#Variant

Eric Fauman

Eric_Fauman

The first step in mapping a SNP to a gene is to understand what was measured. "Fibroblastic disorders" is a little vague, but going to the (very nice) PheWeb server

Prof. Christina Pagel

chrischirp

THREAD update on variants:Today PHE released more variant data (& split the B1617 ("Indian") variant into 3 subtypes).Big increase with 400 overall cases in UK - closing in on B1351

Ally

aswatki1

So I just finished Thoughts & Prayers by @brainbliss and I...loved it. I haven't done a thread about a book in a long, long time! So here's why I loved

Rob Drummond

RobDrummond

Let’s have a thread of favourite sayings/phrases. Any dialect, any language, any age. Just tell us what it means. One of mine: “It’s dark over Albert’s Mother’s.”Referring to gloomy/bad weather

Yaah 🦀☕

yaahc_

Is there a reason that rust doesn't have a try_sort variant for sort that uses a fallible comparison function for sorting shit like floats? cc @rustlang

Sami Jiries | سامي جِريِس

samijiries

Brief note on a synchronic paradox in Levantine Arabic phonology: word-final long vowels are pronounced short unless there is a suffix in which case they're realized as long: /ramaː/ >

PriyankaPulla

PriyankaPulla

Double/triple/quadruple don't matter unless mutations give virus ability to spread faster, infect better. Please *ask* for more data (which unfortunately is coming v. slow or not coming at all) instead

Nicky Whiffin

nickywhiffin

16 months since the first was on @biorxivpreprint, and just over a year since the first was accepted, the 7 gnomAD papers are finally out in @nature, @NatureMedicine and @NatureComms:

Stefan Marciniak 💙

Prof_Marciniak

There has been debate as to whether the B.1.1.7 variant (first found in Kent) is ‘just’ more transmissible or if it also causes more severe illness This paper adresses this

Oliver Johnson

BristOliver

On Indian variants, it's worth remembering that (whatever the cool kids say) just because someone has over-reacted in the past, that doesn't mean they are over-reacting now. Personally, I'm more

Sabina Vohra-Miller

SabiVM

I did a few interviews on what is happening in India right now. I cried during each & every one of them. This is one of them. Vaccine distribution

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Premier François Legault suggested Tuesday the government’s #pandemic restrictions “seem to be working.” A day later, however, there are signs in Montreal and across the province that the situation

Bree (half of @kitrocha)

mostlybree

Hey potential crafters! The place where I get a lot of my supplies is running a 15% off, free US shipping over $75 sale right now! If you ever wanted

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

So looks like the govt has finally designated B.1.617.2 (so-called 'Indian variant' a VOC- the PHE appears to have designated that the risk to the public is 'high', but the

Martin Stervander

nesospiza

Remember this #shitshow? Umeå Uni continues to impress. In Feb, VC decided #PhD defenses can be held digitally. Since, UmU has 1) required @wintersparv should be at other uni w

Tulio de Oliveira

Tuliodna

Confirmed Detection of B.1.617.2 and B.1.1.7 in South Africa by NGS-SAThis report was sent to our Health Minister @DrZweliMkhize yesterday.In this Twitter thread, we highlight the details and repercussion of