Alex Hewitt

ophthalmologist; genetics researcher; born when atmospheric CO2 = 337 ppm

[Journey Through Time @JrnyThroughTime]

@ThePollLady the reason why he was imprisoned

[The Poll Lady @ThePollLady]

10 most controversial exposé by WikiLeaks founded by Julian Assange.

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[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

1000+ generations of humans were born, lived and died into a climate and technology that was essentially unchanged during their lifetime.

Then oil came.

And in 10 generations we have obliterated the natural and living worlds while triggering the 6th great extinction.

It is us.

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

yes, please do enlighten me. email me at [email protected]

[Daniel MacArthur @dgmacarthur]

We’re entering a period of unprecedented global risk of superpower conflict, irreversible climate change, and technological disruption. COVID has shown us how broken our governments are. How the fuck are they going to get us through the next decade?

[Joseph Powell @drjosephpowell]

New work on iPSC Village models - a system for co-culturing cells from multiple donor lines in a single dish. An approach to massively scale up iPSC studies. Work led by @drneavin and in collaboration with @n_palpant @AlicePebay @AlexWHewitt labs. A 🧵 https://t.co/oK0tKexkMi

[Joseph Powell @drjosephpowell]

Our new work using single cell eQTL mapping, identifying how SNP effects on gene expression can be highly cell-type specific. Led by @drneavin & @Quan_Nguyen_UQ from a collaboration with @AlicePebay @AlexWHewitt @n_palpant https://t.co/49uTnNxzhl

[💧Michael West @MichaelWestBiz]

Scott Morrison's ... sorry, Rupert Murdoch's media bargain code. #auspol gold

[Senator Briggs (Biblically Accurate) @Briggs]

.@ScottMorrisonMP says it (Jan 26, 1788) “wasn’t such a flash day for the people on the vessels”. Show me the “flash days” Blackfullas have had since then? When you talk about “how far we’ve come”, you mean white prosperity. Coz I’m still set to die 10-15 years before my mates.

[Prof. Euan Ritchie (@euanritchie.bsky.social) @EuanRitchie1]

Extremely disappointing, @SenatorWong. As a father, ecologist and conservation biologist I'm dismayed that like the LNP, Labor is literally burning our children's future. Both major political parties are failing Australia and humanity.

[Stuart MacGregor @stuartmacgreg]

We use automated AI labelling of optic nerve images to dramatically improve gene mapping power for glaucoma https://t.co/cj4uDxIAHg

[Rufus Black @_RufusBlack]

At @utas_ we have made the decision both to #divest and invest in the transition to a #sustainable future. Thank you to our climate scientists who have contributed so much to an undeniable case for change and to our students and staff who have been powerful voices for change.

[Ross Cloney @rosscloney]

.@MinhNguyenTran5 @AlexWHewitt
@AlicePebay
@mknizam_ain
@gracelidge and colleagues put the adenine base editor domain in the middle of the SaCas9 to reduce RNA off-targets and improve #CRISPR on-target DNA editing

https://t.co/oTvtpVn1sP

[Scott Hamilton @SDHamiltonVIC]

@frankjotzo 2019: Waleed: “Could you name a single, big policy area where the Nats have sided with the interests of farmers over the interest of miners when they come into conflict?” https://t.co/k8HuRzhyXN

[Fishers & Walkers Tasmania (FAW-TAS) @AndFishers]

1/2 “There was always a lease on Halls Island”. The Premier has said it. The head of Parks has said it. Daniel Hackett and the media have repeated it time and again. It’s a lie and it’s fundamental to this proposal. Want to know the truth? ⬇️

[Joseph Powell @drjosephpowell]

New work on identifying how genetic variants change gene expression in a cell-type specific manner. Work led by @drneavin & @Quan_Nguyen_UQ in long-standing collab with @AlicePebay @AlexWHewitt & @n_palpant labs https://t.co/dSZn2e93nw

[Mark Daniell @Sepulcrave]

Could the coronavirus crisis finally finish off coal? https://t.co/QS9UXFhIAm

[Bob Brown Foundation @BobBrownFndn]

In Tasmania’s ancient forests woodchipping, clearfelling, logging threatened species habitat & feeding Borneo logging giants is all still happening. Our defiant campaign to defend & protect these forests also continues. https://t.co/a9byj9OQlX #politas