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Simon Proud
simon_sat
This. This. This.I moved from Denmark, where academia is treated as a normal job, to the UK, where it’s treated as a lifestyle.My @UniofOxford contract actually says I’m expected to
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Carl T. Bergstrom
CT_Bergstrom
Good news about the Oxford vaccine, but once again a very high incidence of mild adverse effects.https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53469839 Why do we care about mild adverse effects? 1) mild adverse effects in
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Heather O'Beirne Kelly, PhD
HeatherKellyPhD
when cranes get all sassy about punctuation The crane took some questions over on Facebook. Or took offense — whatever. Reader Q1: “I'd assume sassy cranes use the semicolon; it's
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Jamie Woodhouse
JamieWoodhouse
How would you describe the response of the UK government to the crisis so far? Some data to help you consider your vote.Death curves:https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest Government response tracker:https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/research-project
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Eric Feigl-Ding
DrEricDing
HOPEFUL—Oxford vaccine group may have hit a potential jackpot- “scientists racing to develop a coronavirus vaccine believe they've made a breakthrough in early trials of a vaccine that could offer
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the_scouse_scientist
ScientistScouse
1. 10 years ago today I was taken on a school trip by @LiverpoolBCS to @UniofOxford and encouraged to apply. I had a great time visiting Oxford with my friends
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Kemal Atlay
kemal_atlay
New from me -- took a bit of a deep dive into why some church leaders are opposed to the Oxford vaccine, was actually quite fascinating.https://twitter.com/australiandr/status/1298170749774000130 Couple of quick points:
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Tits McGee
Scientits
Good, realistic piece here on preclinical trial data for the Oxford vaccine.https://www.biocentury.com/article/305211 This part especially: “Setting expectations could be as important as creating vaccines and therapies. Vaccines wil
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Dr Louise Raw
LouiseRawAuthor
Pandemics- great levellers?If so, it’s puzzling that it’s invariably the poor who die most.In 1665 after the ‘Great Plague’ broke out, Charles II ordered the mayor and aldermen of London
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Melvin Rogers
MRogers097
1/ ***BOOK SERIES ALERT***: PLEASE SHARE IN YOUR NETWORKS. OXFORD NEW HISTORIES OF PHILOSOPHY speaks to a growing concern to broaden and reexamine philosophy’s past (https://www.oxford-new-histories.com ). As professional philosopher
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priscilla page
BBW_BFF
gonna maybe start a thread of COVID-19-related news that doesn't fill me with dread, starting herehttps://twitter.com/angie_rasmussen/status/1262744880591171585 a heartening thread. my favorite thing Dr. Gottlieb says here: "The go
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Oxford Police Dept.
OxfordPolice
The Oxford Police Department is proud to announce 2 arrests have been made in connection with several auto burglaries that recently occurred on Old Taylor Road. At this time the
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Nate Silver
NateSilver538
It's also a high-stakes test for the FDA, and they failed it, because of course lots of people are going to take away the latter message.https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1381933962445094916 There's also data on
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Dr. Catherine Prendergast
cjp_still
Oh look, that person my department decided wasn't good enough to hire is working on their fifth book and their fourth is from Oxford UP. I will never not be
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Deepa Kurup
deepakurup
@OxfordUCU is on strike starting today. As a teaching assistant @ODID_QEH I'm on strike too.Impressive gathering on the picket line and rally on day 1 of this 8-day strike action
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Justin “Hoops” McElroy
JustinMcElroy
OK, enough people have complained about this that I need to address it. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE OXFORD COMMA in the #MBMBaM logo In the new, beautiful rebrand of our
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