Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
@transposableman.bsky.social
Transposon obsessed biologist #TEsky. Research Associate in Adamowicz Lab and Linquist Lab @ the U of Guelph
Check out the wealth of TE resources on @tehub.bsky.social https://tehub.org
https://www.tyleraelliott.com/research
Check out the wealth of TE resources on @tehub.bsky.social https://tehub.org
https://www.tyleraelliott.com/research
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
Insertion of an invading retrovirus regulates a novel color trait in swordtail fish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.07.687308v1
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Insertion of an invading retrovirus regulates a novel color trait in swordtail fish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.07.687308v1
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
My thoughts on Canada’s adoption of the US’s anti-DEI rhetoric, and what it could mean for Canadian research
The US’s anti-DEI crusade comes to Canada — Kevin Ng
Canada’s politicians should look at how anti-DEI attacks have been used to undermine research funding and academic freedom in the US
www.kevinwng.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My thoughts on Canada’s adoption of the US’s anti-DEI rhetoric, and what it could mean for Canadian research
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
Human biomass movement exceeds the biomass movement of all land animals combined 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rosenberg et al show that land animal biomass movement is around 40 times smaller than all human biomass movement, with marine animal movement of biomass having halved since 1850
Rosenberg et al show that land animal biomass movement is around 40 times smaller than all human biomass movement, with marine animal movement of biomass having halved since 1850
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Human biomass movement exceeds the biomass movement of all land animals combined 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rosenberg et al show that land animal biomass movement is around 40 times smaller than all human biomass movement, with marine animal movement of biomass having halved since 1850
Rosenberg et al show that land animal biomass movement is around 40 times smaller than all human biomass movement, with marine animal movement of biomass having halved since 1850
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
Song et al. have constructed the 464-way whole genome alignment of teleosts, a resource that constitutes the first of its kind for fishes and brings the scope of genomic study for this group on par with other vertebrate lineages.
doi.org/10.1016/j.xi...
#FISH10k #teleosts #Genomics #phylogeny
doi.org/10.1016/j.xi...
#FISH10k #teleosts #Genomics #phylogeny
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Song et al. have constructed the 464-way whole genome alignment of teleosts, a resource that constitutes the first of its kind for fishes and brings the scope of genomic study for this group on par with other vertebrate lineages.
doi.org/10.1016/j.xi...
#FISH10k #teleosts #Genomics #phylogeny
doi.org/10.1016/j.xi...
#FISH10k #teleosts #Genomics #phylogeny
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
I'm so excited to see this Perspective with @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social out in Neuron! About 8% of our genome is made up of the remnants of LTR-containing retroelements - here, Jason and I explore the activities of retroTEs in neurological health and disease!
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lzTx3BtfH...
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lzTx3BtfH...
authors.elsevier.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I'm so excited to see this Perspective with @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social out in Neuron! About 8% of our genome is made up of the remnants of LTR-containing retroelements - here, Jason and I explore the activities of retroTEs in neurological health and disease!
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lzTx3BtfH...
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lzTx3BtfH...
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When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
The evidence is in favour of basic income
pro-freedom, pro-safety, pro-family, pro-entrepreneurship, pro-jobs, pro-market, pro-dignity
That's what they'll learn
pro-freedom, pro-safety, pro-family, pro-entrepreneurship, pro-jobs, pro-market, pro-dignity
That's what they'll learn
BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The evidence is in favour of basic income
pro-freedom, pro-safety, pro-family, pro-entrepreneurship, pro-jobs, pro-market, pro-dignity
That's what they'll learn
pro-freedom, pro-safety, pro-family, pro-entrepreneurship, pro-jobs, pro-market, pro-dignity
That's what they'll learn
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
I am once again begging research software engineers to google their application's acronym before publication.
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I am once again begging research software engineers to google their application's acronym before publication.
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
#UofG | As cold weather approaches, how do bugs and spiders survive?
Chris Earley from The Arboretum speaks to @weathernetwork.bsky.social about how insects make it through the winter.
@uofgcbs.bsky.social @integrativebiology.bsky.social
Read more: www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/natu...
Chris Earley from The Arboretum speaks to @weathernetwork.bsky.social about how insects make it through the winter.
@uofgcbs.bsky.social @integrativebiology.bsky.social
Read more: www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/natu...
How do bugs survive Canada's harsh winters? - The Weather Network
Don’t forget that under all that snow, there’s a whole community of insects, spiders, and other arthropods waiting for the spring as much as you are.
www.theweathernetwork.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#UofG | As cold weather approaches, how do bugs and spiders survive?
Chris Earley from The Arboretum speaks to @weathernetwork.bsky.social about how insects make it through the winter.
@uofgcbs.bsky.social @integrativebiology.bsky.social
Read more: www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/natu...
Chris Earley from The Arboretum speaks to @weathernetwork.bsky.social about how insects make it through the winter.
@uofgcbs.bsky.social @integrativebiology.bsky.social
Read more: www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/natu...
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Having a lot of fun at #EMBOMobileGenome 😃
Perfect timing for our paper from the lab of @toddmacfarlan.bsky.social to be out @natcomms.nature.com!!
…and I’m currently on the job market looking for a new scientific home!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Perfect timing for our paper from the lab of @toddmacfarlan.bsky.social to be out @natcomms.nature.com!!
…and I’m currently on the job market looking for a new scientific home!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Young KRAB-zinc finger gene clusters are highly dynamic incubators of ERV-driven genetic heterogeneity in mice - Nature Communications
KRAB-zinc finger proteins repress retrotransposons and rapidly evolve in mammals. Here, the authors show that ERV insertions drive the emergence and diversification of new KZFP genes in mice, revealin...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Having a lot of fun at #EMBOMobileGenome 😃
Perfect timing for our paper from the lab of @toddmacfarlan.bsky.social to be out @natcomms.nature.com!!
…and I’m currently on the job market looking for a new scientific home!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Perfect timing for our paper from the lab of @toddmacfarlan.bsky.social to be out @natcomms.nature.com!!
…and I’m currently on the job market looking for a new scientific home!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#TEsky A comparative analysis of transposable element diversity and evolution across 75 bee genomes doi.org/10.1186/s128...
A comparative analysis of transposable element diversity and evolution across 75 bee genomes - BMC Genomics
Transposable elements (TEs) are repetitive DNA sequences that can alter their position and abundance within genomes. While TEs are known to have various impacts on genome structure and function, our u...
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#TEsky A comparative analysis of transposable element diversity and evolution across 75 bee genomes doi.org/10.1186/s128...
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New 🧬✂️ pre-print! We show that paired prime editing can efficiently generate large deletions — even >1 Mb — with high precision and at scale. We use this to perform the first pooled prime deletion screen across the human genome.
🔗 biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short thread (by Juliane Weller)👇
🔗 biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short thread (by Juliane Weller)👇
Generating long deletions across the genome with pooled paired prime editing screens
Engineered deletions are a powerful probe for studying genome architecture, function, and regulation. Yet, the lack of effective methods to create them in large numbers and at multi-kilobase scale has...
biorxiv.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
New 🧬✂️ pre-print! We show that paired prime editing can efficiently generate large deletions — even >1 Mb — with high precision and at scale. We use this to perform the first pooled prime deletion screen across the human genome.
🔗 biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short thread (by Juliane Weller)👇
🔗 biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short thread (by Juliane Weller)👇
#TEsky Evolution of Mutator transposons in the genomes of worms doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
Redirecting
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#TEsky Evolution of Mutator transposons in the genomes of worms doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
#TEsky #RNAsky A specialized bacterial group II intron is a highly efficient retrotransposon doi.org/10.1186/s131...
A specialized bacterial group II intron is a highly efficient retrotransposon - Mobile DNA
Mobile group II introns are site-specific retrotransposons composed of a large self-splicing ribozyme and an intron-encoded reverse transcriptase that are widespread in bacterial and organellar genome...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#TEsky #RNAsky A specialized bacterial group II intron is a highly efficient retrotransposon doi.org/10.1186/s131...
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
At @embo.org #EMBOMobileGenome and want to connect with other TE researchers and follow the latest goings on?
Use #TEworldwide and #TEsky in your posts to be featured in the TEworldwide feed, which you can also find here:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Use #TEworldwide and #TEsky in your posts to be featured in the TEworldwide feed, which you can also find here:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
At @embo.org #EMBOMobileGenome and want to connect with other TE researchers and follow the latest goings on?
Use #TEworldwide and #TEsky in your posts to be featured in the TEworldwide feed, which you can also find here:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Use #TEworldwide and #TEsky in your posts to be featured in the TEworldwide feed, which you can also find here:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
The contribution of transposable element insertions to genetic diversity in Aedes aegypti populations https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.31.685655v1
November 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The contribution of transposable element insertions to genetic diversity in Aedes aegypti populations https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.31.685655v1
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
Writing a letter for a great undergrad researcher in the lab. Check out their awesome GitHub repo on the transposable element simulations they wrote in slim! github.com/vibhachand/s...
GitHub - vibhachand/slim-TE-demography-simulation-project
Contribute to vibhachand/slim-TE-demography-simulation-project development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Writing a letter for a great undergrad researcher in the lab. Check out their awesome GitHub repo on the transposable element simulations they wrote in slim! github.com/vibhachand/s...
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
The Wilkinson Lab is open for science! @mskcancercenter.bsky.social
🧬We'll be finding funky new RNA biology, mainly by looking at reverse transcriptases (i.e. the Best Enzymes In The World)🧬
annnd: I'm hiring - come join! Especially postdocs and PhD students - please get in touch (NYC is great)
🧬We'll be finding funky new RNA biology, mainly by looking at reverse transcriptases (i.e. the Best Enzymes In The World)🧬
annnd: I'm hiring - come join! Especially postdocs and PhD students - please get in touch (NYC is great)
Wilkinson Lab
We discover and study reverse transcriptases
wilkinsonlab.bio
October 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Wilkinson Lab is open for science! @mskcancercenter.bsky.social
🧬We'll be finding funky new RNA biology, mainly by looking at reverse transcriptases (i.e. the Best Enzymes In The World)🧬
annnd: I'm hiring - come join! Especially postdocs and PhD students - please get in touch (NYC is great)
🧬We'll be finding funky new RNA biology, mainly by looking at reverse transcriptases (i.e. the Best Enzymes In The World)🧬
annnd: I'm hiring - come join! Especially postdocs and PhD students - please get in touch (NYC is great)
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My awesome grad student Shashank and I wrote this paper trying to look at broader patterns of HT in TEs. HT is happening everywhere! DNA transposons jump further than other classes! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Recent horizontal transfer of transposable elements in Drosophila
Transposable elements (TEs) are genetic elements also known as "jumping genes" that increase their copy numbers within a host through various mechanisms of transposition. TEs can also move between spe...
www.biorxiv.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
My awesome grad student Shashank and I wrote this paper trying to look at broader patterns of HT in TEs. HT is happening everywhere! DNA transposons jump further than other classes! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
A fantastic experience working with the CBC as they produced a documentary for "The Nature of Things" on our annual large field research trip to study #bats. Now available to stream on CBC Gem or YouTube. Tune in for "Empire of bats" #WomeninSTEM, #academicSky 🧪 youtu.be/GhWKT2gUcks?...
You’ve never seen bats like this
YouTube video by The Nature of Things
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A fantastic experience working with the CBC as they produced a documentary for "The Nature of Things" on our annual large field research trip to study #bats. Now available to stream on CBC Gem or YouTube. Tune in for "Empire of bats" #WomeninSTEM, #academicSky 🧪 youtu.be/GhWKT2gUcks?...
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
*NEW PAPER*
How much of a threat are within-organism conflicts, really?
In Biology & Philosophy, @martijnschenkel.bsky.social, Manus Patten, and I present a mathematical framework to measure evolutionary individuality in the face of internal conflicts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How much of a threat are within-organism conflicts, really?
In Biology & Philosophy, @martijnschenkel.bsky.social, Manus Patten, and I present a mathematical framework to measure evolutionary individuality in the face of internal conflicts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
*NEW PAPER*
How much of a threat are within-organism conflicts, really?
In Biology & Philosophy, @martijnschenkel.bsky.social, Manus Patten, and I present a mathematical framework to measure evolutionary individuality in the face of internal conflicts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How much of a threat are within-organism conflicts, really?
In Biology & Philosophy, @martijnschenkel.bsky.social, Manus Patten, and I present a mathematical framework to measure evolutionary individuality in the face of internal conflicts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
Does anyone have a good academic resource for citation counting best practices? I'm trying to include some counts for a project but numbers between e.g., Google Scholar and Web of Science are wildly different (can't access Scopus through my institution).
October 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Does anyone have a good academic resource for citation counting best practices? I'm trying to include some counts for a project but numbers between e.g., Google Scholar and Web of Science are wildly different (can't access Scopus through my institution).
Reposted by Dr. Tyler A. Elliott
when I worked in community services in the US, I helped fill out SNAP applications for people who'd once had successful careers as lawyers, healthcare professionals, bankers. The jaws of poverty can snap shut on anyone.
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 AM
when I worked in community services in the US, I helped fill out SNAP applications for people who'd once had successful careers as lawyers, healthcare professionals, bankers. The jaws of poverty can snap shut on anyone.