Once used away messages as a proto-twitter. He/him. All opinions my own, do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
Joined August 2009
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Peter Combs retweeted
29 Jun 2021
🧬Postdoc Opportunity🧬
The Fraser Lab at Stanford University is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to join our research team. We study the evolution of complex traits by developing new experimental and computational methods. 1/n
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Peter Combs retweeted
17 Mar 2021
Thrilled to share our latest paper where we used human-chimp hybrid cells to study the evolution of gene regulation! See thread👇 nature.com/articles/s41588-0…
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Peter Combs retweeted
17 Dec 2019
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Peter Combs retweeted
14 Nov 2019
Took 1-8y off science for family during your postdoc or faculty position?
Contact NIH funded labs to see if they will write a reentry for you (I will!).
Please RT these little-known supplements:
nigms.nih.gov/Research/Mecha…
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Peter Combs retweeted
1 Oct 2019
One (1) retweet and I’ll vandalize this picture in the Albertsons pharmacy waiting room of Watson and Crick “discovering” DNA’s double helix structure
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Peter Combs retweeted
8 Jul 2019
Hot tip for grad students: If you see a million red flags, don’t think “it’ll be different for me.” It won’t, and you’ll be sad. #gradschool #PhDChat #hubris
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Peter Combs retweeted
23 May 2019
A new thread about a series of papers in legitimate scientific journals, all from the same author.
These papers have all been peer-reviewed, but no editor or peer reviewer noticed a huge problem.
Warning: this might make your jaw drop.
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Peter Combs retweeted
4 May 2019
Only three things in life are certain: death, taxes, and batch effects in genomic data
4 May 2019
Legacy Data Confounds Genomics Studies biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_bioinfo
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26 Mar 2019
This sentiment is exactly why I’m in favor of grad student unionization (and other formal measures of institutional support for grad students). My advisor was great. Your advisor is great. But we’ve all heard horror stories, and unions can help. x.com/gregorcorp/status/1110…
26 Mar 2019
#WGA WRITERS: most of us actually like our agents quite a lot. But the lack of rules in place for abuse means we’re all at risk at some point. Just cause there’s good stock brokers doesn’t mean we don’t need the SEC. give the guild the tools it needs to negotiate VOTE YES
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Peter Combs retweeted
1 Mar 2019
I am a toxicologist with nothing to sell you.
My medical advice: Exercise, avoid tobacco, eat veggies, and don't panic over trace chemicals in your food.
forbes.com/sites/jennysplitt…
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Peter Combs retweeted
1 Mar 2019
With Fei Chen's lab, we introduce Slide-seq, for genome-wide expression profiling in tissue slices at 10-micron resolution. A single scientist can prepare dozens of slides in one day. Developed by two amazing students, @SGRodriques and Bob Stickels. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Peter Combs retweeted
22 Feb 2019
RT if no matter who the Democratic nominee is in 2020, you will vote for them.
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Peter Combs retweeted
6 Feb 2019
Today's word has to do with the control of expression.
Histone (n.): voice inflection usually associated with mansplaining.
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Peter Combs retweeted
27 Jan 2019
Hey friends, I upset some folks on the last Sawbones with my use of the phrase “off the reservation”. I never stopped to consider the origin of the saying and it is, no surprise, disrespectful to Native Americans. I’m obviously embarrassed and terribly sorry. Won’t happen again.
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Peter Combs retweeted
24 Jan 2019
This morning, I received an email from my PhD advisor that was so encouraging and kind, it made me tear up a bit.
I finished my PhD almost 14 years ago.
Great mentors are mentors for life. If you’re just starting out, choose your PhD advisor wisely. You deserve a great mentor.
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8 Jan 2019
.@Caltrain what’s the story with the southbound train on the northbound tracks and NB train on SB tracks at Palo Alto?
Peter Combs retweeted
13 Dec 2018
I don't know why this is on my heart to say, but for my Ph.D. students out there who doubt themselves, their ideas, and their work - stop that shit.
You're dope af. Your work is dope af. Your ideas are dope af. And you're brilliant
Now go finish that research so you can chill.
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Peter Combs retweeted
12 Dec 2018
Students: Over winter break, apply to STEM paid summer research programs. Find them with the searchable database at PathwaysToScience.org. It has over 650 paid summer research programs for both undergraduate and graduate students.
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Peter Combs retweeted
22 Nov 2018
Thanksgiving is a day of survival and rebirth. It is Lincoln's day -- and the best American holiday.
It’s been my tradition to explain the history of Thanksgiving to my foreign friends -- not the creation myth, but the real meaning.
We need to remember. So sharing here. /1
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