Andrew Rambaut (🐏🎀)

arambaut.bsky.social

15 October 2026 19:22

If you are not familiar with it, PearTree is the replacement for the increasingly creaking FigTree phylogenetic tree viewer. Available as a desktop app and a webapp (which can be embedded in other sites). github.com/artic-networ... for more details. There is even a manual: peartree.live/manual

Quanta Magazine

quantamagazine.org

24 September 2026 20:14

“Jumping genes” can cut and paste themselves into new locations in the genome. But they’re more than parasites or genetic junk. https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-virus-like-jumping-genes-became-our-partners-in-evolution-20260921/

Mike Keesey

tmkeesey.bsky.social

06 September 2026 01:55

We are getting VERY close 13,000 silhouettes! www.phylopic.org/images

Dfam Database of Transposable Elements

dfam.bsky.social

25 June 2026 22:21

A New Open Foundation for TE Research: GIRI is transitioning the full Repbase collection to an open-access license and joining the Dfam effort to help build a unified open resource for transposable element research. Full announcement: tinyurl.com/48665xss

The Monarch Diaries

monarchdiaries.bsky.social

18 June 2026 00:57

HAHAHAhaha! they're making the world's biggest synthetic scum pond!!! The coating is a polyurea used inside pipes. It gels in about 3 seconds, making it non self-leveling. The texture is like an orange peel, the perfect substrate for biofilms. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...