Matt Gibson
@gibsonmatt.bsky.social
Engineer at Eli Lilly and Company. PhD. interested in evolution, genomics, and computing. Likes and reposts do not reflect the opinions of my employer.
https://home.gibsonmatthew.com
https://home.gibsonmatthew.com
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i'm sorry but we really should just grind the entire country to a halt until we break this fucking monstrous apparatus. this shit is insane. it's insane to go to work while this is happening
Coercive sterilization in ICE detention. Eugenics.
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
November 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
i'm sorry but we really should just grind the entire country to a halt until we break this fucking monstrous apparatus. this shit is insane. it's insane to go to work while this is happening
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"What James Watson got wrong about DNA"
By the great Sohini Ramachandran (@sramach.bsky.social) and your boy for The Boston Globe (@bostonglobe.com).
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...
By the great Sohini Ramachandran (@sramach.bsky.social) and your boy for The Boston Globe (@bostonglobe.com).
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...
What James Watson got wrong about DNA - The Boston Globe
The science he helped pioneer consistently undermines his view that genes determine everything about us.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"What James Watson got wrong about DNA"
By the great Sohini Ramachandran (@sramach.bsky.social) and your boy for The Boston Globe (@bostonglobe.com).
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...
By the great Sohini Ramachandran (@sramach.bsky.social) and your boy for The Boston Globe (@bostonglobe.com).
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...
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Please spread widely and quickly - the more signatures we get the better chances we have of cajoling NSF into changing course on this small but very impactful item
NSF unexpectedly changed (at the last minute) who is eligible to apply for the Grad Research Fellowship, dropping 2nd year students. We started a petition to reverse this unfair change, Sign here:
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
and please spread the word!!!!
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
and please spread the word!!!!
Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
laurenkuehne.github.io
September 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Please spread widely and quickly - the more signatures we get the better chances we have of cajoling NSF into changing course on this small but very impactful item
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Please repost and amplify !
We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!
Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Deadline for applications is Oct 1
#AcademicJobs #EvoBio
We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!
Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Deadline for applications is Oct 1
#AcademicJobs #EvoBio
Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Genetics - Department of Biological Sciences | University of South Carolina
sc.edu
August 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Please repost and amplify !
We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!
Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Deadline for applications is Oct 1
#AcademicJobs #EvoBio
We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!
Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Deadline for applications is Oct 1
#AcademicJobs #EvoBio
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These embryo-selection startups are clearly feeding into an alt-right ecosystem that revels in techno-futurism much as such movements have in the past. GWAS participants & parents navigating IVF deserve better than being used as tools to attract the attention of edge lords.
August 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
These embryo-selection startups are clearly feeding into an alt-right ecosystem that revels in techno-futurism much as such movements have in the past. GWAS participants & parents navigating IVF deserve better than being used as tools to attract the attention of edge lords.
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A few thoughts on Herasight, the new embryo selection company. First, their whitepaper (drive.google.com/file/d/1EpFi...) implies that competitors like Nucleus have been marketing and selling grossly erroneous risk estimates. This is shocking if true! 🧵
August 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A few thoughts on Herasight, the new embryo selection company. First, their whitepaper (drive.google.com/file/d/1EpFi...) implies that competitors like Nucleus have been marketing and selling grossly erroneous risk estimates. This is shocking if true! 🧵
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Reflecting what we've known in plant genetics for a while, you just really can't beat ridge regression/GBLUP
📣 Latest from the lab: Performance of deep-learning-based approaches to improve polygenic scores www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Its thought deep learning will substantially improve PGS but the reality is MANY have tried but no/little gain has been seen so far. Here we report our negative results.
Its thought deep learning will substantially improve PGS but the reality is MANY have tried but no/little gain has been seen so far. Here we report our negative results.
June 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reflecting what we've known in plant genetics for a while, you just really can't beat ridge regression/GBLUP
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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Amazing study from Jill Anderson, Megan Demarche and colleagues, integrating species distribution models, reciprocal transplants, snow manipulation and more to test whether a montane plant can adapt to climate change. The sad answer: not without human intervention.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
May 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Amazing study from Jill Anderson, Megan Demarche and colleagues, integrating species distribution models, reciprocal transplants, snow manipulation and more to test whether a montane plant can adapt to climate change. The sad answer: not without human intervention.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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One day left to apply! Not seeing many American applications so far, which puzzles me a little bit. If you have a four-year degree including advanced courses in Ecology or Evolution, you are likely eligible. Happy to answer detailed questions over DM or email.
One week left to apply for this PhD student position on plant evolutionary genomics! 🧪 #StockholmU #ECR #PhD #evolution #genomics #pollen
April 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
One day left to apply! Not seeing many American applications so far, which puzzles me a little bit. If you have a four-year degree including advanced courses in Ecology or Evolution, you are likely eligible. Happy to answer detailed questions over DM or email.
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moonshine over Isla Isabela, Galápagos
March 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
moonshine over Isla Isabela, Galápagos
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So weird & inscrutable that Musk & his core ideology keeps having strong connections to eugenics & race science, including the pseudonymous race science account Cremieux revealed to be ran by Jordan Lasker whose race science paper was at the center of a scandal involving NIH data misuse & deception
US natalist conference to host race-science promoters and eugenicists
Details emerge about Natal conference in Austin later this month, set to feature figures linked to far-right politics
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
So weird & inscrutable that Musk & his core ideology keeps having strong connections to eugenics & race science, including the pseudonymous race science account Cremieux revealed to be ran by Jordan Lasker whose race science paper was at the center of a scandal involving NIH data misuse & deception
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I am hiring a lab technician! If you know anyone who has experience with field studies, enjoys working with plants, and is a good communicator and hard worker, pls pass this along! The position is for one year with the possibility of renewal. Please re-skeet!
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Research Lab Tech Lead - Baucom Lab | U-M Careers
careers.umich.edu
February 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I am hiring a lab technician! If you know anyone who has experience with field studies, enjoys working with plants, and is a good communicator and hard worker, pls pass this along! The position is for one year with the possibility of renewal. Please re-skeet!
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
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My students don’t like my jokes about maize effective population size. Too corn Ne.
February 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
My students don’t like my jokes about maize effective population size. Too corn Ne.
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KU Center for Genomics is hiring a postdoctoral fellow!
Choose a mentor among the Center's faculty and propose an original project. Two years funding and generous research budget included. Please share, retweet and apply!
genomics.ku.edu/ku-center-geno…
Choose a mentor among the Center's faculty and propose an original project. Two years funding and generous research budget included. Please share, retweet and apply!
genomics.ku.edu/ku-center-geno…
February 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
KU Center for Genomics is hiring a postdoctoral fellow!
Choose a mentor among the Center's faculty and propose an original project. Two years funding and generous research budget included. Please share, retweet and apply!
genomics.ku.edu/ku-center-geno…
Choose a mentor among the Center's faculty and propose an original project. Two years funding and generous research budget included. Please share, retweet and apply!
genomics.ku.edu/ku-center-geno…
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Hey does anyone want to postdoc with me? :)
KU Center for Genomics is hiring a postdoctoral fellow!
Choose a mentor among the Center's faculty and propose an original project. Two years funding and generous research budget included. Please share, retweet and apply!
genomics.ku.edu/ku-center-geno…
Choose a mentor among the Center's faculty and propose an original project. Two years funding and generous research budget included. Please share, retweet and apply!
genomics.ku.edu/ku-center-geno…
February 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Hey does anyone want to postdoc with me? :)
Our team is still hiring for this role in four US locations. Please reach out if you are interested.
careers.lilly.com/us/en/job/R-...
careers.lilly.com/us/en/job/R-...
AWS Cloud DevOps Engineer in San Diego, California, United States of America | Research & Development at Lilly
Apply for AWS Cloud DevOps Engineer job with Lilly in San Diego, California, United States of America. Research & Development at Lilly
careers.lilly.com
December 13, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Our team is still hiring for this role in four US locations. Please reach out if you are interested.
careers.lilly.com/us/en/job/R-...
careers.lilly.com/us/en/job/R-...
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The UC Davis plant community is recruiting for a new head of the Charles M. Rick Tomato Genetic Resource center. This position is a cornerstone of the tomato and Solanaceae community and provides some really cool research and teaching opportunities. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06784
Assistant Professor of Plant Genetics and Director of the C. M. Rick Tomato Genetics Resource Center
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
October 21, 2024 at 5:59 PM
The UC Davis plant community is recruiting for a new head of the Charles M. Rick Tomato Genetic Resource center. This position is a cornerstone of the tomato and Solanaceae community and provides some really cool research and teaching opportunities. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06784
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I'm recruiting students / postdocs to join my new lab at the University of Rochester for Fall 2025 onwards! If you're interested in phylogenetic comparative methods, genome evolution, and/or computational biology, please get in touch! More info:
mhibbins.github.io
mhibbins.github.io
Hibbins Lab
mhibbins.github.io
October 2, 2024 at 8:01 PM
I'm recruiting students / postdocs to join my new lab at the University of Rochester for Fall 2025 onwards! If you're interested in phylogenetic comparative methods, genome evolution, and/or computational biology, please get in touch! More info:
mhibbins.github.io
mhibbins.github.io
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Big news out of MOBOT spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/...
Missouri Botanical Garden names its first woman president
She is a world-renowned botanist and conservation researcher
spectrumlocalnews.com
September 9, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Big news out of MOBOT spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/...
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My lab is hiring a technician, to hopefully start asap! FT position with benefits, and potential for two positions. Pls re-post! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Research Lab Tech Senior - Baucom Lab | U-M Careers
careers.umich.edu
April 15, 2024 at 7:23 PM
My lab is hiring a technician, to hopefully start asap! FT position with benefits, and potential for two positions. Pls re-post! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Day trip back to Bloomington! Cardinal Spirits 😁
April 6, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Day trip back to Bloomington! Cardinal Spirits 😁
Hello evo bio community. I’m in the market for a new job! Interested primarily in bioinformatics roles (engineer or scientist) but anything genomics in ag or human space cool too!! Ideally here in the Midwest US or remote. I would greatly appreciate any leads.
March 27, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Hello evo bio community. I’m in the market for a new job! Interested primarily in bioinformatics roles (engineer or scientist) but anything genomics in ag or human space cool too!! Ideally here in the Midwest US or remote. I would greatly appreciate any leads.
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We are looking for postdocs to join our collaborative team funded by an NSF BEE (Bridging Ecology and Evolution) grant. The Delph lab is focused on reproductive isolation/interference among 24 North American Lobelia species. We have some beautiful hybrids! indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/23067
February 29, 2024 at 8:18 PM
We are looking for postdocs to join our collaborative team funded by an NSF BEE (Bridging Ecology and Evolution) grant. The Delph lab is focused on reproductive isolation/interference among 24 North American Lobelia species. We have some beautiful hybrids! indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/23067