@rebeccakeener.bsky.social
Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University, interested in molecular biology and genetics (that's as specific as possible), mom, reading fanatic (she/her/hers, my views are my own)
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Heads up: ignore samtools dot org, similarly minimap2 dot com and likely others. It's owned by a known phishing site and while the binaries they offer look valid currently (but note they may be serving us different binaries to others), that could change.
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
September 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Heads up: ignore samtools dot org, similarly minimap2 dot com and likely others. It's owned by a known phishing site and while the binaries they offer look valid currently (but note they may be serving us different binaries to others), that could change.
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
Audible is trying to change their policy to monopolize audiobooks and further reduce royalties to authors who do not exclusively host their audiobooks on Audible (not even with libraries). Please consider signing a petition to oppose this
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Convince Audible to revise it's New Royalty Model
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August 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Audible is trying to change their policy to monopolize audiobooks and further reduce royalties to authors who do not exclusively host their audiobooks on Audible (not even with libraries). Please consider signing a petition to oppose this
chng.it/hx7mQn84VW
chng.it/hx7mQn84VW
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📣New from @alexisbattle.bsky.social & co!
📄Sparse matrix factorization robust to sample sharing across GWASs reveals interpretable genetic components
📄Sparse matrix factorization robust to sample sharing across GWASs reveals interpretable genetic components
Sparse matrix factorization robust to sample sharing across GWASs reveals interpretable genetic components
We developed a computational method to identify genetic pathways shared among complex
traits that applies matrix factorization to decompose genetic associations across
hundreds of phenotypes. Our meth...
www.cell.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
📣New from @alexisbattle.bsky.social & co!
📄Sparse matrix factorization robust to sample sharing across GWASs reveals interpretable genetic components
📄Sparse matrix factorization robust to sample sharing across GWASs reveals interpretable genetic components
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In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No
Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.
www.forbes.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
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People always stop me in the street to ask: "Yoav, where are the disease-associated eQLTs? We found a lot in GTEx but we can't find anymore. Do you know where they are?"
(For the record, no one has ever asked me this, but it is a really good question!)
I think we know where they are.
(For the record, no one has ever asked me this, but it is a really good question!)
I think we know where they are.
June 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
People always stop me in the street to ask: "Yoav, where are the disease-associated eQLTs? We found a lot in GTEx but we can't find anymore. Do you know where they are?"
(For the record, no one has ever asked me this, but it is a really good question!)
I think we know where they are.
(For the record, no one has ever asked me this, but it is a really good question!)
I think we know where they are.
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The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Happy to share our work characterizing functional rare SVs in rare diseases with long-read genome sequencing and transcriptomic outlier data: genome.cshlp.org/content/earl...
Integration of transcriptomics and long-read genomics prioritizes structural variants in rare disease
An international, peer-reviewed genome sciences journal featuring outstanding original research that offers novel insights into the biology of all organisms
genome.cshlp.org
March 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Happy to share our work characterizing functional rare SVs in rare diseases with long-read genome sequencing and transcriptomic outlier data: genome.cshlp.org/content/earl...