lab & Wilsterman Lab are hiring a postdoc! Come work on the genetics and evolution of the placenta and dissecting genetic adaptations to altitude in deer mice!
Check out more details here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
www.sudmantlab.org
www.thewilstermanlab.com
Please Share!
Check out more details here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
www.sudmantlab.org
www.thewilstermanlab.com
Please Share!
https://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/PostDocs//UCalifornia_Berkeley.Genomics
Postdoc:UCBerkeley.Genomics
Postdoctoral position(s) in computational biology and genomics
Keywords: Genomics; single cell genomics; evolution; reproduction;
ecology; human disease; computational bi...
evol.mcmaster.ca
December 9, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The Sudmant Lab & Wilsterman Lab are hiring a postdoc! Come work on the genetics and evolution of the placenta and dissecting genetic adaptations to altitude in deer mice!
Check out more details here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
www.sudmantlab.org
www.thewilstermanlab.com
Please Share!
Check out more details here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
www.sudmantlab.org
www.thewilstermanlab.com
Please Share!
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Bananas ending to Sixers - Warriors, poor young Golden State fan can't believe it
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Bananas ending to Sixers - Warriors, poor young Golden State fan can't believe it
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I am 100% stoked to lead this effort again this year! Come on out to beautiful Santa Cruz and show off your awesome-est science.
POSTDOCS: We're hosting our fourth-annual Next Wave of Faculty in Genomics symposium in beautiful Santa Cruz, CA, to showcase rising talent in genomics research. Travel expenses are covered for selected applicants ✈️😎🏖
APPLY BY JAN 15: genomics.wordpress.ucsc.edu/calendar_eve...
APPLY BY JAN 15: genomics.wordpress.ucsc.edu/calendar_eve...
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I am 100% stoked to lead this effort again this year! Come on out to beautiful Santa Cruz and show off your awesome-est science.
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We are thrilled to announce the first official release (v0.1.8) of #𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗿, the successor to one of our flagship tool, #𝗯𝗲𝗱𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀! Based on ideas we conceived of long ago (!), this was achieved thanks to the dedication of Brent Pedersen.
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Intro to Bedder – The Quinlan Lab
quinlanlab.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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🚨Job Alert plz RT!
Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition!
We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals
Open-rank
apply.interfolio.com/178146
Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition!
We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals
Open-rank
apply.interfolio.com/178146
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
🚨Job Alert plz RT!
Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition!
We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals
Open-rank
apply.interfolio.com/178146
Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition!
We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals
Open-rank
apply.interfolio.com/178146
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Excited to share work from my postdoc with @docedge.bsky.social and collaborators Matt Pennell and @jgschraiber.bsky.social, newly out over the weekend: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/6)
Observational epidemiological studies can mitigate genetic confounding with the genetic relatedness matrix
Observational studies are commonly used in psychology and epidemiology to identify risk factors correlated with health outcomes. However, these studies are vulnerable to confounding when shared geneti...
www.biorxiv.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Excited to share work from my postdoc with @docedge.bsky.social and collaborators Matt Pennell and @jgschraiber.bsky.social, newly out over the weekend: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/6)
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Surprise heirs are showing up because of DNA test kits and sowing disorder for people handling their loved ones’ estates. on.wsj.com/3Y0SpVj
They Found Relatives on 23andMe—and Asked for a Cut of the Inheritance
Surprise heirs are showing up because of DNA test kits and sowing disorder for people handling their loved ones’ estates.
on.wsj.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Surprise heirs are showing up because of DNA test kits and sowing disorder for people handling their loved ones’ estates. on.wsj.com/3Y0SpVj
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Excited to share the latest work from the lab:
rdcu.be/eRWuD
Great team effort, led by @enriberti.bsky.social first at @unil.bsky.social and now @unifr.bsky.social; with fantastic collaborators @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social and @dahaniel.muench.bio.
rdcu.be/eRWuD
Great team effort, led by @enriberti.bsky.social first at @unil.bsky.social and now @unifr.bsky.social; with fantastic collaborators @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social and @dahaniel.muench.bio.
Evolution of taste processing shifts dietary preference
Nature - Calcium imaging of taste neurons and the ventral brain provides insight into evolutionary divergence of food choice in Drosophila species, supporting a role of sensorimotor processing in...
rdcu.be
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Excited to share the latest work from the lab:
rdcu.be/eRWuD
Great team effort, led by @enriberti.bsky.social first at @unil.bsky.social and now @unifr.bsky.social; with fantastic collaborators @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social and @dahaniel.muench.bio.
rdcu.be/eRWuD
Great team effort, led by @enriberti.bsky.social first at @unil.bsky.social and now @unifr.bsky.social; with fantastic collaborators @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social and @dahaniel.muench.bio.
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41237758/ A thought-provoking perspective on animal development and tissue homeostasis.
Bridging single cells to organs: Mesoscale modules as fundamental units of tissue function - PubMed
Recent studies at molecular and genomic scales have enriched our understanding of life's most fundamental building block: the cell. However, bridging the gap between single-cell phenotypes and the emergent functions of tissues and organs remains a formidable challenge. Here, we suggest that the conc …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41237758/ A thought-provoking perspective on animal development and tissue homeostasis.
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Pablo Villar and team uncover molecules and receptors underlying octopus mating.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing male octopuses to find their sex organs in the dark. https://scim.ag/4roFry3
‘Superarm’ helps male octopuses deliver sperm to females
Specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing males to find sex organs in the dark
scim.ag
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Pablo Villar and team uncover molecules and receptors underlying octopus mating.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...