I just found out that around 20% of the neanderthal genome still exists today in living people!!
No individual person has more than 3 or 4% but we don't all have the same bits. If you add up all the bits we've found, about a fifth of the Neanderthal genome is still present on earth today.
No individual person has more than 3 or 4% but we don't all have the same bits. If you add up all the bits we've found, about a fifth of the Neanderthal genome is still present on earth today.
December 5, 2024 at 10:57 PM
I just found out that around 20% of the neanderthal genome still exists today in living people!!
No individual person has more than 3 or 4% but we don't all have the same bits. If you add up all the bits we've found, about a fifth of the Neanderthal genome is still present on earth today.
No individual person has more than 3 or 4% but we don't all have the same bits. If you add up all the bits we've found, about a fifth of the Neanderthal genome is still present on earth today.
Inside me there are two wolves. One of them has a 15 genome edits the other 20 genome edits. Neither of them is a dire wolf.
April 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Inside me there are two wolves. One of them has a 15 genome edits the other 20 genome edits. Neither of them is a dire wolf.
Pioneering scientist J. Craig Venter has died at 79. His "whole genome shotgun method" helped genome sequencing become faster and cheaper. n.pr/4eSO7cc
Craig Venter, pioneering human genome decoder, dies at 79
Pioneering scientist J. Craig Venter has died at 79. His "whole genome shotgun method" helped genome sequencing become faster and cheaper.
n.pr
April 30, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Pioneering scientist J. Craig Venter has died at 79. His "whole genome shotgun method" helped genome sequencing become faster and cheaper. n.pr/4eSO7cc
Plenty studies showing that your postcode is a better predictor of your health outcomes than your genome.
The BBC & Telegraph are trailing Wes Streeting’s technophile health plans, including genomic mapping at birth.
Is this really gonna transform the NHS into a prevention service within 10 yrs, as Wes claims? For v rare genetic conditions, praps. But for the real burden of disease?
Thoughts, #medsky?
Is this really gonna transform the NHS into a prevention service within 10 yrs, as Wes claims? For v rare genetic conditions, praps. But for the real burden of disease?
Thoughts, #medsky?
June 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Plenty studies showing that your postcode is a better predictor of your health outcomes than your genome.
Humanity: discovers penicillin, lands on the moon, maps the genome, then says, “Let’s see what Donald Trump thinks.” 🫠
July 8, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Humanity: discovers penicillin, lands on the moon, maps the genome, then says, “Let’s see what Donald Trump thinks.” 🫠
May 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
imagine doxxing the motherfucker's genome
February 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM
imagine doxxing the motherfucker's genome
Anyone old enough to remember the human genome project press releases circa 1995 or so?
April 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Anyone old enough to remember the human genome project press releases circa 1995 or so?
We sequenced the genome of 'desert ginseng' (Cistanche deserticola) - a leafless parasitic plant that gave up photosynthesis - and found it lost huge chunks of its own genome…but started stealing genes from its host!
Thanks to my collaborators Prof Huang + her talented team👏🏻
lnkd.in/evF5iU9G
Thanks to my collaborators Prof Huang + her talented team👏🏻
lnkd.in/evF5iU9G
March 28, 2026 at 9:52 AM
We sequenced the genome of 'desert ginseng' (Cistanche deserticola) - a leafless parasitic plant that gave up photosynthesis - and found it lost huge chunks of its own genome…but started stealing genes from its host!
Thanks to my collaborators Prof Huang + her talented team👏🏻
lnkd.in/evF5iU9G
Thanks to my collaborators Prof Huang + her talented team👏🏻
lnkd.in/evF5iU9G
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
8% of the human genome is made of viral sequences, and another 35-50% are virus-like sequences with the ability to hop around your genome.
For comparison, only 1.5-3% of your genome contains genes.
We're basically a vehicle for viruses.
8% of the human genome is made of viral sequences, and another 35-50% are virus-like sequences with the ability to hop around your genome.
For comparison, only 1.5-3% of your genome contains genes.
We're basically a vehicle for viruses.
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
When the Navy contracted Ballard's team to locate two nuclear submarines lost in the Atlantic, they used the hunt for the Titanic as a cover story and it was fairly inconvenient that Ballard found the wreck in addition to both submarines.
When the Navy contracted Ballard's team to locate two nuclear submarines lost in the Atlantic, they used the hunt for the Titanic as a cover story and it was fairly inconvenient that Ballard found the wreck in addition to both submarines.
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
The President of the United States of America uas unilateral authority to fire off nuclear weapons with no legal oversight from anyone.
The President of the United States of America uas unilateral authority to fire off nuclear weapons with no legal oversight from anyone.
September 5, 2024 at 12:24 PM
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
8% of the human genome is made of viral sequences, and another 35-50% are virus-like sequences with the ability to hop around your genome.
For comparison, only 1.5-3% of your genome contains genes.
We're basically a vehicle for viruses.
8% of the human genome is made of viral sequences, and another 35-50% are virus-like sequences with the ability to hop around your genome.
For comparison, only 1.5-3% of your genome contains genes.
We're basically a vehicle for viruses.
February 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My annual ritual of having college students inspect my genome
April 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My annual ritual of having college students inspect my genome
The $100 whole human genome sequence finally reached!
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/19/s...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/19/s...
February 20, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The $100 whole human genome sequence finally reached!
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/19/s...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/19/s...
August 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM
1st genome sequenced (Sanger 1977), 1st genome
synthesised (Venter 2003), 1st genome + proteome fully mutated (Huijin Xiangua 2026!) @crg.eu @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Complete Mutagenesis of the Genome and Proteome of ΦX174 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
synthesised (Venter 2003), 1st genome + proteome fully mutated (Huijin Xiangua 2026!) @crg.eu @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Complete Mutagenesis of the Genome and Proteome of ΦX174 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Complete Mutagenesis of the Genome and Proteome of ΦX174
The bacteriophage ΦX174 was the first genome to be sequenced and the first to be chemically synthesised. Here we present a complete map of the consequences of changing every nucleotide in the ΦX174 ge...
www.biorxiv.org
August 3, 2026 at 10:42 AM
1st genome sequenced (Sanger 1977), 1st genome
synthesised (Venter 2003), 1st genome + proteome fully mutated (Huijin Xiangua 2026!) @crg.eu @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Complete Mutagenesis of the Genome and Proteome of ΦX174 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
synthesised (Venter 2003), 1st genome + proteome fully mutated (Huijin Xiangua 2026!) @crg.eu @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Complete Mutagenesis of the Genome and Proteome of ΦX174 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
March 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
I'm delighted to release the first half of my new textbook in human genetics:
web.stanford.edu/group/pritch...
"An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome: an introduction to human population genetics, variation and disease"
web.stanford.edu/group/pritch...
"An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome: an introduction to human population genetics, variation and disease"
An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome
An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome
web.stanford.edu
October 1, 2023 at 10:53 PM
I'm delighted to release the first half of my new textbook in human genetics:
web.stanford.edu/group/pritch...
"An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome: an introduction to human population genetics, variation and disease"
web.stanford.edu/group/pritch...
"An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome: an introduction to human population genetics, variation and disease"
Cloudberries are not only delicious, they have a new genome assembly! A chromosome-level, haplotype-resolved assembly of the cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) reveals a complex octoploid genome with high completeness and detailed structure.
Photo by Moravice (Wikimedia)
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Photo by Moravice (Wikimedia)
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April 6, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Cloudberries are not only delicious, they have a new genome assembly! A chromosome-level, haplotype-resolved assembly of the cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) reveals a complex octoploid genome with high completeness and detailed structure.
Photo by Moravice (Wikimedia)
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Photo by Moravice (Wikimedia)
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PSA: Your body stops accepting Froot Loops after your 25th birthday. Eat them while you can before your body outgrows the Froot Loops genome.
October 22, 2024 at 9:20 AM
PSA: Your body stops accepting Froot Loops after your 25th birthday. Eat them while you can before your body outgrows the Froot Loops genome.
I made a live dashboard of chromosome-scale genome assemblies on NCBI. hanliconius.github.io/eukaryote-ge...
Eukaryote Genome Watch
hanliconius.github.io
September 27, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I made a live dashboard of chromosome-scale genome assemblies on NCBI. hanliconius.github.io/eukaryote-ge...
The Genomic Code: the genome instantiates a generative model of the organism www.cell.com/trends/genet... - really delighted to see this in print in @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social! 😊
The Genomic Code: the genome instantiates a generative model of the organism
How does the genome encode the form of the organism? What is the nature of this genomic
code? Inspired by recent work in machine learning and neuroscience, we propose that
the genome encodes a generat...
www.cell.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The Genomic Code: the genome instantiates a generative model of the organism www.cell.com/trends/genet... - really delighted to see this in print in @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social! 😊
what was >$1 billion for the 1st human genome
February 21, 2026 at 1:05 AM
what was >$1 billion for the 1st human genome
in an alternate universe i took that internship offer at the genome research institute
March 16, 2026 at 8:12 PM
in an alternate universe i took that internship offer at the genome research institute