Donovan Anderson
@scdja.bsky.social
Horwitz Lab | Inst for Stem Cell & Regenerative Med | Allen Disc. Center Lineage Tracing | U of Washington | Am I the master of my fate: Am I the Captain of my soul - Asking for a cell
- Posting in a personal manner.
- Posting in a personal manner.
This is heartbreaking…
Jean was truly a fabulous person and mentor. Just can not put her influence into words.
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Jean was truly a fabulous person and mentor. Just can not put her influence into words.
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Dr. Jean Spear Campbell Obituary | 1959 - 2026 | Seattle Times
View Dr. Jean Spear Campbell's complete obituary, share memories, and explore 9 tribute posts from the community.
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January 23, 2026 at 11:51 PM
This is heartbreaking…
Jean was truly a fabulous person and mentor. Just can not put her influence into words.
obituaries.seattletimes.com/obituary/jea...
Jean was truly a fabulous person and mentor. Just can not put her influence into words.
obituaries.seattletimes.com/obituary/jea...
Deja Vu, I’ll always remember you…
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THIS IS NOT MEL TORME: Tonight's installment of the December Comfort Watch is Top Secret!, in which we examine why it underperformed when it came out and why it - might - be funnier now than in 1984. Also: Damn, Val Kilmer is pretty:
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The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Thirty: Top Secret!
Top Secret! (the exclamation point is part of the title) makes not one single solitary goddamned bit of sense. It’s a movie from the 80s with a hero from the 50s in a geopolitical setting fro…
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December 31, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Deja Vu, I’ll always remember you…
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Dear @support.bsky.team & @bsky.app, a quality of life ask. When scrolling thru a list, if you click on and open an image from a post, when you swipe right or down to exit you are automatically put back to the top of the list. A bit annoying when you are trying to catch-up on the list.
Possible fix?
Possible fix?
December 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Dear @support.bsky.team & @bsky.app, a quality of life ask. When scrolling thru a list, if you click on and open an image from a post, when you swipe right or down to exit you are automatically put back to the top of the list. A bit annoying when you are trying to catch-up on the list.
Possible fix?
Possible fix?
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Federal funding cuts are having real consequences for biomedical research — including at PNRI. Long-term studies can’t simply be paused. Through Dec. 31, every gift is matched dollar-for-dollar. 👉https://bit.ly/4j1GTma
#raredisease #T1D #supportscience #genetics
#raredisease #T1D #supportscience #genetics
December 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Federal funding cuts are having real consequences for biomedical research — including at PNRI. Long-term studies can’t simply be paused. Through Dec. 31, every gift is matched dollar-for-dollar. 👉https://bit.ly/4j1GTma
#raredisease #T1D #supportscience #genetics
#raredisease #T1D #supportscience #genetics
About a year ago I toyed around with the idea of testing LLM “tautological” knowledge. AI says it’s true because AI reports it true.
I gave up when I realized that it was already close to that situation and would likely cross that threshold soon.
I gave up when I realized that it was already close to that situation and would likely cross that threshold soon.
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
About a year ago I toyed around with the idea of testing LLM “tautological” knowledge. AI says it’s true because AI reports it true.
I gave up when I realized that it was already close to that situation and would likely cross that threshold soon.
I gave up when I realized that it was already close to that situation and would likely cross that threshold soon.
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In today's installment of The December Comfort Watches: Swimming to Cambodia. One man, one stage, one desk, one story, and the one other film this film is most like might be one of the greatest concert films ever made, directed by the same person.
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The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Ten: Swimming to Cambodia
It’s difficult to explain Swimming to Cambodia to anyone who hasn’t seen it. More accurately, it’s actually very easy to explain Swimming to Cambodia to someone who hasn’t s…
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December 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
In today's installment of The December Comfort Watches: Swimming to Cambodia. One man, one stage, one desk, one story, and the one other film this film is most like might be one of the greatest concert films ever made, directed by the same person.
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American kestrel at #YoloBypass #Birds
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 AM
American kestrel at #YoloBypass #Birds
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This past month marked the end of an era at the @schierlab.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch. It was a meaningful, intense, often challenging, but also incredibly rewarding chapter of my scientific journey. Thank you all in the Schier Lab for the unconditional support and the Schierleading!
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This past month marked the end of an era at the @schierlab.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch. It was a meaningful, intense, often challenging, but also incredibly rewarding chapter of my scientific journey. Thank you all in the Schier Lab for the unconditional support and the Schierleading!
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We will miss you Madalena and follow your exciting research at MPIDresden@mpi-cbg.de
This past month marked the end of an era at the @schierlab.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch. It was a meaningful, intense, often challenging, but also incredibly rewarding chapter of my scientific journey. Thank you all in the Schier Lab for the unconditional support and the Schierleading!
December 3, 2025 at 5:46 AM
We will miss you Madalena and follow your exciting research at MPIDresden@mpi-cbg.de
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'The Harp' by Augusta Savage, US sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Her sculpture was displayed at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City #womensart
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
'The Harp' by Augusta Savage, US sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Her sculpture was displayed at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City #womensart
This is amazing and well deserved! Joe is not only a seminal thinker, but a great historian of the field.
Congratulations to Joe Felsenstein on being awarded the 2026 Mendel Medal!
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is amazing and well deserved! Joe is not only a seminal thinker, but a great historian of the field.
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How much phylogenetic information is in a small sample of proteins? Pastramanis et al answer this question and also discover a puzzle: each protein added to an analysis of modern and archaic humans increases support for a single implausible hypothesis. evolbiol.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
Measuring the Phylogenetic Information in Proteins
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November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
How much phylogenetic information is in a small sample of proteins? Pastramanis et al answer this question and also discover a puzzle: each protein added to an analysis of modern and archaic humans increases support for a single implausible hypothesis. evolbiol.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
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Very excited for Jeannette Tenthorey! @packardfdn.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social
Jeannette Tenthorey • The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
A staggering 8% of the human genome derives from endogenous retroviruses, ancient evolutionary fossils that have been dismissed as vestiges. Yet recent work has revealed that some of these viral genes...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Very excited for Jeannette Tenthorey! @packardfdn.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social
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Speaking of speaking: I will be giving a talk about a very intriguing population of neurons in zebrafish that are born during gastrulation and stay forever and ever 👀🧪
Who's going to the Gastrulation Reloaded meeting next week in Paris? Who am I going to see? #DevBio 🧪
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Speaking of speaking: I will be giving a talk about a very intriguing population of neurons in zebrafish that are born during gastrulation and stay forever and ever 👀🧪
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I am happy to share some good news from the lab! Our paper on the outcomes of Bivalve Transmissible Neoplasia is out this week in PLOS Pathogens!
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October 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I am happy to share some good news from the lab! Our paper on the outcomes of Bivalve Transmissible Neoplasia is out this week in PLOS Pathogens!
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Still alive!
Skubal Friday for all salmon in Seattle.
Skubal Friday for all salmon in Seattle.
October 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Still alive!
Skubal Friday for all salmon in Seattle.
Skubal Friday for all salmon in Seattle.
October 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Naive question for someone trained in molecular biology and infectious disease: What makes a question or a study ecology v. evolution or vice versa?
I find myself following interesting infectious disease questions into evolution and ecology and stepping on field boundaries without realizing it.
I find myself following interesting infectious disease questions into evolution and ecology and stepping on field boundaries without realizing it.
October 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Naive question for someone trained in molecular biology and infectious disease: What makes a question or a study ecology v. evolution or vice versa?
I find myself following interesting infectious disease questions into evolution and ecology and stepping on field boundaries without realizing it.
I find myself following interesting infectious disease questions into evolution and ecology and stepping on field boundaries without realizing it.
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Cat flea, homage to Hooke. Micron in Moleskine. 🔬🖊️
September 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Cat flea, homage to Hooke. Micron in Moleskine. 🔬🖊️
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From my sketchbook...
Have a nice, safe, peaceful weekend!
Thank you for following x
Have a nice, safe, peaceful weekend!
Thank you for following x
September 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
From my sketchbook...
Have a nice, safe, peaceful weekend!
Thank you for following x
Have a nice, safe, peaceful weekend!
Thank you for following x
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For #TrilobiteTuesday, here’s the aptly named Kayserops megaspina, a Devonian trilobite. First printed in castable resin, then cast in sterling silver and oxidized to yield blue highlights. Sculpted from scratch, no scans. #paleoart #sciart
September 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
For #TrilobiteTuesday, here’s the aptly named Kayserops megaspina, a Devonian trilobite. First printed in castable resin, then cast in sterling silver and oxidized to yield blue highlights. Sculpted from scratch, no scans. #paleoart #sciart
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Dramatic Poetry, by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1896, 📸 by @MauleIan
September 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Dramatic Poetry, by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1896, 📸 by @MauleIan
You can upload your own GIFs now @mads100tist.bsky.social ! I expect a 10-fold increase in game from you sir.
September 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
You can upload your own GIFs now @mads100tist.bsky.social ! I expect a 10-fold increase in game from you sir.
Friday inspiration.
Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s 'Camo series', photographic portraits cloaking models in patterned fabric #WomensArt
September 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Friday inspiration.
OK, let’s take 🧪🧬 Sky for a spin. GSEA has a known link btwn the FDR and the # of gene sets used in analysis. Depending on which MSigDB lvl you use it can range from 50-16K !
Like cnts/feat/10K cells used for scRNAseq, is there a way to standardize the FDRs for something like 1K gene sets compared?
Like cnts/feat/10K cells used for scRNAseq, is there a way to standardize the FDRs for something like 1K gene sets compared?
September 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
OK, let’s take 🧪🧬 Sky for a spin. GSEA has a known link btwn the FDR and the # of gene sets used in analysis. Depending on which MSigDB lvl you use it can range from 50-16K !
Like cnts/feat/10K cells used for scRNAseq, is there a way to standardize the FDRs for something like 1K gene sets compared?
Like cnts/feat/10K cells used for scRNAseq, is there a way to standardize the FDRs for something like 1K gene sets compared?