Just keep spinning 🕷️🕸️ #momentofzen
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7726-0765 |
| Education/Outreach | https://evolvingstem.org/ |
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| Genomics Analyses | http://seqcoast.com |
Vaughn Cooper
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I study #evolution in action and use #genome #sequencing to understand it. Founder of the nonprofit educational program EvolvingSTEM and the sequencing/analysis service companies MiGS (formerly), SeqCoast Genomics, and Middle Author Bioinformatics (COI).
Avatar: "population genetics of slime on surfaces in the style of Cezanne, by DALL-E"
We are #hiring postdoctoral researchers, technicians, and interns for multiple research projects, including:
-How "enabler" mutations drive the evolution of #antimicrobialresistance
-Microbiome of tracheobronchitis
-Advancing our EvolvingSTEM (http://evolvingstem.org) lab-based educational program
-Using new methods for high-throughput genomics and bioinformatics
The microbiology and evolutionary biology communities in #pittsburgh are fantastic, join us!
Convergent #evolution of mutations at Spike position 486 in different viral lineages including new recombinant XBB.1.5. So much site-specific convergence that natural selection is screaming "LOOK HERE! THIS IS HOW I ESCAPE ANTIBODIES" @firefoxx66
Seriously. "Write a poem about genome sequencing in the style of Robert Frost." #ChatGPT
It's my great pleasure to present the first preprint from SheqLab: a tech-dev project that we think will transform RNA biology.
If you want to discover the cellular factors an RNA interacts with—practically any RNA, in nearly any context—I think you'll want to try O-MAP. (1/19)
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ShechnerLab/status/1618005292113100802
SheqLab on Twitter
“It's my great pleasure to present the first preprint from SheqLab: a tech-dev project that we think will transform RNA biology. If you want to discover the cellular factors an RNA interacts with—practically any RNA, in nearly any context—I think you'll want to try O-MAP. (1/19)”
NIH funding for FY2022: Ranking of universities/institutions
1 Johns Hopkins U. $840M
2 UCSF $824M
3 Pitt $675M
4 Duke $673M
5 Penn $668M
6 Stanford $652M
7 U Michigan $644M
8 Leidos Biomed. Res. $625M
9 Wash U $621M
10 Columbia U $617M
(Source: NIH RePORT)
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/deniswirtz/status/1616933360231944192
First two images: The Neoutaquet River near the center of North Berwick
Last two images: The Great Works River in South Berwick.
A great day to spend a few hours running around with my camera.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RobWrightImages/status/1616625599761596418
The @[email protected]'s Research Grants program is accepting applications now through Feb. 24th. Please help us spread the word about this opportunity to graduate students and others who may be interested. More info here: https://www.ple.pitt.edu/research/fellowships-and-grants/ple-research-grants
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Cori_Zawacki/status/1616439561185554433
PLE Research Grants | Pymatuning Lab of Ecology | University of Pittsburgh
PLE offers small grants (awards generally not exceeding $3500) to graduate students and, less commonly, post-doctoral and faculty researchers. Successful proposals can be supported through any combination of four funding sources (see below and here) as determined by the proposal review panel. **The due date for 2023 grant proposals is February 24, 2023.** Eligible applicants
Ten-year cell transfer experiment in mice shows that T cells have the ability to divide over many mouse lifetimes, without an apparent Hayflick limit. They do acquire markers associated with “exhaustion” but keep on going. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05626-9
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/StearnsLab/status/1615826997191610368
Functional T cells are capable of supernumerary cell division and longevity - Nature
Through iterative cycles of viral challenge and rechallenge over ten years, mouse T cells are demonstrated to have essentially infinite potential for population expansion and longevity without malignant transformation or loss of functional competence.
Delighted by the opportunity to share our #microbiology #evolution in action program with a community of education innovators at #TRETC2023
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/evolvingSTEM/status/1615006277410643968
