Jeff Good
@jeffreygood.bsky.social
Evolutionary genomics & speciation of mammals. Prof & Director of the UMontana genomics core. http://www.thegoodlab.org
Calm down everyone, apparently Ghost is coming. Probably still working out how to KO the howl.
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I Have a Bone to Pick With the Scientists Bringing the Dire Wolf Back From Extinction — Slate
Come on, do you even know your Game of Thrones lore?
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April 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Calm down everyone, apparently Ghost is coming. Probably still working out how to KO the howl.
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Yes! These days Huey is a strong advocate for conservation research in Montana. One of the good ones for sure!
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March 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Yes! These days Huey is a strong advocate for conservation research in Montana. One of the good ones for sure!
www.umt.edu/news/2024/07...
www.umt.edu/news/2024/07...
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Local coverage of the impacts of federal #science cuts in western #Montana. 🧪
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As DOGE Targets Federal Research, Scientists in Montana Fear Cuts to Critical Programs - Flathead Beacon
An air of uncertainty hangs over scientific research in western Montana as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) makes steep cuts to federally funded programs, prompting the region’s leading ...
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March 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Local coverage of the impacts of federal #science cuts in western #Montana. 🧪
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"It is absurd to mindlessly decimate the workforce that has led the world in science over the past 75 years, and to willingly give up excellent scientists and talent," Beyer wrote.
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US science agency reclassifies hundreds of workers as probationary, US lawmaker says
National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in violation of labor contracts, according to a U.S. lawmaker and agency employee.
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February 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"It is absurd to mindlessly decimate the workforce that has led the world in science over the past 75 years, and to willingly give up excellent scientists and talent," Beyer wrote.
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Just be patient and kind to the remaining NSF folks. I promise you, they are still fighting for American science.
February 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Just be patient and kind to the remaining NSF folks. I promise you, they are still fighting for American science.
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It's weirdly difficult to remember that Trump's popular vote margin was /less/ than Hillary's in 2016. Biden got more votes in 2020 than Trump got in 2024 and Trump surrogates all under-performed in congressional races.
This is not a mandate, I don't get why it is being portrayed that way.
This is not a mandate, I don't get why it is being portrayed that way.
February 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It's weirdly difficult to remember that Trump's popular vote margin was /less/ than Hillary's in 2016. Biden got more votes in 2020 than Trump got in 2024 and Trump surrogates all under-performed in congressional races.
This is not a mandate, I don't get why it is being portrayed that way.
This is not a mandate, I don't get why it is being portrayed that way.
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With all the bullshit coming soon, letting rodents predict the weather is going to seem data-driven in comparison.
February 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
With all the bullshit coming soon, letting rodents predict the weather is going to seem data-driven in comparison.
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What do the molecular mechanisms of trait variation tell us about how evolution works?
A great commentary by @mafaldaferreira.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ping @fishcongen.bsky.social @helsinkiuni.bsky.social
A great commentary by @mafaldaferreira.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ping @fishcongen.bsky.social @helsinkiuni.bsky.social
Evolution of complexity through regulatory variation at a single gene
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January 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
What do the molecular mechanisms of trait variation tell us about how evolution works?
A great commentary by @mafaldaferreira.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ping @fishcongen.bsky.social @helsinkiuni.bsky.social
A great commentary by @mafaldaferreira.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ping @fishcongen.bsky.social @helsinkiuni.bsky.social
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Just FYI I’m not quitting
January 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Just FYI I’m not quitting
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Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
January 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
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Preprint finally out! I show that eco-evo feedback can drive a tipping point where genetic drift overwhelms adaptation. This can result in a contraction of a species' range border or range fragmentation. Fragmentation is abrupt and arises readily under rapid temporal change. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
January 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Preprint finally out! I show that eco-evo feedback can drive a tipping point where genetic drift overwhelms adaptation. This can result in a contraction of a species' range border or range fragmentation. Fragmentation is abrupt and arises readily under rapid temporal change. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Love this. And as a consequence aussies are some of the world's most hardcore commuters...
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Source www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
January 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Love this. And as a consequence aussies are some of the world's most hardcore commuters...
Source www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
Source www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
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Very proud to share this outstanding work by @kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social - now out in Genetics!
January 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Very proud to share this outstanding work by @kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social - now out in Genetics!
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It feels surreal to see my PhD research featured on the cover of Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... Incredibly proud of the work that went into this. And so grateful for the opportunities, resources, support and mentorship from co-authors and my whole scientific community that made it possible
January 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It feels surreal to see my PhD research featured on the cover of Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... Incredibly proud of the work that went into this. And so grateful for the opportunities, resources, support and mentorship from co-authors and my whole scientific community that made it possible
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Why we fund basic research
People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Breaking News: The FDA approved use of the weight loss drug Zepbound for a common form of sleep apnea. It is the first drug authorized to treat the disorder.
December 21, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Why we fund basic research
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Suggestion: Search up Energy Share programs that help people stay warm in the winter. Katherine and I are making a $10,000 donation to Energy Share of Montana today.
December 15, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Suggestion: Search up Energy Share programs that help people stay warm in the winter. Katherine and I are making a $10,000 donation to Energy Share of Montana today.
Happy December 13th to all who celebrate!
December 13, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Happy December 13th to all who celebrate!
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A workflow for Tidyverse-based local synteny visualization: Good for visualizing local synteny across species, genotypes, or acorss regions of a genome. Can be used to showcase copy number variation. Still need to write the tutorial, but will be on my GitHub soon. #Genomics #DataVisualization
December 10, 2024 at 8:14 PM
A workflow for Tidyverse-based local synteny visualization: Good for visualizing local synteny across species, genotypes, or acorss regions of a genome. Can be used to showcase copy number variation. Still need to write the tutorial, but will be on my GitHub soon. #Genomics #DataVisualization
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A new method for trimming alignments in #phylogenomics — PhyIN. It identifies and trims regions with high phylogenetic discord. Able to trim well even on single loci — an advantage for gene tree/species tree studies. #evolbiol #phylogeny 🧪http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18504 Some backstory... 🧵
PhyIN: trimming alignments by phylogenetic incompatibilities among neighbouring sites
In phylogenomics, regions of low alignment reliability and high noise are typically trimmed from multiple sequence alignments before they are used in phylogenetic inference. I introduce a new trimming...
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December 6, 2024 at 12:56 AM
A new method for trimming alignments in #phylogenomics — PhyIN. It identifies and trims regions with high phylogenetic discord. Able to trim well even on single loci — an advantage for gene tree/species tree studies. #evolbiol #phylogeny 🧪http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18504 Some backstory... 🧵
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Just posting this to #popgen
Here's a link to my notes on population & quantitative genetics:
github.com/cooplab/popg...
Hoping to extend it more after the winter holidays, as I'm just finishing up teaching the undergrad version of class.
Here's a link to my notes on population & quantitative genetics:
github.com/cooplab/popg...
Hoping to extend it more after the winter holidays, as I'm just finishing up teaching the undergrad version of class.
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Population genetics notes. Contribute to cooplab/popgen-notes development by creating an account on GitHub.
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November 19, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Just posting this to #popgen
Here's a link to my notes on population & quantitative genetics:
github.com/cooplab/popg...
Hoping to extend it more after the winter holidays, as I'm just finishing up teaching the undergrad version of class.
Here's a link to my notes on population & quantitative genetics:
github.com/cooplab/popg...
Hoping to extend it more after the winter holidays, as I'm just finishing up teaching the undergrad version of class.
Outstanding opportunity here! Great department & city surrounded by the incredible Sonoran desert.
November 18, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Outstanding opportunity here! Great department & city surrounded by the incredible Sonoran desert.
I don’t plan on retuning to Twitter but I am curious to hear thoughts on the point of deleting all past posts before closing an account. Is this mostly performative or are there other reasons to do this?
My twitter account has been closed and locked since November 2022, but I had left the posts up until now.
I just deleted the entire thing in 15 minutes, thanks to a great script from Luca Hammer:
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Thanks to @amyhoy.bsky.social and @thomasfuchs.at for steering me there.
I just deleted the entire thing in 15 minutes, thanks to a great script from Luca Hammer:
github.com/lucahammer/t...
Thanks to @amyhoy.bsky.social and @thomasfuchs.at for steering me there.
GitHub - lucahammer/tweetXer: Delete all your Tweets for free
Delete all your Tweets for free. Contribute to lucahammer/tweetXer development by creating an account on GitHub.
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November 16, 2024 at 4:36 PM
I don’t plan on retuning to Twitter but I am curious to hear thoughts on the point of deleting all past posts before closing an account. Is this mostly performative or are there other reasons to do this?
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Hello, Bluesky. Twitter has gotten too weird. Anybody I know over here yet?
November 15, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Hello, Bluesky. Twitter has gotten too weird. Anybody I know over here yet?