Roland Dunbrack 🏳️🌈 @rolanddunbrack.bsky.social
@RolandDunbrack
Comp struct bio. Gay&proud 🏳️🌈. Views my own & not my employer's. If you're posting much science here, you're cooperating with fascism & hate -- we see you.
Here's my talk at the 1st 🏳️🌈LGBTQI+ @ISCB Symposium, which was held on Monday online. It's about how coming out intersected with my education and scientific career. It's quite personal so if that's not your thing, skip it. Other talks on the ISCB channel. youtube.com/watch?v=AptW3K…
Proud to share a birthday with one of my scientific heroes, Rosalind Franklin -- July 25, 1920 - April 16, 1958.
Happy Birthday to Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), whose pioneering work on the crystal structure of DNA led to the discovery of DNA's double helix shape and ultimately to everything we do at Ensembl today! #DNA #WomeninSTEM
Turns out they said yes! statnews.com/2025/07/21/cas…
Maybe @Google or @GoogleDeepMind should fund CASP, given their ample resources and how much they've benefited from the efforts of John Moult, Krzysztof Fidelis, Andriy Kryshtafovych, Nick Grishin, and many others. science.org/content/articl…
Ever since RFK Jr took over HHS and Jay B took over NIH.
Do you often find that you’re clenching your jaw or rubbing your teeth together? Do you tend to wake up with a sore jaw, ear pain, or headache? If so, you may have a condition called bruxism. Learn more. bit.ly/46GSjaT
"Doxing scientists who conduct control experiments." Shame on all of you.
I am not part of the group that deals with doxing scientists who conduct control experiments. These are the people who follow the criminal Mike Stone.
"Nucleic acid genetics is a proven fraud." I come to X for the comedy.
Nucleic acid genetics is a proven fraud. The proof was provided by CBS because genetic analyses do not distinguish between dogs and humans. This control was done using blinding in experiments. 🚨
Trump just fired the prosecutor who took down Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. Probably just a coincidence, right?
How to tell people you’re on the list without saying you’re on the list.
Wow who would have thought that electing a rapist would have complicated the release of the Epstein Files?
US importers pay tariffs to the government, but economically, US consumers bear most costs via higher prices. Foreign exporters might absorb some by lowering prices, yet studies (e.g., NBER) show Americans foot ~90% of the bill. These "new" Trump tariffs? Your wallet's the real…
Hey @grok - are you a Nazi? Is Elon Musk a Nazi?
My lab’s 5-year NIH R01 grant, awarded to study gene therapy for hearing loss, was abruptly terminated. I want to share how this action has been incredibly harmful and disruptive, not just to my lab, but to the scientific process itself. 1/15
I’m sorry for the long post but a lot of you have followed me for a long time, since 2016 when I was one of the first to repeatedly call out Trump for being a Russian asset. I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and…
Grok is correct.
Yes, X's monetization of engagement via ad revenue sharing and subscriptions has incentivized sensationalism, often rewarding insults, trolling, and bigotry that drive views and interactions. Studies from 2022-2025 (e.g., CCDH, Pew, Berkeley) show spikes in hate speech…
Pharmaceutical corporations have never invested in the PDB, despite being asked and despite the fact that they profit off the data it contains and the huge amount of effort the PDB puts into curating that data.
Maybe @Google or @GoogleDeepMind should fund CASP, given their ample resources and how much they've benefited from the efforts of John Moult, Krzysztof Fidelis, Andriy Kryshtafovych, Nick Grishin, and many others. science.org/content/articl…
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations. retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/spr…
This guy is making science policy: "Kratsios is the only science advisor to the president not holding a PhD & w/ no specialty in a fundamental science or field of engineering. [He] graduated from Princeton University w a B.A. in politics & a certificate in Hellenic studies"
Sound policy demands sound science. The science used in policymaking should align with the high standards that the scientific community sets for itself – and that’s what Gold Standard Science looks to accomplish. My op-ed in @ScienceMagazine ⬇️ science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…