Dan MacGuigan
@dmacguig.bsky.social
Research Biologist - NOAA Fisheries & the Smithsonian NMNH - bioinformatics, systematics, genomics, speciation, & hybridization - University of Rochester undergrad, Yale EEB PhD, University at Buffalo NSF PRFB - https://danjmac.weebly.com
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This is one of the most demented things Trump has posted
September 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This is one of the most demented things Trump has posted
Check out our new preprint! We compare sequence versus synteny approaches for resolving a challenging #phylogenetic problem. In this case, synteny is far more informative! Also includes the first chromosome-level #genome for the enigmatic #fish family Gyrinocheilidae. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
September 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Check out our new preprint! We compare sequence versus synteny approaches for resolving a challenging #phylogenetic problem. In this case, synteny is far more informative! Also includes the first chromosome-level #genome for the enigmatic #fish family Gyrinocheilidae. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Just a pair of Gold-spotted Mudskippers (Periophthalmus chrysospilos) doing their semiaquatic thing.
📷 nitiroj_boonsai on iNaturalist
📍 Thailand
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#ObservationOfTheDay
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📍 Thailand
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
May 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Just a pair of Gold-spotted Mudskippers (Periophthalmus chrysospilos) doing their semiaquatic thing.
📷 nitiroj_boonsai on iNaturalist
📍 Thailand
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
📷 nitiroj_boonsai on iNaturalist
📍 Thailand
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
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In addition to the terminations of existing awards, new NSF grants are still stopped completely since DOGE was granted access to systems a week ago.
Last Thursday, an agency spokesperson said "NSF continues to issue awards." That does not appear to be the case.
Last Thursday, an agency spokesperson said "NSF continues to issue awards." That does not appear to be the case.
April 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
In addition to the terminations of existing awards, new NSF grants are still stopped completely since DOGE was granted access to systems a week ago.
Last Thursday, an agency spokesperson said "NSF continues to issue awards." That does not appear to be the case.
Last Thursday, an agency spokesperson said "NSF continues to issue awards." That does not appear to be the case.
Thank you @sse-evolution.bsky.social! Thrilled to have our paper recognized.
I am beyond honored to announce that our paper (academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...) revealing a molecular mechanism of evolutionary stasis has won the @sse-evolution.bsky.social President's Award
This work would have been impossible w/o my colleagues @tjnear.bsky.social lab and beyond!
This work would have been impossible w/o my colleagues @tjnear.bsky.social lab and beyond!
The genomic signatures of evolutionary stasis
Abstract. Evolutionary stasis characterizes lineages that seldom speciate and show little phenotypic change over long stretches of geological time. Althoug
academic.oup.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Thank you @sse-evolution.bsky.social! Thrilled to have our paper recognized.
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A source just told me over the phone that layoffs are happening right now at NOAA. Axios is also reporting this. www.axios.com/2025/02/27/l...
Layoffs hit federal climate, weather agency NOAA
The cuts could affect NOAA's weather forecasts, climate research and other functions.
www.axios.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A source just told me over the phone that layoffs are happening right now at NOAA. Axios is also reporting this. www.axios.com/2025/02/27/l...
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USAID staff have two days to clean out their offices at the agency’s former headquarters in DC.
People are gathering on the sidewalk in the rain to show their support, applauding workers as they pass by.
People are gathering on the sidewalk in the rain to show their support, applauding workers as they pass by.
February 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
USAID staff have two days to clean out their offices at the agency’s former headquarters in DC.
People are gathering on the sidewalk in the rain to show their support, applauding workers as they pass by.
People are gathering on the sidewalk in the rain to show their support, applauding workers as they pass by.
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“They apparently just sort of walked past security and said: ‘Get out of my way,’ and they’re looking for access for the IT systems, as they have in other agencies,” said a former Noaa official. “They will have access to the entire computer system, a lot of which is confidential information.”
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“They apparently just sort of walked past security and said: ‘Get out of my way,’ and they’re looking for access for the IT systems, as they have in other agencies,” said a former Noaa official. “They will have access to the entire computer system, a lot of which is confidential information.”
Very grateful to have contributed to this important research!
1/4New from the #NearLab, genomics and morphology demonstrate the famous Snail Darter, Percina tanasi, the little fish that swam to the United States Supreme Court is not a distinct species...
Open access at Current Biology
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Open access at Current Biology
www.cell.com/current-biol...
January 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Very grateful to have contributed to this important research!
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1/4New from the #NearLab, genomics and morphology demonstrate the famous Snail Darter, Percina tanasi, the little fish that swam to the United States Supreme Court is not a distinct species...
Open access at Current Biology
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Open access at Current Biology
www.cell.com/current-biol...
January 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
1/4New from the #NearLab, genomics and morphology demonstrate the famous Snail Darter, Percina tanasi, the little fish that swam to the United States Supreme Court is not a distinct species...
Open access at Current Biology
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Open access at Current Biology
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Marine institutes and University departments doing marine research, join the conversation here. Only official organisations
go.bsky.app/K7HxGsK
go.bsky.app/K7HxGsK
November 29, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Marine institutes and University departments doing marine research, join the conversation here. Only official organisations
go.bsky.app/K7HxGsK
go.bsky.app/K7HxGsK
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I’m working on a starter pack of ocean science and conservation accounts who post regularly and cover a variety of geographic and disciplinary perspectives.
Follow these fine folks. 🦑🌎🧪🐠
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Follow these fine folks. 🦑🌎🧪🐠
go.bsky.app/HYBnbQn
November 16, 2024 at 5:41 PM
I’m working on a starter pack of ocean science and conservation accounts who post regularly and cover a variety of geographic and disciplinary perspectives.
Follow these fine folks. 🦑🌎🧪🐠
go.bsky.app/HYBnbQn
Follow these fine folks. 🦑🌎🧪🐠
go.bsky.app/HYBnbQn
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You are so welcome- there are so many amazing women that now there are two starter packs!! go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4
November 22, 2024 at 11:56 PM
You are so welcome- there are so many amazing women that now there are two starter packs!! go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4
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November 22, 2024 at 3:33 AM
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I hope federally funded scientists are preparing for large scale, bad faith attacks by Musk and his troll army.
It’s pretty clear the DOGE operation is going to take snippets of grant proposals and papers, present them out of context, and direct weaponized harassment of individual people.
It’s pretty clear the DOGE operation is going to take snippets of grant proposals and papers, present them out of context, and direct weaponized harassment of individual people.
November 23, 2024 at 4:16 PM
I hope federally funded scientists are preparing for large scale, bad faith attacks by Musk and his troll army.
It’s pretty clear the DOGE operation is going to take snippets of grant proposals and papers, present them out of context, and direct weaponized harassment of individual people.
It’s pretty clear the DOGE operation is going to take snippets of grant proposals and papers, present them out of context, and direct weaponized harassment of individual people.
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Elon Musk takes far more federal dollars with far less oversight than any of the public scientists facing attacks.
People who come under attack should respond by making sure anyone listening knows how much federal money Musk makes, and how he shields it from scrutiny.
People who come under attack should respond by making sure anyone listening knows how much federal money Musk makes, and how he shields it from scrutiny.
November 23, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Elon Musk takes far more federal dollars with far less oversight than any of the public scientists facing attacks.
People who come under attack should respond by making sure anyone listening knows how much federal money Musk makes, and how he shields it from scrutiny.
People who come under attack should respond by making sure anyone listening knows how much federal money Musk makes, and how he shields it from scrutiny.
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Could God make a demographic history so complex even she couldn't estimate N_e
November 24, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Could God make a demographic history so complex even she couldn't estimate N_e
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Is "clean-burning" coalescent a myth?
November 23, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Is "clean-burning" coalescent a myth?
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Top 10 Hill-Robertsons to Die On
November 22, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Top 10 Hill-Robertsons to Die On
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Here is a #compbio starter kit! go.bsky.app/QVPoZXp To all the #Bioinformatics #Genomics #MachineLearning folks: please RP and let’s build this together!
November 23, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Here is a #compbio starter kit! go.bsky.app/QVPoZXp To all the #Bioinformatics #Genomics #MachineLearning folks: please RP and let’s build this together!
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Here's a starter pack for early career researchers in evolutionary biology. I prioritized the most-junior folks, and this list quickly filled up with undergrads, grad students, and postdocs. Might do another list later, but I'm tired. Have fun everyone! 🐒 #evobio
go.bsky.app/MzND7nX
go.bsky.app/MzND7nX
November 19, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Here's a starter pack for early career researchers in evolutionary biology. I prioritized the most-junior folks, and this list quickly filled up with undergrads, grad students, and postdocs. Might do another list later, but I'm tired. Have fun everyone! 🐒 #evobio
go.bsky.app/MzND7nX
go.bsky.app/MzND7nX
First day on the job as a NOAA Fisheries Research Biologist, stationed at the National Systematics Lab in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. I'll be developing and streamlining bioinformatics workflows, as well as leading and supporting research on systematics, evolution, and more!
September 10, 2024 at 6:02 PM
First day on the job as a NOAA Fisheries Research Biologist, stationed at the National Systematics Lab in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. I'll be developing and streamlining bioinformatics workflows, as well as leading and supporting research on systematics, evolution, and more!
Check out our new paper! Gars have an extremely low rate of molecular evolution compared to other vertebrates, much slower than most other "living fossil" lineages. With co-lead Chase Brownstein, plus Daemin Kim, Oliver Orr, Liandong Yang, @solomonrdavid.bsky.social, Brian Kreiser, and Tom Near.
The genomic signatures of evolutionary stasis
Abstract. Evolutionary stasis characterizes lineages that seldom speciate and show little phenotypic change over long stretches of geological time. Although lin
doi.org
March 5, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Check out our new paper! Gars have an extremely low rate of molecular evolution compared to other vertebrates, much slower than most other "living fossil" lineages. With co-lead Chase Brownstein, plus Daemin Kim, Oliver Orr, Liandong Yang, @solomonrdavid.bsky.social, Brian Kreiser, and Tom Near.
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LIVING FOSSILS: They GAR for REAL.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Thanks @scattercushion.bsky.social for the story in Science, see article for link to research paper led by Chase Brownstein et al! 🧪🐟
www.science.org/content/arti...
Thanks @scattercushion.bsky.social for the story in Science, see article for link to research paper led by Chase Brownstein et al! 🧪🐟
March 4, 2024 at 6:38 PM
LIVING FOSSILS: They GAR for REAL.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Thanks @scattercushion.bsky.social for the story in Science, see article for link to research paper led by Chase Brownstein et al! 🧪🐟
www.science.org/content/arti...
Thanks @scattercushion.bsky.social for the story in Science, see article for link to research paper led by Chase Brownstein et al! 🧪🐟