Eric Franzosa
@efranzosa.bsky.social
Senior Research Scientist at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health. Research and teaching in microbiome and protein bioinformatics. Fan of tabletop games, sci-fi/fantasy, sketch comedy, and organizing.
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DNA Sequencing Reveals Hitler Was Type Of Fern
DNA Sequencing Reveals Hitler Was Type Of Fern
BATH, ENGLAND—Saying the discovery shed new light on the infamous German dictator’s life, University of Bath researchers revealed DNA sequencing Friday showing that Adolf Hitler was a type of fern. “A...
theonion.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
DNA Sequencing Reveals Hitler Was Type Of Fern
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Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
November 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
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Halloween logicals, still the best 10/31 venn
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Halloween logicals, still the best 10/31 venn
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I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.
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I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
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The new -outfmt 20 in BLAST 😍. No more frustrated googling to remember which column is which.....
September 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The new -outfmt 20 in BLAST 😍. No more frustrated googling to remember which column is which.....
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things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
August 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
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You can get an accurate estimate of total bacterial biomass from stool metagenomes by simply normalizing by host read count, without needing any additional measurements.
Excellent work by UW Master's student Gechlang Tang in @asm.org #mSystems Journal.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Excellent work by UW Master's student Gechlang Tang in @asm.org #mSystems Journal.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
🧵
Metagenomic estimation of absolute bacterial biomass in the mammalian gut through host-derived read normalization | mSystems
In this study, we asked whether normalization by host reads alone was sufficient to
estimate absolute bacterial biomass directly from stool metagenomic data, without
the need for synthetic spike-ins, ...
journals.asm.org
July 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
You can get an accurate estimate of total bacterial biomass from stool metagenomes by simply normalizing by host read count, without needing any additional measurements.
Excellent work by UW Master's student Gechlang Tang in @asm.org #mSystems Journal.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
🧵
Excellent work by UW Master's student Gechlang Tang in @asm.org #mSystems Journal.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
🧵
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This might be my favorite thing I’ve painted to date. I mean, glowy space angel made of stars and nebula stuff, does it get cooler than that?
24 x 18 mixed media and oil on panel
AD: Vic Ochoa
#mtgart #oilpainting #traditionalart
24 x 18 mixed media and oil on panel
AD: Vic Ochoa
#mtgart #oilpainting #traditionalart
July 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This might be my favorite thing I’ve painted to date. I mean, glowy space angel made of stars and nebula stuff, does it get cooler than that?
24 x 18 mixed media and oil on panel
AD: Vic Ochoa
#mtgart #oilpainting #traditionalart
24 x 18 mixed media and oil on panel
AD: Vic Ochoa
#mtgart #oilpainting #traditionalart
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Our lab recently organized a week-long course on Microbiome data analysis using the bioBakery suite. We had almost 60 participants from around the world, eagerly participating and learning. Huge shoutout to Kelsey for spearheading the course and all instructors for teaching fabulously! 🎉
June 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Our lab recently organized a week-long course on Microbiome data analysis using the bioBakery suite. We had almost 60 participants from around the world, eagerly participating and learning. Huge shoutout to Kelsey for spearheading the course and all instructors for teaching fabulously! 🎉
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Our grandparents survived the measles, what’s the big deal?
h/t @kjhealy.co
h/t @kjhealy.co
March 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Our grandparents survived the measles, what’s the big deal?
h/t @kjhealy.co
h/t @kjhealy.co
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Come join us in Boston for this year's HCMPH Symposium on May 19th! This year's theme is "microbiome in food systems", however, any and all microbiome research is welcome!
February 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Come join us in Boston for this year's HCMPH Symposium on May 19th! This year's theme is "microbiome in food systems", however, any and all microbiome research is welcome!
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We will be teaching our annual microbial multi-omics/bioBakery course this spring between June 2nd-6th at the Broad Institute here in Cambridge MA.
Check it out and register below. We look forward to seeing you!
huttenhower.sph.harvard.edu/biobakery2025/
Check it out and register below. We look forward to seeing you!
huttenhower.sph.harvard.edu/biobakery2025/
biobakery2025 – The Huttenhower Lab
huttenhower.sph.harvard.edu
February 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We will be teaching our annual microbial multi-omics/bioBakery course this spring between June 2nd-6th at the Broad Institute here in Cambridge MA.
Check it out and register below. We look forward to seeing you!
huttenhower.sph.harvard.edu/biobakery2025/
Check it out and register below. We look forward to seeing you!
huttenhower.sph.harvard.edu/biobakery2025/
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Curtis will be giving a free webinar on our new tool MaAslin3 on February 20th. Come check out what's new and the changes we made to improve differential abundance testing in microbiome data!
cmbio.io/webinars/maa...
cmbio.io/webinars/maa...
Webinar| MaAsLin 3 for Microbiome Statistics and Epidemiology
Join us for an enlightening session with Dr Curtis Huttenhower as he delves into the transformative capabilities of this next-generation statistical tool.
cmbio.io
February 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Curtis will be giving a free webinar on our new tool MaAslin3 on February 20th. Come check out what's new and the changes we made to improve differential abundance testing in microbiome data!
cmbio.io/webinars/maa...
cmbio.io/webinars/maa...
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OUT NOW Profiling lateral gene transfer events in the human microbiome using WAAFLE
@hutlab.bsky.social @efranzosa.bsky.social @harvardchanschool.bsky.social @longnguyen.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@hutlab.bsky.social @efranzosa.bsky.social @harvardchanschool.bsky.social @longnguyen.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Profiling lateral gene transfer events in the human microbiome using WAAFLE - Nature Microbiology
Applying WAAFLE to metagenomic data from human samples reveals over 100,000 putative LGTs not currently found in reference genomes, highlighting an underappreciated microbiome phenomenon.
www.nature.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
OUT NOW Profiling lateral gene transfer events in the human microbiome using WAAFLE
@hutlab.bsky.social @efranzosa.bsky.social @harvardchanschool.bsky.social @longnguyen.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@hutlab.bsky.social @efranzosa.bsky.social @harvardchanschool.bsky.social @longnguyen.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Introducing the new hsph.harvard.edu! Teams at #HarvardChan have created a new website experience to showcase our outstanding research, world-class educational programs, and commitment to implementation + impact while centering our vision of a world with health, dignity, and justice for every human.
Home | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Harvard Chan School seeks to build a world where everyone can thrive.
hsph.harvard.edu
December 9, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Introducing the new hsph.harvard.edu! Teams at #HarvardChan have created a new website experience to showcase our outstanding research, world-class educational programs, and commitment to implementation + impact while centering our vision of a world with health, dignity, and justice for every human.
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