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Rae Smith
@raemsmith.bsky.social
I research adaptive traits in wildlife and domestic species for conservation through molecular biology and genomics. I like nature and the tools used to study it.
Back in the saddle for the new year
January 7, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Proud to be part of a movement that is growing in Africa! African BioGenome Project is sequencing many genomes and providing training opportunities for African scientists interested in generating digital sequence information that will capture our species genetic diversity doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I am definitely getting somewhere with these circos plots in Circlize (R)! It is always surprising how deep these packages go - all in the name of generating pretty figures for publication. #circilise #genomics #science
October 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The other day, I got the opportunity to check out our university's herd of cattle to contribute to getting baseline information on the heart, checking out health, age, pregnancy status and more.

#cattle
#cows
#AnimalScience
July 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
VOSViewer is pretty easy to use - I wonder how I can use this to gain new insights into the bibloverse?
July 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Looks like this event just keeps getting bigger and more interesting. A lot of work but happy to be a part of it. This year we've invited students and staff from some of our other local universities to participate.
June 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Trying to figure out circilzeR to help make my efforts in genome assembly beautiful. - now to get organise chromosomes in a way that I can avoid the tangled mess in the middle...
June 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM