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We believe this is the first documented case of a large-scale AI cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention. It has significant implications for cybersecurity in the age of AI agents. Read more: anthropic.com/news/disruptin…

Thrilled to introduce AlphaGenome, our new DNA sequence model now available via our AlphaGenome API. Really excited to see how the scientific community uses AlphaGenome’s predictions to understand genome function, drive biological discoveries, develop new treatments, and more...

We hosted the @ARIA_research Summit this week, so it seems a good time to reflect on the progress we've made over the last two years... 1/ ARIA is taking a new approach to funding breakthrough R&D to catalyse new trillion-pound industries anchored in the UK 🇬🇧 - a thread...

@OurWorldInData would be great to have that chart for (intra-species) genetic diversity

The 2024 Living Planet Index (LPI) reports a 73% average decline in wildlife populations. While extremely worrying, the numbers presented in the LPI report are often misunderstood. Read our guide to understanding what the LPI does and doesn't mean: ourworldindata.org/2024-living-pl…

A great event for anyone in #Edinburgh looking for something to do on a Sunday afternoon

🌊🧬Our new preprint on population genetics of bowmouth guitarfish in the Northwest Indian Ocean led by Marja Kipperman with @blue_resources @ElasmoProject @JuliaSpaet @Alifa_Haque biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Thanks to @saveourseas and @SharkRayFund for supporting this work.

Pre-print is out! We use a unique approach to investigate the genetic architecture of inbreeding depression, maximising the power of our wild dataset and ensuring effect sizes are not overestimated. Check it out below👇👇 (Any comments are welcome!)

🧬Reminder about the PhD project I'm currently advertising on manta and devil ray conservation genomics with the @MantaTrust and @TheDickVet The project can now be applied for through two routes 👇 If you're interested, please submit applications to both 🌊 📷 Guy Stevens

Interested in working on manta and devil ray conservation genomics with me and the @MantaTrust? We have an @e3dtp PhD opportunity at @TheDickVet and the @roslininstitute open to UK and international students. Deadline 4th Jan 2024 noon UK time. ed.ac.uk/e4-dtp/how-to-…

Do wild Soay sheep 🐑 harbour embryonic lethal mutations🧬? - well, sort of. How we found out and how important we think they are 👇

@annamhew @SuseJohnston @RumDeerResearch 😁🎉💪 congrats Anna!!!

Thesis submitted!! Only a viva remains until I'm Dr. Hewett! What a wild 4 years, thank you to all the people that made this possible: @SuseJohnston @m_a_sto, Josephine Pemberton and all the amazing ppl at @RumDeerResearch Time to take a well deserved nap 😴 #phdlife

Very pleased to share our new #preprint on global population genomics of manta rays. A massive and ongoing effort from all co-authors and collaborators. 🌊🧬🌊 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Today is Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness day nationaltoday.com/national-tuber…. Thanks to all the carers, teachers, doctors, nurses, social workers and scientists that have lightened the load. @UKTSA

Our new paper on🧬conservation genomics of scimitar-horned oryx, a once extinct-in-the-wild antelope, which is now part of one of the largest re-introduction attempts in the world. Summary below 👇

Our paper exploring how conservation management impacts inbreeding and mutation load in scimitar-horned oryx is out now in @PNASNews 🔗pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… 📷Justin Chuven

@steve_ramm @unibielefeld Can't imagine the VHF without you Steve! Good luck and all the best for the next steps!

The office hasn’t looked this tidy in a while... last day @unibielefeld completed yesterday, thanks to all the friends and colleagues who made it such an enjoyable and productive 10 years!

Fantastic team, project, and study system. Quantitative genetics and genomic prediction with long-term individual-based data from a wild mammal. Lots of things to learn and discover!

The if, why and how long of (semi-)lethal mutations in the wild - new preprint featuring thousands of Soay sheep, haplotypes, fitness & gene-dropping through the pedigree. With brilliant team @SuseJohnston, Jill Pilkington & Josephine Pemberton. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

@annamhew @SuseJohnston 😂

@SuseJohnston Ahaha, @m_a_sto thanks for blazin the trail with me 🔥

Me for the last few weeks/months/year 🙃

@logan_sauers @SuseJohnston @NietlisbachLab Would be great to get a summary of the discussion if anyone takes notes (no need to be polite :)! Some interesting background info/plots in the supplementary and in the reviews too.

Excited to discuss "Genetic architecture and lifetime dynamics of inbreeding depression in a wild mammal" by @m_a_sto and @SuseJohnston in @NietlisbachLab inbreeding seminar tomorrow. Any insider knowledge to share on the paper? (Sorry for the cold call tweet😄)