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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

7 months

Note - collecting posts about my Gamma Knife treatment for a posterior fossa meningioma and updates here:

Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

7 months

Day 7 post gamma knife treatment. Fortunately, less brain fog today. Still extremely tired but the lessening of the brain fog I hope is a sign of improvement in the brain inflammation area. But I guess we will see.

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Jonathan Eisen

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4 years

Mature

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2 years

Dear @UofCalifornia @ucdavis This is NOT OK. I just got a notice by letter in mail that my insurance will no longer cover the insulin I have been getting "as of January 1, 2022". Letter was dated in February and was received after March 1, 2022. This is NOT OK.

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Jonathan Eisen

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3 years

My costume: I am “Covid is airborne”

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Jonathan Eisen

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5 years

Please take a minute to experience for yourself one fo the greatest scientific Easter eggs in a long time. Step 1: download the PDF of this paper: Step 2: Go to Page 3. Step 3: Zoom way way in on the turd in Figure 1. Step 4: Enjoy and share.

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2 years

The average American spends less than 5 hours per year in surgery. So therefore, Nate Silver proposes that surgeons, nurses, and other health care workers involved in surgeries can just drop their masks

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Jonathan Eisen

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4 years

Cancel Research

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Jonathan Eisen

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7 years

Our deck chair and trees seem to be acting as 1000s of pinhole cameras for the eclipse - shadows amazing #EclipseDay

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

7 years

It may seem like a small thing but am very happy that @BarackObama follows me #oneofmyheroes

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

6 years

Now @taylorswift13 is discussing Mother’s Day ... and says her mom is at the show tonight and now dedicates The Best Day to her mom

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

7 months

Sure this is my brother. But I can objectively say this was an extremely idiotic move by eLife.

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7 months

I have been informed that I am being replaced as the Editor in Chief of @eLife for retweeting a @TheOnion piece that calls out indifference to the lives of Palestinian civilians.

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Jonathan Eisen

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2 years

Normally I try not to be overly prideful of my bird photographs. But, well, this one blows me away. Picked up my daughter from a theatre rehearsal and she asked if we could take a brief scenic route drive home. Anticipating this, I had brought my camera …

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Jonathan Eisen

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4 years

By blacklisting @Kaepernick7 and stopping the protesting at #Nfl games, Roger Goodell helped worsen the problem - and for him to say there is an "Urgent Need for Action" now is a bit much

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Jonathan Eisen

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2 years

I mean, I love evolution and all, but it is a true sign that the @nobelprize system is messed up that sequencing the Neanderthal genome has won a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine but sequencing the human genome has not.

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Jonathan Eisen

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3 years

My shirt in honor of #InternationalWomensDay

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Jonathan Eisen

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4 years

Goodbye Sweet Mallory - I love you and am so so sad right now. 18 years of wonderful times.

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Jonathan Eisen

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2 years

To the announcers of the @dodgers vs @padres game - that is NOT a duck on the field. That is a goose. A greater white fronted goose. #birds

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 years

I don't normally do this kind of thing but I could use positive thoughts & maybe nature pictures this AM as I have a video doctor's appointment that will be discussing possible radiation knife surgery to deal with the large, (thankfully apparently benign) companion in my head.

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Jonathan Eisen

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3 years

Phew. Thank goodness this pink salt is non GMO. Because you know GMO salt is really bad stuff right?

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 years

She. Should. Win. Nobel. Prize. cc: @NobelPrize

NYT Health

@NYTHealth

3 years

Meet the woman who labored for years on the technology underpinning Pfizer and Moderna's mRNA coronavirus vaccines. Many scientists thought her ideas were unworkable. But a few saw real possibilities.

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

4 years

Scientific Resorts

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

2 years

I know many people have already said this but I want to add my 2 cents. It is distressing & depressing that the head of the CDC does not mention maskings or ventilation/ filtering in her messaging here. Actually scratch that. It is disgraceful. Truly disgraceful.

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

5 years

Everyone needs to read this abstract: Availability of cookies during an academic course session affects evaluation of teaching

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

4 years

Sciency

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

1 year

Wow. This is a phenomenal tool for finding #mastodon accounts for people you interact with on @twitter . You can download a CSV and them import it into #mastodon by going to your account settings and using the import option h/t @skwinnicki

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

10 months

So so sad: California Ph.D. student's research trip to Mexico ends in violent death: "He was in the wrong place" - CBS News

California Ph.D. student's research trip to Mexico ends in violent death: "He was in the wrong...

Authorities discovered Gabriel Trujillo's body in the state of Sonora, days after his fiancée reported him missing.

www.cbsnews.com

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

2 years

Today is the 35th anniversary of the day my father, Howard J. Eisen, took his life. It still hurts, immensely. I wrote this in 2013 about the topic.

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

6 years

Dear Germaphobes. I will save you the trouble of having to read any microbial news. THERE ARE MICROBES EVERYWHERE. IN AND ON EVERYTHING. THE AIR. THE WATER. BUILDINGS. FOOD. PEOPLE. ANIMALS. PLANTS. DIRT. OBJECTS. EVERYWHERE. You're welcome.

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

5 years

The view of Sierras & #Sacramento from #DavisCA areas was so incredible today & I really wanted to share it, so I went to levee in #Yolo Bypass, carried my heavy tripod for ~ 45 minutes each way to get to a spot w/ this view - hope you enjoy

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

4 years

@drgitlin The is fewer than satisfying

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

4 years

PLUS ONE

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

4 years

So my sister was evacuated for a while from her house in #ShaverLake due to the #CreekFire fire. Thankfully, her house survived, and she was recently allowed back in. And she discovered this amazing microbial montage. It used to be a loaf of bread.

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

4 years

Email I received earlier today from @ucdavis Medical Center leaders regarding the case of apparently community acquired #COVID19 in #Sacramento at #UCDavis hospital

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

1 year

Aargh It is just ridiculous to use the "they are supported by external grants" argument that I keep seeing as a reason to not adjust the salary of PhD students and PostDocs in response to the strike #ucstrike

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

1 year

My daughter noticed these very very strange things at Lake Solano today. Thanks to @iNaturalist we think we have figured out what they are. They are baby aliens from Zork.

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

4 years

Some ask "These are somber times. Why do you keep posting bird pictures?" A response "These are somber times. That is why I keep posting bird pictures" Although the truth is, I think it is always good to see some of the beauty in the world. Bluebird at @ucdavis Thursday

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

4 years

Ravens at #YoloBypass - making a mockery of gravity - which way is up? #BirdPhotography cc: @CT_Bergstrom @corvidresearch

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

5 years

OK so I tend to not post too much about my kids here on Twitter but I wanted to just post these with a statement: The ocean brings joy #BodegaBay #Ocean #Beach #Happiness

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 years

Achievement unlocked - in rural #yolo county - my first bobcat picture and only second I have ever seen

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

4 years

Many working in public health fighting #Covid19 in various ways are true heroes - long hours, risk to self, dealing with an increasingly scared population, all sorts of pressures, limited guidance, many unknowns. I thank them. And so should we all. #coronavirus

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

2 years

Sadly, Clover is gone. I am 💔. I loved her very very very much.

Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

2 years

Our adopted cat Clover is pretty sick right now and likely on her last legs. We (my family, and the family of @LoranWyman who were her previous caretakers) are very sad. I compiled some of my Tweets about her here

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 years

Elected #aaas fellow - thanks to all my mentors and trainees and collaborators #ucdavis

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

2 years

I am dismayed by the people, including leaders, who are treating #Omicron as "mild" & therefore not a big deal ignoring the unvaccinated & unboosted, long covid, at risk groups and that it is not "mild" for everyone, just on average has less severe effects to the vaccinated

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 years

Reading: Children now playing 'huge role' in spread of COVID-19 variant, expert says via @abc7chicago

Children now playing 'huge role' in spread of COVID-19 variant, expert says

"All the things that we had planned for about kids in schools with this virus are really no longer applicable. We've got to take a whole new look at this issue."

abc7chicago.com

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 years

I will watch the video of #AmandaGorman reciting this poem over and over and over That was awesome

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

11 months

I know, I repost this a lot but, well, #FatherDay is pretty hard for me. I miss my dad. And the pain of his taking his life does not really ease with time. "A day to think, to pause, to ponder" Be good to yourself and others.

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

10 months

Yuck. Cold Spring Harbor Lab meeting "celebrating" 50 years of recombinant DNA is a #manel #YAMMM With a history of issues in sexism (e.g. Watson) at CSHL this is sad. And bonus featuring Lander w/ his own history of issues as session chair & panel discussion leader

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 years

In honor of my mom, Laura Eisen, on #MothersDay2021 I am wearing this shirt - extra relevant to her since Eisen means iron in German. Thanks mom, for everything.

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 years

This is a very very important article by @edyong209 on long-covid and the lead in is both true and brutal #longcovid #covid19

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

2 years

Well — a bit late (they were going to give out in person but you know, pandemic) but nice to get this in the mail - #aaas #fellow

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

5 years

Dear @PNASNews - this is not OK - picture is not appropriate, study is about rabbits not humans, this Tweet should be retracted and apologized for

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

7 years

Barack Obama's former lawyer doesn't think Donald Trump can actually become president

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

5 years

I am not sure if it is possible to have too much lavender .. but if it was possible I think we are getting close

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

8 years

So frustrating - #AAAS wants $30 to rent a paper for a day - really? this is in the service of science? what a joke

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

7 years

Given that @nobelprize went to 3 more men this AM, I decided towear my #RosalindFranklin shirt to remind people about #GenderBias in STEM

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Jonathan Eisen

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3 years

* OMG, I saw my 1st screech owl, ever. SO incredible * Watched it for an hour. * Fortunately had camera out when it decided to do a disappearing trick into its hole. * So I made a gif for everyone. * The great disappearing screech owl.

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

8 years

The Yale Record Does Not Endorse Hillary Clinton via @TheYaleRecord h/t @aetiology

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 years

OK got home now and have downloaded higher res pictures off phone. Here are four. What an amazing experience. Was walking on a trail and there, five feet ahead of me around a corner, was this amazing creature. #Bobcat #YoloCounty

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

5 years

I am officially renaming "The Nobel Prize" to "Thy Nobyl Pryze" and have a nice motto for them "Bring Your Y Because We Don't Take XX" #ThyNobylPryze

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

11 months

My daughter is graduating from high school today. She made a custom cap with mushroom spore prints - #proudfather #davishighschool

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

2 years

I mean - look at this - it is dated feb 14 and I did not get it until past 3/1 and it says changes are coming in January - two months in the past - fucking ridiculous @ucdavis @ucalifornia @UC_Newsroom

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

2 years

Here’s the deal all - if you are vaccinated & boosted You can still get & transmit Omicron if you eat indoors in a big group or attend an indoor party without a a good mask. It’s not that complicated. “Omicron suspected in Marin holiday party outbreak”

Omicron suspected in Marin holiday party outbreak

At least 28 people tested positive for COVID-19 following an event at a Larkspur restaurant, the county reported.

www.marinij.com

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

5 years

I made a flow chart to help everyone out there decide in which @ASMicrobiology journal they should publish their work #ASMicrobe

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 years

So I had one of those amazing birding encounters I get maybe 1-2 x / year. I went for a walk at #YoloBypass and got in my car and was driving out through some of the rice fields when I saw what was a pretty big bird in front of a bush. I couldn't tell what it was at first. 1/n

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

2 years

Although I do have a grace period to get the insulin at my old price until March 31, 2022. It would have been nice to have been told about this before 3/1. This is NOT OK either.

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Jonathan Eisen

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5 years

A body in motion stays in motion, or, I love hummingbirds

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Jonathan Eisen

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2 years

When I was a senior at @harvard in 1990 I started an "Environmental Issues" journal as part of activities leading to the 20th anniversary of Earth Day. I hoped to get EO Wilson to be our faculty sponsor. I phoned his office and arranged a meeting with him via his assistant 1/n

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Jonathan Eisen

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2 years

Happy Hanukkah

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Jonathan Eisen

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8 years

Very very big microbe news: FDA bans antibacterial soaps w/ triclosan & other chems

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Jonathan Eisen

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4 years

You may not have known you needed it - but you did - Re is your morning pile of otters brought to you by #YoloBypass

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Jonathan Eisen

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7 years

Wow: Week My Husband Left & House Was Burgled I Secured Grant To Begin Project That Became BRCA1 h/t @markowenmartin

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Jonathan Eisen

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6 years

@JeffFlake So what will you do about it?

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Jonathan Eisen

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5 years

Small, but amazing ... at Bodega Bay

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Jonathan Eisen

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6 years

Excellent. #AAAS has issued a "fellows revocation policy" (just got this email) regarding misconduct and harassment. Kudos to people like @McLNeuro for pushing them to do something.

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Jonathan Eisen

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3 years

Rainbow over my house in #DavisCA

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Jonathan Eisen

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25 days

Been a bit of a rough few weeks for me with some non horrific but annoying health issues. But then I sat out in my back yard and watched hummingbirds and felt a lot better. And (of course) I took some pics, like this one of an Anna's hummingbird.

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

4 years

OK so a few minutes after seeing the owl, I saw a kingfisher land on a branch and grabbed my camera to take a pic. And just as I took the pic a kestrel attacked. I did not realize I got the pic until just now looking on computer. #YoloBypass #Birds #BirdPhotography

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@phylogenomics

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Went out early early this AM to #YoloBypass and went for a long walk - stopped to take my AM insulin ( #Type1 ), took off my pack, put down my camera, and looked around and there, right in front of me, was a great horned owl #Birds #BirdPhotography #NikonD500 #Owls

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Jonathan Eisen

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1 year

Just dropped off some snacks and water for the strikers at @ucdavis . I support the strikers in this action #ucstrike #FairUCNow #ucdavis #UAWstrike

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 months

Dinosaurs: 1 Lizards: 0 Davis, CA a few minutes ago.

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@phylogenomics

5 years

My wonderful 18 year old buddy

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 years

It’s my birthday so I decided to go for a walk and enjoy the spectacular ⁦ @ucdavis ⁩ Riparian Preserve.

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@phylogenomics

1 year

And in things I have never seen before ... great blue heron - catching a duck for breakfast ...

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

4 years

And today in "I love corvids" - yellow billed magpies in #DavisCA

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 years

Have recently been getting an increasing number of invitations to travel long distances to give talks in departments or meetings. This is how I am responding:

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@phylogenomics

3 years

White tailed kite at #YoloBypass this AM

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Jonathan Eisen

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4 years

I assume many other people feel this way but just checking - today I am finding it extra extra hard to get any work done.

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4 years

Let’s just say I have concerns with this

Nature Communications

@NatureComms

4 years

Genome-wide analysis identifies molecular systems and 149 genetic loci associated with income | #GWAS

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

6 years

For all the evolutionary biologists out there

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

2 years

And again, I just want to point out how absolutely ridiculous it is to get a letter after 3/1/22 that was dated 2/14/22 telling me to get ready for something that happened 1/1/22 and offering me a temporary solution that expires 3/31/22. WTF?

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 years

Getting @moderna_tx #COVID19 #Vaccine shot #2 tomorrow. Can't wait. Yes, I know the side effects may KO me for a bit so if you don't see too many bird pics for a few days, be patient. So grateful to be getting this. And recs for treating common side effects would be welcome.

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

5 years

So on my way to doctor's appointment yesterday (where I found out I have a double ear infection) I went to a birding spot and ALMOST got a spectacular picture - still really cool but wish hawk #2 had looked back ... #BirdPhotography

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 years

Well that was awesome. My first time eating out in 15 months - was w/ Rita Colwell & her daughter in Davis (outdoors - and since we are fully vaccinated - no mask required in such a setting). One of my science heroes in town ...

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

7 years

@sennoma I know #humblebrag

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@phylogenomics

6 years

⚡️ “RateMyProfessor removes Chili pepper system after complaints of sexism”

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6 years

And @taylorswift13 also said that mom of @Camila_Cabello was at show too and song was dedicated to her mom too

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3 years

This is almost certainly an omen of something. Suggestions wanted. At #yolobypass at sunrise this am.

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@phylogenomics

2 years

Unusual fuzzy bird in my yard today:

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 years

Good call: "American Academy of Pediatrics recommends masks in schools for everyone over 2, regardless of vaccinations"

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2 years

So - this is a long thread basically saying -- please send good vibes. Going to be a possibly very stressful day ... 8/n

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@phylogenomics

2 years

Well, from what I can tell, most people, institutions & officials in the USA are in denial regarding the oncoming tidal wave of Omicron infections that are (1) already happening & (2) will soon massively increase. Come on everyone - we need to slow this down.

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Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

2 years

Been 2 years since my last brain MRI. Going for another one today. A bit stressed as am horrifically claustrophobic & worried about how much meningioma has grown. So - calling on the Twittersphere as I did 1.5 years ago - nature pics wanted for distraction ...

Jonathan Eisen

@phylogenomics

3 years

I don't normally do this kind of thing but I could use positive thoughts & maybe nature pictures this AM as I have a video doctor's appointment that will be discussing possible radiation knife surgery to deal with the large, (thankfully apparently benign) companion in my head.

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