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I #ChooseToChallenge and be an ally for #WomenInSTEM @embl and @emblebi - I’ve always had great female scientists as bosses (Janet Thornton, Edith Heard), as peers (eg @nicolesoranzo, @jomcentyre) and
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Race, Ethnicity, clinical research and general life. A reminder/explainer. TL;DR: Uncouple "ethnicity" and "genetics" - there are threads that link them but they are not useful (certainly not useful for
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The @uk_biobank is ... amazing and is basically, in my view, rebooting the science of human physiology. Why? First it is just a really well phenotyped cohort at scale. Back
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A perspective on COVID from a sunny, crisp London house, in a break between zoom calls. Context: I am an expert in human genetics and computational biology; I know experts
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Today I am referencing again Tatuo Aida, 1921, Genetics 6. Title "On the Inheritance of Color in a Fresh-Water Fish, APLOCHEILUS LATIPES". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1200522/pdf/554.pdf This is a landmark study b
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I am not full sure people appreciate the impact of B117 strain on the course of the pandemic. TL;DR B117 is "a pandemic inside a pandemic" and demands both monitoring
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A meta-thread on my take of how to "read" science as a scientist. This is to arm non-scientists about how to navigate a world where one sees the "leading edge"
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Another bright day in London but with a pretty grim outlook here short term - but better mid to long term for COVID. Context: I am an expert in human
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A brief explainer on endpoints and efficacy on Vaccines as it's clear we're going to have a lot of chit chat on vaccines as a topic to discuss. First off
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A note for I think journalists about the "377 deaths under 60" being the cost for COVID for the UK. This a bonkers positioning statement and is definitely not something
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Some COVID thoughts on this bright, beautiful Christmas Eve morning in London. Context: I am an expert in genetics and computational biology; I know and chit-chat with experts in viral
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Now, a more technical tweet thread to give updates on the science - which is moving fast. Again, I recommend following @arambaut, @firefoxx66, @EBIgoldman, @The_Soup_Dragon, @pathogenomenick and @jcbarret along with
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