Zac Bush

PhD Student at the University of Oregon -
Obsessed with chromosomes, coffee, and listening to that one song on repeat until I hate it

[Aaron Quinlan @aaronquinlan]

Peace to those that have lost a sibling.

[James @ScriptsByJames]

They said this man is older than COOKIES, I’m CRYIN

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

A composite image from this morning's eclipse showing the moon in various stages throughout the night. The size and shape of Earth's shadow is clearly visible here. These events are absolutely magical to witness and quite surreal.

[Diana Libuda @DianaLibuda]

Our latest paper is out in @PLOSGenetics! It's about the effects of aging and sperm exposure on DNA break formation and repair in oocytes. Beautiful work by both grad student @EToraason and tech @VikkiLeeAdler! 🧬🔬🪱#celegans #meiosis4eva https://t.co/ZYfEcOOyAo

[UO Chem and Biochem @uoCHandBIC]

UO chemist gets grant to study more RNA strands at once https://t.co/8rlG8Esahz

[Sumon Basak @ChemBasak]

What makes a productive #PhD student?

A. A SUPPORTIVE supervisor
B. SUFFICIENT salary each month
C. LIMITED working hours

That’s all needed for a PhD fellow to perform productively.

Link: https://t.co/UgjfSsUTPG

⁦@OpenAcademics⁩ ⁦@PhDVoice⁩

[Alaina Shumate, PhD @alaina_shumate]

The final work from my PhD was just published today! After mapping genes to a new assembly with Liftoff, the next question is always how do the genes differ in the new assembly? LiftoffTools automates the comparison of gene sequences, copy number and synteny.

[Mateusz Zelkowski @MateuszZelkows1]

🏁💪💪🏁🏁NUCLEOTIDE RESOLUTION CROSSING-OVER DETECTION METHOD and CO DESIGNATION MECHANISM in our new Preprint🏁🏁💪💪🏁

https://t.co/ZDXUc9imTS

[Chelsea Parlett @ChelseaParlett]

🐍🔥

[The PhD Place @ThePhDPlace]

‘What is it like being a PhD student?’ https://t.co/UadiimgRse

[LyAndra Lujan @LyAndraLujan]

Talapas takes more days off than I do

[Andrew Kern @pastramimachine]

Pay PhD students more

[Diana Libuda @DianaLibuda]

Huge congrats to phenomenal postdoc Cori who got a K99 on her first submission! Thank you @NICHD_NIH for recognizing and funding this outstanding scientist! 🎉🍾🧬🔬

[Cori Cahoon @CahoonCori]

Sooo happy to share that I have been awarded a K99/R00 by @NICHD_NIH! A HUGE thank you to everyone who has helped me reach this point from lab mates and colleagues to my amazing mentors @smburgessucd, Scott Hawley, and @DianaLibuda. One step closer to starting the Cahoon lab 🤩🥳

[Ben Wexler @mrbenwexler]

Oh my goodness watch this

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Big news in academic publishing!

[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven.

https://t.co/4FoCymt8TB

[Diana Libuda @DianaLibuda]

Postdoc Alice Naftaly got a job! She starts a visiting assistant professor position at Pacific University next week! We celebrated her last day with peach cheesecake, pizza, and pink champagne. Congrats Alice!

[Today Years Old @todayyearsold]

Today I learned about the Arabian sand boa. It looks like a child’s best effort at drawing a snake.