Dr Katy K @DrK@qoto.org

See link for nice curated lists of academics on Mastodon, with subjects ranging from Astrophysics to History to Law to Medieval History to Neuroscience.

Thank you to @hendrikerz and @perspektivbrocken for maintaining it.

https://github.com/nathanlesage/academics-on-mastodon

Markus Sommer #biodata22 closing us out with "Structure‐guided isoform analysis for the human transcriptome".

Problem: We have many more transcript annotations than genes. Which isoforms actually represent functional proteins?

Leveraging folding algorithms (e.g. AlphaFold2) to score each isoform, high score = more likely to be functional. Showed some examples where this scoring approach matches experimental data. Says not perfect, but helpful data point.

Website: https://www.isoform.io/

So, since I’m new here, my lab are interested in the links between alternative splicing and cellular senescence. And RNA processing. And small RNAs. And ….pretty much anything related to gene expression and disease. I also like puppies!

#introduction I’m Lorna, Professor of molecular genetics at Exeter and CSO of SENISCA.
#splicing
#ageing
#geroscience
#miRNA
#senescence
#RNA

After weeks of rain just lovely to stride out in the sunshine and be greeted by joyful grunts

#Cumbria #PigsofMastodon

@DrK Hello and nice to meet you! I work on a deep learning algorithm that quantifies blood, swelling, and CSF in ICH patients' CT scans.

Your experience reminded me of this dataset. It has genetic and imaging data for Alzheimer's patients.
https://adni.loni.usc.edu/data-samples/data-types/

@DrK yes! it's fun watching the different communities come in at different times. #bioinformatics and #nlproc ppl were here when I got here. Then the #medicalimaging ppl started coming and now there's a #sportsanalytics community. It's great to see

#introduction
Hello! I work on computer vision as it applies to medical imaging. I'm especially interested in neuro imaging.

I fill my free time with soccer and soccer data and I maintain a #python package, ScrapeFC, https://github.com/oseymour/ScraperFC.

I'm glad to be here and looking forward to meeting everybody!

Shamelessly hopping on the #introduction bandwagon: Hi, I'm Ian. I'm a science communicator and space writer working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California as a media relations specialist. Space robot PR, basically. In a past life, I was a solar physicist. I love science fiction in all its forms and have a passion for #astrophysics, #astronomy and all things #space. When not typing, you'll likely find me at the #gym, #running in the hills, or at the pub with a G&T.