#Genomes

Social Justice Warlock

charllandsberg

CW: discussing TERF/transphobic ideologyOne of the major reasons TERF/transphobic ideology is so pervasive is that it presents the simplest wrong answer in contrast to a much more complicated correct answer.Let

Pinsolle Typhaine

PinsolleT

Parce que je suis microbiologiste et scientifique comme lui, je voudrai ici remercier #raoult d’etre le seul à faire ce qu’il faut faire depuis le début :Face à une pandémie

Rapanui Pioneers Society

RapanuiPioneers

There seems to be a lot of fuzz about this article. Good thing @carlzimmer added the input of @MatisooSmith, renowned geneticist, and Pat Kirch and @HaunaniKane, real experts in Polynesia.

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

This article by @USATODAY misleadingly states that there are "8 strains of coronavirus" circulating. Because of this our @nextstrain inbox is today full of questions like "if you get one

Ana Maria Porras, PhD

AnaMaPorras

My first (review) paper from my postdoc with @ilanabrito123 is out! We discuss the need to truly internationalize human #microbiome research, which has been mostly centered around American/European populations (1/6th

Fatima Tokhmafshan (she/elle) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈

DeNovo_Fatima

@McGillGenome @INSPQ have thus far sequenced genomes of 734 Québec residents infected w/ #COVID19 to unravel the genomic epidemiology of the infection (sources of introduction) in QuébecVideo of automated sequencing:

Antonio Regalado

antonioregalado

The George Church selfie of him taking a DIY coronavirus vaccine. This picture is a classic This is the thread to go with it. Today @techreview reported on an independent

Vinod Scaria

vinodscaria

B.1.617 is the nameFind more information on the lineage at https://cov-lineages.org/lineages/lineage_B.1.617.html This lineage is defined by 15 genetic variants including 6 Spike protein variants.Two variants of these 6 (E484Q and

Albert Vilella

AlbertVilella

A more polished thread on #epigenomic #biomarkers for #LiquidBiopsy and #CancerScreening: Epigenomic biomarkers are becoming more established for #LiquidBiopsy and #CancerScreening, and we have seen the big players positioning themselves

Deepta Bhattacharya

deeptabhattacha

I've been reading the discussion on re-infection events, with some now arguing that this is not rare. This is being interpreted at the extremes that protective immunity is not possible.

Maria A Nieves-Colón

mitoPR

Thx for having me @kstsosie @DecolonizeDNA! Today I will tweet about how ancient DNA (aDNA) can be used to revisit the historical record, & reconsider the stories of underrep &

Unity Demands Liz #WarrenForVP 🔬💻 🥁🤝 🗽🤝🌹

ralphafold

In a remarkable turn of events after more viral genomes are sequenced (samples got 23 & Me'd) in WA, new data suggest that the #COVID19 outbreak in WA did not

Daniel MacArthur

dgmacarthur

It's live! After years of work and more than 16 months in peer review, the gnomAD package is now up at Nature. We have seven papers in total, exploring different

Unite against COVID-19

covid19nz

COVID-19 UpdateThere are 2 new cases of COVID-19 to report. Both are cases in the community and both have epidemiological links to the Auckland cluster. 2 previously reported cases are

Maliheh Mehrshad

mehrshmali

I'm happy to share our latest preprint about the unique microbial community of the deep oligotrophic groundwater.@Dopsongrp @Stebe69 @_Emma_Bell @MetaMoritz @simone_dome et al.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.24.111179v1

Moisès Coll Macià

MoiCollMacia

I'm glad to announce that our paper with @SkovLaurits @mikkelschierup @Elise_Lucotte and co. about the nature of the introgressing Neanderthal is out!To find out more about it, you can read