As someone with Stage 4 cancer, I was really struck by this quote at the beginning of Mukherjee's "The Emperor of All Maladies:"
"Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use only the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place." -- Susan Sontag
@Clementulus Hi, great to meet you. I run a company with a full fledged chemistry lab, though im not a chemist, I am just the boss of one :) But I do have a chemistry lab at home too I use to "play"... so you will find me posting about it some times as well.
Anyway reach out anytime if you'd like to chat.
An #introduction
I have way too many interests to list them all, but in university I studied #chemistry #classics #theater
These days mostly occupied with my gainfull employment and #parenthood
I'm a lifelong learner to the bone.
A large part of my time is also occupied by community building/service activities. #bahai faith is my spiritual path.
Cheers to all.
@MarieJarvie Hi, welcome!
@zleap Overleaf themselves? You might want to reach out to them and try, never hurts to ask :)
@MadelineMS Great to have you here! I work in biotech and do some work in the immunology field (though i am far from a pro on immunology or anything).. Certainly some opportunity for good chats though.
Look forward to seeing your posts. Reach out anytime if your down for a chat.
Hello! #introduction I'm a San Diego-based science writer with La Jolla Institute for Immunology. Working on immunology-related blog posts, press releases, features articles and more. I'm interested in #biology, #virology, #autoimmunity, #CancerResearch, #immunotherapy #PostdocLife, etc.
In my personal life, I'm passionate about #SciComm, #BackyardPoultry, #WomenInSTEM, and San Diego eateries!
Writing highlights: https://www.lji.org/blog/
Professional affiliation: https://www.lji.org/news/media-inquiries/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madelinems/
Awesome to see the #scicomm posts on here! Any other #SanDiego #science writers making their way to Mastodon—or other members of the National Association of Science Writers? #NASW #sciencecommunications
@nKiaru Great to have you ehre. Looking forward to following you. Hit me up anytime if you are up for a chat.
Hello #ScienceMastodon!
I'm a microscopist and image analyst at the BIOP imaging center at EPFL in Switzerland.
I'll be sharing mostly nerd stuff about #ImageJ/#FijiSc. Can't wait to see if the scientific mastodon community takes off!
So, let's get serious: can we share videos here? Let's find out:
@zleap I use overleaf a good deal... gonna check this out.
This looks interesting for people who use #LaTeX, #Overleaf or work in sciences
Introducing Overleaf Labs
https://www.overleaf.com/blog/introducing-overleaf-labs
I don't work for overleaf I just use the platform, and really recommend it.
@madargon lovely work!
@karlo The full size post.
@DrK Thats ok, ill leave the door open and have some water and treats ready for her.
To the newcomers to Mastodon and the Fediverse:
When you ask to follow someone that doesn't accept followers automatically, please have your profile filled out and some posts in your feed by you. I'm not going to follow anyone that hasn't taken the time to get their feet wet and write some posts, so I can know what you're about.
@SteveZissou Enjoy :)
@DrK We have a rule on QOTO... all doggies must submit to the admin of the instance (me) for immediate cuddles and raspberries... no exceptions.
Please send her to my office right away.
#DogsOfMastodon this is my little rescue dog, Folly. She likes to help me work and sees herself as a future bioinformatician 🤔🐶
Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
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