#Genomes

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Following up on general thoughts on antigenic drift of #COVID19 from this weekend, I wanted to discuss what we know about the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 thats emerged in the

Yaniv Erlich

erlichya

ממשלת ישראל חשפה שהיא תחלוק עם פייזר ״נתונים סטטיסטים״ לגבי החיסון. סקר קצר בטיווטר מראה שרבים מכם מעוניינים לדעת עוד על פרטיות, שי

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

Press conference on what @WHO-convened mission to investigate the origins of #SARSCoV2 found on their China trip is about to start in Wuhan.(Was originally supposed to start an hour ago

The Barr lab

thebarrlab_aus

Dear phage enthusiasts, scientists, clinicians, gather around. I'm @NandoGordillo and I'm thrilled to share with you our most recent paper, now out on @NatureMicrobiol. We have devised a way to

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Genomist @AdamRutherford is a gifted science communicator; the podcast he co-hosts, "The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry" is one of the best popular science programs I've ever heard: charming

Edith Mirante

EdithMirante

1. This History Thread is about the #indigenous people of India’s #Andaman Islands known as #Sentinelese because they live on North Sentinel Island. Their names for themselves, their island are

Neil Gemmell

ProfGemmell

Tuatara genome published today. Hitting the keyboard briefly between interviews to update on the key findings of this project. This could end up being a long thread. Lovely summary here

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

GOOD news—if you have certain Neanderthal DNA & get #COVID19. People with certain Neanderthal genes on chromosome 12 have lower rates of ICU. This region encodes proteins that activate

cj battey

cj_battey

A thread of how I funded publications as a grad student and postdochttps://twitter.com/rsidd120/status/1336153828672983040 first two papers were in MPE, subscription only, lab paid ~$300 for color figures each (https://www.sciencedirect.com

Dr Adam Rutherford

AdamRutherford

I see that there is a lot of chat about ancestry and indigeneity, two complex and profoundly misunderstood concepts. Here’s a thread 1/N - I have written about these ideas

Austin H. Patton

AustinHPatton

At long last... It's out! I'm so excited to share with you all my recent work on the phylodynamics of Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD), now out in Science Mag!

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

Situation with new #sarscov2 variants is becoming harder to follow (and not just because of the names), so let me try and give a brief overview: Where are we at?

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

Okay, I'm seeing a lot of "the end is nigh"-type posts as well as a lot of people misunderstanding this story, so let's talk about "pandemic potential" for #influenza viruseshttps://www.bbc.com/news/health-532187

Kevin McKernan 🙂

Kevin_McKernan

Would you want to screen a population of asymptomatic people with qPCR primers that have 6base pair 3 primer dimers?The WHO recommends these primers.@MichaelYeadon3 @ClareCraigPath I’m not going to say

Dipesh Gopal

DipeshGopal

1/THREAD about why race is in the @NICEComms hypertension (blood pressure) guidelines and why it should go: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng136 @MedCrisis and I read #AngelaSaini's book "Superior" and were horrified at

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rebeca6169

“I strongly believe in the importance of the scientific approach. Yet...the sciences have lost much of their vigor, vitality and curiosity. Dogmatic ideology, fear-based conformity and institutional inertia are inhibiting

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