Philipp Bayer
@philippbayer.bsky.social
Working on advancing trust in eDNA at OceanOmics. He/Him.
'It is required that one man should goof gloriously for the people.'
'It is required that one man should goof gloriously for the people.'
Scrolling through this year's CCC fahrplan and Cory Doctorow's talk on a post-American internet looks very interesting - need to watch the recording in 2 days fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/202...
[39c3] A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet
Enshittification wasn't an accident. It also wasn't inevitable. This isn't the iron laws of economics at work, nor is it the great forces of history.
Enshittification was a choice: named individuals,...
fahrplan.events.ccc.de
December 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Scrolling through this year's CCC fahrplan and Cory Doctorow's talk on a post-American internet looks very interesting - need to watch the recording in 2 days fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/202...
Small cultural victory for Australia - found a Bluey gacha!
December 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Small cultural victory for Australia - found a Bluey gacha!
Still don't have my luggage back but my 7-year old fought a humongous sumo ringer in a play fight (and play-won). Don't need my stuff when my kids can make core memories
December 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Still don't have my luggage back but my 7-year old fought a humongous sumo ringer in a play fight (and play-won). Don't need my stuff when my kids can make core memories
I'm in Japan! They lost my luggage! Good start!
December 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I'm in Japan! They lost my luggage! Good start!
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1/ We’re hiring PIs in AI × Biology
The @astar-gis.bsky.social Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) is expanding its AI & Computation domain and recruiting junior & senior PIs.
The @astar-gis.bsky.social Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) is expanding its AI & Computation domain and recruiting junior & senior PIs.
December 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
1/ We’re hiring PIs in AI × Biology
The @astar-gis.bsky.social Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) is expanding its AI & Computation domain and recruiting junior & senior PIs.
The @astar-gis.bsky.social Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) is expanding its AI & Computation domain and recruiting junior & senior PIs.
About 12 hours until I fly to Japan to be reunited with wife and kids. This "garden leave" was surprisingly busy, could use another week or so...
December 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
About 12 hours until I fly to Japan to be reunited with wife and kids. This "garden leave" was surprisingly busy, could use another week or so...
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Zero-shot deep learning for the annotation of unknown eDNA sequences using co-occurrences and phylogenetic embeddings https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41417866/
December 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Zero-shot deep learning for the annotation of unknown eDNA sequences using co-occurrences and phylogenetic embeddings https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41417866/
Reposted by Philipp Bayer
Unraveling multipredator impacts in salmon-bearing rivers using quantitative DNA metabarcoding. A wonderful collaboration with @jwinkfish.bsky.social.
@uwsafs.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwfreshwater.bsky.social
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esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@uwsafs.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwfreshwater.bsky.social
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esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
December 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Unraveling multipredator impacts in salmon-bearing rivers using quantitative DNA metabarcoding. A wonderful collaboration with @jwinkfish.bsky.social.
@uwsafs.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwfreshwater.bsky.social
👇
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@uwsafs.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwfreshwater.bsky.social
👇
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Three decades of biodiversity data, published one decade after we started the project!
Our new paper in @NatureComms shows how airborne eDNA from archived aerosol filters can track ecosystem changes across the tree of life—2700+ genera, weekly resolution, 34 years.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new paper in @NatureComms shows how airborne eDNA from archived aerosol filters can track ecosystem changes across the tree of life—2700+ genera, weekly resolution, 34 years.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Airborne eDNA captures three decades of ecosystem biodiversity - Nature Communications
Quantifying ecosystem dynamics is critical in the face of rapid environmental change. This study uses airborne eDNA to quantify changes in organism abundances across the tree of life and reveal a regi...
www.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Three decades of biodiversity data, published one decade after we started the project!
Our new paper in @NatureComms shows how airborne eDNA from archived aerosol filters can track ecosystem changes across the tree of life—2700+ genera, weekly resolution, 34 years.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new paper in @NatureComms shows how airborne eDNA from archived aerosol filters can track ecosystem changes across the tree of life—2700+ genera, weekly resolution, 34 years.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Philipp Bayer
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
Let me put of this prison of my own construction
December 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Let me put of this prison of my own construction
Posted this and then a distant relative died. I got the message
What a year this has been. It got worse, then it got worse, then things got worse.
I'd say "2026 can only get better" but that's what I said about 2025 and see what that got us all
I'd say "2026 can only get better" but that's what I said about 2025 and see what that got us all
December 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Posted this and then a distant relative died. I got the message
Love it when im about to hop on a plane in two days, they cancel one of the return legs that would take me out of the country. I need that leaving flight for the tourist visum on Sunday.....
December 19, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Love it when im about to hop on a plane in two days, they cancel one of the return legs that would take me out of the country. I need that leaving flight for the tourist visum on Sunday.....
Last day officially being employed!
Back to being employed 5th January...
Back to being employed 5th January...
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Last day officially being employed!
Back to being employed 5th January...
Back to being employed 5th January...
My Word finally pastes without the source's formatting... which should have been the.default twenty years ago.
I guess it took too many people getting dragged for directly copy-pasting from chatGPT for this change to happen
I guess it took too many people getting dragged for directly copy-pasting from chatGPT for this change to happen
December 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My Word finally pastes without the source's formatting... which should have been the.default twenty years ago.
I guess it took too many people getting dragged for directly copy-pasting from chatGPT for this change to happen
I guess it took too many people getting dragged for directly copy-pasting from chatGPT for this change to happen
What a year this has been. It got worse, then it got worse, then things got worse.
I'd say "2026 can only get better" but that's what I said about 2025 and see what that got us all
I'd say "2026 can only get better" but that's what I said about 2025 and see what that got us all
December 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
What a year this has been. It got worse, then it got worse, then things got worse.
I'd say "2026 can only get better" but that's what I said about 2025 and see what that got us all
I'd say "2026 can only get better" but that's what I said about 2025 and see what that got us all
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AI folks now having to realise what GWAS folks did about studying bacterial genome datasets. Great work by great researchers
#MachineLearning methods are used to predict #AntimicrobialResistance #AMR from genomic data. @lbarquist.bsky.social &co show that sampling biases driven by population structure severely undermine the accuracy of AMR prediction models even with large datasets @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4iZ0zXQ
December 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
AI folks now having to realise what GWAS folks did about studying bacterial genome datasets. Great work by great researchers
I'm on level 4 of wanikani and the difference between 去 and 先 is killing me. Look very similar, have similar meaning ("previous" and "past"). Aaaah
December 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I'm on level 4 of wanikani and the difference between 去 and 先 is killing me. Look very similar, have similar meaning ("previous" and "past"). Aaaah
Had my farewell tea with OceanOmics today... beautiful words and amazing farewell gifts!! Very emotional
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Had my farewell tea with OceanOmics today... beautiful words and amazing farewell gifts!! Very emotional
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
WaniKani is having its end of the year sale!! Just subscribed for a year (too poor for lifetime subscription)
December 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
WaniKani is having its end of the year sale!! Just subscribed for a year (too poor for lifetime subscription)
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Wouldn’t it be kind of wild if someone actually pulled everything we know about what happens to eDNA between shedding and detection?
Decay, transport, microbes, temperature, rivers, oceans, all of it?!
We did that.
📄 Preprint link: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
🧬🔍🌊
#eDNA #MolecularEcology
Decay, transport, microbes, temperature, rivers, oceans, all of it?!
We did that.
📄 Preprint link: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
🧬🔍🌊
#eDNA #MolecularEcology
Fate and transport of environmental DNA: mapping the knowns and unknowns
The use of environmental DNA (eDNA) in routine biomonitoring is transforming our ability to detect and quantify aquatic species. However, translating these indirect molecular detections into ecologica...
www.researchsquare.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Wouldn’t it be kind of wild if someone actually pulled everything we know about what happens to eDNA between shedding and detection?
Decay, transport, microbes, temperature, rivers, oceans, all of it?!
We did that.
📄 Preprint link: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
🧬🔍🌊
#eDNA #MolecularEcology
Decay, transport, microbes, temperature, rivers, oceans, all of it?!
We did that.
📄 Preprint link: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
🧬🔍🌊
#eDNA #MolecularEcology
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More on ARC job cuts & restructure:
ARC’s spending $374k on consultants for organisational “review” & “planning & development”.
They’re also spending $765k on “risk management”.
That’s $1.1 million on consultants being spent over 1 year.
Un. Believable.
Slow clap, ARC.
ARC’s spending $374k on consultants for organisational “review” & “planning & development”.
They’re also spending $765k on “risk management”.
That’s $1.1 million on consultants being spent over 1 year.
Un. Believable.
Slow clap, ARC.
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
More on ARC job cuts & restructure:
ARC’s spending $374k on consultants for organisational “review” & “planning & development”.
They’re also spending $765k on “risk management”.
That’s $1.1 million on consultants being spent over 1 year.
Un. Believable.
Slow clap, ARC.
ARC’s spending $374k on consultants for organisational “review” & “planning & development”.
They’re also spending $765k on “risk management”.
That’s $1.1 million on consultants being spent over 1 year.
Un. Believable.
Slow clap, ARC.
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I'm excited to announce the newest release of {tidypredict}!
This release brings for standardization to outputs, faster trees for parsing and prediction, and glmnet support
tidyverse.org/blog/2025/12...
#rstats #tidymodels
This release brings for standardization to outputs, faster trees for parsing and prediction, and glmnet support
tidyverse.org/blog/2025/12...
#rstats #tidymodels
tidypredict 1.0.0
tidypredict 1.0.0 brings faster computations for tree-based models, more efficient tree representations, glmnet model support, and a change in how random forests are handled.
tidyverse.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I'm excited to announce the newest release of {tidypredict}!
This release brings for standardization to outputs, faster trees for parsing and prediction, and glmnet support
tidyverse.org/blog/2025/12...
#rstats #tidymodels
This release brings for standardization to outputs, faster trees for parsing and prediction, and glmnet support
tidyverse.org/blog/2025/12...
#rstats #tidymodels
Spending this garden leave very well (watching countless videos of a guy trimming cows' hooves)
December 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Spending this garden leave very well (watching countless videos of a guy trimming cows' hooves)