Dr. Amanda Warr 🧬

BBSRC Discovery Fellow #Genomics & #Metagenomics @roslininstitute I like long reads, 3D printing and cats. Also on @ION_BRU @amandatron89.bsky.social

[Dr. Amanda Warr 🧬 @Amandatron89]

Recently I convinced the institute to let me buy pizza for the campus once a month, not as a moral boosting strategy, but as bait.

Today with the postdoc committee, I hosted the first Pizza Solves Everything event

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@aboristhebold @adamhillscomedy That one was his favourite

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I made a joke about cats not letting their humans leave the house at London Calling, but the kittens seriously protested my absence by unplugging the wifi so I'd not see it when they threw a plant down the stairs.

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@ClinicalMkk @scotent @EPSRC @Scalene was just asking after you last night! There's the update I didn't have at the time 😄

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@rtvig_j @OmicsOmicsBlog It's currently very appropriately on Brick Lane in London. I've actually seen it before in San Diego. This was a smaller exhibition than that one, but still good.

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Couldn't Nanopore today, too busy Legoing

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@bioscilex @OmicsOmicsBlog @Varro_Analytics Yeah that one is from years ago, but I think this one is kind of replacing it. Running on phones is fairly problematic.

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@Tickdoc2010 It doesn't actually work yet, but they're saying 5-10GB

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This thing is pretty cute. Reminds me of the smidgION. #nanoporeconf

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@gringene_bio @alan_f_williams @nanopore It's OK I found them later. It's a card inviting me to buy it 😂

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MkII- somewhere between flongle and minion. Also grongle for multiple flow cells #nanoporeconf

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@pvanheus You're not alone, I've heard a lot of comments about that 😂

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@OmicsOmicsBlog @Varro_Analytics Not sure if they're aiming for this one to be plugged into a phone. I suspect phone batteries are still limiting.

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@tabascooter @OmicsOmicsBlog

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@DIPLOMICS @diplomics_sa Of course the sun came out while I was in the basement for the whole lunch break 🙄

[Oxford Nanopore @nanopore]

Another year of updates for direct RNA sequencing:
-20% increase in output, and longer reads
-Comprehensive RNA mod detection (in all contexts) including: m6A (N6-methyladenosine) & pseudouridine.
-120 million short RNA reads on a single PromethION Flow Cell
#nanoporeconf

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@OscarGenomics @nanopore Those exist
https://t.co/cO7awKdnm1

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Ice cream! #nanoporeconf

[Malcolm Macaulay @malcolmacaulay]

@Amandatron89 GeorgeForemION

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@the_schmidti retreating a memory at #nanoporeconf

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Today I found out that being the guy with the stamp on his head caused @the_schmidti to meet the guy who went on to give him his current job. You're welcome, Max.

@nanopore #networking #pag31

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Putting that stamp to good use. @the_schmidti

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@alan_f_williams Mk1D is the upgrade to mk1c, mkII has a different asic and is disposable and lower throughput if I understood correctly