@marchalfon.bsky.social
Even Marie Antoinette at least offered cake...
They literally want people to starve…
Breaking news: The Supreme Court extended a pause on a lower-court order directing the Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits to millions of Americans, preventing federal officials from having to provide the aid for now.
November 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Even Marie Antoinette at least offered cake...
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Pumped for our virtual December 2025 Genomics Education Partnership Science Seminar, presented by Dr. Marc Halfon @marchalfon.bsky.social from the University at Buffalo on Monday, December 8th at 2pm CST. Hope to see you there!
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Pumped for our virtual December 2025 Genomics Education Partnership Science Seminar, presented by Dr. Marc Halfon @marchalfon.bsky.social from the University at Buffalo on Monday, December 8th at 2pm CST. Hope to see you there!
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IMPORTANT UPDATE:
Due to the ongoing U.S. Government shutdown, the i5k Annual Community Meeting scheduled for Oct. 15 has been postponed. The meeting will be rescheduled for a future date once the government has re-opened. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Due to the ongoing U.S. Government shutdown, the i5k Annual Community Meeting scheduled for Oct. 15 has been postponed. The meeting will be rescheduled for a future date once the government has re-opened. We apologize for the inconvenience.
October 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
Due to the ongoing U.S. Government shutdown, the i5k Annual Community Meeting scheduled for Oct. 15 has been postponed. The meeting will be rescheduled for a future date once the government has re-opened. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Due to the ongoing U.S. Government shutdown, the i5k Annual Community Meeting scheduled for Oct. 15 has been postponed. The meeting will be rescheduled for a future date once the government has re-opened. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Please RT and try to alert any federal employees who will not be receiving email notification of the cancellation!
New registration information will be provided once the meeting is rescheduled.
New registration information will be provided once the meeting is rescheduled.
October 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Please RT and try to alert any federal employees who will not be receiving email notification of the cancellation!
New registration information will be provided once the meeting is rescheduled.
New registration information will be provided once the meeting is rescheduled.
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***PLEASE NOTE: IF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT REMAINS SHUT DOWN AS OF OCTOBER 10, THIS MEETING WILL BE CANCELLED AND RE-SCHEDULED AT A FUTURE DATE***
Announcing the 2025 i5k Annual Meeting on October 15th! Anyone with an interest in arthropod genomics is encouraged to join this open meeting. More details here: i5k.github.io/2025_annual_...
#i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects
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#i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects
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2025 i5k Annual Meeting Announcement
Website for the i5k 5,000 insect genome initiative.
i5k.github.io
October 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
***PLEASE NOTE: IF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT REMAINS SHUT DOWN AS OF OCTOBER 10, THIS MEETING WILL BE CANCELLED AND RE-SCHEDULED AT A FUTURE DATE***
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Calling early-career developmental biologists!
Apply for a funded place at our #Workshop, Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution.
Application deadline: 5 December
www.biologists.com/workshops/ju...
#DevBio #BiologistsWorkshops #Collaboration #Networking
Apply for a funded place at our #Workshop, Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution.
Application deadline: 5 December
www.biologists.com/workshops/ju...
#DevBio #BiologistsWorkshops #Collaboration #Networking
September 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Calling early-career developmental biologists!
Apply for a funded place at our #Workshop, Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution.
Application deadline: 5 December
www.biologists.com/workshops/ju...
#DevBio #BiologistsWorkshops #Collaboration #Networking
Apply for a funded place at our #Workshop, Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution.
Application deadline: 5 December
www.biologists.com/workshops/ju...
#DevBio #BiologistsWorkshops #Collaboration #Networking
Excited to be part of this study of enhancer redundancy and modularity in a fly pigmentation GRN. Amazing job by Williams lab following up SCRMshaw predictions!
Redundant and Singular Regulatory Elements Underlie the Rapidly Evolving Pigmentation of Drosophila url: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Redundant and Singular Regulatory Elements Underlie the Rapidly Evolving Pigmentation of Drosophila url: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Redundant and Singular Regulatory Elements Underlie the Rapidly Evolving Pigmentation of Drosophila
Abstract. A major hurdle in understanding the molecular changes responsible for metazoan diversity is the characterization of cis-regulatory elements (CREs
academic.oup.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Excited to be part of this study of enhancer redundancy and modularity in a fly pigmentation GRN. Amazing job by Williams lab following up SCRMshaw predictions!
Redundant and Singular Regulatory Elements Underlie the Rapidly Evolving Pigmentation of Drosophila url: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Redundant and Singular Regulatory Elements Underlie the Rapidly Evolving Pigmentation of Drosophila url: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Hmmm. "Long papers are all alike, but each brief report is unique in its brevity"?
Seriously, not every paper needs to be an epic novel, modeled on Anna Karenina...
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Brief but not bland | EMBO reports
EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.
www.embopress.org
September 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Hmmm. "Long papers are all alike, but each brief report is unique in its brevity"?
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Announcing the 2025 i5k Annual Meeting on October 15th! Anyone with an interest in arthropod genomics is encouraged to join this open meeting. More details here: i5k.github.io/2025_annual_...
#i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects
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#i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects
(please re-post)
2025 i5k Annual Meeting Announcement
Website for the i5k 5,000 insect genome initiative.
i5k.github.io
September 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Announcing the 2025 i5k Annual Meeting on October 15th! Anyone with an interest in arthropod genomics is encouraged to join this open meeting. More details here: i5k.github.io/2025_annual_...
#i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects
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#i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects
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September 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A reminder you/your lab can support FlyBase at Cambridge through the following link. Every bit helps. Please share if you yourself can't donate.
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
August 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
A reminder you/your lab can support FlyBase at Cambridge through the following link. Every bit helps. Please share if you yourself can't donate.
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
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I have published a post on the Oxford University Press blog that outlines my teaching philosophy, and the philosophy behind my Textbook "Organismic Animal Biology - An Evolutionary Approach". Have a look, and if you agree with my philosophy, buy the book and use it.
blog.oup.com/2025/07/know...
blog.oup.com/2025/07/know...
Knowledge and teaching in the age of information
The advent of the World Wide Web in the turn of the last century completely transformed the way most people find and absorb information. Rather than a world in which information is stored in books or ...
blog.oup.com
August 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I have published a post on the Oxford University Press blog that outlines my teaching philosophy, and the philosophy behind my Textbook "Organismic Animal Biology - An Evolutionary Approach". Have a look, and if you agree with my philosophy, buy the book and use it.
blog.oup.com/2025/07/know...
blog.oup.com/2025/07/know...
Anyone else getting a sore neck from all the whiplash?
Trump administration reverses course and lifts pause on NIH grant awards www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t...
Trump administration reverses course, lifts pause on NIH grant awards
The order applies to the entirety of new and, possibly, ongoing research grant dollars that go to universities and academic medical centers.
www.statnews.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Anyone else getting a sore neck from all the whiplash?
With you in spirit...
🥳 Our amazing community reunited to talk about evodevo in our #PASEDB2025!
Find yourself in this nice evodevo-ist people puzzle
🐟🪸🐌🐙🐚🪲🦋🐝
#evodevo #PASEDB2025 #PASEDB
Find yourself in this nice evodevo-ist people puzzle
🐟🪸🐌🐙🐚🪲🦋🐝
#evodevo #PASEDB2025 #PASEDB
July 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
With you in spirit...
I'm recalibrating from "incredibly worried" to "absolutely terrified"
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I'm recalibrating from "incredibly worried" to "absolutely terrified"
the sad thing is how much is reads like a very poorly-executed 8th grade English assignment
I spoke too soon, three AI-generated “articles” have now disparaged me...
atypicalworkday.com/vincent-lync...
atypicalworkday.com/vincent-lync...
TIL about two AI-generated stories that disparage my science and academic integrity. I cannot prove that they were paid for by #ColossalBio or its co-founder Ben Lamm, but you can read them and make your own decision:
www.apnnews.com/who-is-vince...
www.ceotodaymagazine.com/2025/06/vinc...
www.apnnews.com/who-is-vince...
www.ceotodaymagazine.com/2025/06/vinc...
June 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
the sad thing is how much is reads like a very poorly-executed 8th grade English assignment
Our annual reminder that "everyone is awesome", and everyone is welcome, in the Halfon Lab.
June 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Our annual reminder that "everyone is awesome", and everyone is welcome, in the Halfon Lab.
This would be hilarious, only it's not:
"Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, bungled questions on Tuesday about the writ of habeas corpus..." saying “Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country and suspend their right to—”
"Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, bungled questions on Tuesday about the writ of habeas corpus..." saying “Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country and suspend their right to—”
May 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This would be hilarious, only it's not:
"Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, bungled questions on Tuesday about the writ of habeas corpus..." saying “Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country and suspend their right to—”
"Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, bungled questions on Tuesday about the writ of habeas corpus..." saying “Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country and suspend their right to—”
Well, this is terrifying: www.science.org/content/arti...
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
www.science.org
May 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Well, this is terrifying: www.science.org/content/arti...
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PASEDB 2025 Postdoc Award:
Kevin Deem
University of Rochester, USA. Department of Biology
For outstanding experimental work in emerging model species and for excellent mentorship
Do you want to learn more: www.sas.rochester.edu/bio/spotligh...
Kevin Deem
University of Rochester, USA. Department of Biology
For outstanding experimental work in emerging model species and for excellent mentorship
Do you want to learn more: www.sas.rochester.edu/bio/spotligh...
May 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
PASEDB 2025 Postdoc Award:
Kevin Deem
University of Rochester, USA. Department of Biology
For outstanding experimental work in emerging model species and for excellent mentorship
Do you want to learn more: www.sas.rochester.edu/bio/spotligh...
Kevin Deem
University of Rochester, USA. Department of Biology
For outstanding experimental work in emerging model species and for excellent mentorship
Do you want to learn more: www.sas.rochester.edu/bio/spotligh...
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. It's sobering on this day to reflect this week, the U.S. has proposed (1) a Federal registry of people with autism and (2) sent a questionnaire to employees at Barnard asking if they are Jewish.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
U.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish (Gift Article)
A questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. It's sobering on this day to reflect this week, the U.S. has proposed (1) a Federal registry of people with autism and (2) sent a questionnaire to employees at Barnard asking if they are Jewish.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
Pleased to see that @ubuffalo.bsky.social President Tripathi signed on to this letter defending against government interference in higher education: www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U
A Call for Constructive Engagement
www.aacu.org
April 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Pleased to see that @ubuffalo.bsky.social President Tripathi signed on to this letter defending against government interference in higher education: www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Anyone who thinks Trump's war on universities is just about combatting antisemitism--or is only about funding--should read the full text of the truly terrifying letter/set of demands made to Harvard this week:
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
www.harvard.edu
April 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Anyone who thinks Trump's war on universities is just about combatting antisemitism--or is only about funding--should read the full text of the truly terrifying letter/set of demands made to Harvard this week:
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
#NotInOurName
Signed this open letter (shorturl.at/dXu9V) with my Jewish colleagues across the U.S. "We are united in denouncing, without equivocation, anyone who invokes our name – and cynical claims of antisemitism – to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our campus communities."
Signed this open letter (shorturl.at/dXu9V) with my Jewish colleagues across the U.S. "We are united in denouncing, without equivocation, anyone who invokes our name – and cynical claims of antisemitism – to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our campus communities."
Not In Our Name
Sign the Statement March 11, 2025 Not in our name. We are Jewish professors, staff members, and students from universities across the United States. We hold various views about Israel and Palestin...
docs.google.com
April 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
#NotInOurName
Signed this open letter (shorturl.at/dXu9V) with my Jewish colleagues across the U.S. "We are united in denouncing, without equivocation, anyone who invokes our name – and cynical claims of antisemitism – to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our campus communities."
Signed this open letter (shorturl.at/dXu9V) with my Jewish colleagues across the U.S. "We are united in denouncing, without equivocation, anyone who invokes our name – and cynical claims of antisemitism – to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our campus communities."