Harmit Singh Malik
@harmitmalik.bsky.social
Study genetic conflicts professionally. Try to avoid conflicts in personal life (with mixed results).
Fred Hutch Basic Sciences,
UW Genome Sciences,
HHMI.
Posting in a personal capacity. My posts don’t reflect my employers’ opinions.
Fred Hutch Basic Sciences,
UW Genome Sciences,
HHMI.
Posting in a personal capacity. My posts don’t reflect my employers’ opinions.
More pictures of the brilliance that is (lab manager) Aida de la Cruz with her creation.
October 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
More pictures of the brilliance that is (lab manager) Aida de la Cruz with her creation.
When you learn you’ve been washing your hands wrong AND singing the happy birthday song wrong after all these years
October 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
When you learn you’ve been washing your hands wrong AND singing the happy birthday song wrong after all these years
Is this intended as a pro-Mandani post? Because it sure comes off that way
October 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Is this intended as a pro-Mandani post? Because it sure comes off that way
The legend of Bo Nix grows.
October 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The legend of Bo Nix grows.
The ‘young men’ will always have their Cybertrucks I suppose
October 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The ‘young men’ will always have their Cybertrucks I suppose
Day 2 of Marker lectures visit to @pennstateuniv.bsky.social with some amazing meetings (including with @szparalab.bsky.social)
and yummy food
Plus I also gave a seminar.
and yummy food
Plus I also gave a seminar.
October 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Day 2 of Marker lectures visit to @pennstateuniv.bsky.social with some amazing meetings (including with @szparalab.bsky.social)
and yummy food
Plus I also gave a seminar.
and yummy food
Plus I also gave a seminar.
Excellent first day at @pennstateuniv.bsky.social for the Marker lectures hanging out with science celebrities @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social @drohsopretty.bsky.social @symbionticism.bsky.social
plus several more folks I was too shy to ask for selfies
plus several more folks I was too shy to ask for selfies
October 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Excellent first day at @pennstateuniv.bsky.social for the Marker lectures hanging out with science celebrities @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social @drohsopretty.bsky.social @symbionticism.bsky.social
plus several more folks I was too shy to ask for selfies
plus several more folks I was too shy to ask for selfies
This book has never been more timely. Thanks to @sonali-m-19.bsky.social for writing it and for sending me a copy.
October 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This book has never been more timely. Thanks to @sonali-m-19.bsky.social for writing it and for sending me a copy.
Visiting UT Austin in Integrative Biology and came across this fantastic opportunity for senior grad students in the life sciences.
October 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Visiting UT Austin in Integrative Biology and came across this fantastic opportunity for senior grad students in the life sciences.
1937 Germany would like its propaganda machine back
October 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
1937 Germany would like its propaganda machine back
Never had quite such a send off at the airport (leaving Rochester after attending ROC-fest in honor of Tom Eickbush, Allen Orr, John Jaenike, and Jack Werren)
October 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Never had quite such a send off at the airport (leaving Rochester after attending ROC-fest in honor of Tom Eickbush, Allen Orr, John Jaenike, and Jack Werren)
A few alumni have collected in Rochester this weekend to say thank you and happy retirement to my PhD advisor Tom Eickbush, along with three other amazing evolutionary biologists: Allen Orr, John Jaenike, and Jack Werren.
My heart is filled with gratitude for having trained with them.
My heart is filled with gratitude for having trained with them.
October 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A few alumni have collected in Rochester this weekend to say thank you and happy retirement to my PhD advisor Tom Eickbush, along with three other amazing evolutionary biologists: Allen Orr, John Jaenike, and Jack Werren.
My heart is filled with gratitude for having trained with them.
My heart is filled with gratitude for having trained with them.
In grad school I spent many afternoons in Mt Hope cemetery at Univ Rochester reading papers, collecting mulberry leaves (for- silk moths), or just ‘chilling’.
Interesting to come back a quarter century later to commune with old friends like Susan B Anthony; everything else is new & unrecognizable.
Interesting to come back a quarter century later to commune with old friends like Susan B Anthony; everything else is new & unrecognizable.
October 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
In grad school I spent many afternoons in Mt Hope cemetery at Univ Rochester reading papers, collecting mulberry leaves (for- silk moths), or just ‘chilling’.
Interesting to come back a quarter century later to commune with old friends like Susan B Anthony; everything else is new & unrecognizable.
Interesting to come back a quarter century later to commune with old friends like Susan B Anthony; everything else is new & unrecognizable.
My new favorite T-shirt
(Courtesy outgoing postdocs @ching-hochang.bsky.social & @hsiehyp.bsky.social)
(Courtesy outgoing postdocs @ching-hochang.bsky.social & @hsiehyp.bsky.social)
September 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My new favorite T-shirt
(Courtesy outgoing postdocs @ching-hochang.bsky.social & @hsiehyp.bsky.social)
(Courtesy outgoing postdocs @ching-hochang.bsky.social & @hsiehyp.bsky.social)
The day might come when we do not celebrate our happy occasions with (Costco) cake. Luckily today is not that day.
September 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The day might come when we do not celebrate our happy occasions with (Costco) cake. Luckily today is not that day.
25 years since I went from the biggest skeptic to the biggest fan of arranged marriages.
#alwaysgoodtobeabletoblameothers
#alwaysgoodtobeabletoblameothers
September 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
25 years since I went from the biggest skeptic to the biggest fan of arranged marriages.
#alwaysgoodtobeabletoblameothers
#alwaysgoodtobeabletoblameothers
August 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We also commemorated Ching-Ho's papers, including doi.org/10.7554/eLif..., with a fancy mug. His important follow-up paper on the functional consequences of protamine rapid evolution will be posted as a preprint soon.
August 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We also commemorated Ching-Ho's papers, including doi.org/10.7554/eLif..., with a fancy mug. His important follow-up paper on the functional consequences of protamine rapid evolution will be posted as a preprint soon.
We kicked off a month-long celebration (for them) and mourning (for me) with some fancy mugs from sciencegrit.com commemorating some of their most important papers from the lab, including doi.org/10.1371/jour.... Also check out Phoebe's second paper (preprint: doi: doi.org/10.1101/2024...)
August 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We kicked off a month-long celebration (for them) and mourning (for me) with some fancy mugs from sciencegrit.com commemorating some of their most important papers from the lab, including doi.org/10.1371/jour.... Also check out Phoebe's second paper (preprint: doi: doi.org/10.1101/2024...)
Preparing to say goodbye to two outstanding scientists from the lab: Ching-Ho Chang (@ching-hochang.bsky.social) and Yu-Ying Phoebe Hsieh (@hsiehyp.bsky.social) who are both leaving the lab at the end of the month to start their own independent labs at the prestigious Academia Sinica in Taipei
August 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Preparing to say goodbye to two outstanding scientists from the lab: Ching-Ho Chang (@ching-hochang.bsky.social) and Yu-Ying Phoebe Hsieh (@hsiehyp.bsky.social) who are both leaving the lab at the end of the month to start their own independent labs at the prestigious Academia Sinica in Taipei
This two post thread is … (chef’s kiss)
We are living in the greatest tragi-comedy of a timeline
We are living in the greatest tragi-comedy of a timeline
August 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This two post thread is … (chef’s kiss)
We are living in the greatest tragi-comedy of a timeline
We are living in the greatest tragi-comedy of a timeline
Not everyday you get a fundraising email that was intended for a Nobel Prize winner! My reasoning is that they have a database of names (mine is close) and addresses and they are off by a frameshift mutation of one! 😱😬😳
June 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Not everyday you get a fundraising email that was intended for a Nobel Prize winner! My reasoning is that they have a database of names (mine is close) and addresses and they are off by a frameshift mutation of one! 😱😬😳
Equity objectives are not antithetical to scientific inquiry. They are an acknowledgement that all human beings matter and they celebrate all that makes us human.
This is one of my favorite descriptions of what it means to do science in this century
This is one of my favorite descriptions of what it means to do science in this century
May 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Equity objectives are not antithetical to scientific inquiry. They are an acknowledgement that all human beings matter and they celebrate all that makes us human.
This is one of my favorite descriptions of what it means to do science in this century
This is one of my favorite descriptions of what it means to do science in this century
Saturday afternoon therapy at Washington Park Arboretum
May 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Saturday afternoon therapy at Washington Park Arboretum
Scientists trying to grab a bite and a brief respite from the madness. Thanks to @bendeskylab.com for hosting me.
April 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Scientists trying to grab a bite and a brief respite from the madness. Thanks to @bendeskylab.com for hosting me.