Vivek Kumar
@vivekdna.bsky.social
Geneticist, neuroscientist, behaviorist @Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. www.kumarlab.org
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#SfN25 Monday morning we present FERAL: a video-understanding tool for animal behavior detection without the need for tracking or pose estimation! FERAL detects single animal, social and collective behavior in the lab and the wild! Visit our poster at board ZZ5 and check more here: www.getferal.ai
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
#SfN25 Monday morning we present FERAL: a video-understanding tool for animal behavior detection without the need for tracking or pose estimation! FERAL detects single animal, social and collective behavior in the lab and the wild! Visit our poster at board ZZ5 and check more here: www.getferal.ai
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Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not.
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not.
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
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Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
"So let’s not confine engineers to the workshop or the data center. Let’s bring them into neuroscience, as scientists. And at the same time, it won’t hurt to try to think like engineers ourselves, at least some of the time."
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
Neuroscience needs engineers—for more reasons than you think
Adopting an engineering mindset will help the field focus its research priorities.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"So let’s not confine engineers to the workshop or the data center. Let’s bring them into neuroscience, as scientists. And at the same time, it won’t hurt to try to think like engineers ourselves, at least some of the time."
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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After the torture of Bobby Jindal, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Kash Patel, and even fricking Ro Khanna, what a relief and joy to have a righteous south Asian like Mamdani light up the horizon.
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
After the torture of Bobby Jindal, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Kash Patel, and even fricking Ro Khanna, what a relief and joy to have a righteous south Asian like Mamdani light up the horizon.
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Applications Open!
The Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center is accepting proposals for the 2025–2026 Pilot Program Awards 🧬
🔹 General Pilot Awards
🔹 Translational Research Pilot Awards
💰 $5,000–$20,000
📅 Deadline: Nov 5, 2025
Apply: oklahomanathanshockcenteronaging.org/pilot-grant
#AgingResearch
The Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center is accepting proposals for the 2025–2026 Pilot Program Awards 🧬
🔹 General Pilot Awards
🔹 Translational Research Pilot Awards
💰 $5,000–$20,000
📅 Deadline: Nov 5, 2025
Apply: oklahomanathanshockcenteronaging.org/pilot-grant
#AgingResearch
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Applications Open!
The Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center is accepting proposals for the 2025–2026 Pilot Program Awards 🧬
🔹 General Pilot Awards
🔹 Translational Research Pilot Awards
💰 $5,000–$20,000
📅 Deadline: Nov 5, 2025
Apply: oklahomanathanshockcenteronaging.org/pilot-grant
#AgingResearch
The Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center is accepting proposals for the 2025–2026 Pilot Program Awards 🧬
🔹 General Pilot Awards
🔹 Translational Research Pilot Awards
💰 $5,000–$20,000
📅 Deadline: Nov 5, 2025
Apply: oklahomanathanshockcenteronaging.org/pilot-grant
#AgingResearch
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After 13 years in the US, I’ve made the difficult decision to leave. Having packed up everything and rethought about priorities, rather painstakingly, while I’m sad to leave the life I’ve made here, I’m also relieved that I won’t have to plan my life around immigration policies anymore.
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 AM
After 13 years in the US, I’ve made the difficult decision to leave. Having packed up everything and rethought about priorities, rather painstakingly, while I’m sad to leave the life I’ve made here, I’m also relieved that I won’t have to plan my life around immigration policies anymore.
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A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." (This PBS story on the scientific brain drain is heartbreaking & ominous for medicine, imo.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." (This PBS story on the scientific brain drain is heartbreaking & ominous for medicine, imo.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
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You’ve probably heard but I have been federally indicted by Trump’s DOJ.
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
Defend Kat Against Unjust Charges
Show your support with a contribution.
katforillinois.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
You’ve probably heard but I have been federally indicted by Trump’s DOJ.
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
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Symposium deadline for IBANGS 2026 in Pittsburgh (June 8-11) is November 7! @ibangs.bsky.social www.ibangs.org/symposia-sub...
Symposia Submission and Guidelines
www.ibangs.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Symposium deadline for IBANGS 2026 in Pittsburgh (June 8-11) is November 7! @ibangs.bsky.social www.ibangs.org/symposia-sub...
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My lab is seeking to co-hire a postdoctoral fellow with the
@shaonsengupta.bsky.social team. See details below!
I'll be #ASHG2025, so open to discuss further there if interest.
careers.chop.edu/us/en/job/10...
@shaonsengupta.bsky.social team. See details below!
I'll be #ASHG2025, so open to discuss further there if interest.
careers.chop.edu/us/en/job/10...
Post Doctoral Research Fellow – Circadian Biology and Genomics in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America | Fellows, Students & Interns at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Apply for Post Doctoral Research Fellow – Circadian Biology and Genomics job with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Fellows, Students & Inter...
careers.chop.edu
October 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My lab is seeking to co-hire a postdoctoral fellow with the
@shaonsengupta.bsky.social team. See details below!
I'll be #ASHG2025, so open to discuss further there if interest.
careers.chop.edu/us/en/job/10...
@shaonsengupta.bsky.social team. See details below!
I'll be #ASHG2025, so open to discuss further there if interest.
careers.chop.edu/us/en/job/10...
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Open to connecting with potential candidates at #ASHG25 !
My lab is seeking to co-hire a postdoctoral fellow with the
@shaonsengupta.bsky.social team. See details below!
I'll be #ASHG2025, so open to discuss further there if interest.
careers.chop.edu/us/en/job/10...
@shaonsengupta.bsky.social team. See details below!
I'll be #ASHG2025, so open to discuss further there if interest.
careers.chop.edu/us/en/job/10...
Post Doctoral Research Fellow – Circadian Biology and Genomics in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America | Fellows, Students & Interns at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Apply for Post Doctoral Research Fellow – Circadian Biology and Genomics job with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Fellows, Students & Inter...
careers.chop.edu
October 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Open to connecting with potential candidates at #ASHG25 !
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The number of academic software tools in the world only grows with time, and learning new ones is daunting.
Here, my postdoc @rgast.bsky.social spoke about PyRates, a model translator that lets you study dynamical systems with a whole suite of tools built in Python, Julia, Matlab, and Fortran.
Here, my postdoc @rgast.bsky.social spoke about PyRates, a model translator that lets you study dynamical systems with a whole suite of tools built in Python, Julia, Matlab, and Fortran.
This month’s Discover ASAP features @rgast.bsky.social, PhD, of CRN Team Surmeier 🧪
He introduces PyRates, an open-source tool for generating code across languages to model complex biological systems. See how it advances computational neuroscience and #Parkinsons research.
📺 Watch: bit.ly/4h7Y5Wk
He introduces PyRates, an open-source tool for generating code across languages to model complex biological systems. See how it advances computational neuroscience and #Parkinsons research.
📺 Watch: bit.ly/4h7Y5Wk
October 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The number of academic software tools in the world only grows with time, and learning new ones is daunting.
Here, my postdoc @rgast.bsky.social spoke about PyRates, a model translator that lets you study dynamical systems with a whole suite of tools built in Python, Julia, Matlab, and Fortran.
Here, my postdoc @rgast.bsky.social spoke about PyRates, a model translator that lets you study dynamical systems with a whole suite of tools built in Python, Julia, Matlab, and Fortran.
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A month or two ago someone posted a link to their really amazing set of LLM system instructions for writing # rstats code with good tidy/NSE patterns. (They were also good for humans!) Does anyone recall who or where that was?
Interest | Match | Feed
Interest | Match | Feed
Origin
ecoevo.social
October 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Thank you for citing #tidyplots 🙏
Jakub Idkowiak et al. Best practices and tools in R and Python for statistical processing and visualization of lipidomics and metabolomics data. Nature Communications (2025).
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#rstats #dataviz #phd
Jakub Idkowiak et al. Best practices and tools in R and Python for statistical processing and visualization of lipidomics and metabolomics data. Nature Communications (2025).
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#rstats #dataviz #phd
Best practices and tools in R and Python for statistical processing and visualization of lipidomics and metabolomics data - Nature Communications
Mass spectrometry-based lipidomics and metabolomics generate large, complex datasets requiring effective analysis. Here, authors review key statistical and visualization methods alongside widely used R and Python tools, and provide a GitBook with step-by-step code for accessible, reproducible data analysis.
doi.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Thank you for citing #tidyplots 🙏
Jakub Idkowiak et al. Best practices and tools in R and Python for statistical processing and visualization of lipidomics and metabolomics data. Nature Communications (2025).
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#rstats #dataviz #phd
Jakub Idkowiak et al. Best practices and tools in R and Python for statistical processing and visualization of lipidomics and metabolomics data. Nature Communications (2025).
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#rstats #dataviz #phd
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Whether you think limiting student visas to 4 years is a good or bad thing, please comment. Be heard.
Comment period ends on Monday for a proposed rule change that would terminate student visas after 4 years. It also puts limits on exchange visitors and reps of foreign media, and shortens the length of time at the end of the visa from 60 days to 30 days.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media
Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media...
www.federalregister.gov
September 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Whether you think limiting student visas to 4 years is a good or bad thing, please comment. Be heard.
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💥SESSION SPOTLIGHT: Discuss commercialization opportunities with @goldenneuron.bsky.social and @vivekdna.bsky.social during a special evening session at the #MachineLearning Short Course: www.jax.org/education-an...
September 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
💥SESSION SPOTLIGHT: Discuss commercialization opportunities with @goldenneuron.bsky.social and @vivekdna.bsky.social during a special evening session at the #MachineLearning Short Course: www.jax.org/education-an...
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And we are live!
Excited to announce the 2025 Multi-Agent Behavior Challenge on cross-lab supervised action recognition in mice 🐁🐀🖱️
Running on Kaggle until December 15th, with a $50,000 prize pool going to the top five submissions!
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
Excited to announce the 2025 Multi-Agent Behavior Challenge on cross-lab supervised action recognition in mice 🐁🐀🖱️
Running on Kaggle until December 15th, with a $50,000 prize pool going to the top five submissions!
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
September 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
And we are live!
Excited to announce the 2025 Multi-Agent Behavior Challenge on cross-lab supervised action recognition in mice 🐁🐀🖱️
Running on Kaggle until December 15th, with a $50,000 prize pool going to the top five submissions!
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
Excited to announce the 2025 Multi-Agent Behavior Challenge on cross-lab supervised action recognition in mice 🐁🐀🖱️
Running on Kaggle until December 15th, with a $50,000 prize pool going to the top five submissions!
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
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A simple way to help reduce obesity and stroke?
Stop the shifts in our clocks twice a year
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Stop the shifts in our clocks twice a year
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Circadian-informed modeling predicts regional variation in obesity and stroke outcomes under different permanent US time policies | PNAS
Seasonal changes in time policy, such as switching between Standard Time (SDT) and
Daylight Saving Time (DST), have been adopted by many countries,...
www.pnas.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A simple way to help reduce obesity and stroke?
Stop the shifts in our clocks twice a year
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Stop the shifts in our clocks twice a year
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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See you next month!
September 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
See you next month!
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Baxter State Park is seeking the public’s help in identifying the individual or individuals who carved their initials into the sign at the summit of Mount Katahdin.
Baxter State Park seeks public’s help after Katahdin summit sign is vandalized
The letters 'H.M.' and 'J.M' were etched into the middle of the sign at the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, the state park said Thursday.
www.pressherald.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Baxter State Park is seeking the public’s help in identifying the individual or individuals who carved their initials into the sign at the summit of Mount Katahdin.
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I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
ggplot2 4.0.0
A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.
www.tidyverse.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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For over 100 years MDIBL has been contributing research that creates talent, knowledge and cures for what ails us. Thanks to Jeri for a great tour. Maine has a life sciences story to tell, and we should make sure our labs grow and thrive. #Maine #BuildABetterMaine #MEpolitics @mdibiolab.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
For over 100 years MDIBL has been contributing research that creates talent, knowledge and cures for what ails us. Thanks to Jeri for a great tour. Maine has a life sciences story to tell, and we should make sure our labs grow and thrive. #Maine #BuildABetterMaine #MEpolitics @mdibiolab.bsky.social