Jonathan Sebat
@sebatlab.bsky.social
Psychiatric genetics, complex trait genetics, genome sequencing, rare variants are my jam
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Jonathan Sebat
@sebatlab.bsky.social
· Sep 26
Despite False Claims, Trump Funnels Millions Into Credible Autism Research
www.nytimes.com
We are proud to be one of the 13 projects funded by the NIH Autism Data Science Initiative. Our project: "Elucidating the Interplay of Genes and Environment in Autism Using Genomic and Exposure Data from Large Populations" 🧵https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/health/autism-research-trump-kennedy.html
Now we need a Fu-index
October 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Now we need a Fu-index
Reposted by Jonathan Sebat
We are hiring an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine. Come join our collaborative research environment with state-of-the-art facilities in NYC! Application review starts Oct 22.
biochem.weill.cornell.edu/join-our-fac...
biochem.weill.cornell.edu/join-our-fac...
Join our Faculty | Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Call for applications:We invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the newly established Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. We are conducting an open search for ou...
biochem.weill.cornell.edu
September 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We are hiring an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine. Come join our collaborative research environment with state-of-the-art facilities in NYC! Application review starts Oct 22.
biochem.weill.cornell.edu/join-our-fac...
biochem.weill.cornell.edu/join-our-fac...
Please repost: we are recruiting a postdoc for a project in my lab on genes and environment in autism
We are proud to be one of the 13 projects funded by the NIH Autism Data Science Initiative. Our project: "Elucidating the Interplay of Genes and Environment in Autism Using Genomic and Exposure Data from Large Populations" 🧵https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/health/autism-research-trump-kennedy.html
Despite False Claims, Trump Funnels Millions Into Credible Autism Research
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Please repost: we are recruiting a postdoc for a project in my lab on genes and environment in autism
Many clinicians and scientists agree that spectrum has become too broad. Question for me really is how to split, and what are the objectives? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/h...
Should the Autism Spectrum Be Split Apart?
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Many clinicians and scientists agree that spectrum has become too broad. Question for me really is how to split, and what are the objectives? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/h...
Reposted by Jonathan Sebat
Says a lot about the state of popular science reporting that some techbro doofus can pretend he's going to be immortal and that will grab more headlines than "Hey we have a gene therapy that slows the advance of Huntington's by 75%," or "We gengineered a pothos into a living air purifier."
September 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Says a lot about the state of popular science reporting that some techbro doofus can pretend he's going to be immortal and that will grab more headlines than "Hey we have a gene therapy that slows the advance of Huntington's by 75%," or "We gengineered a pothos into a living air purifier."
We are proud to be one of the 13 projects funded by the NIH Autism Data Science Initiative. Our project: "Elucidating the Interplay of Genes and Environment in Autism Using Genomic and Exposure Data from Large Populations" 🧵https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/health/autism-research-trump-kennedy.html
Despite False Claims, Trump Funnels Millions Into Credible Autism Research
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We are proud to be one of the 13 projects funded by the NIH Autism Data Science Initiative. Our project: "Elucidating the Interplay of Genes and Environment in Autism Using Genomic and Exposure Data from Large Populations" 🧵https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/health/autism-research-trump-kennedy.html
Today's ACIP meeting had a presentation on the genetics of myocarditis following COVID vaccine based on Whole exome sequencing of 50 cases. See time stamp 2:26 www.youtube.com/live/_9ChY9S...
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - September 19, 2025 – Day 2 of 2
YouTube video by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Today's ACIP meeting had a presentation on the genetics of myocarditis following COVID vaccine based on Whole exome sequencing of 50 cases. See time stamp 2:26 www.youtube.com/live/_9ChY9S...
Pfff, big deal. My social media accounts are powered by edibles
So you know how there's a running gag about trying to run old school Doom or Wolfenstein on things never intended to run video games?
This guy has managed to code a web server that runs from a disposable vape 🤯
bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/project...
This guy has managed to code a web server that runs from a disposable vape 🤯
bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/project...
Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape
Someone's trash is another person's web server.
bogdanthegeek.github.io
September 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Pfff, big deal. My social media accounts are powered by edibles
Reposted by Jonathan Sebat
This is it. I cannot explain it, but this is it. This is how -and why- we should be doing science
August 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
This is it. I cannot explain it, but this is it. This is how -and why- we should be doing science
Bad ass mom of the year 🤘. This was NOT an easy coffee ride. This was the Saturday Cadence Cyclery ride in SD.
August 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Bad ass mom of the year 🤘. This was NOT an easy coffee ride. This was the Saturday Cadence Cyclery ride in SD.
Reposted by Jonathan Sebat
Great turnout!
Decoding Genetics of Autism
Speakers:
Prof Jonathan Sebat - UCSD
Prof Lilia Lakoucheva - UCSD
Dr. Alan Ma - Children’s Hosp Westmead,
Prof. Katrina Williams - @MonashUni
Hosted by BMC/Child Neurodevelopment team @adamguastella.bsky.social
Decoding Genetics of Autism
Speakers:
Prof Jonathan Sebat - UCSD
Prof Lilia Lakoucheva - UCSD
Dr. Alan Ma - Children’s Hosp Westmead,
Prof. Katrina Williams - @MonashUni
Hosted by BMC/Child Neurodevelopment team @adamguastella.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Great turnout!
Decoding Genetics of Autism
Speakers:
Prof Jonathan Sebat - UCSD
Prof Lilia Lakoucheva - UCSD
Dr. Alan Ma - Children’s Hosp Westmead,
Prof. Katrina Williams - @MonashUni
Hosted by BMC/Child Neurodevelopment team @adamguastella.bsky.social
Decoding Genetics of Autism
Speakers:
Prof Jonathan Sebat - UCSD
Prof Lilia Lakoucheva - UCSD
Dr. Alan Ma - Children’s Hosp Westmead,
Prof. Katrina Williams - @MonashUni
Hosted by BMC/Child Neurodevelopment team @adamguastella.bsky.social
Reposted by Jonathan Sebat
I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH.
July 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH.
Leaf blowers on lizards is pretty innovative if you ask me
July 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Leaf blowers on lizards is pretty innovative if you ask me
Not the most accurate analogy. In this example there is a real difference between the 4th percentile and the 15th percentile
July 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Not the most accurate analogy. In this example there is a real difference between the 4th percentile and the 15th percentile
Reposted by Jonathan Sebat
The former NIH director on the catastrophe unfolding for American research. youtu.be/lW9c6t4potU
A Scientific Brain Drain Has Followed Trump’s Gutting Of The NIH - Dr. Francis Collins
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
July 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The former NIH director on the catastrophe unfolding for American research. youtu.be/lW9c6t4potU
I'm pretty sure that there would not be any context in my chatGPT conversations in which the chatbot would inclined to say "Hail Satan". I'm really missing out.
July 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I'm pretty sure that there would not be any context in my chatGPT conversations in which the chatbot would inclined to say "Hail Satan". I'm really missing out.