Larry Hunter
@proflhunter.bsky.social
Knowledge based biomedical data science, artificial intelligence for discovery in molecular biomedicine, computational bioethics, theory of mattering. University of Chicago / Big Island HI
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📢 Our Dept. of Systems Biology at Columbia University has an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the broad area of quantitative biology. Come join our awesome department in NYC! Please circulate.
apply.interfolio.com/177622
Suggested deadline: 12/15/2025.
@columbiasysbio.bsky.social
apply.interfolio.com/177622
Suggested deadline: 12/15/2025.
@columbiasysbio.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
📢 Our Dept. of Systems Biology at Columbia University has an open tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the broad area of quantitative biology. Come join our awesome department in NYC! Please circulate.
apply.interfolio.com/177622
Suggested deadline: 12/15/2025.
@columbiasysbio.bsky.social
apply.interfolio.com/177622
Suggested deadline: 12/15/2025.
@columbiasysbio.bsky.social
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Human health and ecosystem health are connected - In-depth reporting on amphibian die-off in Central America, and downstream implications for malaria incidence featuring work from my colleague Mike Springborn
wapo.st/47Slsij
wapo.st/47Slsij
First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
wapo.st
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Human health and ecosystem health are connected - In-depth reporting on amphibian die-off in Central America, and downstream implications for malaria incidence featuring work from my colleague Mike Springborn
wapo.st/47Slsij
wapo.st/47Slsij
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Richard so deserves this - a legend in bioinformatics and computational biology - work genome, human genome, Pfam, 1,000 genomes, Sam/bam format, bwa, vcf, psmc… and so many more
Congratulations to Richard Durbin on being awarded our Genetics Society Medal!
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Richard so deserves this - a legend in bioinformatics and computational biology - work genome, human genome, Pfam, 1,000 genomes, Sam/bam format, bwa, vcf, psmc… and so many more
This looks like a useful resource!
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November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This looks like a useful resource!
If you are interested in the origin of life, the new issue of PTRSB is full of interesting work. h/t @manlius.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1936
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If you are interested in the origin of life, the new issue of PTRSB is full of interesting work. h/t @manlius.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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Congratulations to Joe Felsenstein on being awarded the 2026 Mendel Medal!
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Congratulations to Joe Felsenstein on being awarded the 2026 Mendel Medal!
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath...
If only we could figure out how to get rid of dark triad parasites (e.g. billionaires), life would be a lot better than it is now.
If only we could figure out how to get rid of dark triad parasites (e.g. billionaires), life would be a lot better than it is now.
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath...
If only we could figure out how to get rid of dark triad parasites (e.g. billionaires), life would be a lot better than it is now.
If only we could figure out how to get rid of dark triad parasites (e.g. billionaires), life would be a lot better than it is now.
Former OpenAI product safety leader sounding a loud warning about artificial intimacy. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
Opinion | I Led Product Safety at OpenAI. Don’t Trust Its Claims About ‘Erotica.’
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Former OpenAI product safety leader sounding a loud warning about artificial intimacy. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
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Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
www.eva.mpg.de
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
Agree
Spending money on Kagi has made my life much better
Today, we're launching SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search.
Join our collective defense against AI-generated spam and content farms:
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November 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Agree
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More new NIH institute and center director positions posted
with a closing date of 11/26/25.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
These include the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ...
1/3
with a closing date of 11/26/25.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
These include the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ...
1/3
hr.nih.gov
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
More new NIH institute and center director positions posted
with a closing date of 11/26/25.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
These include the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ...
1/3
with a closing date of 11/26/25.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
These include the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ...
1/3
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No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.
A lot of medical and scientific leadership (looking at you, NAS) has been abysmal in the Trump era. These spineless worms are selling out the rest of us to keep their access to power.
AMA President acknowledged certain decision by Trump administration — including changes to childhood vaccine schedule & the overhaul of ACIP — could be dangerous for patients.
But he also emphasized the importance of trying to maintain a working relationship with the administration.
Disgusting.
But he also emphasized the importance of trying to maintain a working relationship with the administration.
Disgusting.
AMA president deflects criticism of organization’s restrained approach to the Trump administration
The American Medical Association president defended the physician group's restrained advocacy strategy toward the Trump administration
www.statnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
A lot of medical and scientific leadership (looking at you, NAS) has been abysmal in the Trump era. These spineless worms are selling out the rest of us to keep their access to power.
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Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
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🚨Dept. of Education proposes to exclude public health degrees from the “professional degree” category.
That means new public health experts could lose access to key higher ed resources, like loan limits & reimbursement.
A bold strategy to let infectious diseases win! 🦠
aspph.org/department-o...
That means new public health experts could lose access to key higher ed resources, like loan limits & reimbursement.
A bold strategy to let infectious diseases win! 🦠
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🚨Dept. of Education proposes to exclude public health degrees from the “professional degree” category.
That means new public health experts could lose access to key higher ed resources, like loan limits & reimbursement.
A bold strategy to let infectious diseases win! 🦠
aspph.org/department-o...
That means new public health experts could lose access to key higher ed resources, like loan limits & reimbursement.
A bold strategy to let infectious diseases win! 🦠
aspph.org/department-o...
Massive cuts to American science funding are already conceding leadership to China in many areas. Ending all collaborations with Chinese scientists and cutting funding to any American scientist who had a Chinese student or postdoc in the last 5 years would be unbelievably destructive to the US. 💔😢
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Massive cuts to American science funding are already conceding leadership to China in many areas. Ending all collaborations with Chinese scientists and cutting funding to any American scientist who had a Chinese student or postdoc in the last 5 years would be unbelievably destructive to the US. 💔😢
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Just got an email from my SRO for the study section that was missed in October. Good news is that they are trying to reschedule ASAP (Dec/Jan). The bad news is that CSR is mandating that only the the top third (not half) of applications will get discussed for the next 2 rounds.
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just got an email from my SRO for the study section that was missed in October. Good news is that they are trying to reschedule ASAP (Dec/Jan). The bad news is that CSR is mandating that only the the top third (not half) of applications will get discussed for the next 2 rounds.
"As chatbot romances become more commonplace, causing lasting rifts in relationships, a new legal frontier is emerging in family law that is rewriting the rules of marital misconduct: An AI affair is now grounds for divorce." www.wired.com/story/ai-rel...
AI Relationships Are on the Rise. A Divorce Boom Could Be Next
Secret chatbot flings are creating new legal challenges for married couples when it comes to infidelity.
www.wired.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"As chatbot romances become more commonplace, causing lasting rifts in relationships, a new legal frontier is emerging in family law that is rewriting the rules of marital misconduct: An AI affair is now grounds for divorce." www.wired.com/story/ai-rel...
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After 10 years, I am stepping down as chair of our department and we have an active search going on! Utah is a phenomenal place to live and work and it's been the honor of a lifetime chairing the department founded by Lou Goodman. #MedSky #Neuroskyence Repost!
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37914733...
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37914733...
Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology - Salt Lake City, Utah job with The University of Utah | 37914733
The University of Utah seeks a Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology
jobs.chronicle.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
After 10 years, I am stepping down as chair of our department and we have an active search going on! Utah is a phenomenal place to live and work and it's been the honor of a lifetime chairing the department founded by Lou Goodman. #MedSky #Neuroskyence Repost!
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37914733...
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37914733...
Even the billionaires who are OK with Trump have got to be getting nervous. It's not complicated: Managing the US economy without data is a recipe for disaster.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/12/w...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/12/w...
White House says October jobs and inflation data may never be released because of the shutdown
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that part of the fallout could be lasting damage to the government's data collection ability.
www.cnbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Even the billionaires who are OK with Trump have got to be getting nervous. It's not complicated: Managing the US economy without data is a recipe for disaster.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/12/w...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/12/w...
Reading is perhaps the most human of skills. No one is born with it so we have to spend years teaching it to our children. Literacy rates were once considered a measure of human progress. When reading is largely lost we call it a dark age; I fear we are facing another.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Reading is perhaps the most human of skills. No one is born with it so we have to spend years teaching it to our children. Literacy rates were once considered a measure of human progress. When reading is largely lost we call it a dark age; I fear we are facing another.
Reposted by Larry Hunter
crazy how much this bugs me now that someone pointed it out. if i worked at the white house, i would find this ugly, but not as annoying as i do now. ignorance is really bliss bc they more you learn, the more you just walk around thinking "collar gap" and "kerning is off."
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
crazy how much this bugs me now that someone pointed it out. if i worked at the white house, i would find this ugly, but not as annoying as i do now. ignorance is really bliss bc they more you learn, the more you just walk around thinking "collar gap" and "kerning is off."
It's BIG. Wasn't able to swim out of Kua even.
Dangerous high surf conditions forced two beach parks and a major highway on Hawaii Island to close Tuesday. https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/12/high-surf-forces-closure-hawaii-island-beach-parks-highway/
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
It's BIG. Wasn't able to swim out of Kua even.
The extremely important Hakalau wildlife reserve is apparently safe. May all that nasty invasive gorse burn and not regrow!
Firefighters continue to battle a wildfire near Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island. On Tuesday morning, officials said the fire is 65% contained and has not burned any more acres. https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/07/crews-battle-wildfire-near-mauna-kea/
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The extremely important Hakalau wildlife reserve is apparently safe. May all that nasty invasive gorse burn and not regrow!
Reposted by Larry Hunter
Ethical, I argue, use of AI in a classroom: 🧪
Today in one of my intro lecture courses, I got into the basics of community ecology. Essentially how populations (groups of a particular species in a given space and time) interact with other populations (primarily of other species).
Today in one of my intro lecture courses, I got into the basics of community ecology. Essentially how populations (groups of a particular species in a given space and time) interact with other populations (primarily of other species).
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Ethical, I argue, use of AI in a classroom: 🧪
Today in one of my intro lecture courses, I got into the basics of community ecology. Essentially how populations (groups of a particular species in a given space and time) interact with other populations (primarily of other species).
Today in one of my intro lecture courses, I got into the basics of community ecology. Essentially how populations (groups of a particular species in a given space and time) interact with other populations (primarily of other species).