@ybrandvain.bsky.social
Reposted
Available now in @asn-amnat.bsky.social ! Taking on some big-scale natural history: processed >40k @inaturalist.bsky.social images of Monarda fistulosa using computer vision to query for flower presence and phenotype flower color: doi.org/10.1086/739413
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Available now in @asn-amnat.bsky.social ! Taking on some big-scale natural history: processed >40k @inaturalist.bsky.social images of Monarda fistulosa using computer vision to query for flower presence and phenotype flower color: doi.org/10.1086/739413
i dont knoe eho needs to hear this (but someone does)
you should not use file.choose()
BUT IF YOU DO
PLEASE DO NOT PUT IT IN A RMARKDOWN FILE
you should not use file.choose()
BUT IF YOU DO
PLEASE DO NOT PUT IT IN A RMARKDOWN FILE
Crying Pc GIF
ALT: Crying Pc GIF
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
i dont knoe eho needs to hear this (but someone does)
you should not use file.choose()
BUT IF YOU DO
PLEASE DO NOT PUT IT IN A RMARKDOWN FILE
you should not use file.choose()
BUT IF YOU DO
PLEASE DO NOT PUT IT IN A RMARKDOWN FILE
Reposted
1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
Proud of the latest edition of my free intro biostats book.
gitrepo: github.com/ybrandvain/b...
book: ybrandvain.github.io/biostats/
Not complete but at a good point to take a break, and I think its quite usable
dm me with comments , ideas etc
gitrepo: github.com/ybrandvain/b...
book: ybrandvain.github.io/biostats/
Not complete but at a good point to take a break, and I think its quite usable
dm me with comments , ideas etc
Applied Biostatistics
ybrandvain.github.io
October 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Proud of the latest edition of my free intro biostats book.
gitrepo: github.com/ybrandvain/b...
book: ybrandvain.github.io/biostats/
Not complete but at a good point to take a break, and I think its quite usable
dm me with comments , ideas etc
gitrepo: github.com/ybrandvain/b...
book: ybrandvain.github.io/biostats/
Not complete but at a good point to take a break, and I think its quite usable
dm me with comments , ideas etc
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Really excited to share our new paper on #causalinference & #climatechange attribution out in #EcologyLetters today!
Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!
🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!
🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A Causal Inference Framework for Climate Change Attribution in Ecology
Accurately attributing ecological shifts to climate change remains a significant challenge. Here, we present an accessible causal inference framework designed for climate change attribution in observ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Really excited to share our new paper on #causalinference & #climatechange attribution out in #EcologyLetters today!
Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!
🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!
🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
working on my material for next semester.
this one ended up on the cutting room floor
this one ended up on the cutting room floor
July 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
working on my material for next semester.
this one ended up on the cutting room floor
this one ended up on the cutting room floor
Starting now on @Twitch
-- twitch.tv/realgoodai
I'll be discussing teaching, learning, feedback adn textbooks in the llm era with
@RealGoodAi
realgoodai.org
-- twitch.tv/realgoodai
I'll be discussing teaching, learning, feedback adn textbooks in the llm era with
@RealGoodAi
realgoodai.org
July 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Starting now on @Twitch
-- twitch.tv/realgoodai
I'll be discussing teaching, learning, feedback adn textbooks in the llm era with
@RealGoodAi
realgoodai.org
-- twitch.tv/realgoodai
I'll be discussing teaching, learning, feedback adn textbooks in the llm era with
@RealGoodAi
realgoodai.org
Fauci is not exactly Vavilov but Lysenkoists in charge might send him to an El Salvadorian gulag
May 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Fauci is not exactly Vavilov but Lysenkoists in charge might send him to an El Salvadorian gulag
Reposted
Two research teams from @cnrs.fr @sbroscoff.bsky.social carried a comparative analysis in flowering plants that supports the prediction that inbreeding, such as self-fertilization, selects for higher recombination rates:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Brazier et al.
(@romanstet.bsky.social)
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Brazier et al.
(@romanstet.bsky.social)
Mating system and the evolution of recombination rates in seed plants
Abstract. Meiotic recombination is a central mechanism underlying sexual reproduction among eukaryotes. In many species, the recombination rate is strongly
doi.org
May 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Two research teams from @cnrs.fr @sbroscoff.bsky.social carried a comparative analysis in flowering plants that supports the prediction that inbreeding, such as self-fertilization, selects for higher recombination rates:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Brazier et al.
(@romanstet.bsky.social)
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Brazier et al.
(@romanstet.bsky.social)
Reposted
Just made promptdown public. It's a plain-text interface for working with LLMs using literate programming.
See and edit the full prompt each turn.
No cramped input boxes, no hidden context, no append-only chat.
Still early alpha, feedback welcome!
github.com/t-kalinowski...
See and edit the full prompt each turn.
No cramped input boxes, no hidden context, no append-only chat.
Still early alpha, feedback welcome!
github.com/t-kalinowski...
May 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Just made promptdown public. It's a plain-text interface for working with LLMs using literate programming.
See and edit the full prompt each turn.
No cramped input boxes, no hidden context, no append-only chat.
Still early alpha, feedback welcome!
github.com/t-kalinowski...
See and edit the full prompt each turn.
No cramped input boxes, no hidden context, no append-only chat.
Still early alpha, feedback welcome!
github.com/t-kalinowski...
Reposted
"illustrates how marvellously flexible plant reproductive systems can be." ...discovery that sunflower seeds can develop without fertilization and endosperm (!) 🌾🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00904-8
Sunflower ‘virgin births’ enable accelerated crop breeding
The discovery that sunflower seeds can develop without fertilization reveals a pathway to accelerate improvement of this crop — and potentially others.
www.nature.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"illustrates how marvellously flexible plant reproductive systems can be." ...discovery that sunflower seeds can develop without fertilization and endosperm (!) 🌾🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00904-8
Reposted
Really excited to see this work, led by Mike Grundler, published! It's a new method for inferring the geographic locations of shared genetic ancestors. In the paper, we and use it to infer the geographic history of human genetic ancestry
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A geographic history of human genetic ancestry
Describing the distribution of genetic variation across individuals is a fundamental goal of population genetics. We present a method that capitalizes on the rich genealogical information encoded in g...
www.science.org
March 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Really excited to see this work, led by Mike Grundler, published! It's a new method for inferring the geographic locations of shared genetic ancestors. In the paper, we and use it to infer the geographic history of human genetic ancestry
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted
Our department (@EEBUofT) is searching for a Post-Doc! Post-docs funded by this fellowship are independently supported, with research funds available. We invite applications from innovative, collaborative candidates. See the job ad here:
eeb.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u...
eeb.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u...
eeb.utoronto.ca
March 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Our department (@EEBUofT) is searching for a Post-Doc! Post-docs funded by this fellowship are independently supported, with research funds available. We invite applications from innovative, collaborative candidates. See the job ad here:
eeb.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u...
eeb.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u...
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For true DMI afficiandos, we also were intrigued by results on the genotype combinations under selection at different incompatibilities. Any comments welcome and thanks to many co-authors including @gilrosenthal.bsky.social @ybrandvain.bsky.social @pandolfatto.bsky.social & others not on bluesky
February 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
For true DMI afficiandos, we also were intrigued by results on the genotype combinations under selection at different incompatibilities. Any comments welcome and thanks to many co-authors including @gilrosenthal.bsky.social @ybrandvain.bsky.social @pandolfatto.bsky.social & others not on bluesky
Reposted
If you happen to be interested in the coexistence of diploids and tetraploids given modern coexistence theory and stochastic population dynamics - Check out our #JustAccepted paper at @asn-amnat.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1086/734411
doi.org/10.1086/734411
Dynamics of mixed-ploidy populations under demographic and environmental stochasticities | The American Naturalist: Vol 0, No ja
doi.org
December 18, 2024 at 5:10 PM
If you happen to be interested in the coexistence of diploids and tetraploids given modern coexistence theory and stochastic population dynamics - Check out our #JustAccepted paper at @asn-amnat.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1086/734411
doi.org/10.1086/734411
Roses are red,
Tulips are too,
Predict for a BLUP,
Estimate for a BLUE.
Tulips are too,
Predict for a BLUP,
Estimate for a BLUE.
December 17, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Roses are red,
Tulips are too,
Predict for a BLUP,
Estimate for a BLUE.
Tulips are too,
Predict for a BLUP,
Estimate for a BLUE.
Reposted
December 13, 2024 at 3:47 PM
I just told my stats class
"To use LLMs to help understand things you do, rather than to help do things you dont understand"
and that might be my new AI policy
"To use LLMs to help understand things you do, rather than to help do things you dont understand"
and that might be my new AI policy
December 10, 2024 at 6:44 PM
I just told my stats class
"To use LLMs to help understand things you do, rather than to help do things you dont understand"
and that might be my new AI policy
"To use LLMs to help understand things you do, rather than to help do things you dont understand"
and that might be my new AI policy
I've always been super curious about bird chromosome evolution.
Clicked with interest and then got more excited to see Heath Blackmon (a scientist I was luck enough to advise during his postdoc) was partly behind this
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Cant wait to read !🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Clicked with interest and then got more excited to see Heath Blackmon (a scientist I was luck enough to advise during his postdoc) was partly behind this
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Cant wait to read !🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
From Micro to Macro: Avian Chromosome Evolution is Dominated by Natural Selection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.29.626112v1
From Micro to Macro: Avian Chromosome Evolution is Dominated by Natural Selection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.29.626112v1
Birds display striking variation in chromosome number, defying the traditional view of highly conser
www.biorxiv.org
December 4, 2024 at 5:59 PM
I've always been super curious about bird chromosome evolution.
Clicked with interest and then got more excited to see Heath Blackmon (a scientist I was luck enough to advise during his postdoc) was partly behind this
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Cant wait to read !🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Clicked with interest and then got more excited to see Heath Blackmon (a scientist I was luck enough to advise during his postdoc) was partly behind this
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Cant wait to read !🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Reposted
From Micro to Macro: Avian Chromosome Evolution is Dominated by Natural Selection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.29.626112v1
From Micro to Macro: Avian Chromosome Evolution is Dominated by Natural Selection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.29.626112v1
Birds display striking variation in chromosome number, defying the traditional view of highly conser
www.biorxiv.org
December 4, 2024 at 1:33 PM
From Micro to Macro: Avian Chromosome Evolution is Dominated by Natural Selection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.29.626112v1
Job advert --- plz RT / distribute
Department Head
Plant & Microbial Biology
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Come be my boss. Our department is fun. The twin cities are a great place to live.
hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...
Department Head
Plant & Microbial Biology
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Come be my boss. Our department is fun. The twin cities are a great place to live.
hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...
November 20, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Job advert --- plz RT / distribute
Department Head
Plant & Microbial Biology
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Come be my boss. Our department is fun. The twin cities are a great place to live.
hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...
Department Head
Plant & Microbial Biology
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Come be my boss. Our department is fun. The twin cities are a great place to live.
hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...