Dante Bortone

Working on DAWNWARD's OTAST™ to provide the advantages of solar tracking while seamlessly integrating with existing structures. See more at

[Dante Bortone @BortoneDante]

Lots of progress, but still a ways to go.

Our latest teardown video shows what’s working and what still needs work on our dual-axis solar tracker.

Feedback more than welcome!

https://t.co/7Aq8jsxLI9

[DAWNWARD @dawnwardinc]

We just posted a teardown of our suspended dual-axis solar tracker prototype.

This version mounts to poles, walls, or railings - making solar viable in places traditional setups can't reach.

Feedback welcome:
https://t.co/gWka5nukpp

#solarenergy #cleantech #solarpower

[DAWNWARD @dawnwardinc]

Major milestone achieved: The patent for our Overhead Tensile-Actuated Solar Tracker (OTAST) has been granted by the USPTO!

https://t.co/HsWK6mhbDV

[Dante Bortone @BortoneDante]

Hope the improvements we've made on waterproofing our sensors helps other with the same problem.

[DAWNWARD @dawnwardinc]

We made some great progress on improving the waterproof enclosures for our magnetic rotary encoders!

https://t.co/fz3FrvwAyC

[Dante Bortone @BortoneDante]

Announcing the launch of DAWNWARD, a new venture with Matt Crook of The Calvander Group! We've developed an innovative new approach to solar that provides the advantages of solar tracking while integrating with existing structures.

[DAWNWARD @dawnwardinc]

Excited to announce the launch of DAWNWARD! We're turning solar tracking upside down with our Overhead Tensile-Actuated Solar Tracker (OTAST™). Check out our video for the #AmericanMadeSolarPrize!

https://t.co/g0dguQAIm0

#SolarEnergy #DAWNWARD #OTAST

[Jose Rodríguez-Romaguera @JoseRodRoma]

Big congratulations to my colleague and friend, Hiroyuki Kato, on getting tenure at UNC!! 🎉🔥🍾 See announcement on the following link: https://t.co/QMR5OUQP0k

[Dante Bortone @BortoneDante]

Created a narrated walk-through of the 'Genes' content group. I'd love to get feedback on how to make this a better resource.

[SubTyper @subtypercom]

Here's a narrated walk-through the SubTyper 'Genes' group. Currently has HGNC symbols, ENSGs, ENSTs, Entrez IDs, unofficial aliases, previous symbols, some gene sets, and cell expression data (primarily focused on immune cell types).

https://t.co/1lAftAnYq1

[Dante Bortone @BortoneDante]

Excited to share SubTyper, a crowd-sourced knowledge web that I've been building. I'd love to get feedback on the site and approach.

[SubTyper @subtypercom]

Introducing SubTyper, a site for rapidly navigating information by sharing the connections between objects.

Currently in beta phase, we'd love to get feedback from users and work with groups to add content they can embed on their own platforms.
https://t.co/LV3F7AGumy

[Kelly Olsen, PhD @KOmudphud]

Thrilled to announce that our new paper is out at @BloodAdvances now! Please check out our work on shared minor histocompatibility antigens, including discovery of 24 novel shared mHAs! Done with @BenjaminGVincen and Paul Armistead, with @laraesucheston 🧵https://t.co/u62xZmpIRF

[Benjamin Vincent @BenjaminGVincen]

@iskander and I are recruiting for a Bioinformatics Scientist position - If you are interested in single cell analyses, tumor antigen discovery, and biomarkers of response to immunotherapy, come work with us! https://t.co/CzQHRQbLjY.

[Benjamin Vincent @BenjaminGVincen]

A 🧵 on T cell receptor repertoire diversity in cancer RNA-sequencing studies, based on great work by @BortoneDante reported in @CIR_AACR: https://t.co/IfeQvlunKE (1/n)

[alex rubinsteyn @iskander]

New paper on @biorxivpreprint:

"Landscape and Selection of Vaccine Epitopes in SARS-CoV-2"

(https://t.co/tYsWN3fz8T)

Collaboration with @ChristofCSmith1 @bgvincentlab @JuliaKodysh @timodonnell @glycam @Olivercgrant @PEPperCHIP @erikgarrison & others.

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[Dante Bortone @BortoneDante]

@ChristosArgyrop We could keep people employed with public works to implement a green economy. I mean, that work needs to be done at some point anyway so...

[Dante Bortone @BortoneDante]

@BenjaminGVincen Thomas Bergersen

[Dante Bortone @BortoneDante]

Half the work is already done by @CreativeBiogene: https://t.co/VLH9BJpCSq

[Dante Bortone @BortoneDante]

Have there been any efforts to add a SARS-Cov2 promoter driven reporter to human ACE2 stable cell lines? It would be a great tool to screen drugs for blocking COVID-19. Also, all you'd have to do to see if you are contagious is spit on them.

[Dante Bortone @BortoneDante]

The only supplies you'd need would be tubes, media, and something to transfer saliva to the tube.

It's easy to grow up HeLa cells so this could be rapidly scaled up to hundreds of millions of tests.

You could realistically test everyone multiple times.

[Dante Bortone @BortoneDante]

As far as I can see, the only downside would be that a positive sample would make the cells inside the tube infectious as well. That said, would you rather have active virus in a sealed tube or have that same virus in a person walking around town?

[hackaday @hackaday]

NIH Approved 3D-Printed Face Shield Design For Hospitals Running Out Of PPE

As the world faces a pandemic of monumental proportions, hospitals have been hit hard. The dual problems of disrupted manufacturing and supply chains and huge spikes in demand h… https://t.co/IcpTps090S

[Dante Bortone @BortoneDante]

@CreativeBiogene Any efforts to add a SARS-Cov2 promoter driven reporter to your human ACE2 stable cell lines? It would be a great tool to screen drugs for blocking COVID-19. Also, all you'd have to do to see if you are contagious is spit on them.