Elliot Jackson

Postdoc in Hamdoun Lab at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD; PhD Microbiology at Cornell University

[Gemma C Atkinson @gem__atkinson]

The ever amazing @art_egorov in our group has made a new visualisation tool for comparative genomics. Makes particularly beautiful images of phages, plasmids, other MGEs or regions of prokaryotic genomes 😍 https://t.co/Vk8FpS3NGX

[Harmit S. Malik @HarmitMalik]

The events in Springfield, i.e., weaponizing against a community using false allegations & 'othering' them, threatening their safety & that of others in the community (schools, hospitals), is from the Project 2025 playbook for all of the US; great senator you have there, Ohio!

[Sam Rodriques @SGRodriques]

Introducing PaperQA2, the first AI agent that conducts entire scientific literature reviews on its own.

PaperQA2 is also the first agent to beat PhD and Postdoc-level biology researchers on multiple literature research tasks, as measured both by accuracy on objective benchmarks and assessments by human experts. We are publishing a paper and open-sourcing the code.

This is the first example of AI agents exceeding human performance on a major portion of scientific research, and will be a game-changer for the way humans interact with the scientific literature.

Paper and code are below, and congratulations in particular to @m_skarlinski, @SamCox822, @jonmlaurent, James Braza, @MichaelaThinks, @mjhammerling, @493Raghava, @andrewwhite01, and others who pulled this off. 1/

[m3guerres @martin3guerres]

Excited and honored to lead this team of amazing scientists to understand the neurobiology of marine animals in changing environments. Thank you Paul G. allen Frontiers Group and @AllenInstitute for trusting us with this urgent task

https://t.co/AwI1XSQmd6

[Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network @czbiohub]

Hate being stuck in the lab sorting your transgenic #zebrafish? You’re gonna love the Fishpicker, from the clever folks at #CZBiohubSF!

Check out this video and learn more here:
https://t.co/o3pdtbussH

[Nature Biotechnology @NatureBiotech]

The resurrection of strings of extinct molecules raises intriguing questions of patentability and bioethical considerations in an emerging area of patent law https://t.co/7iBsy5YsXj
https://t.co/5XUHGbcWUF

[Jason Kaelber @Kaelberviridae]

We tracked a pandemic decimating beetle colonies and used cryoEM for sequencing-free discovery of the new virus that caused it. This virus is crazy; parvoviruses aren't supposed to have such structured protein-DNA interactions. We fulfilled all 4 of Koch's postulates for etiology

[Elliot Jackson @ewaltjackson]

@DrSchrankel @SDSUsciences Can’t wait to share this work with y’all!

[Development @Dev_journal]

Stable germline transgenesis using the Minos Tc1/mariner element in the sea urchin Lytechinus pictus

Read this #DevSIDiversity Techniques & Resources Article by Elliot Jackson @ewaltjackson, Amro Hamdoun @Hamdounlab and colleagues @Scripps_Ocean:

https://t.co/elCNSmetTd

[Scripps Institution of Oceanography @Scripps_Ocean]

🌊 Last weekend, some lucky kayakers and snorkelers came across a rare deep-sea dwelling fish in La Jolla Cove. The seagoers spotted a 12-foot #oarfish and to give you an idea of how rare this encounter is, only 20 oarfish have washed up in California since 1901!

[Bradley Moore @BradMoore_SIO]

Out today at @ScienceMagazine - giant PKZILLA proteins spew huge polyketide marine toxins, just like #Godzilla! Witnessed by @photocyte & @VikShende at @Scripps_Ocean https://t.co/pqN69YfyCf

[Amro Hamdoun @Hamdounlab]

Congratulations to @svenja_kling for winning UCSD's art of Science Competition with a photo of a transgenic sea urchin larva! https://t.co/iXgJGnS4pq

[Elliot Jackson @ewaltjackson]

Im surprised by how much these two variables correlate here and also unsurprised they do.

[Jason Sheltzer @JSheltzer]

The new class of HHMI investigators average 3.9 papers as corresponding author in Cell, Nature, or Science. 26 out of 26 members of this group previously trained with a PI who is in the National Academy of Sciences or who was an HHMI investigator themselves.

[Secretary Pete Buttigieg @SecretaryPete]

If you're affected by today's airline tech issues, bookmark https://t.co/1QkmVqn809. We created an easy-to-use dashboard in 2022 to show which airlines cover meals and hotels, and provide free rebooking when an airline causes a major delay or cancellation.

[Elliot Jackson @ewaltjackson]

@HeidiMTate @lab_lowe @Dev_Bio_Journal @Vane_Barone @Hamdounlab @DrSchrankel @LyonsLab_SIO Congrats! Beautiful image

[Elliot Jackson @ewaltjackson]

@IanH77 No worries. Easy mistake. Both of the 2020 studies seem appropriate though.

[Elliot Jackson @ewaltjackson]

Nailed it. Transport me there