Tweets about the Citizen Microbiology session at the American Society for Microbiology meeting in Denver 2013

Storified by Jonathan Eisen · Thu, May 23 2013 13:33:44

The Tree of Life: Thoughts on Citizen Microbiology and upcoming session at #ASM2013 goo.gl/fb/aMWSB

— Jonathan Eisen · Sun, May 19 2013 11:26:11

Interesting post on the potential of "Citizen Microbiology" an upcoming session at #ASM2013 bit.ly/10Gzd8S

— Michael Pollan · Sun, May 19 2013 11:36:13

Great points from Dr. Eisen: Thoughts on Citizen Microbiology and upcoming session at #ASM2013 http://shar.es/Z4XqD

— Amy Jo Johnson · Sun, May 19 2013 13:06:13

Graham Hatfull up now at Citizen Microbiology session. Looking forward to this talk for a long time. #asm2013

— David Coil · Sun, May 19 2013 14:02:15

Hatfull: Talking about importance of persistence in science. Need to focus some efforts on students below the top-tier. #asm2013

— David Coil · Sun, May 19 2013 14:04:50

GH: quoting E.O Wilson "...what makes a successful scientist is a person that develops passion for a subject..." #asm2013

— Mike Robeson · Sun, May 19 2013 14:04:52

Graham Hatfull: Opportunities in science are often restricted to 'gifted' students. Not @yspwustl! http://ysp.wustl.edu #ASM2013

— Molly Gibson · Sun, May 19 2013 14:05:28

Graham: issues & questions in microbiology - viral pop huge & important & under explored #asm2013

— Siouxsie Wiles · Sun, May 19 2013 14:05:41

Hatfull tells us about EO Wilson's interview on NPR - not all scientists are brilliant! #ASM2013 npr.org/2013/04/14/176…

— Jack A Gilbert · Sun, May 19 2013 14:06:26

In @phylogenomics lab we agree with Hatfull and Wilson, our selection criteria for undergrads is passion not academic background! #asm2013

— David Coil · Sun, May 19 2013 14:06:46

Graham: phage are the numerical majority - 10^31 phage particles in biosphere - more phage than all other life put together. #asm2013

— Siouxsie Wiles · Sun, May 19 2013 14:06:48

Graham Hatfull is truly one of my favorite scientists & educators - so deserving of Carski Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award #ASM2013

— Jonathan Eisen · Sun, May 19 2013 14:06:49

Hat flu says 10 x10^31 phages in biosphere! jeebus! #asm2013

— SPONCH · Sun, May 19 2013 14:06:54

Graham: 10^23 phage infections per second!! #asm2013

— Siouxsie Wiles · Sun, May 19 2013 14:07:21

Graham: need balance - not just academics talking to the kids but kids feeding back #asm2013

— Siouxsie Wiles · Sun, May 19 2013 14:09:29

Graham: started with mycobacteria phage L5 #asm2013

— Siouxsie Wiles · Sun, May 19 2013 14:10:17

Graham Hatfull's phage genome sequencing project started w/ high school students #ASM2013

— Jonathan Eisen · Sun, May 19 2013 14:10:39

GH: looking for phages by plaque assays for M smegmatis #asm2013 something any HS or UG student can do

— SPONCH · Sun, May 19 2013 14:11:49

PHIRE= phage hunters integrating research and education #asm2013

— Siouxsie Wiles · Sun, May 19 2013 14:12:07

More about Graham Hatfull's phage project microbemagazine.org/index.php?opti… #ASM2013

— Jonathan Eisen · Sun, May 19 2013 14:12:32

Storified by Jonathan Eisen · Wed, May 01 2013 08:04:40

SMBE Eukaryotic Omics Day 1 at #UCDavis #SMBEEuks sfy.co/r5TB #storify #smbeeuks #ucdavis

— Jonathan Eisen · Tue, Apr 30 2013 08:04:07

Thanks, @Dr_Bik for making it so difficult to figure out which #SMBEeuks talks to miss so that I can do some lab work today. :/

— Jenna Morgan Lang · Tue, Apr 30 2013 08:51:36

@jennomics Yep, that was my goal - too much good science!! #SMBEeuks

— Holly Bik · Tue, Apr 30 2013 09:34:10

Kelley Thomas is up doing a "data free" talk #SMBEEuks

— Andreas Sjödin · Tue, Apr 30 2013 09:36:17

Now up at #SMBEEuks Kelley Thomas from UNH hcgs.unh.edu/Staff/Thomas/K… discussing biological models & metagenomes & large insert sequencing

— Jonathan Eisen · Tue, Apr 30 2013 09:36:50

#SMBEeuks Kelley Thomas talking abpout challenges in assembling Daphnia sciencemag.org/content/331/60… - repeats and heterozygosity

— Surya Saha · Tue, Apr 30 2013 09:42:23

Kelley Thomas at #SMBEEuks is discussing the benefits of fosmid sequencing (especially in small pools) for metagenomics

— Jonathan Eisen · Tue, Apr 30 2013 09:49:52

Thomas: We're using fosmid libraries, pooling a few, and sequencing them to reduce the complexity of (meta)genome datasets #smbeeuks

— Holly Bik · Tue, Apr 30 2013 09:51:53

#SMBEeuks KT Reduce complexity of metagenome by assembling each clone individually and then making a super contig

— Surya Saha · Tue, Apr 30 2013 09:53:11

Kelley Thomas: doing a good job of integrating talks from yesterday into his talk today #SMBEEuks

— Jonathan Eisen · Tue, Apr 30 2013 09:56:06

Kelley Thomas' talk about Daphnia got me to remember some Daphnia magna non-genomic work I did almost ten years ago. #SMBEEuks

— Andreas Sjödin · Tue, Apr 30 2013 09:57:18

Kelly Thomas makes a great case for metagenomic assembly and also references 'Back to the Future' as a movie #nowifeelold #SMBEeuks

— Jack A Gilbert · Tue, Apr 30 2013 09:58:18

#SMBEeuks KT the presence of marker genes (16S, 18S..) will help a lot in characterizing organisms in 40kb assemblies from diff clones

— Surya Saha · Tue, Apr 30 2013 09:59:32

Next up: Pete Countway on "Microbial euks from the deep" (as in deep sea ... yay) #SMBEEuks

— Jonathan Eisen · Tue, Apr 30 2013 10:07:53

re pre-seq normalization of metagenomes, see Phil Hugenholtz's talk at @doe_jgi meeting: scivee.tv/node/37711 #SMBEeuks

— Titus Brown · Tue, Apr 30 2013 10:08:52

#SMBEeuks @pdcountway talking about Microbial Euks from the Deep - sounds like a B grade monster movie :-)

— Surya Saha · Tue, Apr 30 2013 10:09:21

Peter Countway refs this semi-tongue-in-cheek paper of his: Protists are microbes too: a perspective nature.com/ismej/journal/… #SMBEEuks

— Jonathan Eisen · Tue, Apr 30 2013 10:10:21

Deep sea biologists always have the coolest movies in their talks! #smbeeuks

— Jenna Morgan Lang · Tue, Apr 30 2013 10:18:03

#SMBEeuks Countway: Seem to be shallow & deep communities int-res.com/abstracts/ame/… - supports results in our 454 paper scholar.google.com/citations?view…

— Holly Bik · Tue, Apr 30 2013 10:19:07

#SMBEeuks @pdcountway Sequencing 16S V9 region missed 20-30% of the diversity!

— Surya Saha · Tue, Apr 30 2013 10:25:32

Storified by Jonathan Eisen · Tue, Apr 30 2013 08:05:18

I am so excited about @Dr_Bik's conference in Sacramento next week smbe.org/eukaryotes/ #SMBEeuks

— Jack A Gilbert · Fri, Apr 26 2013 18:23:43

smbe.org/eukaryotes/ with @Dr_Bik @phylogenomics @ctitusbrown and many others #SMBEeuks - VERY COOL!!!

— Jack A Gilbert · Fri, Apr 26 2013 18:24:44

3 hotels in 9 days... Now heading to #ucdavis and the #smbeeuks meeting

— Andreas Sjödin · Sat, Apr 27 2013 06:51:53

Getting ready for #SMBEeuks meeting at #UCDavis next week - smbe.org/eukaryotes/ Lots of great talks lined up on eukaryotic -Omics!

— Holly Bik · Sat, Apr 27 2013 08:47:32

Heading out to UC Davis for #SMBEeuks! Hope the poster makes it pic.twitter.com/KWUjiDI5ne · Surya Saha

Starting the long trek to UC Davis for the SMBE Satellite Meeting on Eukaryotes smbe.org/eukaryotes/ #SMBEeuks ETA: 11 hours

— Titus Brown · Sun, Apr 28 2013 13:06:07

Arrived to #ucdavis for the #smbeeuks meeting. Lets see what Davis can offer on a Sunday afternoon

— Andreas Sjödin · Sun, Apr 28 2013 17:11:42

Worked on a Sunday for the first time in recent memory so that I have time this week to attend the awesome #SMBEeuks talks! Thanks @dr_bik!

— Jenna Morgan Lang · Sun, Apr 28 2013 23:16:01

Posted slides for my talk this AM for #SMBEEuks "The need for a phylogeny driven genomic encyclopedia of eukaryotes" slideshare.net/phylogenomics/…

— Jonathan Eisen · Mon, Apr 29 2013 08:28:02

Seems like the lab just moved 5000 miles south... Sweet! #smbeeuks pic.twitter.com/KeIB3wb23f · Andreas Sjödin

At #smbeeuks @Dr_Bik is thanking SMBE MoBio Illumina and others for support

— Jonathan Eisen · Mon, Apr 29 2013 09:10:39

Finally figured out why @Dr_Bik invited me to #smbeeuks - she wants prolific tweeters!

— Jack A Gilbert · Mon, Apr 29 2013 09:18:49

#SMBEeuks getting underway with @Dr_Bik asking tweeple to "tweet profusely" . @phylogenomics up next!

— Surya Saha · Mon, Apr 29 2013 09:20:11

@Dr_Bik says we are drowning in @illumina data - I am not, I am swimming in it, and find it very relaxing....:-) #smbeeuks

— Jack A Gilbert · Mon, Apr 29 2013 09:22:05

After a 90 minute commute that should have been 45, I have finally arrived at #SMBEeuks! #whydoeseveryonecrashwhenihavesomewheretobe?

— Jenna Morgan Lang · Mon, Apr 29 2013 09:23:38

#SMBEeuks @Dr_Bik: Phylosift phylosift.wordpress.com does marker based analyis wt "explicit phylogenomic approaches" for metagenome data

— Surya Saha · Mon, Apr 29 2013 09:24:34

#SMBEeuks Phylosift pipeline phylosift.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/screen… · Surya Saha

@Dr_Bik talking about the advantages of Phylosift pipeline and as a complement to #qiime bit.ly/10nISAC #smbeeuks

— Andreas Sjödin · Mon, Apr 29 2013 09:28:37

Wondering whether I should use this picture in my presentation at #SMBEeuks on swabbing hospital surfaces for elks? pic.twitter.com/yxBE6XdyP4 · Jack A Gilbert

Symposium at UC Davis on ADVANCING STEM through Diversity

Storified by Jonathan Eisen · Fri, Apr 26 2013 06:49:10

Today at #UCDavis: 'ADVANCEing STEM Faculty' topic for symposium dateline.ucdavis.edu/dl_detail.lass…

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 12:00:32

At the #UCDavisADVANCE symposium about the hear from Chancellor Linda Katehi who is the PI on the grant and keynote speaker

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:14:17

#UCDavis Chancellor Linda Katehi opening up #UCDavisADVANCE symposium "Advancing STEM through diversity" pic.twitter.com/6SLrUG0ay6 · Jonathan Eisen

At #UCDavisADVANCE Chancellor Linda Katehi: when she was younger she thought many of the issues she was facing were unique

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:19:35

At #UCDavisADVANCE Katehi: when realized how many issues w/ being a women in STEM were common she felt both better (not just her) & worse

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:21:39

At #UCDavisADVANCE Katehi is discussing her love of Donald Duck cartoons as a kid and how it did not have too many role models for women

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:22:37

@phylogenomics thanks for the tweets--I'm "listening in".

— Abby Kavner · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:22:38

At #UCDavisADVANCE Katehi: when she was a kid in Greece the boys, but not the girls, got credit for sports

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:23:26

At #UCDavisADVANCE Katehi - when in 2nd week of college a student asked why she was in college/ taking up space when she wouldn't use degree

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:24:56

At #UCDavisADVANCE Katehi: story from month ago -business dinner -she went early - receptionists didnt show her to dinner but did show men

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:27:59

At #UCDavisADVANCE Katehi: after receptionists wouldnt show her to group dinner restauant tried to apologize but never had good explanation

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:29:12

At #UCDavisADVANCE Katehi: yesterday at airport supposed to have room for phone call & host asked "When is he coming & how like his coffee"

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:30:42

At #UCDavisADVANCE Katehi: if you have too many incidents of discrimination early in your career you might just say "Why bother?"

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:31:58

@mineralphys you are welcome

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:32:08

At #UCDavisADVANCE Katehi: very proud of her early work in career but was NOT happy and even told her daughter not to go into profession

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:33:05

At #UCDavisADVANCE Katehi: ADVANCE program has potential to help build a better sense of community / support at #UCDavis

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:34:10

@phylogenomics except I'm just sitting hear reading your tweets, and saying "oy....oy....oy..." to myself. (oys of recognition.)

— Abby Kavner · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:34:36

At #UCDavisADVANCE Katehi: biases that lead to discrimination can be hard to change but we need to empower community to change attitudes

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:35:05

At #UCDavisADVANCE Katehi: demographic of CA is changing - increasingly Hispanic - we need to work to have this reflected in faculty too

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:36:38

At #UCDavisADVANCE Katehi: as students at undergrad and grad level change - we need to work to have faculty be more representative

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Apr 25 2013 13:37:44

Storified by Jonathan Eisen · Wed, Mar 27 2013 11:55:19

Question - anyone having issues w/ delays/difficulty in the process of getting genomes / metagenomes into Genbank? http://t.co/cK9n910Zhr

— Jonathan Eisen · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:37:28

@phylogenomics you mean like worse than normal? annotated bacterial genomes have been a nightmare since I can remember

— Nick Loman · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:39:03

@pathogenomenick yes - so now that you can sequence 100 genomes at a time - is getting into Genbank killing you too?

— Jonathan Eisen · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:39:49

@phylogenomics yes! in fact right now I have 20 to do and I’m trying to find a way around it!

— Nick Loman · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:40:33

@phylogenomics I am now thinking that it’s better to dump in SRA, and provide github script for assembly & auto-annotation

— Nick Loman · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:41:07

@phylogenomics I am now thinking that it’s better to dump in SRA, and provide github script for assembly & auto-annotation

— Nick Loman · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:41:07

@pathogenomenick time for a revolt - this is getting ridiculous - we need to force a new solution

— Jonathan Eisen · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:41:13

@pathogenomenick what about posting assemblies/annotation to @Figshare and reads to SRA?

— Jonathan Eisen · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:41:46

@phylogenomics @figshare could do that yep, or maybe github …

— Nick Loman · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:42:09

@phylogenomics @pathogenomenick @figshare maybe talk to the good people at @GigaScience, sounds like a problem they might be able to solve?

— Casey Bergman · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:44:30

@phylogenomics @pathogenomenick @figshare maybe talk to the good people at @GigaScience, sounds like a problem they might be able to solve?

— Casey Bergman · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:44:30

@phylogenomics @pathogenomenick Help us, @figshare! You're our only hope! http://t.co/YRQKzUAuDJ · Russell Neches

@pathogenomenick @phylogenomics Yes! Submitting bacterial annotated genomes is nightmare. Contigs (bit) easier. SRA tedious. Tired of it.

— Torsten Seemann · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:46:15

@pathogenomenick @phylogenomics Yes! Submitting bacterial annotated genomes is nightmare. Contigs (bit) easier. SRA tedious. Tired of it.

— Torsten Seemann · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:46:15

@ryneches @phylogenomics @figshare I guess it would be nice if wherever the repo is generated a combined BLAST database

— Nick Loman · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:46:18

@torstenseemann @phylogenomics yeah contigs much easier than annotations. hate SRA submissions but ENA-SRA better

— Nick Loman · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:46:49

. @phylogenomics Oh my yes. Release v3 of the maize genome has been held up ~1yr waiting for genbank approval. http://t.co/wuBEHnyyvS

— Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:46:58

. @phylogenomics Oh my yes. Release v3 of the maize genome has been held up ~1yr waiting for genbank approval. http://t.co/wuBEHnyyvS

— Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:46:58

@pathogenomenick @ryneches @phylogenomics @figshare See CephSeq thoughts, http://t.co/5UIytUXa1c, on combined database.

— Titus Brown · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:48:01

@pathogenomenick @ryneches @phylogenomics @figshare Also see http://t.co/1Zw4cu07LQ. For your puny bacteria? Easy peasy.

— Titus Brown · Tue, Mar 26 2013 14:48:26

Storified by Jonathan Eisen · Tue, Mar 19 2013 07:26:53

Wanted: examples of wording / guidelines for tenure review that encourages / allows for family leaves to extend time clock #ADVANCE

— Jonathan Eisen · Mon, Mar 18 2013 14:05:17

@phylogenomics That would certainly help with having a family.

— Kenneth Bruno · Mon, Mar 18 2013 14:08:17

@phylogenomics Here's a page that describes cases of family leave for stopping tenure clock @UWMadison: http://www.secfac.wisc.edu/newfac/tenure/stopclock.htm

— Eve Emshwiller · Mon, Mar 18 2013 14:16:48

@EveEmshwiller thanks - a lot of discussion of @uwmadison in my meeting

— Jonathan Eisen · Mon, Mar 18 2013 14:20:57

@EveEmshwiller @uwmadison do you have any specific wording about how to convey to letter writers / departments if someone got extension

— Jonathan Eisen · Mon, Mar 18 2013 14:27:45

The Tree of Life: Wanted: examples of family friendly policies for tenure review http://goo.gl/fb/SYLqR

— Jonathan Eisen · Mon, Mar 18 2013 16:34:11

@phylogenomics Stony Brook allows stopping tenure clock, for mothers & fathers, w or wo full salary: http://bit.ly/11bJgsL

— Nancy Goroff · Mon, Mar 18 2013 16:57:45

@phylogenomics @UWMadison I know some folks who did get extensions, so I will try to find out how it was done in their cases.

— Eve Emshwiller · Mon, Mar 18 2013 18:20:08

Been tracking the story of the #HeLa cell line genome being sequenced w/o having consent. Here are some of the main discussions and stories. Note - they are posted in chronological order. So the newest stuff is at the end.

Storified by Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Mar 28 2013 11:27:30

#HeLa genome sequenced w/o consent (by Jonathan Eisen) (with ...

12 hours ago ... Been tracking the story of the #HeLa cell line genome being sequenced w/o having consent. Here are some of the main di...

The Genomic and Transcriptomic Landscape of a HeLa Cell Line

Havoc in biology's most-used human cell line - Press Release - Genome of HeLa cells sequenced for the first time - EMBL

HeLa cells are the world's most commonly used human cell lines for research. In a study published today in G3: Genes, Genomes and Genetic...

Most popular human cell in science gets sequenced

The research world's most famous human cell has had its genome decoded, and it's a mess. German researchers this week report the genome s...

Nice lie EMBL! http://bit.ly/ZGmbJs "Q:Can we infer anything about Henrietta Lacks or her descendants from sequencing HeLa? A: No"

— Yaniv erlich · Tue, Mar 12 2013 11:35:01

@erlichya ouch. I see where they are trying to go but <wince> I don't think the answer got there.

— Chris Gunter · Tue, Mar 12 2013 11:36:39

@erlichya An amusing dodge, but also wasted teachable moment about haplotypes, privacy, likely germline risk variants, heteroplasmy, etc.

— Nathan Pearson · Tue, Mar 12 2013 11:42:43

@erlichya (We proposed doing it, pending family permission, 4 years ago, but lacked $...).

— Nathan Pearson · Tue, Mar 12 2013 11:43:53

@GenomeNathan @erlichya Surprised that nobody has yet investigated this further. It would make a fascinating study.

— Mickey Atwal · Tue, Mar 12 2013 11:56:38

.@MickeyAtwal @GenomeNathan you have the data. It would take 1hr work to run it with snpedia.

— Yaniv erlich · Tue, Mar 12 2013 12:03:41

@erlichya @GenomeNathan Also, it shouldn't be too hard to determine how much ancestral information remains after much genetic instability.

— Mickey Atwal · Tue, Mar 12 2013 12:13:24

.@MickeyAtwal @GenomeNathan > 95% of HeLa SNPs are in 1000g. But yeah, we can't learn anything ob her...

— Yaniv erlich · Tue, Mar 12 2013 12:16:32

.@MickeyAtwal @GenomeNathan > 95% of HeLa SNPs are in 1000g. But yeah, we can't learn anything ob her...

— Yaniv erlich · Tue, Mar 12 2013 12:16:32

@MickeyAtwal @erlichya Even start humbly w/virtual SNP-chip view, impute against public reference genomes, then check vs. seq data...

— Nathan Pearson · Tue, Mar 12 2013 12:18:05

@erlichya @MickeyAtwal @GenomeNathan if you've got the genotypes, HeLa's Promethease run is on the house.

— cariaso · Tue, Mar 12 2013 16:32:12

Storified by Jonathan Eisen · Sat, Feb 23 2013 18:25:28

Reminder of other funny & serious critiques by Dan Graur: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2003.12.003 http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/6/1143.full (Re http://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/02/20/gbe.evt028.short #ENCODE)

— Marc RobinsonRechavi · Thu, Feb 21 2013 05:42:42

Such beautiful snark in this paper by Dan Graur critiquing ENCODE on functional % of genome http://bit.ly/12SDV9O h/t @leonidkruglyak:

— David Baltrus · Thu, Feb 21 2013 11:19:42

The author of the ENCODE attack, Dan Graur also wrote the chicken entrails paper http://www.cell.com/trends/genetics/abstract/S0168-9525(03)00342-1. A way with words.

— Steve Forden · Thu, Feb 21 2013 13:31:37

Dan Graur et al respond in Genome Biology & Evolution to ENCODE claim of 80% genome functionality, with many lulz http://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/02/20/gbe.evt028.abstract #fb

— Ian Holmes · Thu, Feb 21 2013 15:03:54

Dan Graur spearheads a harsh critic against encode http://m.gbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/02/20/gbe.evt028.short?rss=1

— Eduardo Eyras · Thu, Feb 21 2013 23:43:13

Very pleased to present a guest post on my blog that Dan Graur definitely didn't write: http://biomickwatson.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/dear-encode/ #encode

— Mick Watson · Fri, Feb 22 2013 02:14:18

Very funny and good point MT @BioMickWatson Pleased to present a guest post that Dan Graur definitely didn't write: http://biomickwatson.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/dear-encode/

— WvSchaik · Fri, Feb 22 2013 02:26:24

Forum: ENCODE commentary from Dan Graur http://goo.gl/fb/IcALH

— BioStar Questions · Fri, Feb 22 2013 06:52:35

Graur et al. to ENCODE: Zing! http://nblo.gs/IA5Ov

— T. Ryan Gregory · Fri, Feb 22 2013 11:48:21

The ENCODE backlash gets turned up to eleven http://www.genomicron.evolverzone.com/2013/02/graur-et-al-to-encode-zing/ #thisisspinaltapgenomejokes

— carlzimmer · Fri, Feb 22 2013 15:26:19

Now with great discussion :-) Very pleased to present a guest post on my blog that Dan Graur definitely didn't write: http://biomickwatson.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/dear-encode/

— Mick Watson · Fri, Feb 22 2013 15:40:20

Human genome: ENCODE claim that vast majority of human DNA has a function is spicily rebutted. http://bit.ly/12RIp0x http://bit.ly/VBr5Z4

— Jeff Norris · Fri, Feb 22 2013 15:56:48

Oh snap! Laying a smack-down on the ENCODE project: http://www.genomicron.evolverzone.com/2013/02/graur-et-al-to-encode-zing/

— Shreejoy Tripathy · Fri, Feb 22 2013 16:11:00

Graur et al. to ENCODE: Zing! http://trap.it/CeqUf7 #genomics #genome

— Genomics Trap · Fri, Feb 22 2013 19:07:08

It's not just Dan Graur who thinks ENCODE sounds like creationism - creationists do too O_O: http://www.create.ab.ca/encode-project-discarding-junk-dna-for-good/

— Leighton Pritchard · Sat, Feb 23 2013 01:49:04

More ENCODE punditry http://www.genomicron.evolverzone.com/2013/02/graur-et-al-to-encode-zing/ but, I had to Google "hermeneutics". Will any of my followers also admit to this ?

— Christopher Southan · Sat, Feb 23 2013 02:57:49

Dan Graur responds to my post http://biomickwatson.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/dear-encode/

— Mick Watson · Sat, Feb 23 2013 03:05:22

A bit late, but I haven't seen a science takedown as brutal as this one http://pocket.co/swmPN

— Avinash · Sat, Feb 23 2013 04:53:49

See Graur et al's pissing on the ashes (from .@PZMyers) of #Encode's 80%. http://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/02/20/gbe.evt028.short?rss=1

— Kenna Shaw · Sat, Feb 23 2013 07:54:51

Interesting-hearing support for Dan Graur from evol biol colleagues. More public criticism of ENCODE is on the way apparently

— Thomas Keane · Sat, Feb 23 2013 08:43:20

Storified by Jonathan Eisen · Sun, Feb 10 2013 18:40:41

The Tree of Life: A day to think, to pause, to ponder http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-day-to-think-to-pause-to-ponder.html?spref=tw

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Feb 07 2013 11:06:21

The Tree of Life: A day to think, to pause, to ponder http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-day-to-think-to-pause-to-ponder.html?spref=tw

— Jonathan Eisen · Thu, Feb 07 2013 11:06:21

A powerful, personal story by @phylogenomics about his father's suicide, and parallels w/ Aaron Swartz's. http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-day-to-think-to-pause-to-ponder.html?spref=tw #PDFtribute

— Karen James · Thu, Feb 07 2013 11:12:21

A day to think, to pause, to ponder. Beautiful, sad post by @phylogenomics http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-day-to-think-to-pause-to-ponder.html?spref=fb

— Aatish Bhatia · Thu, Feb 07 2013 11:28:33

@phylogenomics Very touching article. Sarcastically enough, the Nature news feature about it is closed access :( http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v325/n6106/pdf/325652a0.pdf

— Ramy Karam Aziz · Thu, Feb 07 2013 11:30:07

"A day to think, to pause, to ponder" - Beautiful, moving post by dear friend @phylogenomics. Thinking of you today. http://bit.ly/XXMYyd

— Kaitlin Thaney · Thu, Feb 07 2013 11:31:08

A sad and important post by @phylogenomics - how his father's suicide shaped his life, work and approach http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-day-to-think-to-pause-to-ponder.html

— Michele Banks · Thu, Feb 07 2013 11:35:36

A sad and important post by @phylogenomics - how his father's suicide shaped his life, work and approach http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-day-to-think-to-pause-to-ponder.html

— Michele Banks · Thu, Feb 07 2013 11:35:36

@phylogenomics I knew some of this story but not some here. Hugs (if that helps at all).

— Rachael Ludwick · Thu, Feb 07 2013 11:37:10

An extremely thoughtful, and moving post. “@phylogenomics: The Tree of Life: A day to think, to pause, to ponder http://cl.ly/2C3n173t2F27”

— Keith Bradnam · Thu, Feb 07 2013 11:39:07

Very sad story. Never forget that scientists are humans too. MT “@phylogenomics: A day to think, to pause, to ponder http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-day-to-think-to-pause-to-ponder.html?spref=tw”

— Michael Knudsen · Thu, Feb 07 2013 11:46:08

+1 “@MaliciaRogue: A day to think, to pause, to ponder http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-day-to-think-to-pause-to-ponder.html?spref=tw "Life is fragile". An extremely moving post by @phylogenomics”

— The Assemblathon · Thu, Feb 07 2013 11:48:37

Beautiful, moving piece by @phylogenomics about mindful living and much more: A day to think, to pause, to ponder http://bit.ly/YWYW1P

— Liza Gross · Thu, Feb 07 2013 11:57:21

A beautiful tribute to a father, by @phylogenomics - The Tree of Life: A day to think, to pause, to ponder. http://jr.stor.im/

— Anton Zuiker · Thu, Feb 07 2013 11:57:37

Thx for this, @phylogenomics. Lovely to meet you. // "And I call for others out there to remember - life is fragile." http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-day-to-think-to-pause-to-ponder.html?spref=tw

— Jessica Morrison · Thu, Feb 07 2013 12:00:44

@phylogenomics very moving post Jonathan...he would be very proud of what you and your brother have achieved!

— Paul Hoskisson · Thu, Feb 07 2013 12:01:38

Agreed! MT @lizabio Beautiful, moving piece by @phylogenomics A day to think, to pause, to ponder http://bit.ly/YWYW1P

— Virginia Gewin · Thu, Feb 07 2013 12:08:14

@phylogenomics Thank you so much for sharing this, Jonathan. I am so very sorry for your loss.

— Nancy Parmalee · Thu, Feb 07 2013 12:10:29

@phylogenomics thanks for your post. I miss my dad daily & enjoy oppt'ies to honor, think of him. I appreciate your way of honoring your dad

— CogSci Librarian · Thu, Feb 07 2013 12:16:47

The Tree of Life: A day to think, to pause, to ponder http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-day-to-think-to-pause-to-ponder.html?spref=tw

— nextgenseek · Thu, Feb 07 2013 12:19:32

Session on "Wearing many hats" at Science Online 2013 CoChaired by Jonathan Eisen and Ed Yong

Storified by Jonathan Eisen · Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:00:31

LAST session: what happens when you wear many hats. #venn13 #scio13

— Chris Goforth · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:29:44

Next session: "Life in the Venn" (abt wearing many hats) @edyong209 @phylogenomics #venn13 #scio13

— Janet D. Stemwedel · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:30:36

#scio13 now settling in to hear about @edyong209's fine collection of hats. I am betting this one will have badgers in it too. #venn13

— Mark Henderson · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:32:09

Next up at #scio13 Life in the Venn - aka how to wear multiple hats. #venn13 w @edyong209 & @phylogenomics

— Dr. Alistair Dove · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:32:53

OK #scio13, London is now joining you live! We're watching the Life in the Venn session on multiple hats with y'all #venn13

— Jon Tennant · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:33:05

#scio13 #venn13 life in the venn with @edyong209 and @phylogenomics

— Haley Bridger · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:34:06

Next up at #scio13: Live in the Venn - When You're Forced to Wear Many Hats #venn13. We're watching here at #scioSDwp in San Diego!

— Heather Buschman · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:34:16

Now in the session on "life in the Venn - what happens when you wear multiple hats online" #scio13 #venn13

— Lou Woodley · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:34:32

HELLO, I'm the real Ed Yong please stand up #venn13 #scio13

— Jojo Scoble · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:34:38

@edyong209 points out that @phylogenomics is not @mireyamayor (though he's wearing some sartorial nods to her) #venn13 #scio13

— Janet D. Stemwedel · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:34:44

Attending "Life in the venn: what happens when you're forced to wear many hats." #venn13 #scio13 YES. THIS.

— Katy O'Connell · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:34:52

The pink boots are already making me so excited for #venn13 already! #scio13

— Katherine Scott · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:34:55

@edyong209 says 2/3 of attendees ticked more than one box to identify what they are/their roles #venn13 #scio13

— Janet D. Stemwedel · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:35:30

What happens when you wear many different hats? Your head is very warm. (My level of humor on last day of #scio13 is thru the roof) #venn13

— Rachel Dearborn ϟ · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:35:33

#scio13 #venn13 2/3 of participants ticked more than one box, wear more than one hat (scientist, writer, teacher, pio, etc.)

— Haley Bridger · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:35:42

#scio13 session #venn13 about what happens when you wear too many hats- watching live at #scio13WPLDN

— Harriet Jarlett · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:35:56

Yong: 2/3 of delegates self report having multiple roles #venn13 #scio13

— Dr. Alistair Dove · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:36:00

@edyong209 is journo who used to be a scientist, then public information officer at a cancer charity #venn13 #scio13

— Janet D. Stemwedel · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:36:09

@edyong209 says 2/3 of #scio13 attendees self identify as playing multiple roles - like actor slash model, but for science #venn13

— Clare Fieseler · Sat, Feb 02 2013 11:36:47