Adam Retchless

https://mstdn.science/@adamr

Biologist currently focusing on genomic epidemiology, public health, pathogen evolution, and bioinformatics.

I intend to keep this account professional, with occasional tangential topics or other things that strike my fancy.

Opinions are my own. 'Boosts' are FYIs, not endorsements.

Profile picture is Benjamin Franklin.

#microbiology #viruses #vaccines #evolution #covid #RSV #PublicHealth #pathogens #science

profession: microbiologist
location: GA, USA

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2026-02-22 13:14:21 UTC

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I still listen to music from Boca Chica, a band from Pittsburgh that I lost track of when I left town. Some members were friend-of-a-friend. It looks like they have not put out an album in over 10 years, but my kids now have their music on a MP3 player.
They got some national attention at one point..
https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2009/10/second_stage_boca_chica.html

2025-08-24 14:07:27 UTC

From the BBC: "YouTube made AI enhancements to videos without telling users or asking permission. As AI quietly mediates our world, what happens to our shared connection with real life?"
As a scientist, this is extremely disturbing. The day-to-day tools that we use to collect and share information are being subtly corrupted by manufacturers who are more concerned with marketing than science. We now have to worry about another layer of integrity checks.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250822-youtube-is-using-ai-to-edit-videos-without-permission
#scicomm #data

2025-04-20 13:17:46 UTC

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Would this be the purview of ICSP International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes)?
https://www.the-icsp.org/
For the genome sequence, my understanding is that GenBank is based purely on what the submitter says (as opposed to RefSeq, which is curated). But NCBI may have more info.