DJ de Koning
@djdekoning.bsky.social
Professor in animal breeding at Swedish University of Agricultural Science. Also Pro Vice-Chancellor with reposibility for research infrastructure. Will write about research and academia. opinions are my own!🧬🧪🐄🐷🐔🥚🐟
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
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I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
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Monty Python understood p-hacking
October 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Monty Python understood p-hacking
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🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social
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*Postdoc in Evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University*
We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5
su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5
su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
September 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
*Postdoc in Evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University*
We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5
su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5
su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
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I totally recommend this position on @trstngnthr.bsky.social lab. Great place to do science, and amazing people to do it with! #aDNA 🧪 www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
September 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I totally recommend this position on @trstngnthr.bsky.social lab. Great place to do science, and amazing people to do it with! #aDNA 🧪 www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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We are looking for an Associate Professor in statistical genetics or health data science (fixed term 36 monts).
The position will be in our Aarhus hub at the National Centre for Register-Based Research at Aarhus Universitet.
Read more here: international.au.dk/about/profil...
The position will be in our Aarhus hub at the National Centre for Register-Based Research at Aarhus Universitet.
Read more here: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Associate Professor in statistical genetics or health data science at the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Health Administrative Centre - Health HR, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
September 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
We are looking for an Associate Professor in statistical genetics or health data science (fixed term 36 monts).
The position will be in our Aarhus hub at the National Centre for Register-Based Research at Aarhus Universitet.
Read more here: international.au.dk/about/profil...
The position will be in our Aarhus hub at the National Centre for Register-Based Research at Aarhus Universitet.
Read more here: international.au.dk/about/profil...
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This man on every news show everywhere please.
A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
September 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This man on every news show everywhere please.
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Save the date! #PEQG26 June 9-12 2026 in Asilomar, CA. Happens only every 2yrs, but is my favorite conference. Full website coming soon, and registration and abstract submission opens November 14, but I'm allowed to tease that keynotes will be @jnovembre.bsky.social @jennytung.bsky.social and me!
Homepage - Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference
Visit our website to learn more.
genetics-gsa.org
September 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Save the date! #PEQG26 June 9-12 2026 in Asilomar, CA. Happens only every 2yrs, but is my favorite conference. Full website coming soon, and registration and abstract submission opens November 14, but I'm allowed to tease that keynotes will be @jnovembre.bsky.social @jennytung.bsky.social and me!
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I could not agree more. As Mike Ritchie said in his #ESEB presidential address: learned societies have never been more important than now! @eseb.bsky.social
In relation to positive futures, I would add:
✅ Join learned societies
✅ Publish in their journals
#SocietyJournals #SciPub
✅ Join learned societies
✅ Publish in their journals
#SocietyJournals #SciPub
Six actions for ecologists in times of planetary crisis: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
✅Explicitly recognize and address the #biodiversity crisis
✅Explore positive futures
✅Defend academic freedom
✅Go political
✅Inspire society
✅Address the colonial legacy of ecology
Free to read: rdcu.be/eqjlk
✅Explicitly recognize and address the #biodiversity crisis
✅Explore positive futures
✅Defend academic freedom
✅Go political
✅Inspire society
✅Address the colonial legacy of ecology
Free to read: rdcu.be/eqjlk
August 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I could not agree more. As Mike Ritchie said in his #ESEB presidential address: learned societies have never been more important than now! @eseb.bsky.social
Having a great time with the SLU leadership on our kick-off retreat in Lysekil. Setting our focus and agenda for the autumn term. The environment certainly helps our sunny disposition!
August 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Having a great time with the SLU leadership on our kick-off retreat in Lysekil. Setting our focus and agenda for the autumn term. The environment certainly helps our sunny disposition!
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Results of our (extremely long-term) side project with @amygoldberg.bsky.social and @jgschraiber.bsky.social out now in G3: doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
We benchmarked methods for estimating ancestry proportions under mapping bias and present an adjusted GenotypeLikelihood to mitigate its impact (1/2)
We benchmarked methods for estimating ancestry proportions under mapping bias and present an adjusted GenotypeLikelihood to mitigate its impact (1/2)
Estimating allele frequencies, ancestry proportions and genotype likelihoods in the presence of mapping bias
Abstract. Population genomic analyses rely on an accurate and unbiased characterization of the genetic composition of the studied population. For short-rea
doi.org
August 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Results of our (extremely long-term) side project with @amygoldberg.bsky.social and @jgschraiber.bsky.social out now in G3: doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
We benchmarked methods for estimating ancestry proportions under mapping bias and present an adjusted GenotypeLikelihood to mitigate its impact (1/2)
We benchmarked methods for estimating ancestry proportions under mapping bias and present an adjusted GenotypeLikelihood to mitigate its impact (1/2)
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Incredible! Fascinating piece by @elisabethbik.bsky.social
Discontinuous ridiculous stools – a preprint full of tortured phrases and stolen data
scienceintegritydigest.com/2025/07/28/d...
h/t @retractionwatch.com
Discontinuous ridiculous stools – a preprint full of tortured phrases and stolen data
scienceintegritydigest.com/2025/07/28/d...
h/t @retractionwatch.com
Discontinuous ridiculous stools – a preprint full of tortured phrases and stolen data
“Patients with provocative entrail illness unclassified gave to crisis division a 3-day history of sickness, retching, migraine and irregular stomach torment alongside discontinuous ridiculous stoo…
scienceintegritydigest.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Incredible! Fascinating piece by @elisabethbik.bsky.social
Discontinuous ridiculous stools – a preprint full of tortured phrases and stolen data
scienceintegritydigest.com/2025/07/28/d...
h/t @retractionwatch.com
Discontinuous ridiculous stools – a preprint full of tortured phrases and stolen data
scienceintegritydigest.com/2025/07/28/d...
h/t @retractionwatch.com
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what’s needed is to end crime and disorder in the White House
This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
what’s needed is to end crime and disorder in the White House
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Must-read poetry
July 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Must-read poetry
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It’s an ODE to the Rapist in Chief’s “Art of Deflection” -from the Epstein list 🤣😂🤣
July 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
It’s an ODE to the Rapist in Chief’s “Art of Deflection” -from the Epstein list 🤣😂🤣
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Very pleased to say we have an Assistant Professor job opening (tenure track) in the Department of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin! 😀
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/a... - deadline is August 19th! Please repost!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/a... - deadline is August 19th! Please repost!
July 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Very pleased to say we have an Assistant Professor job opening (tenure track) in the Department of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin! 😀
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/a... - deadline is August 19th! Please repost!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/a... - deadline is August 19th! Please repost!
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqTs...
After Ozzy yesterday, another rock icon bites the dust: George Kooymans of the Golden Earring. Internationally mostly known for Radar Love and Twilight Zone, but in the Netherlands so much more than that. This is from their acoustic tour, the Naked Truth:
After Ozzy yesterday, another rock icon bites the dust: George Kooymans of the Golden Earring. Internationally mostly known for Radar Love and Twilight Zone, but in the Netherlands so much more than that. This is from their acoustic tour, the Naked Truth:
Golden Earring - Another 45 Miles (Video)
YouTube video by Red Bullet
www.youtube.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqTs...
After Ozzy yesterday, another rock icon bites the dust: George Kooymans of the Golden Earring. Internationally mostly known for Radar Love and Twilight Zone, but in the Netherlands so much more than that. This is from their acoustic tour, the Naked Truth:
After Ozzy yesterday, another rock icon bites the dust: George Kooymans of the Golden Earring. Internationally mostly known for Radar Love and Twilight Zone, but in the Netherlands so much more than that. This is from their acoustic tour, the Naked Truth:
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🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website!
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
July 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website!
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
No Cheating. Post the last picture of your pet(s)
July 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
No Cheating. Post the last picture of your pet(s)
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The #GENETICS Primers section is expanding, with Beth De Stasio as Senior Editor and six new Associate Editors joining the team. These guides help bring real research into the classroom. 📢
Browse existing Primers: buff.ly/gOac8h6
Browse existing Primers: buff.ly/gOac8h6
July 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The #GENETICS Primers section is expanding, with Beth De Stasio as Senior Editor and six new Associate Editors joining the team. These guides help bring real research into the classroom. 📢
Browse existing Primers: buff.ly/gOac8h6
Browse existing Primers: buff.ly/gOac8h6
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Dementia Don.
July 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Dementia Don.
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Our latest Plant Genetics and Genomics series showcases research work that identifies new mechanisms in plant evolution, develops new resources, and much more. 🌱
Check out these latest studies published in #G3journal and #GENETICS ⬇️
1/5 🧵
Check out these latest studies published in #G3journal and #GENETICS ⬇️
1/5 🧵
July 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Our latest Plant Genetics and Genomics series showcases research work that identifies new mechanisms in plant evolution, develops new resources, and much more. 🌱
Check out these latest studies published in #G3journal and #GENETICS ⬇️
1/5 🧵
Check out these latest studies published in #G3journal and #GENETICS ⬇️
1/5 🧵
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We are seeking two postdoctoral researchers or doctoral researchers for: (i) Remote sensing advised country-wide genotype-phenotype linking, and (ii) Country-wide study of genetic adaptation and population structure dynamics in a changing climate. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Two postdoctoral researchers and/or doctoral researcher, Future Forests
Two postdoctoral researchers and/or doctoral researcher, Future Forests
jobs.helsinki.fi
June 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
We are seeking two postdoctoral researchers or doctoral researchers for: (i) Remote sensing advised country-wide genotype-phenotype linking, and (ii) Country-wide study of genetic adaptation and population structure dynamics in a changing climate. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
New paper claxon. "Host transcriptome profiling for resistance against lumpy skin disease (LSD)". Collaboration between SLU and Sciensano. Funded by EU through the DEFEND project. 🧪🐄🧬
rdcu.be/ewnGP
rdcu.be/ewnGP
Host transcriptome profiling for resistance against lumpy skin disease (LSD)
rdcu.be
July 16, 2025 at 6:14 AM
New paper claxon. "Host transcriptome profiling for resistance against lumpy skin disease (LSD)". Collaboration between SLU and Sciensano. Funded by EU through the DEFEND project. 🧪🐄🧬
rdcu.be/ewnGP
rdcu.be/ewnGP
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I postulate that Lindau Nobel Meeting organisers are some seriously sick puppies.
mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/recordings/4...
mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/recordings/4...
July 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I postulate that Lindau Nobel Meeting organisers are some seriously sick puppies.
mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/recordings/4...
mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/recordings/4...