Wyeth Wasserman @WyWyWa@qoto.org
- Lab Page
- http://cisreg.ca/
- BC Children's Page
- https://www.bcchr.ca/wwasserman
- Publications
- https://bit.ly/3C8ZxSv
Bioinformatics enthusiast, UBC professor, BC Children's Hospital scientist, He/Him
Joined Nov 2022
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Richard, with the increasing migration of science Twitter to sites like Mastodon, what are the prospects for adding a Mastodon sharing option, and more importantly, adding Mastodon to Altmetric article metrics in bioRxiv and medrXiv? For obvious reasons, supporting science dissemination by sustainable, non-commercial social media sources seems more important than ever.
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TIP OF THE DAY
Use and Follow #hashtags !!!
Mastodon has no ads, 500 chars, 5 pins, and edits, but the best thing is NO ALGORITHM. On the birdsite you are force-fed by an algorithm. A mishmash of your history, likes, follows and whatever Twitter wants to cram into you. With NO ALGORITHM, you are in control. Your feeds are just who and what you follow, and you can follow #hashtags .
Include #hashtags liberally so others can follow your ideas.
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Computer science pioneer and United States Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper was born #OTD in 1906.
As far as I’m aware, she is the only person who has both a supercomputer and a US Navy destroyer named after her.
Image: Computer History Museum
RT @sezzy_boy
Gauntlet thrown down. Is this the best snowman (snow person?) in Britain? Show me a better one!
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RT @QasimRashid@twitter.com
Forbes is really bad at this.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/QasimRashid/status/1602496154335416322
RT @GBruhaug
Super quick thread on the NIF results since these got leaked early. I was under the impression the official announcement was on Tuesday, but I guess someone talked to the press early!🧵 1/17 https://www.ft.com/content/4b6f0fab-66ef-4e33-adec-cfc345589dc7
I learned a new verb used here in New Zealand that comes from the name of a company or product. Like xeroxing or googling. The newtome verb is luxing (from ElectroLux) for vacuuming. #DunedinSabbatical
RT @OilSheppard
FUSION ENERGY BREAKTHROUGH: US scientists have made one of the most significant leaps in decades in the search for the Holy Grail of energy - limitless, carbon free power - by achieving net energy gain in a fusion reaction
https://www.ft.com/content/4b6f0fab-66ef-4e33-adec-cfc345589dc7
Huge scoop by @thomas_m_wilson
RT @jburnmurdoch
In light of the exciting new nuclear fusion news, it's worth revisiting @thomas_m_wilson & @ian_bott_artist's excellent long-read on how the race to viability has really accelerated.
There are now 35 private fusion companies, using a range of techniques https://enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/0dfca2b4-0cd3-4a77-8140-0fc45232c932
I remember the debunked claim of cold #fusion in the 1980s. Hopefully today's story turns out better. Independent replication will be key.
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Breaking: First-ever successful demonstration of #fusion power? “The US breakthrough comes as the world wrestles with high energy prices and the need to rapidly move away from burning fossil fuels… The fusion reaction at the US government facility produced about 2.5 megajoules of energy, which was about 120 per cent of the 2.1 megajoules of energy in the lasers, the people with knowledge of the results said.”
https://www.ft.com/content/4b6f0fab-66ef-4e33-adec-cfc345589dc7 #energytransition #energymastodon #fusionpower #physics
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More about the report that the National Ignition Facility has achieved net energy gain with a nuclear fusion reaction: https://www.sciencealert.com/for-the-first-time-a-fusion-reaction-has-generated-more-energy-than-absorbed-by-the-fuel #Fusion #NIF
RT @StanKutcher
Canadian scientists, researchers and students have made essential contributions to scientific discoveries that improve our health and drive our economy. But Canada is falling behind other countries. We must do better. We #CANFundScience and we must do it now.
Up early today, which means I got to see the sunrise. #DunedinSabbatical
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🏳️🌈🖖🏽
Today is Pearl Harbor Day in the U.S., a “day that will live in infamy” for the unprovoked attack by the Empire of Japan upon U.S. forces stationed in Hawaii. But it also marked a dark turning point for Japanese Americans, who overnight became the “enemy.” (1/4)
RT @kstsosie
Interested in Indigenous approaches to AI & machine learning across disciplines?
Registration for #Indigenous IDEAS (Innovation, Data Economies & Artificial Intelligence Summit) is open! Event: Fri, 03/31/23 @ASU. https://sols.asu.edu/ideas
Sponsors: @asuSOLS @NativeBio @BWFUND
RT @sdomcke
Excited to see my final PhD work published @NatureGenet (https://rdcu.be/c02lQ)!
How does DNA methylation repress genes? Through direct inhibition of transcription factor (TF) binding at the motif OR indirect inhibition via sequence-independent recruitment of MBD proteins? 1/6
RT @SoniaLiberal
Earlier this year, I had the privilege of meeting Dr. @BruceVerchere & his team at @UBC as well as Dr. @JimJohnsonSci‘s @jdrf_coe_ubc_ca in #Vancouver.
🇨🇦 researchers are work working hard to find a cure. This #DiabetesAwarenessMonth, let’s continue to recognize and support them!
- Lab Page
- http://cisreg.ca/
- BC Children's Page
- https://www.bcchr.ca/wwasserman
- Publications
- https://bit.ly/3C8ZxSv
Bioinformatics enthusiast, UBC professor, BC Children's Hospital scientist, He/Him
Joined Nov 2022
