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?
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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
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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
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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
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You think you know, but you have no idea theatlantic.com/science/arch…
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Hey you.
Yes, YOU!
Do you love cephalopods? Do you find yourself regularly suppressing the urge to make cheesy science puns? Do you have some free time this summer?
How 'bout coming to intern with us? You'll fit right in. #pubjobs scifri.me/4h1
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One company wants to make it possible for athletes to experience and even compete in races around the world—all from the comfort of their home treadmills bit.ly/2o0RQdE
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Great opportunity at @EdinburghUni
Lecturer in Biological Mass Spectrometry #ukjobs #jobsacuk
jobs.ac.uk/job/BHN051/lectur…
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Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Here is a heart
Made with ggplot2
#rstats
ALT Code using a cardioid equation and the ggplot2 package to plot a red heart
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How do we live in a world where peptide synthesis companies exist, but none of them are called "Preptide"
