Natalie Allen
@natalieallen.bsky.social
Evolutionary biology, genomics/bioinformatics, and conservation • PhD candidate at Purdue • she/her
Paper out! We tested the ability of short-read pangenomes to capture variants for population genomics. Super excited to have been part of this project. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Short‐Read Pangenomes and Their Potential Utility in Population and Conservation Genomics
As a collection of all the genetic variants in the gene pool, the pangenome is a concept that will become fundamental to conservation genomic studies. Unfortunately, most pangenomic approaches develo...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Paper out! We tested the ability of short-read pangenomes to capture variants for population genomics. Super excited to have been part of this project. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
now that I have projects on whales and quail… I may have to branch out of vertebrates and get into snails. also, who should I talk to about changing the plural of “quail” to “quails”?
April 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
now that I have projects on whales and quail… I may have to branch out of vertebrates and get into snails. also, who should I talk to about changing the plural of “quail” to “quails”?
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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
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The administration has “proposed a rule change that would essentially prohibit only actions that directly hurt or kill actual animals, not the habitats they rely on. If finalized, the change could make it easier to log, mine and build on lands that endangered species need to thrive.”
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Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn't count as 'harm' under proposed Trump rule
The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big consequences for the habitats of species at risk.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The administration has “proposed a rule change that would essentially prohibit only actions that directly hurt or kill actual animals, not the habitats they rely on. If finalized, the change could make it easier to log, mine and build on lands that endangered species need to thrive.”
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Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
March 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
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can I code fast? no. but can I code well? also no. but does my code work? alas, no
November 30, 2024 at 9:39 PM
can I code fast? no. but can I code well? also no. but does my code work? alas, no
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I created this stater pack with women in ecology and evolution.
If you want to be added you can comment or DM me, but also please suggest the names of those I am missing 🧪🌎🌐
go.bsky.app/8jFH7cS
If you want to be added you can comment or DM me, but also please suggest the names of those I am missing 🧪🌎🌐
go.bsky.app/8jFH7cS
November 30, 2024 at 10:51 PM
I created this stater pack with women in ecology and evolution.
If you want to be added you can comment or DM me, but also please suggest the names of those I am missing 🧪🌎🌐
go.bsky.app/8jFH7cS
If you want to be added you can comment or DM me, but also please suggest the names of those I am missing 🧪🌎🌐
go.bsky.app/8jFH7cS
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Very stoked to get the most recent cover of @sicbjournals.bsky.social! Here's a glorious, pad-reduced viper #gecko (Hemidactylus imbricatus). Check out our the article below and the rest of this awesome issue!
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
#GeckoEvoDevo
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
#GeckoEvoDevo
November 21, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Very stoked to get the most recent cover of @sicbjournals.bsky.social! Here's a glorious, pad-reduced viper #gecko (Hemidactylus imbricatus). Check out our the article below and the rest of this awesome issue!
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
#GeckoEvoDevo
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
#GeckoEvoDevo
first post may as well be about this paper from our lab that came out last week! we present a framework for population genomic datasets aimed at making interpretation more approachable, especially for use in conservation
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Thematic Layers of Genomic Susceptibility for Conservation Monitoring
Population genomics has great potential to inform applied conservation management and associated policy. However, the bioinformatic analyses and interpretation of population genomic datasets can be d....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:03 AM
first post may as well be about this paper from our lab that came out last week! we present a framework for population genomic datasets aimed at making interpretation more approachable, especially for use in conservation
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...