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A genomic perspective on fungal diversity and evolution | Nature Reviews Microbiology nature.com/articles/s4157…

Fungi consistently have genomes that are less than 50 million base pairs, including those that produce culinary mushrooms. Seems great for genome engineering!

There's nothing quite like the feeling of starting a new research project!

Now that the novelty has worn off, I can honestly say that Waymo is the best thing ever.

I have to retract this somewhat. It got stuck staring at this ambulance for like 5 minutes, and it pretty frequently chooses terrible dropoff spots.

Thank you to Mark Budde 🦕🏆 for giving me a tour of plasmidsaurus HQ and explaining their “scrappy but scalable” approach to being the best in the business. A truly inspiring biotechnology success story!

Excited to announce that I’m starting a new position as a senior fellow FutureHouse. I’ll be working on applying AI agents to metagenomic workflows. Very grateful for the opportunity to learn and explore my scientific interests. Please reach out if you’d like to collaborate!

Can we use RNA to insert kilobases of DNA into the human genome, opening up a new way to engineer cells or treat disease? Excited to share our latest work turning a retrotransposon (a “jumping gene” with an RNA intermediate) from songbirds into a genome editing tool. 🧵 (1/7)

Very happy with my decision to have an "office hours"-style calendly where anyone can sign up. Has resulted in really fun conversations.

Me to my 9-year-old: Cheating is when you break your promise to love only one person. 9yo: Like Aphrodite and Ares? Me: What? 9yo: Aphrodite is married to Hephaestus but she secretly loves Ares.

Happy to share that I'm continuing my research on bridge recombinases as a scientist in Patrick Hsu lab at the Arc Institute! I am looking for a motivated post-grad to work with me as a research associate. If you are interested or know of someone, please use the link below:

Go work with Nick on one of the coolest RNA-guided enzymes ever discovered!

Our recent work on Actinobacterial G protein systems is live on bioRxiv! These regulatory systems are conserved in Actinomycetota and are involved in secondary metabolism, phage defense, and cellular development. Check out the preprint here: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

What’s your preferred seat on a plane?

Surprised by how close this was. Delta doesn't even allow you to choose the middle seat as your preferred seat, sorry to the 2 people that chose that. The correct answer is aisle because you can unlatch the arm rest and get all the leg room you need.

Temperate phages enhance host fitness via RNA-guided flagellar remodeling | bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

FROs are now in US National Policy!

Me to my 9yo: “That’s the fifth time you’ve asked for golf clubs this morning, no more asking.” (10 minutes later) 9yo: “Hey Dad, next time you golf can I be your caddy? Since I don’t have any clubs.”

My 9yo inspecting my new bicycle: "Yep, that looks like some shoddy welding."