Jay Noboru (登) Worley
@jnobow.bsky.social
Microbiologist/geneticist/bioinformatician. Free-time musician 🎷
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Exclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. https://scim.ag/4rTKck8
How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t
New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51
scim.ag
October 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Exclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. https://scim.ag/4rTKck8
Support the Sun! - The Cornell Daily Sun
The Cornell Daily Sun - Independent Since 1880.
www.cornellsun.com
September 30, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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The humanities have been calling out genAI theft since the jump, while STEM has rallied around “discovery potential”.
I am *ONCE AGAIN* reminding EVERYONE that science is not the sacred cow, STEM isn’t the exception. They are going to steal our IP, too. We aren’t special.
I am *ONCE AGAIN* reminding EVERYONE that science is not the sacred cow, STEM isn’t the exception. They are going to steal our IP, too. We aren’t special.
Ignore for a moment the question about whether Anthropic trains on user sessions.
I am I right in reading this as saying that Anthropic's "never-before-discovered" reverse transcriptase was *patented* three years ago?
I am I right in reading this as saying that Anthropic's "never-before-discovered" reverse transcriptase was *patented* three years ago?
September 28, 2026 at 11:43 AM
The humanities have been calling out genAI theft since the jump, while STEM has rallied around “discovery potential”.
I am *ONCE AGAIN* reminding EVERYONE that science is not the sacred cow, STEM isn’t the exception. They are going to steal our IP, too. We aren’t special.
I am *ONCE AGAIN* reminding EVERYONE that science is not the sacred cow, STEM isn’t the exception. They are going to steal our IP, too. We aren’t special.
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Postdoc position in infectious disease epi, genomics, applied stats to join our work on sampling strategies for pathogen genomics surveillance. Based in Shirlee Wohl’s group at BWH but to work closely with my team. See ad here: massgeneralbrigham.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MGBExt...
Postdoctoral Fellow
Site: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts t...
massgeneralbrigham.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
September 4, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Postdoc position in infectious disease epi, genomics, applied stats to join our work on sampling strategies for pathogen genomics surveillance. Based in Shirlee Wohl’s group at BWH but to work closely with my team. See ad here: massgeneralbrigham.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MGBExt...
A terrible loss for Boston in an area where car traffic has repeatedly been deadly.
Thomas Rose, a 37-year-old assistant professor at MIT and an expert in the archaeometallurgy of copper, has died after being hit by a driver while riding his bike at the intersection of Memorial Drive and Massachusetts Ave.
MIT professor hit while riding his bicycle in Cambridge last month has died, university officials say - The Boston Globe
Thomas Rose, 37, joined MIT in January and was set to begin teaching courses this fall.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 4, 2026 at 2:43 PM
A terrible loss for Boston in an area where car traffic has repeatedly been deadly.
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The University of Maryland, College Park may lose 30% of its newly admitted graduate students this fall.
That’s according to a declaration submitted by the state’s flagship in support of a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s visa restrictions.
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
That’s according to a declaration submitted by the state’s flagship in support of a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s visa restrictions.
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
University of Maryland predicts 30% decline in new grad students due to Trump visa restrictions
The University of Maryland, College Park, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, painted a bleak picture of the consequences in federal lawsuit filings.
www.thebanner.com
August 25, 2026 at 1:09 PM
The University of Maryland, College Park may lose 30% of its newly admitted graduate students this fall.
That’s according to a declaration submitted by the state’s flagship in support of a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s visa restrictions.
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
That’s according to a declaration submitted by the state’s flagship in support of a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s visa restrictions.
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
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FDA, CDC investigating multistate outbreak of E coli, Salmonella linked to sprouts
Alfalfa sprouts sold under the Calco and Everything Sprouts brands are linked to the most recent outbreak of foodborne illness affecting the US https://bit.ly/4zxIxE8
📷: Erin Collins/Flickr cc
Alfalfa sprouts sold under the Calco and Everything Sprouts brands are linked to the most recent outbreak of foodborne illness affecting the US https://bit.ly/4zxIxE8
📷: Erin Collins/Flickr cc
August 21, 2026 at 8:32 PM
FDA, CDC investigating multistate outbreak of E coli, Salmonella linked to sprouts
Alfalfa sprouts sold under the Calco and Everything Sprouts brands are linked to the most recent outbreak of foodborne illness affecting the US https://bit.ly/4zxIxE8
📷: Erin Collins/Flickr cc
Alfalfa sprouts sold under the Calco and Everything Sprouts brands are linked to the most recent outbreak of foodborne illness affecting the US https://bit.ly/4zxIxE8
📷: Erin Collins/Flickr cc
About half of new awards from 2 years ago. $1 billion withheld. Especially tragic for specific funding priorities in social behavioral and economic sciences (SBE).
The US National Science Foundation will award about 30% fewer new research grants this fiscal year than in the last one, Nature has learnt.
go.nature.com/3UcGoNW
go.nature.com/3UcGoNW
Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades
The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.
go.nature.com
August 20, 2026 at 7:10 PM
About half of new awards from 2 years ago. $1 billion withheld. Especially tragic for specific funding priorities in social behavioral and economic sciences (SBE).
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Job security in higher education is not what it used to be. Amid growing financial pressures, universities are making cuts to faculty and non-teaching jobs alike, the bedrock of the Massachusetts middle class. trib.al/NkOH3I3
August 18, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Job security in higher education is not what it used to be. Amid growing financial pressures, universities are making cuts to faculty and non-teaching jobs alike, the bedrock of the Massachusetts middle class. trib.al/NkOH3I3
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I understand that funding bodies want to go all in on AI as the shiny new innovation thing. But if all the grants start going to AI at the expense of everything else then the research sector is going to end up looking like a farm with dozens of threshers hacking away in a field with no wheat.
August 6, 2026 at 11:06 AM
I understand that funding bodies want to go all in on AI as the shiny new innovation thing. But if all the grants start going to AI at the expense of everything else then the research sector is going to end up looking like a farm with dozens of threshers hacking away in a field with no wheat.
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“Seven days after the girl’s medical team infused trillions of viruses carrying the recipe for the base editor into her spinal fluid, she died of a severe immune reaction linked to the therapy…”
This, in @science.org, is an important and tragic story. (It’s also an incredibly well reported one.) 🧪
This, in @science.org, is an important and tragic story. (It’s also an incredibly well reported one.) 🧪
Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public
Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals
www.science.org
July 23, 2026 at 9:12 PM
“Seven days after the girl’s medical team infused trillions of viruses carrying the recipe for the base editor into her spinal fluid, she died of a severe immune reaction linked to the therapy…”
This, in @science.org, is an important and tragic story. (It’s also an incredibly well reported one.) 🧪
This, in @science.org, is an important and tragic story. (It’s also an incredibly well reported one.) 🧪
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‘How can we ever trust this company again knowing what it’s done? We need a big response and a real promise to do things differently moving forward,’ says Elisabeth Bik.
#ChemSky @elisabethbik.bsky.social @reeserichardson.bsky.social @sholtodavid.bsky.social
www.chemistryworld.com/news/thermo-...
#ChemSky @elisabethbik.bsky.social @reeserichardson.bsky.social @sholtodavid.bsky.social
www.chemistryworld.com/news/thermo-...
Thermo Fisher antibody data manipulation is a breach of trust, say researchers
Science sleuths say the problem is impacting research progress and Thermo's response falls short
www.chemistryworld.com
July 24, 2026 at 10:46 AM
‘How can we ever trust this company again knowing what it’s done? We need a big response and a real promise to do things differently moving forward,’ says Elisabeth Bik.
#ChemSky @elisabethbik.bsky.social @reeserichardson.bsky.social @sholtodavid.bsky.social
www.chemistryworld.com/news/thermo-...
#ChemSky @elisabethbik.bsky.social @reeserichardson.bsky.social @sholtodavid.bsky.social
www.chemistryworld.com/news/thermo-...
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Study: US emergency departments (EDs) are seeing fewer C difficile cases.
The overall incidence of Clostridioides difficile infections among ED patients declined from 2014 to 2024, although rates in young adults increased.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4gEseOY
The overall incidence of Clostridioides difficile infections among ED patients declined from 2014 to 2024, although rates in young adults increased.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4gEseOY
July 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Study: US emergency departments (EDs) are seeing fewer C difficile cases.
The overall incidence of Clostridioides difficile infections among ED patients declined from 2014 to 2024, although rates in young adults increased.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4gEseOY
The overall incidence of Clostridioides difficile infections among ED patients declined from 2014 to 2024, although rates in young adults increased.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4gEseOY
Honestly useful to think of this in the non-academic space, too. When you outsource your learning, it will affect your later performance.
Friends don't let friends continue to give exams and papers that are not adapted to the current AI landscape www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... (this is AFTER 27 bailed so the reality is even worse)
PS Props to students 1, 22, and 31
PS Props to students 1, 22, and 31
July 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Honestly useful to think of this in the non-academic space, too. When you outsource your learning, it will affect your later performance.
I haven't felt this way about a US Men's Soccer win in a long, long time. Pure grit and never-say-die, even when the calls don't go your way. Wonderful stuff.
July 2, 2026 at 2:29 AM
I haven't felt this way about a US Men's Soccer win in a long, long time. Pure grit and never-say-die, even when the calls don't go your way. Wonderful stuff.
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Scoop with @mercohn.bsky.social: Johns Hopkins University is laying off more than 100 employees in the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Carey Business School and central administration. Hopkins is suffering "debilitating" decreases in federal research funding
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
Johns Hopkins University lays off over 100 employees due to federal research losses
The layoffs this week impact the university’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Carey School of Business and the university’s general administration.
www.thebanner.com
June 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Scoop with @mercohn.bsky.social: Johns Hopkins University is laying off more than 100 employees in the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Carey Business School and central administration. Hopkins is suffering "debilitating" decreases in federal research funding
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
I'm glad this issue is getting some more attention now. It feels less safe on the city roads each year for walking and cycling.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I'm glad this issue is getting some more attention now. It feels less safe on the city roads each year for walking and cycling.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Flesh-eating screwworm infection detected in South Texas, USDA says arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
Possible flesh-eating screwworm infection detected in South Texas, USDA says
If confirmed, it would be the fly's first breach of the US-Mexico border.
arstechnica.com
June 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Flesh-eating screwworm infection detected in South Texas, USDA says arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
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1. How common is LLM use in scientific publishing, and how does it vary across field, publisher, journal prestige, author demographics etc.? @kylesiler.bsky.social has new paper in PNAS that addresses this question on a massive scale: 7.3 million papers from Elsevier, PLOS, MDPI, and Frontiers.
The diffusion of large language models in published academic articles | PNAS
Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly changing academic research, raising questions
of who is adopting these tools and under what conditions. Th...
www.pnas.org
June 3, 2026 at 10:47 PM
1. How common is LLM use in scientific publishing, and how does it vary across field, publisher, journal prestige, author demographics etc.? @kylesiler.bsky.social has new paper in PNAS that addresses this question on a massive scale: 7.3 million papers from Elsevier, PLOS, MDPI, and Frontiers.
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Our TARGet AMR genomics-comic is out now - check it out, share it, print it, use it in your lectures, PE events, or maybe even when trying to explain what you do to dinner guests! 🤓 🧬 🧫
🧬 Explore our illustrated comic - an accessible entry point to genomic literacy and AMR across disciplines
✅ Free to use and adapt (CC BY 4.0)
👉 Read more: www.targetamr.org.uk/targetamr-la...
🔗 Access the comic: www.targetamr.org.uk/our-comic/
#GenomicDetectives
✅ Free to use and adapt (CC BY 4.0)
👉 Read more: www.targetamr.org.uk/targetamr-la...
🔗 Access the comic: www.targetamr.org.uk/our-comic/
#GenomicDetectives
May 28, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Our TARGet AMR genomics-comic is out now - check it out, share it, print it, use it in your lectures, PE events, or maybe even when trying to explain what you do to dinner guests! 🤓 🧬 🧫
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A very cool bacteriophage in purple and blue ink #sciart artologica.etsy.com/listing/4512...
May 27, 2026 at 4:38 PM
A very cool bacteriophage in purple and blue ink #sciart artologica.etsy.com/listing/4512...
It is impossible to overstate what Sonny Rollins means to me as a musician, not only in the music, but also the way to think about jazz and performance, the "why" of it all.
It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2
May 26, 2026 at 3:34 AM
It is impossible to overstate what Sonny Rollins means to me as a musician, not only in the music, but also the way to think about jazz and performance, the "why" of it all.
Sean Eddy's work has probably added billions to the American economy and improved nearly every life through the work it enabled. To say his work is of no value is utter madness.
This is awful to hear, describing how Sean Eddy (HMMER, infernal, pfam, rfam) has been defunded. The letter said his work
"had been determined to be of absolutely no value to the US taxpayer, and therefore it was being specifically terminated,"
www.npr.org/2026/05/21/n...
"had been determined to be of absolutely no value to the US taxpayer, and therefore it was being specifically terminated,"
www.npr.org/2026/05/21/n...
Researchers say the Trump administration is finding new ways to punish science
Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear.
www.npr.org
May 25, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Sean Eddy's work has probably added billions to the American economy and improved nearly every life through the work it enabled. To say his work is of no value is utter madness.
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🌱 We’re hiring in Plant Biology at Penn State!
The Department of Biology at Penn State University Park is searching for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in any area of plant biology.
The Department of Biology at Penn State University Park is searching for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in any area of plant biology.
May 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
🌱 We’re hiring in Plant Biology at Penn State!
The Department of Biology at Penn State University Park is searching for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in any area of plant biology.
The Department of Biology at Penn State University Park is searching for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in any area of plant biology.
Our study on drug-resistant Klebsiella epidemiology is out in AAC! Many thanks to Dr. Menif, this work covers over 10 years of strain collection. We compared these to all 80k+ Kp strains at NCBI and show local trends with global connections, particularly ST383.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Leveraging the global genomic epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae to inform infection prevention in Tunisian hospitals | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Carbapenem resistance is a major global public health problem (1, 2). The World Health Organization (WHO) prioritized carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (CPK) as a top multidrug-resistant p...
journals.asm.org
May 6, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Our study on drug-resistant Klebsiella epidemiology is out in AAC! Many thanks to Dr. Menif, this work covers over 10 years of strain collection. We compared these to all 80k+ Kp strains at NCBI and show local trends with global connections, particularly ST383.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...