Nicole King

1 week ago | kevinmd.com | Emma Fenske |Lynn Marie Morski |Stephen Foley |Nicole King

It was early morning—likely the first appointment of the day. The music in the waiting room had not even been turned on yet, and the smell of coffee was just beginning to meet the air. After a few minutes, I was called back to a room and sat in the exam chair, already in scrubs and mentally preparing to scurry off to work right after. In fact, I was already building a to-do list in my head. I was grateful to have the time to tend to my own health amidst a busy schedule—but also eager to get back.

May 20, 2024 | journals.plos.org | Jacob L. Steenwyk |Nicole King

As highly contiguous genome assemblies become more commonplace, our understanding of synteny as a phylogenomic marker will mature. Here, we provide a roadmap of research opportunities and identify challenges that will shape the use of synteny as a phylogenomic character (Fig 4A). Fig 4. A roadmap of challenges and opportunities for synteny-based phylogenomics. (A) A high-level summary of steps toward best practices in synteny-based phylogenomics.

Apr 25, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Nicole King |Jennifer Roelands |Michele Luckenbaugh |Koshin Paley Ellison

Springtime. Blooming trees. Green grass. Cool winds. Sunny skies. COVID. That is where my mind wanders every year since 2020, when the season turns. I flash back to the drive between the hospital and my home. Every evening after fighting a losing battle at an academic institution hell-bent on ignoring and downplaying the horror that was about to breach our borders. I was a fighter then — maybe more in that moment than I had ever been before and have been since — and I was ready for the fight ahead of me.

Feb 28, 2024 | preprints.org | Maxwell C. Coyle |Nicole King

Preprint Review Version 1 This version is not peer-reviewed Version 1 : Received: 27 February 2024 / Approved: 28 February 2024 / Online: 28 February 2024 (15:59:48 CET) Coyle, M.; King, N. The Evolutionary Foundations of Animal Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms. Preprints 2024, 2024021653. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.1653.v1 Coyle, M.; King, N. The Evolutionary Foundations of Animal Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms. Preprints 2024, 2024021653.

Nov 24, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Nicole King |Nicholas Bellacicco |Jennifer Lynn |Arthur Lazarus

As a physician, I am given both the gift and the burden of another’s most intimate moments or even their indiscretions. There is a cloak of invisibility that wraps around a patient and me when behind a closed door. Almost as if the concept of guilt, innocence, opportunity, loss, life, and death are all present together with us in a room, while the rest of the world goes on outside.