Tony Gill
@tonygill.bsky.social
Clean Water Science | Ecotoxicogenomics | UC Davis, Genetics | Johns Hopkins, Sci-Comm
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While I'm sad our cover submission wasn't selected for our recent human duplication paper, check out the super cool illustration created with @lazaroillustration.bsky.social ! Certainly, you will be seeing Dennis lab members running around with "fishman" t-shirts at future meetings, inspired by Ohno
"Fishman", proposal for a journal cover.
Commissioned by MY Dennis' lab @mydennis.bsky.social for a study focused on identifying human-specific gene duplications and their role in brain evolution using genomics and zebrafish as model. @dcsoto.bsky.social
#art #digitalart #sciart #fish
Commissioned by MY Dennis' lab @mydennis.bsky.social for a study focused on identifying human-specific gene duplications and their role in brain evolution using genomics and zebrafish as model. @dcsoto.bsky.social
#art #digitalart #sciart #fish
September 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
While I'm sad our cover submission wasn't selected for our recent human duplication paper, check out the super cool illustration created with @lazaroillustration.bsky.social ! Certainly, you will be seeing Dennis lab members running around with "fishman" t-shirts at future meetings, inspired by Ohno
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Happy to share work spearheaded by former grad student Colin Shew testing shared duplicated cis regulatory elements (CREs) using an MPRA. While we find some high effect CREs, collectively paralog differences represent modest effects accounting for observed gene expression divergence.
Influence of cis-regulatory elements on regulatory divergence in human segmental duplications https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.03.680410v1
October 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Happy to share work spearheaded by former grad student Colin Shew testing shared duplicated cis regulatory elements (CREs) using an MPRA. While we find some high effect CREs, collectively paralog differences represent modest effects accounting for observed gene expression divergence.
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Sequoia sempervirens (redwood; world's tallest tree) is well adapted to high-intensity crown fires (eg 2020), but Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia; world's most massive tree) is adapted to surface fires only!
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🧪🌍🔥🌿🌳🔥🪴 @botsocamerica.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🧪🌍🔥🌿🌳🔥🪴 @botsocamerica.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Sequoia sempervirens (redwood; world's tallest tree) is well adapted to high-intensity crown fires (eg 2020), but Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia; world's most massive tree) is adapted to surface fires only!
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🧪🌍🔥🌿🌳🔥🪴 @botsocamerica.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🧪🌍🔥🌿🌳🔥🪴 @botsocamerica.bsky.social
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Diving into genomic discovery: Finalizing high-quality genomes of the Triplefin blenny and Adriatic dwarf goby biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/03/25/d...
@ergabiodiv.bsky.social
@biogeneurope.bsky.social
#biodiversity #genomics
@ergabiodiv.bsky.social
@biogeneurope.bsky.social
#biodiversity #genomics
Diving into genomic discovery: Finalizing high-quality genomes of the Triplefin blenny and Adriatic dwarf goby - Biodiversity Genomics Europe
Case study Diving into genomic discovery: Finalizing high-quality genomes of the Triplefin blenny and Adriatic dwarf goby This case study, led by the Svardal Lab at the University of Antwerp, builds u...
biodiversitygenomics.eu
September 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Diving into genomic discovery: Finalizing high-quality genomes of the Triplefin blenny and Adriatic dwarf goby biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/03/25/d...
@ergabiodiv.bsky.social
@biogeneurope.bsky.social
#biodiversity #genomics
@ergabiodiv.bsky.social
@biogeneurope.bsky.social
#biodiversity #genomics
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Changing water temperatures and human-driven introductions of fish have altered the composition of fish populations in streams and rivers across the USA over the past three decades, a study in Nature suggests. go.nature.com/47ZCcWH 🧪
September 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Changing water temperatures and human-driven introductions of fish have altered the composition of fish populations in streams and rivers across the USA over the past three decades, a study in Nature suggests. go.nature.com/47ZCcWH 🧪
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Check out our latest work co-led by @dcsoto.bsky.social and @jmuribescr.bsky.social identifying hundreds of human duplicated gene families using the new T2T-CHM13 assembly, with a focus on those potentially contributing to brain evolution 🧪: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lTQtL7PXu...
authors.elsevier.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Check out our latest work co-led by @dcsoto.bsky.social and @jmuribescr.bsky.social identifying hundreds of human duplicated gene families using the new T2T-CHM13 assembly, with a focus on those potentially contributing to brain evolution 🧪: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lTQtL7PXu...
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📣Excited to share our latest review on using single-cell methods to study host-virus interactions in the ocean - led by Amir Fromm (@amirfromm.bsky.social) and Talia Shaler (x.com/ShalerTalia), in collaboration with Frank Aylward (@foaylward.genomic.social.ap.brid.gy) >>
A single-cell perspective on host–virus dynamics in the ocean
Viral infections of marine microbes greatly impact ecological and biogeochemical processes. Typically, these host–virus interactions are studied at th…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
📣Excited to share our latest review on using single-cell methods to study host-virus interactions in the ocean - led by Amir Fromm (@amirfromm.bsky.social) and Talia Shaler (x.com/ShalerTalia), in collaboration with Frank Aylward (@foaylward.genomic.social.ap.brid.gy) >>
Awesome work and a real who’s who of the Seattle zebrafish community
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cole-trapnell-lab.github.io/papers/saund...
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cole-trapnell-lab.github.io/papers/saund...
Embryo-scale reverse genetics at single-cell resolution
cole-trapnell-lab.github.io
April 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Awesome work and a real who’s who of the Seattle zebrafish community
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cole-trapnell-lab.github.io/papers/saund...
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cole-trapnell-lab.github.io/papers/saund...
Received 2023 accepted 2025
Genomic divergence across the tree of life www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧬🖥️🧪
April 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Received 2023 accepted 2025
Heck yeah I have one of these growing in ma backyard!
Chromosome-level phased genome assembly of the Argan tree Sideroxylon spinosum L.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Haplotype-resolved assembly of cassava COL40 (Manihot esculenta)
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
#Genomics #Bioinformatics
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Haplotype-resolved assembly of cassava COL40 (Manihot esculenta)
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
#Genomics #Bioinformatics
Chromosome-level phased genome assembly of the Argan tree Sideroxylon spinosum L.
Argan (Sideroxylon spinosum L. previously known as Argania spinosa) is an endemic tree of Morocco, primarily used for seed oil extraction. Increasing interest in its biology and in genes relevant for ...
doi.org
April 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Heck yeah I have one of these growing in ma backyard!
It’s a time-honored tradition to have your field biologists get harassed and threatened by farmers and ranchers who loath the idea of environmental monitoring on public lands adjacent to their property
April 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It’s a time-honored tradition to have your field biologists get harassed and threatened by farmers and ranchers who loath the idea of environmental monitoring on public lands adjacent to their property
“I’m reminded of the book The Selfish Gene by Dr Richard Dawkins…‘Well, with Phoenix and the shark DNA we have created the ultimate selfish gene—and one that presents a terrible threat to us all.’”
March 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“I’m reminded of the book The Selfish Gene by Dr Richard Dawkins…‘Well, with Phoenix and the shark DNA we have created the ultimate selfish gene—and one that presents a terrible threat to us all.’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...
“In Malibu, if a billionaire’s house is on the beach, any person can go sit in front of that person’s house and go enjoy the ocean, and that’s thanks to the Coastal Act”
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“In Malibu, if a billionaire’s house is on the beach, any person can go sit in front of that person’s house and go enjoy the ocean, and that’s thanks to the Coastal Act”
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Trump and Newsom Are Attacking the California Coastal Commission
The California Coastal Commission has been under siege like never before, alarming environmentalists and raising questions about the future of the 53-year-old state agency.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...
“In Malibu, if a billionaire’s house is on the beach, any person can go sit in front of that person’s house and go enjoy the ocean, and that’s thanks to the Coastal Act”
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“In Malibu, if a billionaire’s house is on the beach, any person can go sit in front of that person’s house and go enjoy the ocean, and that’s thanks to the Coastal Act”
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Today we're publishing a monster feature that dives deep into the initial six weeks over Elon Musk's government takeover. Our entire newsroom came together to help make this story happen. Read this culmination of our blood, sweat, and tears:
Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’
Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
www.wired.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Today we're publishing a monster feature that dives deep into the initial six weeks over Elon Musk's government takeover. Our entire newsroom came together to help make this story happen. Read this culmination of our blood, sweat, and tears:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
work was done by federal scientists at USGS which has over a dozen Water Science Centers throughout California.
🧪#ecotox
work was done by federal scientists at USGS which has over a dozen Water Science Centers throughout California.
🧪#ecotox
6PPD-quinone in water from the San Francisco-San Joaquin Delta, California, 2018–2024 - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta) is an expansive river delta supplying a large portion of California’s fresh water for agriculture and residential use, and it is also an area of critical habit...
link.springer.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
work was done by federal scientists at USGS which has over a dozen Water Science Centers throughout California.
🧪#ecotox
work was done by federal scientists at USGS which has over a dozen Water Science Centers throughout California.
🧪#ecotox
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Kash Patel wants to criminally charge groups who received EPA grants for climate change projects. You know, like those greedy bastards at Habitat for Humanity.
He thinks climate change isn't real, so he thinks these groups have committed fraud.
Which of course is fucking crazy.
He thinks climate change isn't real, so he thinks these groups have committed fraud.
Which of course is fucking crazy.
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
newrepublic.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Kash Patel wants to criminally charge groups who received EPA grants for climate change projects. You know, like those greedy bastards at Habitat for Humanity.
He thinks climate change isn't real, so he thinks these groups have committed fraud.
Which of course is fucking crazy.
He thinks climate change isn't real, so he thinks these groups have committed fraud.
Which of course is fucking crazy.
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Antitrust lawsuit against publishers for colluding to keep from paying scientists for peer review work www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/p...
Scientists’ suit against top academic publishers lays bare deep frustration over unpaid peer review
Researchers have sued six big academic publishers, arguing their practices are illegal and anticompetitive.
www.statnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Antitrust lawsuit against publishers for colluding to keep from paying scientists for peer review work www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/p...
Fetal exposure to phthalates and body mass index from infancy to adolescence. The Generation R Study.
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Fetal exposure to phthalates and body mass index from infancy to adolescence. The Generation R Study.
Prenatal exposure to phthalates might influence the development of childhood obesity. Most previous studies used body mass index (BMI) at a specific a…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Fetal exposure to phthalates and body mass index from infancy to adolescence. The Generation R Study.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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I’ve focused reporting on what’s been going on inside NIH, the EPA, NOAA, and a couple other spots, but just a reminder that if you’re in any part of gov and you want to talk or come across something you think the public ought to know, find me on Signal at davelevitan.26. You can remain anonymous.
March 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I’ve focused reporting on what’s been going on inside NIH, the EPA, NOAA, and a couple other spots, but just a reminder that if you’re in any part of gov and you want to talk or come across something you think the public ought to know, find me on Signal at davelevitan.26. You can remain anonymous.
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DEI is under attack, but the stakes are higher than many realize. Universities *must stand firm* in defending it. I lay out why in my latest piece for Nature.
Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
‘Silence is complicity’ — universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown
Higher-education establishments must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion.
www.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
DEI is under attack, but the stakes are higher than many realize. Universities *must stand firm* in defending it. I lay out why in my latest piece for Nature.
Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
It’s not that straightforward, as it is well known among NOAA scientists that if you are doing research that can in any way be construed as anti-business you better fly under the radar
one thing I've become very convinced of is the need for the civil service to do waaayyyy more propaganda. like you should know about how NOAA makes the weather app on your phone work. you should know that Uncle Sam runs GPS. you should know how impressive the US census data collection effort is, etc
March 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It’s not that straightforward, as it is well known among NOAA scientists that if you are doing research that can in any way be construed as anti-business you better fly under the radar
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seasonally variable thermal performance curves prevent adverse effects of heatwaves
#conservationbiology 🌎🧪
Seasonally variable thermal performance curves prevent adverse effects of heatwaves
#conservationbiology 🌎🧪
February 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seasonally variable thermal performance curves prevent adverse effects of heatwaves
#conservationbiology 🌎🧪
Seasonally variable thermal performance curves prevent adverse effects of heatwaves
#conservationbiology 🌎🧪