Rene Breton

Professor of Astrophysics at The University of Manchester. Pulsars and time-domain specialist. Passionate about science and cycling. Opinions my own.

[Rene Breton @BretonRene]

@gcntweet you've removed the whole Vuelta section already! The day of the final stage isn't even over. Now it's an absolute pain to find highlights, Three Breakaway, etc. Please leave it a few extra days next time 😀

[Rene Breton @BretonRene]

Physics trio take their research to Parliament https://t.co/dPdkZfZEQu

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First attempt at kintsugi @ Manchester, United Kingdom https://t.co/rep45wiBML

[Manchester City Centre Police (GMP) @GMPCityCentre]

Road Closed - Oxford Road is closed in both directions between Booth Street West and Grafton Street outside the University due to a serious water leak, causing major flooding on the road. Sgt K

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@OfficialUoM @bluedotfestival @jodrellbank @bjork Wow! @bjork at @bluedotfestival. This is huge!

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@Emma_Alexander Thank you so much @Emma_Alexander. She tends to be so skittish that she's probably as elusive as a mountain lion. It's probably more a matter of keeping an eye out in case she pops her head out somewhere or crosses a path.

[Rene Breton @BretonRene]

Our lovely cat Poutine disappeared on the night of Wednesday to Thursday and hasn't come back since. If you walk around the Birchfields Park area (M14) or even Platt Fields Park, please keep an eye out for her. 🙏 https://t.co/QdZV6bwge7

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Jodrell Bank finds a way to be active (beyond observing the sky, of course!) during the pandemic: https://t.co/9btKJcW9Tx

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Got my first covid-19 jab! Yay!

[DARA Big Data @DARABigData]

This amazing initiative has been set up by @dara_project student Ann Njeri Ng'endo @njeri_ke to ensure as many Kenyan girls as possible continue their education.

Read more about it below and follow the @ElimishaMschana account for updates & activities.

https://t.co/bSJm4FIlZD

[Rene Breton @BretonRene]

Some results involving colleagues, and my postdoc Colin Clark, connected to a paper we published recently: True identity of mysterious gamma-ray source revealed https://t.co/6dykOci1fv

[Rene Breton @BretonRene]

All these years I've been frying eggs wrong. Learned proper way today. Recipe:
1. Open Microsoft Excel
2. Put in a bunch of numbers in two sheets
3. Do a lookup to cross-match entries
4. Wait for laptop to heat up and go crazy (won't take long)
5. Cook eggs
Enjoy

[Rene Breton @BretonRene]

Well done to my former MScR student @Susmitastro who now has her first paper out, from back in her days working at @UoM_Pulsars with me.

[Susmita @Susmitastro]

My first first author paper is now accepted for publication in A&A and is on arxiv : https://t.co/J000jkd3W8

Couldn't have done it without the help of @BretonRene . Thank you so much.

[Rene Breton @BretonRene]

@Fitzparticle I now realise that on top of cycling we share a passion for pizza making. We'll have to compare notes...

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@Fitzparticle You've got the same eyes

[Rene Breton @BretonRene]

In case you like computing and physics, or know someone who does...

[Marco Gersabeck (he/him)🇪🇺 @MarcoGersabeck]

We’re hiring! 1 Postdoc in the #UoMLHCb team and 1 Research Software Engineer to work on cross-experiment solutions. Apply to join an ambitious and diverse team working @UoMparticle @UoMPhysics.
DM or email to discuss. #HEPjobs

https://t.co/qEvJMB4O1z

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[Rene Breton @BretonRene]

@oliverplov @NLOastronomy Thanks @oliverplov. Hopefully next time I'll be delivering the talk in person ;-)

[Astronomy on Tap Edinburgh (AoT EDI) @AoT_EDI]

His talk is entitled: "Brief introduction to pulsars". He will briefly describe the nature and properties of pulsars, which are some of the most extreme objects populating our Universe, having the largest observed magnetic fields and fastest known rotational periods.

[Rene Breton @BretonRene]

Hey twitters friends. Tonight is public talk number 2 out of 3 this week for me! You can watch live on YouTube https://t.co/6VvZ5O7JCl Also feature colleague Romeel Dave.

[Astronomy on Tap Edinburgh (AoT EDI) @AoT_EDI]

Today is the day! Meet us at 19:30 GMT on our youtube channel for an evening of fun space science

[Marco Gersabeck (he/him)🇪🇺 @MarcoGersabeck]

Editing #DataScience lecture subtitles on a Sunday. Hardly a reason to smile, but this one worked: apparently I’m discussing the “Ikea information Criterion”. cc @BretonRene