Matt Rockman

I'm only posting in the blue site now, and I have codes if you'd like to join me there.

@connorh_sci @3rdreviewer @minorallele Your mechanistic findings are very cool! Not at all how I expected it to work. Congrats on a very exciting paper.

@3rdreviewer @minorallele @wormsrock My bad for not citing this paper! We’re aware of this and similar papers linking STR polymorphisms to changes in expression and TF binding. I hope you find that our study advances the field by providing a physical framework to predict and understand TF-STR binding

LOL, Science (science.org/doi/full/10.11…). Someone needs to go back and read @wormsrock and Wray 2002: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/19…

Hello 3D genome people! Did you know that C. elegans has a good looking cohesin but no CTCF? The newly graduated Dr. Jun Kim @JunKim51053763 decided to look at what cohesin does for the compact, 100 Mb worm genome, fitting ~20,000 genes: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Biologists of Seattle! I live here for the next three months. Let’s go for a coffee or drink or hike so you can tell me about your research. I am also available to help with fieldwork or worm picking. (Also, I'm mostly at bluesky now.)

@yuvalsim @Y_Gilad Congratulations!

I'm thrilled to announce that I've joined the Section of Genetic Medicine at the University of Chicago as an assistant professor! The Simons lab is officially open! yuvalsimons.org

I am honored and excited to be joining the Department of Biology at NYU this fall. We will be studying the role of RNA metabolism in development and disease. Grateful to @zamore_lab and @yamashitaflylab for advice and support. Looking for postdocs. gainetdinovlab.org

RENCI at UNC Chapel Hill has an opening for a Research Scientist with expertise in integrating knowledge graphs and machine learning, and an interest in neurosymbolic methods. Here's the job posting: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/264255 Please share!

pretty sure it was a bone saw not a vice

New postdoc position available! Evolution of mutation rates! 🚨🚨🚨 Please apply, but also feel free to get in touch with me--or past and present members of the lab--directly. (RTs appreciated) indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/19856

@mbeisen @PetrovADmitri Such a good paper!

@PetrovADmitri journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Once a year or so I ask people to tell us about their most underappreciated paper. A paper they believe made a real advance but was somehow missed by the community. I always find new gems this way. Please do tell us!

I'm excited to announce that my lab is moving to Johns Hopkins University in @HopkinsBio and @HopkinsCMDB grad program this fall! We are hiring at all levels, including grad students, technicians, postdocs, programmers, and staff scientists. Please DM me if you are interested!

A reminder to submit your symposium proposal for the 3rd Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, to be held in Montreal in July 2024. @sse_evolution @systbiol @ASNAmNat @eseb_org #Evol2024 (1/3)

@Saruuaref This is a marine annelid that came from rocks collected in the Gulf of Mexico — I don’t know the species. The general group of worms, syllids, lives in oceans all over but doesn’t parasitise people. Sorry to hear about your infection!

@wormsrock Hi um question what worm is that pictured ? I am in the bronx and I'm currently and failing as we speak battling a fungal/parasitic infection. I did work for NYC parks where I was working with no gloves due to them not paying on time. But that figure looks similar to my pics

I love teaching zoology

Preprint of the first chapter of my thesis out! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The tenth "Evolution of Caenorhabditis and Other Nematodes" meeting will be held on June 17-20, 2024 at the Vienna BioCenter! #evoworm2024 oeaw.ac.at/imba/seminars-…

@surt_lab When Cuomo resigned this became the Kathy Hochul’s Dad Bridge

@3rdreviewer Same vibes

#smbe2023!

Sorry to miss #Worm23 but we’ve made our own worm meeting at #Evol23 Worms 🤝 Evolution Better together

Come hear about this work tomorrow at the Evolution meetings, #evol23! Friday, 2:45, room 130 (mutation session)

HOLY FARK!! FIRST IN SITU OBSERVATION OF SEA DAISIES! aka XYLOPLAX!!!