Christian Ray
@jcjray.bsky.social
Conceptual biology. Multiomics, information, and manifold learning. Ex-academic. Also here for LOLs, pols, and geometric varietals. I obviously do not speak for or on behalf of my employer. #chapellang
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This is a most excellent read. Reducing Rosalind Franklin to simply a victim in the discovery of the DNA double helix inadvertently strips her of her very real contributions.
If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This is a most excellent read. Reducing Rosalind Franklin to simply a victim in the discovery of the DNA double helix inadvertently strips her of her very real contributions.
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If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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new NoVA winemom yard sign just dropped
In This House We Believe:
-Black Lives Matter
-No Human Is Illegal
-Women's Rights Are Human Rights
-Science Is Real
-[redacted due to 18 U.S. Code § 871]
-Love Is Love
In This House We Believe:
-Black Lives Matter
-No Human Is Illegal
-Women's Rights Are Human Rights
-Science Is Real
-[redacted due to 18 U.S. Code § 871]
-Love Is Love
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
new NoVA winemom yard sign just dropped
In This House We Believe:
-Black Lives Matter
-No Human Is Illegal
-Women's Rights Are Human Rights
-Science Is Real
-[redacted due to 18 U.S. Code § 871]
-Love Is Love
In This House We Believe:
-Black Lives Matter
-No Human Is Illegal
-Women's Rights Are Human Rights
-Science Is Real
-[redacted due to 18 U.S. Code § 871]
-Love Is Love
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1/10 Genome maintenance by telomerase is a fundamental process in nearly all eukaryotes. But where does it come from?
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Antiviral reverse transcriptases reveal the evolutionary origin of telomerase
Defense-associated reverse transcriptases (DRTs) employ diverse and distinctive mechanisms of cDNA synthesis to protect bacteria against viral infection. However, much of DRT family diversity remains ...
www.biorxiv.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
1/10 Genome maintenance by telomerase is a fundamental process in nearly all eukaryotes. But where does it come from?
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Statement on Removal of NMB Member Deirdre E. Hamilton
The abrupt removal of a member under those conditions raises serious questions about respect for the rule of law and the independence of the mediation process.
Follow this link to contiue reading: www.brs.org?zone=/uniona...
The abrupt removal of a member under those conditions raises serious questions about respect for the rule of law and the independence of the mediation process.
Follow this link to contiue reading: www.brs.org?zone=/uniona...
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
www.brs.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Statement on Removal of NMB Member Deirdre E. Hamilton
The abrupt removal of a member under those conditions raises serious questions about respect for the rule of law and the independence of the mediation process.
Follow this link to contiue reading: www.brs.org?zone=/uniona...
The abrupt removal of a member under those conditions raises serious questions about respect for the rule of law and the independence of the mediation process.
Follow this link to contiue reading: www.brs.org?zone=/uniona...
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Statistics without calculus is also an atrocity
Physics without calculus is an atrocity.
October 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Statistics without calculus is also an atrocity
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Do you know ~60% of human SVs fall in ~1% of GRCh38? See our new preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2509.23057 and the companion blog post on how we started this project and longdust: lh3.github.io/2025/09/29/o.... Work with Alvin Qin
September 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Do you know ~60% of human SVs fall in ~1% of GRCh38? See our new preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2509.23057 and the companion blog post on how we started this project and longdust: lh3.github.io/2025/09/29/o.... Work with Alvin Qin
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Sweet plums, I'm takin' these
Who am I to ask mercy
I raid the icebox to find some sweets
Everybody's looking for breakfast
Who am I to ask mercy
I raid the icebox to find some sweets
Everybody's looking for breakfast
September 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Sweet plums, I'm takin' these
Who am I to ask mercy
I raid the icebox to find some sweets
Everybody's looking for breakfast
Who am I to ask mercy
I raid the icebox to find some sweets
Everybody's looking for breakfast
Does anyone have access to the full text of this / could I get a copy of the PDF from anyone?
The Enemies of Reliable and Useful Clinical Prediction Models: A Review of Statistical and Scientific Challenges www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... #machinelearning #datascience #statistics #bioinformatics
The Enemies of Reliable and Useful Clinical Prediction Models: A Review of Statistical and Scientific Challenges | Annual Reviews
The current status of applied clinical prediction modeling is poor. Many models are developed with suboptimal methods and are not evaluated, and hence have little impact on clinical care. We review 12...
www.annualreviews.org
September 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Does anyone have access to the full text of this / could I get a copy of the PDF from anyone?
The gallery has more crazy things
September 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The gallery has more crazy things
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Now this is Content
September 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Now this is Content
Pärting the Internet
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ6M...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ6M...
Arvo Pärt- Spiegel im Spiegel
YouTube video by playingmusiconmars
www.youtube.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Pärting the Internet
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ6M...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ6M...
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Well don't I feel stupid
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well don't I feel stupid
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*day 356 of learning German*
This is where I'm at right now.
This is where I'm at right now.
September 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
*day 356 of learning German*
This is where I'm at right now.
This is where I'm at right now.
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George Smoot, explorateur de la soupe cosmique primordiale et Nobel de physique, est mort
George Smoot, explorateur de la soupe cosmique primordiale et Nobel de physique, est mort
L’astrophysicien américain avait reçu la plus haute récompense de sa discipline en 2006 avec son compatriote John Mather. Il est décédé à Paris le 18 septembre, à 80 ans.
www.lemonde.fr
September 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
George Smoot, explorateur de la soupe cosmique primordiale et Nobel de physique, est mort
Yanni - Optimystique (1989 release)
September 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Yanni - Optimystique (1989 release)
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Systems-level feedback loops maintain gene expression homeostasis following RNA polymerase II dosage perturbation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.18.677100v1
September 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Systems-level feedback loops maintain gene expression homeostasis following RNA polymerase II dosage perturbation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.18.677100v1
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
Very cool find. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia - Nature
The pachycephalosaurian Zavacephale rinpoche, from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia, provides crucial insights into the early evolution of dome-headed dinosaurs, including the development of the front...
www.nature.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Very cool find. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
There is something so cute and appealing about Nordic coastal defense ships.
Now Glatton had started life as the bijou battleship Bjørgvin, being built for the Norwegian navy.
Intended as a coastal defence ship, the vessel had to fit into Norway's somewhat constricted naval infrastructure.
Intended as a coastal defence ship, the vessel had to fit into Norway's somewhat constricted naval infrastructure.
September 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
There is something so cute and appealing about Nordic coastal defense ships.