Associate professor in genomics and developmental biology at the University of New Orleans. Dad×3. I post about science, parenting, culture and world events.
Joel Atallah
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"Let my people go" far from a war-torn planet. Artemis 2 launches!
Flight termination issue resolved. Strong indication that Artemis 2 will launch tonight.
Congratulations!
Artemis 2 go for launch!
I can't think of another conflict since WWII where there were attacks on the soil of over a dozen nations
Father's Day breakfast
The more I use AI for development, the more concerned I am about the fact that knowing what makes an effective prompt and the appropriate, opiniated, guardrails necessary to consistently get high quality output is much harder if you don't have quite a bit of experience doing things by hand first.
Explosion and massive fire at an oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. Developing story.
www.kplctv.com/2026/03/23/e...
Artemis II: first time humans leave low earth orbit since 1972.
This will be the furthest trip in history. Christina Koch will be the first woman to leave low earth orbit, Jeremy Hansen will be the first Canadian, and Victor Glover will be the first person of color.
www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBM...
The special issue Functional and Adaptive Effects of Genomic Structural Variation is now out in Heredity. Many thanks to all contributors for their submissions, to the editorial team at @heredityjournal.bsky.social and to @ellenleffler.bsky.social, @mydennis.bsky.social & @gokcumenlab.bsky.social!