Russ Corbett

Biology needs to move faster. Generative AI can transform how bioinformaticians work. 🚀 Launching Nucleus, an open-source project to help bio pros transform, visualize & analyze multi-omics files—right from the terminal. #Bioinformatics #OpenSource #AI

Exciting news! @ucscgenomics has awarded grants of up to $50,000 to six multidisciplinary research projects in the inaugural year of its seed funding program — addressing human disease, species conservation, tool development and more. Read on: bit.ly/4hcDm3i

I'm going to be advertising a PhD studentship (open to international students) working on long read pangenome / assembly algorithms in bacteria. Would suit someone with maths/compsci background. Aptitude and interest more important than experience. Advert to follow. Pls RT!

The deadline for applications to give a talk/poster at the Fall 2024 #BAPG is Oct 1! Don't miss out!

Come join us! UChicago Human Genetics has an open broad computational faculty search (with an emphasis on probabilistic machine learning). First round of application review will begin ~October 15th. apply.interfolio.com/149891 EOE/Vet/Disability.

Advertising this amazing tutorial that Rob Lanfear (no longer on this site) put together: "For phylo nerds interested in concordance and discordance: iqtree.org/doc/recipes/co…"

To those of you looking for a fantastic advisor with awesome research ideas: look no further. Erik is a rockstar.

An official posting for the postdoc position(s) available in my group- evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/…

Interested in exploring sweat bees 🐝and their fascinating nematode symbionts🪱? A STRI internship opportunity for undergrads or recent grads eager to explore nature's hidden partnerships: stri.si.edu/academic-progr… Apply by 9/15 to join us in Jan 2025. Spanish speakers welcome!

Check out the latest from @yatishturakhia! Impressive lossless compression and representation of evolutionary histories using phylogenetic pangenomes.

Got milk virus genomes?  (or any H5N1?)  Throw them at usher.bio and see where they land in per-segment trees of tens of thousands of public Influenza A H5N1 sequences!

This is illuminating for genome evolution: (1) Most kinds of TE can create new introns. This implies that intron gain is to an extent inevitable, and (2) Direct evidence for HGT supports an important role in shaping the distributions of introners across life.

This HGT'd introner is a normal TE in a sponge (many copies not associated with introns), and generated a ton of introns in a dinoflagellate.

Our latest work on intron-generating transposons, introners, just posted to biorxiv. We identify the types of TEs that contribute to intron gain, and we show direct evidence that introners horizontally transfer between distantly related eukaryotes. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

There's a 1.5 year postdoc position working on msprime/background selection models open in my group in Oxford: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit… Closing date is **June 12th**, so please do get in contact if you're interested, or send on to anyone who might be interested!