Molly Schumer
Genetics & Evolution, Faculty at Stanford & Freeman Hrabowski Scholar at HHMI. My views do not reflect those of my employer.
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- Reposted by Molly SchumerSlim 5 can now simulate genomes with multiple chromosomes like autosomes, sex chromosomes, mitochondria and chloroplast dna academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
- Reposted by Molly SchumerDetermining presence-absence variation (PAV) across reference genomes is a major goal of pangenome analysis. It turns out that A LOT of gene PAV is due to methodological artifacts. We explore the causes of this in soybean and cotton datasets in our recent preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- Reposted by Molly SchumerWe can't help but agree with @jrossibarra.bsky.social—you don't want to miss #PEQG26! Join us at beautiful Asilomar grounds for a dynamic scientific program and plenty of opportunities to meet or reconnect with the PEQG community. 🫶 Plus, it's not too late to submit an abstract: buff.ly/S6WhQGj
- Reposted by Molly SchumerI am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!
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- Reposted by Molly SchumerTime for a thread on our Christmas preprint “Origin and evolution of acrocentric chromosomes in human and great apes”. I had so much fun with this project and paper. It will be hard to summarize in a thread, but I’ll try www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... [1/21]
- Congratulations to grad student @gpreising.bsky.social!!! bsky.app/profile/sse-...
- Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards! www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...
- Reposted by Molly SchumerCongratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards! www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...
- Reposted by Molly SchumerWe have less than a week to go before the deadline for abstract submission and award applications for SMBE 2026 in Copenhagen. Check the conference website for details on the programme, symposia, and awards: smbe2026.org #SMBE2026
- ❗Just two weeks to go! Please remember to submit your abstract and award application for SMBE 2026 in Copenhagen by February 3. 📨 Abstract submission & Award applications smbe2026.org/abstracts 📋 Programme details smbe2026.org/programme #SMBE2026
- Reposted by Molly SchumerFederal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by Molly SchumerBREAKING: Federal judge orders Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R., released. "The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED." "Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."
- Reposted by Molly SchumerDoes the noncoding genome actually carry more genetic information than coding seqs? Motivated by this question we mutated every bp in the 10kb MYC locus. Results are even more exciting: Decoding the MYC locus reveals a druggable ultraconserved RNA element www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Molly SchumerFoldMason is out now in @science.org. It generates accurate multiple structure alignments for thousands of protein structures in seconds. Great work by Cameron L. M. Gilchrist and @milot.bsky.social. 📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🌐 search.foldseek.com/foldmason 💾 github.com/steineggerla...
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- Reposted by Molly SchumerTurns out that you can simply chose not to sell your warehouse and prevent it from becoming a detention center www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- Reposted by Molly SchumerI'm at the Willard Hotel where I've been denied entry and kicked out of the Reclaiming Science event with NIH director Bhattacharya & other top agency leaders. @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social and I registered for the event months ago yet were told capacity was full, even as they let in dozens of others.
- Has anyone done CiFi through a core facility or company? Would love recommendations and a sense of cost/sample!
- Reposted by Molly SchumerIf you are a student whose NSF GRFP application was returned without review for vague 'eligibility' reasons: 1) Let your department chair & Graduate School know. Encourage them to contact NSF & congress 2) Write to your congressional reps. 3) Write to grfp@nsf.gov to request re-consideration;
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- Reposted by Molly SchumerI’m recruiting new members to the Farrell Lab this summer. We will have space for 1 postdoc (since Abhinav is leaving to start his own lab at U Arizona!!) and 2 postbacs, since my current two will leave for PhD programs at the end of the summer. More details in thread:
- Reposted by Molly SchumerNew tool from @alexsweeten.bsky.social to find and classify all your satellites: "AniAnn's: alignment-free annotation of tandem repeat arrays using fast average nucleotide identity estimates" 📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 📦 github.com/marbl/anianns
- Reposted by Molly SchumerJoin us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
- Reposted by Molly SchumerBuscamos una/un postdoc entusiasta y motivada para unirse al grupo de Paleogenómica y Biología Evolutiva en @liigh-unam.bsky.social para liderar un proyecto enfocado a muestras humanas prehispánicas. Interesadxs por favor enviar CV y carta de intención a fsanchez@liigh.unam.mx. Por favor #RT.
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- Reposted by Molly SchumerModerna have announced that they won't run new phase three trials now with massive impacts for new vaccine development- why- its because of RFK Jr and his anti-vaccine campaigns and cancelling mRNA vaccine research which affect the sales the company can then make 🧪🧵 #PublicHealth
- Reposted by Molly SchumerICE has detained at least 3,800 kids under the second Trump administration — more than 500 of whom were under 5 years old. Children shouldn't be locked up by our government.
- Reposted by Molly SchumerI am excited to offer a postdoctoral research position in my lab in Oxford studying the distribution of small RNAs during plant sexual reproduction. shorturl.at/7Goxt Reposts appreciated! Obligatory cat video to brighten your day. :-)
- Reposted by Molly SchumerIf you need a 12-minute break from [[gestures all around]] and want to have a virtual visit to see and learn about the first-ever Taiga Flycatcher in Canada, I've made this for you: youtu.be/GCsGUhkifCA #birds #birding #TaigaFlycatcher
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- Reposted by Molly SchumerThe SMBE 2026 Conference will be in Copenhagen, 28 June - 2 July. Abstracts are due by 3 February 2026. Details: smbe2026.org/abstracts/ Organizing committee, Tom Gilbert #conference
- Reposted by Molly SchumerBREAKING: A young doctor who lives near where Alex Pretti, a nurse, was killed by ICE says in a declaration he saw the shooting, went out to help, was not let through at first then patted down before being let by, and was apparently the first to try and provide any medical assistance to Pretti.
- Reposted by Molly SchumerAOC: "Early reports are that he was an ICU nurse at the Mpls VA. So we are talking about Donald Trump accusing a VA ICU as being a terrorist against the United States. A man who was treating service members to our country ... his final act on early was helping a woman pushed to the ground."
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- Reposted by Molly SchumerI save most of these kinds of posts for another site, but please talk to friends and family about what ICE is doing. This is all horrifying and your voice matters. Masked federal forces performing extrajudicial kidnapping and murder requires a groundswell of opposition from all corners.
- The incident, which was caught on video, marks the second deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis in less than a month. n.pr/3YXDGLu
- Reposted by Molly SchumerIf you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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- Reposted by Molly SchumerMore than 400 years of history and a decade of advocacy were torn down Thursday afternoon when National Park Service employees removed every single display at the President’s House. 🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
- Reposted by Molly SchumerAnti-ICE protesters fill the streets of downtown Minneapolis during an "ICE Out" rally on Jan. 23. 📷️ Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ
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- Reposted by Molly SchumerNew Year, New Paper!🎊 Pervasive cis-regulatory co-option of a transposable element family reinforces cell identity across the mouse immune system www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Centerpiece of Jason Chobirko's PhD, talented PhD student co-mentored by Andrew Grimson & me. Really excited about it!🧵
- Reposted by Molly SchumerPEQG! My favorite conference ever*. Single session, fantastic talks, great discussions. Only once every 2 years. And in the best conference location too! Abstract deadline coming up Feb 5! *Disclosure: I am required to say it's the best conference because it is and I told my mom I wouldn't lie.
- Reposted by Molly SchumerOut in @science.org this week: SIPS binds to a conserved region of SRK to control interspecies incompatibility in Brassicaceae. This contrasts with SRK's variable region, which is involved in self-incompatibility interactions. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #plantscience
- Reposted by Molly SchumerDebating submitting an abstract to #PEQG26? If you’re doing population, evolutionary, or quantitative genetics research in model organisms including Drosophila, yeast, & natural populations like mammals, fish, birds, or plants, among other systems, this conference is for you! 🪰🐟🐦🌱 buff.ly/kMchm3R
