Once used away messages as a proto-twitter. He/him. All opinions my own, do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
Berkeley, CA
Joined August 2009
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Peter Combs retweeted
🧬Postdoc Opportunity🧬
The Fraser Lab at Stanford University is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to join our research team. We study the evolution of complex traits by developing new experimental and computational methods. 1/n
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Thrilled to share our latest paper where we used human-chimp hybrid cells to study the evolution of gene regulation! See thread👇 nature.com/articles/s41588-0…
Peter Combs retweeted
Took 1-8y off science for family during your postdoc or faculty position?
Contact NIH funded labs to see if they will write a reentry for you (I will!).
Please RT these little-known supplements:
nigms.nih.gov/Research/Mecha…
Peter Combs retweeted
Hot tip for grad students: If you see a million red flags, don’t think “it’ll be different for me.” It won’t, and you’ll be sad. #gradschool #PhDChat #hubris
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A new thread about a series of papers in legitimate scientific journals, all from the same author.
These papers have all been peer-reviewed, but no editor or peer reviewer noticed a huge problem.
Warning: this might make your jaw drop.
Peter Combs retweeted
Only three things in life are certain: death, taxes, and batch effects in genomic data
Legacy Data Confounds Genomics Studies biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_bioinfo
This sentiment is exactly why I’m in favor of grad student unionization (and other formal measures of institutional support for grad students). My advisor was great. Your advisor is great. But we’ve all heard horror stories, and unions can help. xitter.cf/gregorcorp/status/1110…
#WGA WRITERS: most of us actually like our agents quite a lot. But the lack of rules in place for abuse means we’re all at risk at some point. Just cause there’s good stock brokers doesn’t mean we don’t need the SEC. give the guild the tools it needs to negotiate VOTE YES
Peter Combs retweeted
I am a toxicologist with nothing to sell you.
My medical advice: Exercise, avoid tobacco, eat veggies, and don't panic over trace chemicals in your food.
forbes.com/sites/jennysplitt…
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With Fei Chen's lab, we introduce Slide-seq, for genome-wide expression profiling in tissue slices at 10-micron resolution. A single scientist can prepare dozens of slides in one day. Developed by two amazing students, @SGRodriques and Bob Stickels. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Peter Combs retweeted
Today's word has to do with the control of expression.
Histone (n.): voice inflection usually associated with mansplaining.
Peter Combs retweeted
Hey friends, I upset some folks on the last Sawbones with my use of the phrase “off the reservation”. I never stopped to consider the origin of the saying and it is, no surprise, disrespectful to Native Americans. I’m obviously embarrassed and terribly sorry. Won’t happen again.
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This morning, I received an email from my PhD advisor that was so encouraging and kind, it made me tear up a bit.
I finished my PhD almost 14 years ago.
Great mentors are mentors for life. If you’re just starting out, choose your PhD advisor wisely. You deserve a great mentor.
.@Caltrain what’s the story with the southbound train on the northbound tracks and NB train on SB tracks at Palo Alto?
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I don't know why this is on my heart to say, but for my Ph.D. students out there who doubt themselves, their ideas, and their work - stop that shit.
You're dope af. Your work is dope af. Your ideas are dope af. And you're brilliant
Now go finish that research so you can chill.
Peter Combs retweeted
Students: Over winter break, apply to STEM paid summer research programs. Find them with the searchable database at PathwaysToScience.org. It has over 650 paid summer research programs for both undergraduate and graduate students.
