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Javan Okendo
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Led the completion of the zebrafish reference genome, advancing genomic resources for the research community.
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Wow indeed. This is a disaster for U.S. science in so many ways. We're losing the future.
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Have you heard of the Zebrafish Rock! Slack Pro tankspace? Sponsored by ZFIN, it acts as the premier source for questions and queries for the #zebrafish community and beyond! If you are keen to join, please fill out this Google form at our website: linktr.ee/zebrafishrock
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Award-winning home tank for all things zebrafish!
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September 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
🚨 New #zebrafish reference genomes released!
Both TU & AB assemblies now include long-missing regions; centromeres, telomeres, and segmental duplications (SDs). A major step toward complete, accurate models for functional & comparative genomics. 🧬🐟

#Genomics #T2T #Zebrafish
August 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Exciting new #genomics resource! A high‑quality, chromosome‑level genome assembly of the garden slug (Deroceras laeve) is now available. academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...
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August 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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We are looking for a new director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center! Please spread the word: www.genome.gov/careers-trai...
Director, NIH Intramural Sequencing Center
NHGRI seeks to identify an outstanding Director to lead its NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) within its Division of Intramural Research (DIR).
www.genome.gov
February 21, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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We are excited to release several new GIAB products in advance of #ASHG23, including v1.0 TR and X&Y benchmarks, corrected GRCh38 reference, stratifications for T2T-CHM13, RNA-seq, GIAB tumor/normal data, and a v1.0 T2T-HG002 assembly with #T2T. Details at www.nist.gov/programs-pro...
November 1, 2023 at 7:04 PM
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Gotta admit that a day 2 zebrafish embryo is a lot cuter than a day 2 mouse embryo 🐠🧪🔬
October 25, 2023 at 4:50 PM