Gavin Conant
@gavin-conant.bsky.social
Genome evolution, NC State University
http://conantlab.org
http://conantlab.org
My book is available for pre-order!
www.routledge.com/Quantitative...
Or you can request an inspection copy here:
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www.routledge.com/Quantitative...
Or you can request an inspection copy here:
www.routledge.com/textbooks/ev...
January 29, 2026 at 1:09 PM
My book is available for pre-order!
www.routledge.com/Quantitative...
Or you can request an inspection copy here:
www.routledge.com/textbooks/ev...
www.routledge.com/Quantitative...
Or you can request an inspection copy here:
www.routledge.com/textbooks/ev...
The Qbio website (qbio.statgen.ncsu.edu) is now ready to support my quantitative biology text. HT to @caseywdunn.bsky.social for directing me to Web Assembly!!
QBio@NCSU
qbio.statgen.ncsu.edu
January 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
The Qbio website (qbio.statgen.ncsu.edu) is now ready to support my quantitative biology text. HT to @caseywdunn.bsky.social for directing me to Web Assembly!!
The name for what bothers me about chat-bots finally clicked: they are electric monks: quotefancy.com/quote/309784...
(This was a shower-thought that I subsequently confirmed to have been made by many other people...)
(This was a shower-thought that I subsequently confirmed to have been made by many other people...)
Douglas Adams Quote: “The Electric Monk was a labor-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes...”
“The Electric Monk was a labor-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes for you, thus saving you the bother of washing them yourself, video recorders wat...
quotefancy.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:05 PM
The name for what bothers me about chat-bots finally clicked: they are electric monks: quotefancy.com/quote/309784...
(This was a shower-thought that I subsequently confirmed to have been made by many other people...)
(This was a shower-thought that I subsequently confirmed to have been made by many other people...)
Reposted by Gavin Conant
Now accepting applications for SFI’s 2026 CSSS program, a 3-week experience for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and professionals to explore foundational theory, engage in collaborative projects, and connect with a global research community.
Apply by Feb 4, 2026
www.santafe.edu/csss
Apply by Feb 4, 2026
www.santafe.edu/csss
December 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Now accepting applications for SFI’s 2026 CSSS program, a 3-week experience for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and professionals to explore foundational theory, engage in collaborative projects, and connect with a global research community.
Apply by Feb 4, 2026
www.santafe.edu/csss
Apply by Feb 4, 2026
www.santafe.edu/csss
Returning the page proofs for my quantitative biology textbook, out in February: www.routledge.com/Quantitative...
Quantitative Biology: Life from the Numbers
Biology at all scales has become a data-driven science, with large-scale datasets driving fields from population genomics to ecology. Practicing biologists have no choice but to use computational appr...
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December 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Returning the page proofs for my quantitative biology textbook, out in February: www.routledge.com/Quantitative...
Our new dataset modeling the polyploidy shared between Arabidopsis thaliana and its relatives (aka At-alpha) is now in the POInT browser: wgd.statgen.ncsu.edu
Just choose "AtAlpha", Version="TenSpp" and your favorite gene (OBP2, EST1, AGO1...)
#polyploidy
Just choose "AtAlpha", Version="TenSpp" and your favorite gene (OBP2, EST1, AGO1...)
#polyploidy
POInT Browse
wgd.statgen.ncsu.edu
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Our new dataset modeling the polyploidy shared between Arabidopsis thaliana and its relatives (aka At-alpha) is now in the POInT browser: wgd.statgen.ncsu.edu
Just choose "AtAlpha", Version="TenSpp" and your favorite gene (OBP2, EST1, AGO1...)
#polyploidy
Just choose "AtAlpha", Version="TenSpp" and your favorite gene (OBP2, EST1, AGO1...)
#polyploidy
Reposted by Gavin Conant
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
Reposted by Gavin Conant
I think I understand how it can be that LLMs are both exceptionally good and quite terrible at programming. It's because there are two entirely different skillsets that we both call "good at programming." LLMs have only one of them.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/llms-excel...
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/llms-excel...
LLMs excel at programming—how can they be so bad at it?
My explanation for the mystery of why LLMs can be both exceptionally good and quite terrible at programming.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I think I understand how it can be that LLMs are both exceptionally good and quite terrible at programming. It's because there are two entirely different skillsets that we both call "good at programming." LLMs have only one of them.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/llms-excel...
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/llms-excel...
Congratulations to Lindsey Zanno of NC State and her collaborator for showing that what was thought to be a juvenile T. rex is actually a new species!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Teenage T. rex’ fossil is actually a different species
The discovery of smaller predator Nanotyrannus could prompt a re-think of tyrannosaur evolution.
www.nature.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Congratulations to Lindsey Zanno of NC State and her collaborator for showing that what was thought to be a juvenile T. rex is actually a new species!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Gavin Conant
The CAMBIUM NSF NRT is recruiting PhD students @uarizona.bsky.social! Fellowships for interdisciplinary training in biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, plant adaptation, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎
October 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
The CAMBIUM NSF NRT is recruiting PhD students @uarizona.bsky.social! Fellowships for interdisciplinary training in biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, plant adaptation, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎
Applications for the Department of Energy's Computational Science Graduate Fellowship are now open:
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#doecsgf
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October 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Applications for the Department of Energy's Computational Science Graduate Fellowship are now open:
www.krellinst.org/csgf/
#doecsgf
www.krellinst.org/csgf/
#doecsgf