Jonathan Dushoff
@jdushoff.bsky.social
Theoretical biologist, recreational mathematician, anti-fascist*.
* I had planned not to be political here, but when circumstances change, decisions sometimes have to change.
* I had planned not to be political here, but when circumstances change, decisions sometimes have to change.
Reposted by Jonathan Dushoff
Launched in March 2025 as a joint project between the University of Maryland & the University of Pennsylvania and now supported by a grant from Open Philanthropy, #SCIMaP focuses on assessing the impacts of federal cuts to science on communities nationwide:
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Open Philanthropy Awards $336K to Map the Impact of Scientific Funding Cuts | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland
Researchers at the University of Maryland and the University of Pennsylvania are jointly leading efforts to comm
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October 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Launched in March 2025 as a joint project between the University of Maryland & the University of Pennsylvania and now supported by a grant from Open Philanthropy, #SCIMaP focuses on assessing the impacts of federal cuts to science on communities nationwide:
cmns.umd.edu/news-events/...
cmns.umd.edu/news-events/...
No, the 1.4 million is actual non-citizens who are getting some of this money. But they are documented and legally here. ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-check-m...
Fact Check: Mike Johnson’s Biggest Lies About Health Care and Undocumented Immigrants
The Republican speaker continues to push the false narrative that Democrats are responsible for shutting down the government because they want to fund health care for undocumented people
ca.news.yahoo.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
No, the 1.4 million is actual non-citizens who are getting some of this money. But they are documented and legally here. ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-check-m...
For those curious about the point of contention, it is 1.4 million _legal_, documented, foreign residents of the United States: ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-check-m...
Fact Check: Mike Johnson’s Biggest Lies About Health Care and Undocumented Immigrants
The Republican speaker continues to push the false narrative that Democrats are responsible for shutting down the government because they want to fund health care for undocumented people
ca.news.yahoo.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
For those curious about the point of contention, it is 1.4 million _legal_, documented, foreign residents of the United States: ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-check-m...
Reposted by Jonathan Dushoff
The fact that the 6 L (leucine) codons come together to form an L should be interpreted as a sign that this is a good way to visualize the aa table. 🙂
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September 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The fact that the 6 L (leucine) codons come together to form an L should be interpreted as a sign that this is a good way to visualize the aa table. 🙂
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The two arginine blocks are in the same quadrant, but farther apart than might be expected, because the first-position change is a transversion not to a bond-partner, and because pyrimidines are over-represented in P1, and purines are over-represented in P3, of R codons.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The two arginine blocks are in the same quadrant, but farther apart than might be expected, because the first-position change is a transversion not to a bond-partner, and because pyrimidines are over-represented in P1, and purines are over-represented in P3, of R codons.
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Dashed yellow lines link unconnected blocks that represent the same aa. The two serine blocks are in different quadrants because serine has two different P2 nts, which is pretty weird.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Dashed yellow lines link unconnected blocks that represent the same aa. The two serine blocks are in different quadrants because serine has two different P2 nts, which is pretty weird.
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Arrows indicate potential CpG bridge codons. Each large arrow indicates four codons that can bridge back to an earlier codon. Small arrows each indicate one codon that can bridge forward. The top row should also have small forward arrows, but mysteriously does not. We blame the gremlins.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Arrows indicate potential CpG bridge codons. Each large arrow indicates four codons that can bridge back to an earlier codon. Small arrows each indicate one codon that can bridge forward. The top row should also have small forward arrows, but mysteriously does not. We blame the gremlins.
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Circles indicate codons with CpG. The large circle indicates all four codons in the CGX box; each small circle indicates a single codon.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Circles indicate codons with CpG. The large circle indicates all four codons in the CGX box; each small circle indicates a single codon.
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So, for example, V (valine) is in the T quadrant, and the G section of that quadrant, corresponding (since the top-level T represents) to GTX. W (tryptophan) is in the G quadrant, T section, G subsection, corresponding to TGG
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September 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
So, for example, V (valine) is in the T quadrant, and the G section of that quadrant, corresponding (since the top-level T represents) to GTX. W (tryptophan) is in the G quadrant, T section, G subsection, corresponding to TGG
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nts for all three codon positions are arranged in this pattern. Position-two (P2) nts have the largest effect on aa, and determine quadrant of each codon. P1 nts are nested inside the P2 quadrants. P3 nts are nested inside P1; these lines are not shown if they don't affect aa result.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
nts for all three codon positions are arranged in this pattern. Position-two (P2) nts have the largest effect on aa, and determine quadrant of each codon. P1 nts are nested inside the P2 quadrants. P3 nts are nested inside P1; these lines are not shown if they don't affect aa result.
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bsky needs "like" options like fb has, so I can just click laugh. Never needed that so much as now.
September 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
bsky needs "like" options like fb has, so I can just click laugh. Never needed that so much as now.
*no competent federal prosecutor with principles and a spine would bring such charges.
September 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
*no competent federal prosecutor with principles and a spine would bring such charges.
It's pretty likely that the phrase surrounding it is awkward or ambiguous, try rewriting a bit around it?
September 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It's pretty likely that the phrase surrounding it is awkward or ambiguous, try rewriting a bit around it?