John Quackenbush

johnquackenbush.bsky.social

19 October 2026 10:52

After 20+ years at @hsph.harvard.edu, I’m beginning a new chapter at the University of Chicago. On October 22 at 4 pm ET, I’ll give my Farewell Lecture, reflecting on the science, friendships, and lessons learned along the way. I’d love for you to join me on Zoom. Message me for the link!

Richard Sever

richardsever.bsky.social

18 October 2026 10:57

"Because manuscripts reflected real progress towards our field’s goals, our assessment systems began relying on them as primary metrics...which is obviously flawed...Generative AI has broken this already-flawed proxy completely" journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Mark Peifer (He, him)

peiferlabunc.bsky.social

11 October 2026 21:50

and we know this sort of discovery was well beyond human scientists..... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39208082/

Mir Lab

mirlab.bsky.social

10 October 2026 03:17

1/ Our paper, “Enhancer binding kinetics explain transcription factor hub formation,” is now published! Here we set out to understand why transcription factors form bright clusters or “hubs” in the nucleus, and whether those hubs actually control gene activity. tinyurl.com/38uf8348

Hanbin Lee

epigenci.bsky.social

08 October 2026 03:07

We studied the evolution of genome-wide linkage disequilibrium and its influence on genetic architecture with genetic drift. We found that the Bulmer effect is population size and demography dependent. For nerds: genetic architecture follows from solving PDEs.