Eric Johnson
ericjohnsonngs.bsky.social
Eric Johnson
@ericjohnsonngs.bsky.social
Plasmidsaurus, SNPsaurus, Floragenex, University of Oregon
DNA sequencing, genomics, dabbles in math-based art
Life at different scales.
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I was walking by the fancy cheese part of the grocery & the golden oldies music filtered into my brain--it was The Replacements, an 80s alternative band, playing "Can't Hardly Wait". youtube.com/watch?v=EvGj...
Having The 'Mats accompany my shopping is a bonus to getting older!
The Replacements - Can’t Hardly Wait (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RHINO
youtube.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
April 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The PNW has green grass in winter and evergreen trees that block the sun, so on a cold, sunny morning we get frost shadows like this one on the @uoregon.bsky.social campus.
January 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A write-up about Plasmidsaurus www.owlposting.com/p/the-unreas...
The unreasonable effectiveness of plasmid sequencing as a service (Plasmidsaurus)
3.8k words, 18 minutes reading time
www.owlposting.com
January 18, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Willow got a haircut
December 29, 2024 at 11:00 PM
This was from a "Nature is Amazing" tweet...and the list does seem weird except for the 26 pairs of chromosomes. I'm trying to figure out what a non-weird number of pairs would be!
December 15, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Happy Later Sunset Day, Eugene! On this day the sunsets will start to be later, adding a little sunshine to the end of the day. This simple chart explains it all.
December 8, 2024 at 4:45 PM
This ginkgo tree caught the light making the rainbow.
November 26, 2024 at 1:11 AM
My word cloud seems sort of sparse -- side effect of being a rad-seq one trick pony? scholargoggler.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:29 PM
DNA doodle
November 18, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Happy Oregon Exploding Whale Day youtu.be/V6CLumsir34
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Exploding Whale along the Oregon coast
YouTube video by KATU News
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November 13, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Feijoa harvest is going strong.
November 2, 2024 at 5:19 PM
More DNA doodling
October 27, 2024 at 4:38 PM
DNA generative art doodle
October 23, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Henry took the hint.
February 9, 2024 at 5:19 AM
Eugene got some some and ice, and the tall tree in the neighborhood looks a little flocked.
January 15, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Happy Later Sunset Day in Eugene, Oregon!
December 9, 2023 at 8:05 PM
People can understand alternatives and choose, but that choice is solely based on neurons being wired a certain way and the environment acting on those neurons, not from a free will that acts beyond physical laws. www.latimes.com/science/stor...
Stanford scientist, after decades of study, concludes: We don’t have free will
You may think you chose to read this, but Stanford scientist Robert Sapolsky would disagree. He says virtually all human behavior is beyond our conscious control.
www.latimes.com
October 18, 2023 at 3:32 PM
It is exciting to announce the opening of a Plasmidsaurus lab in London! Now we can better serve our customers in the UK and neighboring countries.
twitter.com/plasmidsauru...
Tweet by @plasmidsaurus
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October 16, 2023 at 11:53 PM
A donut helped us imagine the annular eclipse, and then it did break from cloud cover at the peak!
October 14, 2023 at 6:35 PM
Rainy October? Time for some mapo tofu!
October 14, 2023 at 3:09 AM
Thinking about how George Streisinger spent many years of unfunded work to get zebrafish going as a model system and how this was made possible by the tangible support of his colleagues at IMB/University of Oregon and their belief in that work. Probably not possible today with fiscal rules.
October 3, 2023 at 11:36 PM
Henry in dramatic lighting.
September 23, 2023 at 2:33 AM
Reposted by Eric Johnson
BIG NEWS! We are thrilled to share the news that
Primordium Labs and plasmidsaurus have joined forces, forming a single company with a unified mission of accelerating scientific discovery through innovations in DNA sequencing!
September 19, 2023 at 6:04 PM