Ryan Gutenkunst
@ryangutenkunst.bsky.social
Computational population geneticist, evolutionary systems biologist, Department Head, educator, mentor, father, husband, triathlete, alpine skier.
http://gutengroup.mcb.arizona.edu
Views expressed are my own, not those of my employer.
http://gutengroup.mcb.arizona.edu
Views expressed are my own, not those of my employer.
The 2025 Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament closes in one month! For procrastinators, now is the time to test your mettle on demographic history and selective sweep inference. Read about the first year here: doi.org/10.1101/2025... (forthcoming in MBE) Participate here: ghi.st .
October 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The 2025 Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament closes in one month! For procrastinators, now is the time to test your mettle on demographic history and selective sweep inference. Read about the first year here: doi.org/10.1101/2025... (forthcoming in MBE) Participate here: ghi.st .
Did you know that this year's Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament includes sweep detection? The competition ends in about a month, so dive in! ghi.st
October 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Did you know that this year's Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament includes sweep detection? The competition ends in about a month, so dive in! ghi.st
The GHIST paper has been accepted for publication in Molecular Biology and Evolution. Join the competition and do well to be on our next paper! ghi.st
October 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The GHIST paper has been accepted for publication in Molecular Biology and Evolution. Join the competition and do well to be on our next paper! ghi.st
The US Federal Government is shut down, but the Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament is still running (and concludes in 45 days). Test your mettle against 9 challenges in demographic history inference and sweep detection!
ghi.st
ghi.st
October 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The US Federal Government is shut down, but the Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament is still running (and concludes in 45 days). Test your mettle against 9 challenges in demographic history inference and sweep detection!
ghi.st
ghi.st
With two months to go, @alwaysrong.bsky.social is dominating the Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament leaderboards. Jump into the competition to help dethrone Stephen! Glory, money, and authorship are all on the line! ghi.st
September 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
With two months to go, @alwaysrong.bsky.social is dominating the Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament leaderboards. Jump into the competition to help dethrone Stephen! Glory, money, and authorship are all on the line! ghi.st
We all know hand-on learning is best. If you're a student interested in population genetics inference, compete in GHIST! ghi.st . You can even get started without installing any software using our webapps: ryangutenkunst-dadi-two-epoch.hf.space and ryangutenkunst-sweep-detection-dpi.hf.space .
September 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We all know hand-on learning is best. If you're a student interested in population genetics inference, compete in GHIST! ghi.st . You can even get started without installing any software using our webapps: ryangutenkunst-dadi-two-epoch.hf.space and ryangutenkunst-sweep-detection-dpi.hf.space .
The 2025 edition of the Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament is live! ghi.st If you work in population genomics, join the competition to help the community learn which methods are best for demographic history inference and sweep detection.
August 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The 2025 edition of the Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament is live! ghi.st If you work in population genomics, join the competition to help the community learn which methods are best for demographic history inference and sweep detection.
I built a Gradio app to illustrate how selective sweeps can be detected from population genetic data: ryangutenkunst-sweep-detection-dpi.hf.space . It can help with your first submissions to the GHIST sweep detection challenges! ghi.st #GHIST
August 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I built a Gradio app to illustrate how selective sweeps can be detected from population genetic data: ryangutenkunst-sweep-detection-dpi.hf.space . It can help with your first submissions to the GHIST sweep detection challenges! ghi.st #GHIST
A fun story from the 2024 competition is that @andrewhvaughn.bsky.social combined excellent pop gen inference with gaming the leaderboard to win multiple challenges. This year, we're set up to stop that. 😀
August 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A fun story from the 2024 competition is that @andrewhvaughn.bsky.social combined excellent pop gen inference with gaming the leaderboard to win multiple challenges. This year, we're set up to stop that. 😀
If you're new to demographic history inference from population genomics, try this webapp I created to illustrate how dadi fits bottleneck models to site frequency spectra: ryangutenkunst-dadi-two-epoch.hf.space . It even outputs files for submitting to the GHIST competition! ghi.st
August 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If you're new to demographic history inference from population genomics, try this webapp I created to illustrate how dadi fits bottleneck models to site frequency spectra: ryangutenkunst-dadi-two-epoch.hf.space . It even outputs files for submitting to the GHIST competition! ghi.st
Packed house at today’s GHIST kickoff meeting. Pop gen folks, join the competition to learn, have fun, and help our community. ghi.st (Thanks to @drk-lo.bsky.social for the pic.) #Evol2025
June 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Packed house at today’s GHIST kickoff meeting. Pop gen folks, join the competition to learn, have fun, and help our community. ghi.st (Thanks to @drk-lo.bsky.social for the pic.) #Evol2025
Best geek protest sign I've seen so far. (Not mine, from Tucson's protest on Saturday.)
April 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Best geek protest sign I've seen so far. (Not mine, from Tucson's protest on Saturday.)
Our paper on fitting population genetic models to low-pass sequencing data is now out in Molecular Biology and Evolution! doi.org/10.1093/molb...
January 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Our paper on fitting population genetic models to low-pass sequencing data is now out in Molecular Biology and Evolution! doi.org/10.1093/molb...
Congrats to Andrew Vaughn @andrewhvaughn.bsky.social, for winning 3 out of 4 challenges in the inaugural GHIST competition in population genetics inference. He not only submitted accurate inferences, he also gamed the system by further optimizing his score beyond the maximum likelihood inferences. 😜
December 9, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Congrats to Andrew Vaughn @andrewhvaughn.bsky.social, for winning 3 out of 4 challenges in the inaugural GHIST competition in population genetics inference. He not only submitted accurate inferences, he also gamed the system by further optimizing his score beyond the maximum likelihood inferences. 😜
The Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament closes on Nov 15! Analyze genomic data with your favorite demographic inference tool, and see if you can discover the true demography of the population to win the contest (and authorship). More info at ghi.st! Please re-skeet.
November 12, 2024 at 7:40 PM
The Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament closes on Nov 15! Analyze genomic data with your favorite demographic inference tool, and see if you can discover the true demography of the population to win the contest (and authorship). More info at ghi.st! Please re-skeet.
One month to go! The Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament closes on Nov 15. Analyze genomic data with your favorite demographic inference tool, and see if you can discover the true demography of the population to win the contest (and authorship). More info at ghi.st! Please re-skeet!
October 22, 2024 at 7:52 PM
One month to go! The Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament closes on Nov 15. Analyze genomic data with your favorite demographic inference tool, and see if you can discover the true demography of the population to win the contest (and authorship). More info at ghi.st! Please re-skeet!
Wonderful day racing the Mountain Man Long Course triathlon. Happy with my performance (three weeks after having Covid), and got some redemption after blowing up last year. I'm looking forward to another season racing with our TriCats club team.
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August 12, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Wonderful day racing the Mountain Man Long Course triathlon. Happy with my performance (three weeks after having Covid), and got some redemption after blowing up last year. I'm looking forward to another season racing with our TriCats club team.
4peaksracing.racetecresults.com/myresults.as...
4peaksracing.racetecresults.com/myresults.as...
The Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament is live! Population geneticists, train your students and test your skills and methods with four data analysis challenges. Top competitors will be invited to co-author the publication. More details at ghi.st. Please spread the word!
August 5, 2024 at 6:02 PM
The Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament is live! Population geneticists, train your students and test your skills and methods with four data analysis challenges. Top competitors will be invited to co-author the publication. More details at ghi.st. Please spread the word!
As Head of my Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, I'm impressed with the MCB-themed Valentine ChatGPT came up with.
February 14, 2024 at 4:30 PM
As Head of my Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, I'm impressed with the MCB-themed Valentine ChatGPT came up with.