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So proud to announce the publication of two papers from my PhD in @nature . PyN genetic tools rdcu.be/cy6zB & motor mini-atlas rdcu.be/cy10j #openaccess with @katiematho @DhananjayHuilg1 Josh Huang @ArlottaLab Osten lab @HongkuiZeng @hongweidUSC @ others!

Excited to share our discovery of a new programmable RNA-guided DNA-targeting system hiding inside bacteriophages that predates CRISPR. We call it VIPR (Viral Interference Programmable Repeat), and it uses an entirely new logic to find its targets. Thread + link below.

This is a thorough, critical, and superb Review of a complex and controversial human B cell subset, the famous "ABC" -- a must-read !👇 Human CD21loT-bet+ B cells: Not as easy as “ABC”! rupress.org/jhi/article/2/…

amazon's internal A.I. coding assistant decided the engineers' existing code was inadequate so the bot deleted it to start from scratch that resulted in taking down a part of AWS for 13 hours and was not the first time it had happened incredible ft.com/content/00c282…

@19keys_ @majtoure An equally common disposition nowadays is stubborn disbelief to any narrative or framework no matter how well established or obvious. These same “skeptics” funnily enough find it easy to believe any patchwork circumstantial and correlative argument if it isn’t “mainstream.”

Most people don't realize that the first thing modern society teaches you is not reading, math, or discipline. It teaches you how to receive information without examining the system that produced it. You learn how to respond, not how to orient. You learn how to comply, not how to think. And that one distinction explains why so many intelligent people feel stuck, scattered, and under-realized in a world overflowing with opportunity.

@mbeisen The japanese officewoman? Or if you want to compare to a culturally significant woman maybe like Beyonce or Rihanna

I like to keep my undergraduate genetics lectures culturally relevant. So to replace this classic slide highlighting human genetic diversity, who do I pair Sydney Sweeney with?

Not tenable

Delighted that my final lead author postdoc study @HuangLabDuke is accepted in @Dev_Cell! This has been a huge challenge to publish. Big thanks to Josh for his support and shoutout to my co-authors @jessemaurica @WilliamGalbavy @borshuen @CSHL @DukeNeuro cell.com/developmental-…

@realTrumpNewsX Changing Americas favorite soda will definitely make you unpopular very fast

PE has a red cap. White is for AF700.

100 wells instead of 96. Why does this exist?

@iowahawkblog NPR mourning edition

He violated the sacred NPR code of Omerta and tonight he sleeps with the fishes

Excited to announce the submission of the second major study from my postdoctoral work with @HuangLabDuke. A big shout-out to @jessemaurica and other talented collaborators @WilliamGalbavy @borshuen! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Careful dissection of the specification & laminar deployment of cortical glutamatergic projection neuron types in mice, with noteworthy deviations from a simple inside-out pattern, by @DhananjayHuilg1 @HuangLabDuke @jessemaurica @WilliamGalbavy @borshuen biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

@mbeisen Publically funded research belongs to the public.

It is scandalous that, despite decades of warning, funding agencies & universities have allowed the primary output of billions of dollars of public investment to be privatized and made available only to those wealthy enough to pay Elsevier for them. elsevier.com/about/press-re…

@HenryYin19 Ooh this is immediately on my reading list. Excited for updates.

Got proofs for my book on the basal ganglia. Here's the first page. Finishing line in sight.

And finally! One of my main postdoc papers is online in Neuron with @HuangLabDuke. It was a long journey with some wonderful collaborators @jessemaurica @borshuen @WilliamGalbavy @ShreyasMSurya, and lot of discussion and encouragement @CSHL @DukeNeuro sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Signal boost for this wonderful work from @DhananjayHuilg1 & team (myself included!) Using innovative genetic strategies to answer fundamental questions in neurogenesis & brain organization on a structural, cell type, & even circuit basis! A well deserved congrats to DJ!!

@HenryYin19 On Liberty

Name a book you like but you think most people don't like. Mine is The Federalist Papers.

@AndrewYang Did you invite both to join the fwd party bc you didnt have a formal position on the movie? 😂 Sorry andrew i had to.

Of the two people I saw it with, one loved it, one hated it and I admired it.

As someone who saw Avatar 2 in the theatre and is a big Cameron fan, I don’t think further sequels will perform nearly as well.

@elonmusk Fix the mistakes (esp the banned refs to other social media) and move on Elon. How do you have low tolerance to twitter issues/failures when your other endeavors have been full of them prior to success? This is disappointing.

Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.