William Cresko

A biologist fascinated by evolution, and a runner with a day job at the University of Oregon.

[William Cresko @wcresko]

I’m back from my secret spot in Portugal. You can find me where the sky looks much more blue with my same handle @wcresko. See you there

[William Cresko @wcresko]

Thank you @LouBernatchez, for your excellent science, great mentorship, and for being a great person. I will miss you.

[William Cresko @wcresko]

@frankvonhippel standing next the memorial to the massive Good Friday Earthquake in Alaska in 1964. It was a terrible day for many Alaskans, but provided an opportunity for us to team up and study the genomics of stickleback evolution in just decades. Thanks @NSF for the support.

[Leslie Leve @UOPrevScience]

Thank you for sharing this key finding of our collective team’s work done together with our community and scientific advisory board and team members with lived experiences! @dave_degarmo @wcresko and twitterless Stephanie DeAnda and Jorge Ramirez-Garcia! @UO_PSI

[William Cresko @wcresko]

Thanks for the great run on the Tony Knowles Trail this morning ⁦@frankvonhippel⁩ !

[William Cresko @wcresko]

@DanielBolnick I’ll be In Anchorage the 30th as well and picking up folks at the airport around 11pm. Maybe dinner at Moose’s Tooth? We can touch base in a couple days. Happy trapping.

[William Cresko @wcresko]

Just dropped traps in Rabbit Slough and realized it was 30 years to almost the day that I put my first traps in that beautiful mosquito blessed creek by the highway.

[William Cresko @wcresko]

A picture familiar to every sticklebackologist in the crowd.

[William Cresko @wcresko]

Denali (and Foraker and Hunter) out in all their glory. It is truly breathtaking how beautiful and huge these mountains are.

[William Cresko @wcresko]

@andrew_stoehr The snow was so deep this year that they aren’t even out yet.

[William Cresko @wcresko]

Back in Alaska for some field work and thinking a lot about everything that Susan Foster and John Baker taught me. Now to put the dry suit back on to see what the stickleback are doing. Thank you S & J.

[Katja Kasimatis @katjakasimatis]

I’m thrilled to announce that I will be joining @uvabio as an Assistant Professor in January 2024! My lab will be studying the evolutionary genomics of sexual conflict using genetic engineering & experimental evolution in Caenorhabditis nematodes. More details to come! 🪱🧬🔬🧡💙

[William Cresko @wcresko]

Thank you @RogersLabUCD for a great visit and awesome seminar at UO! Can’t wait to catch up again soon and learn about the newest discoveries!

[FASEB @FASEBorg]

FASEB announces the recipients of its 2023 Excellence in Science Awards. These awards highlight outstanding achievements by women in #biological science. Congratulations to the awardees! https://t.co/U3yW0pYiJk #WomenInScience

[William Cresko @wcresko]

I love the fact that February 14th shows up several times on the first two pages of the indictment. Who needs flowers when there is hush money?

[Jonathan Pritchard @jkpritch]

Sharing this in case it's useful: I find that students often have a hard time conceptualizing quantitative parameters in genomics and popgen

Here's a cheat-sheet I put together for teaching. It's also part of a textbook I have been writing on human genetics (more on that below)

[Björn Schumacher @schumacherbj]

Our DREAM paper is out: We found the first master regulator of DNA repair capacities! Read and re-tweet now: The DREAM complex functions as conserved master regulator of somatic DNA repair capacities, @CECAD_ @UKKoeln @UniCologne
https://t.co/rVMe4rAxaf

[William Cresko @wcresko]

@UPennGCB @CAMBUpenn @PennMedicine @pennbgs @casey6r0wn A terrible loss, I’m so sorry to hear.

[William Cresko @wcresko]

I’ve been at the bench the last few weeks setting up reactions, running gels, organizing my notebook…. After years of not I am realizing what a treat it is to be in the moment and the flow. Best part; I apparently haven’t lost too many steps (to my students’ clear surprise).