Will Yaeger

Microbial genetics, ecology, and evolution @LehighU

[Steve Marek @stephenmarek2]

To Save Life on Earth, Bring Back Taxonomy https://t.co/wu7ievTzWa

[Alan Rockefeller @AlanRockefeller]

The Ohio Mushroom DNA Lab is offering free DNA barcoding for any wild collected fungus, found anywhere in the world.

They need to be dried and packaged in ziplock snack sized bags, labeled with the iNaturalist observation #

https://t.co/xn3faQ9Grx

[Lotus Lofgren @LotusLofgren]

🚨I will be hiring two postdoctoral scholars to start early 2025 at our new lab at UC Berkeley🚨 If you are attending MSA in Toronto next week and want to chat about either of these positions, please contact me! 🌱🍄
📄Details & application instructions: https://t.co/WhRGFe1YoW

[Cientifico Latino, Inc. @cientificolatin]

Applying to STEM grad programs? Know someone who is? 🎓

Sign ups are ✨OPEN✨ for #GSMI2024!🤩

The GSMI program supports applicants from minoritized backgrounds through 1-on-1 mentorship, fee waivers, & more!

Applications due 6/1
https://t.co/S9ip6C0tgj

MORE INFO in 🧵 1/

[Lotus Lofgren @LotusLofgren]

Out this morning! Where we argue the need for genus-level model systems in fungi and why Suillus should be one of them, provide a primer on the genus, and how the International Suillus Consortium is addressing grand challenges to system development.  https://t.co/iP3dsIhzlA

[Tyler Barnum, Ph.D. @tylerbarnumphd]

New tool from @CultivariumFRO: models to predict oxygen tolerance, temperature, salinity, and pH optima from a genome - without using pesky gene annotations. Very excited to share this resource. Quick explainer: 1/10

[Will Yaeger @Why513]

@hybridZones That would be great, thanks!

[Will Yaeger @Why513]

@ATinyGreenCell @JoeBMcPhee @hankgreen @RELenski I doubt it—in addition to historical contingency, genetic hitchiking and clonal interference can lead to variation in outcomes. See Lang et al. 2013 for a good example: https://t.co/gfdkpOVDc1

[Will Yaeger @Why513]

@hybridZones This looks awesome, but my institution doesn't have a subscription 😢 Is there an open-access copy available somewhere?

[Will Yaeger @Why513]

Very excited to be attending the GSA #Fungal24 conference for the first time this week! 🍄 I will be presenting a poster on yeast hybrid genetics on Thursday (no. 476B—check it out!)

Looking forward to sharing my work, learning about cool science, and meeting new friends! 🧫🧪🧬

[Stelkens Lab @StelkensLab]

We have a new paper out on the ecological basis of hybrid incompatibilities! We argue, via literature review, two meta-analyses, and simulations that epistatic incompatibilities might underlie much of what is known as 'extrinsic' post-zygotic isolation https://t.co/kblZWF0bhr 1/n

[Will Ratcliff @wc_ratcliff]

Had a student ask in class and I didn't know the answer:

Why hasn't the mitochondrial genome deteriorated to the point of uselessness due to Muller's ratchet?

[Scripps National Spelling Bee @ScrippsBee]

Dictionary loses to 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee Co-Champs:
#Speller5 Rishik Gandhasri
#Speller93 Erin Howard
#Speller132 Saketh Sundar
#Speller307 Shruthika Padhy
#Speller354 Sohum Sukhatankar
#Speller407 Abhijay Kodali
#Speller427 Christopher Serrao
#Speller462 Rohan Raja

[Scripps National Spelling Bee @ScrippsBee]

#speller432 Sebastian Yaeger spelled the word ‘osprey’ correctly #spellingbee

[Will Yaeger @Why513]

Hempfield’s Quiz Bowl team is #55 according to the latest national rankings!

[HSQBrisket @HSQBRank]

New rankings are up! https://t.co/auCfL8iTeg

[Greater PA Quizbowl @paquizbowl]

Local League results: in Lancaster-Lebanon, Hempfield takes league title, in Chester County, @gvquiz, @hhs_academic, and Unionville move on to final.

[Greater PA Quizbowl @paquizbowl]

Congrats to all the teams who competed at @gvquiz's tournament yesterday! Complete novice division stats are here: https://t.co/ZnYTyP2LA9 and Afternoon open stats here: https://t.co/UQPa4uIAsN Congrats to @hempfield's teams for sweeping both divisions!

[Greater PA Quizbowl @paquizbowl]

Results from Penn Manor (UNCONFIRMED): Wilmington Charter 1st, Hempfield 2nd, @MTQuizBowl 3rd, State College Bert 4th, @gvquiz A 5th, @hhs_academic 6th, @FSSQuizBowl 7th, GV B 8th.

[D-East Academic Team @dtowneast_qb]

Congratulations to our first place team Georgetown Day School, our second place team Hempfield A, and our third place team Great Valley A

[Will Yaeger @Why513]

Hempfield Quiz Bowl is ranked #74 in the US according to the latest national rankings!

[Groger Ranks @GrogerRanks]

Our final rankings of the year, with new member Anson Berns of Montgomery Blair, can be found here: https://t.co/IEQcRJTYOn Happy winter break, everyone, and best of luck for next year!