Yassine
@smiao.bsky.social
Evolutionary Medicine, bioinformatics, and aDNA.
On a quest to sample the vast repertoire of shortbreads of the worlds.
Giving social media another whirl after quitting all forms for 3 years.
On a quest to sample the vast repertoire of shortbreads of the worlds.
Giving social media another whirl after quitting all forms for 3 years.
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We have turned America into a parking lot—1.31 billion parking spots or 4.76 for every car, to be precise—and it has made us sick and poor.
Public health policy has a real stake in parking policy.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Public health policy has a real stake in parking policy.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Parking and Public Health - Current Environmental Health Reports
Purpose of Review Parking is a ubiquitous feature of the built environment, but its implications for public health are under-examined. This narrative review synthesizes literature to describe pathways...
link.springer.com
December 15, 2024 at 7:38 PM
We have turned America into a parking lot—1.31 billion parking spots or 4.76 for every car, to be precise—and it has made us sick and poor.
Public health policy has a real stake in parking policy.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Public health policy has a real stake in parking policy.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Checkout our latest manuscript where we use kraken2, a k-mer based read classifier, to identify putative contaminants and endogenous reads prior to aligning with bwa-aln. 1/3
Congratulations @shyama-mama.bsky.social on a great piece of work! academic.oup.com/bib/article/...
Filtering out the noise: metagenomic classifiers optimize ancient DNA mapping
Abstract. Contamination with exogenous DNA presents a significant challenge in ancient DNA (aDNA) studies of single organisms. Failure to address contamina
academic.oup.com
December 16, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Checkout our latest manuscript where we use kraken2, a k-mer based read classifier, to identify putative contaminants and endogenous reads prior to aligning with bwa-aln. 1/3
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Congratulations @shyama-mama.bsky.social on a great piece of work! academic.oup.com/bib/article/...
Filtering out the noise: metagenomic classifiers optimize ancient DNA mapping
Abstract. Contamination with exogenous DNA presents a significant challenge in ancient DNA (aDNA) studies of single organisms. Failure to address contamina
academic.oup.com
December 15, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Congratulations @shyama-mama.bsky.social on a great piece of work! academic.oup.com/bib/article/...
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Columbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring's Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen across the country.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/universities-are-continuing-to-retaliate-against-…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/universities-are-continuing-to-retaliate-against-…
Universities are continuing to retaliate against staff for participating in Gaza campus protests
Columbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen...
mondoweiss.net
December 15, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Columbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring's Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen across the country.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/universities-are-continuing-to-retaliate-against-…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/universities-are-continuing-to-retaliate-against-…
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Why did we think Neanderthals weren’t smart? 🏺🧪
Early studies of Neanderthals were fundamentally flawed
with Paige Madison @fossilhistory.bsky.social
www.vox.com/unexplainabl...
Historically, our stories about Neanderthals have revealed a lot more about ourselves than about these early humans.
Early studies of Neanderthals were fundamentally flawed
with Paige Madison @fossilhistory.bsky.social
www.vox.com/unexplainabl...
Historically, our stories about Neanderthals have revealed a lot more about ourselves than about these early humans.
December 13, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Why did we think Neanderthals weren’t smart? 🏺🧪
Early studies of Neanderthals were fundamentally flawed
with Paige Madison @fossilhistory.bsky.social
www.vox.com/unexplainabl...
Historically, our stories about Neanderthals have revealed a lot more about ourselves than about these early humans.
Early studies of Neanderthals were fundamentally flawed
with Paige Madison @fossilhistory.bsky.social
www.vox.com/unexplainabl...
Historically, our stories about Neanderthals have revealed a lot more about ourselves than about these early humans.
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Research thrives on innovation and the diversity of ideas, yet our funding system often penalizes both. In our new study published in PNAS, we explore the hidden costs of competition in allocating scarce research funds. (1/10) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
December 2, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Research thrives on innovation and the diversity of ideas, yet our funding system often penalizes both. In our new study published in PNAS, we explore the hidden costs of competition in allocating scarce research funds. (1/10) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The tech bro fascination with eugenics is so on brand. The idea that you could make accurate, actionable predictions from individual genotypes (with all their complex, non-linear interactions) from averaged, linearly modeled population-level genomic statistics is just another big data fantasy
December 12, 2024 at 4:13 PM
The tech bro fascination with eugenics is so on brand. The idea that you could make accurate, actionable predictions from individual genotypes (with all their complex, non-linear interactions) from averaged, linearly modeled population-level genomic statistics is just another big data fantasy
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Turns out that metatranscriptomic sequencing of animal gut contains can identify exotic plant viruses that are biosecurity threats. Work led by Jackie Mahar and Solomon Maina. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Detection of exotic biosecurity threat ribgrass mosaic virus and novel tobamoviruses through metatranscriptomic sequencing of animal gut content
Ribgrass mosaic virus (RMV) and related viruses of the genus Tobamovirus (Virgaviridae) are cruciferous plant pathogens that represent a threat to global horticultural systems. In Australia, they are ...
www.biorxiv.org
December 12, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Turns out that metatranscriptomic sequencing of animal gut contains can identify exotic plant viruses that are biosecurity threats. Work led by Jackie Mahar and Solomon Maina. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The encampments are gone and with them the TV crews but some folks have spent the months since working overtime to criminalize every single thing about them and any possible association with them. The behind the scenes retribution and score settling would shock you.
Columbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring's Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen across the country.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/universities-are-continuing-to-retaliate-against-…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/universities-are-continuing-to-retaliate-against-…
Universities are continuing to retaliate against staff for participating in Gaza campus protests
Columbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen...
mondoweiss.net
December 12, 2024 at 4:01 AM
The encampments are gone and with them the TV crews but some folks have spent the months since working overtime to criminalize every single thing about them and any possible association with them. The behind the scenes retribution and score settling would shock you.
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Another week, another blog:) this one is for my academic friends entering the European postdoc job market. laurenleek.substack.com/p/the-postdo...
The postdoc 'big mac plus' index
Which university in Europe has the best postdoc package? In order words, which university is perhaps 'undervalued'? This blog considers salary, cost of living, life satisfaction and uni reputation.
laurenleek.substack.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Another week, another blog:) this one is for my academic friends entering the European postdoc job market. laurenleek.substack.com/p/the-postdo...
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Looking for reviewers before Christmas
December 11, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Looking for reviewers before Christmas
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Are you an Early Career Research (PhD, postdoc, new group leader) working in Animal Ancient DNA? Want to present your work to the @aarc-community.bsky.social community? Express your interest in participating in our AaRC TikTalk Seminar series with the link below! #aDNA
AaRC TikTalk Seminars - Expression of Interest
Please let us know if you are interested in presenting at the AaRC TikTalks Seminars. The seminars are held on the last Friday of every month. Speakers are currently open to graduate students (PhDs an...
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December 4, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Are you an Early Career Research (PhD, postdoc, new group leader) working in Animal Ancient DNA? Want to present your work to the @aarc-community.bsky.social community? Express your interest in participating in our AaRC TikTalk Seminar series with the link below! #aDNA
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I hate seeing Bluesky becoming overrun with follower-chasing accounts that post a mix of unattributed photos, AI dreck, and bad photoshop jobs.
Fortunately, there are block lists:
bsky.app/profile/maur...
Fortunately, there are block lists:
bsky.app/profile/maur...
December 11, 2024 at 7:59 AM
I hate seeing Bluesky becoming overrun with follower-chasing accounts that post a mix of unattributed photos, AI dreck, and bad photoshop jobs.
Fortunately, there are block lists:
bsky.app/profile/maur...
Fortunately, there are block lists:
bsky.app/profile/maur...
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And this is excluding marine...so the number eould be higher 🧪😭
📣New paper📣
We estimate the number of extinctions of Australian #invertebrates, plus the ongoing #extinction rate … Both figures are far higher than those currently recognised, pointing to alarming gaps in #conservation of an important area of #biodiversity
🪳🕷️🐌🪰🪲🪱
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We estimate the number of extinctions of Australian #invertebrates, plus the ongoing #extinction rate … Both figures are far higher than those currently recognised, pointing to alarming gaps in #conservation of an important area of #biodiversity
🪳🕷️🐌🪰🪲🪱
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper: Estimating the number and ongoing rate of extinctions of Australian non-marine invertebrates | Cambridge Prisms: Extinction | Cambridge C...
This is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper: Estimating the number and ongoing rate of extinctions of Australian non-marine invertebrates - Volume 2
www.cambridge.org
December 10, 2024 at 10:35 PM
And this is excluding marine...so the number eould be higher 🧪😭
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An interesting question that came up going over a comps proposal: do sweeps without introgression bias ABBA-BABA based D or F statistics?
December 10, 2024 at 9:21 PM
An interesting question that came up going over a comps proposal: do sweeps without introgression bias ABBA-BABA based D or F statistics?
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A message for the #AcademicChatter folks out there: at some point in their careers, all great artists suffer from impasto syndrome. You're doing fine.
#NewPI #PhDchat
#NewPI #PhDchat
December 8, 2024 at 10:19 AM
A message for the #AcademicChatter folks out there: at some point in their careers, all great artists suffer from impasto syndrome. You're doing fine.
#NewPI #PhDchat
#NewPI #PhDchat
Congratulations to the #USA you brought back the bourgeoisie, let’s see how long it’ll take the proletariat to wake and do something about it.
December 4, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Congratulations to the #USA you brought back the bourgeoisie, let’s see how long it’ll take the proletariat to wake and do something about it.
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Very excited (and a bit nervous) to announce that I will be hiring two Postdocs for my new group(!) in Copenhagen to study the Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA which survives in present-day humans. Retweet will be much appreciated :)
Link for application:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Link for application:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
December 2, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Very excited (and a bit nervous) to announce that I will be hiring two Postdocs for my new group(!) in Copenhagen to study the Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA which survives in present-day humans. Retweet will be much appreciated :)
Link for application:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Link for application:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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Awesome! This is a very cool book from a scientist, mom, colleague, and friend! She wrote it to help her kids understand that they are loved and normal. Really important in today’s climate that is becoming less tolerant of differences by the day. ❤️😍🤩
I published a book! Wild Pride: A Colorful Celebration of Same-Sex Relationships in the Animal Kingdom.
1/5
#WildPride
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#WildPride
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Wild Pride: A Colorful Celebration of Same-Sex Relationships in the Animal Kingdom
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November 29, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Awesome! This is a very cool book from a scientist, mom, colleague, and friend! She wrote it to help her kids understand that they are loved and normal. Really important in today’s climate that is becoming less tolerant of differences by the day. ❤️😍🤩
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Eleven quick tips for properly handling tabular data https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012604 🧪 #Rstats
December 1, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Eleven quick tips for properly handling tabular data https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012604 🧪 #Rstats
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The Palestinian 🇵🇸 women achaeologists and fieldworkers who worked at the excavation of - and recognised - the Tabun 1 #Neanderthal skull! I'm an anthropologist, I didn't know! It's crucial to highlight the story of the people behind discoveries!
#WomenInSTEM #WomenInPrehistory #PaleoAnth #science
#WomenInSTEM #WomenInPrehistory #PaleoAnth #science
🏺 The first remains of Tabun 1 were recognised by Yusra, a Palestinian woman who had already dug for years with Garrod. Here is Yusra in 1932 with other young women fieldworkers named as Rashidi and Amui Haj, and in 1934 with Dorothy Garrod.
November 30, 2024 at 9:11 AM
The Palestinian 🇵🇸 women achaeologists and fieldworkers who worked at the excavation of - and recognised - the Tabun 1 #Neanderthal skull! I'm an anthropologist, I didn't know! It's crucial to highlight the story of the people behind discoveries!
#WomenInSTEM #WomenInPrehistory #PaleoAnth #science
#WomenInSTEM #WomenInPrehistory #PaleoAnth #science