Immunologist, systems biologist, lecturer, INTJ. Two settings: sincere/silly. Tweets: science, nature, music, geekery.
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined December 2016
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I work in a medical office. Woman showed up at the desk who was supposed to be at another office, sees a stranger in distress who’s debit card for copay declined, said “NOW I know why I’m here” Paid the copay, left. No idea who she was but she gave someone the gift of healthcare.
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I often hear from friends and colleagues looking for freelance data scientists for paid consulting (e.g. business analytics, fitting churn models, revenue prediction, etc)
Who here is a freelance DS who is interested in referrals?
k from @survivor_bunny: xitter.gq/PopSci/status/96647015…
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OMG - I die. This is the cutest! xitter.gq/BohoSteampunk/status/9…
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{Auditioning for Macbeth}
YODA: *Looks at script; clears throat* Something wicked this way comes.
SHAKESPEARE: *Whispers to producer* Oh, he's very good.
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This 10,800-square-foot model of the Mississippi River was built to help guide infrastructure development along the river trib.al/g5Qe0pf
Children naturally tend towards domain mastery in subjects of interest, enhancing confidence, cognition, & focus. Benefits are long-lived, persisting after attention in the subject wanes as school demands subject diversification & socialising becomes more of a priority. xitter.gq/thescienceofus/status/…
The psychological reason kids get so obsessed with dinosaurs, and why these types of intense interests should be encouraged sciof.us/2Ezfb0m
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10 rivers contribute most of the #Plastic in the oceans. The #Yangtze alone carries up 1.5 million metric tons of trash, via @sciam egu.eu/8K0SR4
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The care and maintenance of your adviser/supervisor. Stop waiting for them to do things for you. go.nature.com/2EuYKy3 #science #research #STEM @UlsterUniPhD
happy friday everyone! here's a cool @GangsOfBallet #song (hang on past the first 5 seconds, it gets really good 💜) m.youtube.com/watch?v=jt7uyw…
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PhD programmes should nurture the big thinkers and creative problem-solvers that society needs. go.nature.com/2C27ZZ2
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The increase in #cancer incidence with age may be more closely related to age-related declines in the immune system than genetic mutations: ms.spr.ly/6010rL4Ue
