Helena Lefebvre

PhD researcher @RoyalHolloway. @mcgillu and @uofcincy graduate. Working on particle accelerators. Czech

[Helena Lefebvre @ExcitedPositron]

Future #particlephysicist?

Haha maybe not, but definitely ready to smash some particles together (and then chew them).

[Helena Lefebvre @ExcitedPositron]

@AsianDef Haha. We still have few months before this happens 😂

[Helena Lefebvre @ExcitedPositron]

My view for this week.

#ICHEP2020

[Miles Cranmer @MilesCranmer]

Here's a condensed version of the matplotlib cheatsheets so it can fit a desktop background
(https://t.co/bYcq4xtSRP)

Full image: https://t.co/Ira3t45G9x

and vectorized .svg, with the non-standard fonts outlined: https://t.co/FGAwQfeWNN

Thanks @NPRougier et al for making it!

[Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D @SarahMackAttack]

Ok this WASN’T me but when I was a junior in college I made the catastrophic mistake of underestimating the athleticism of crabs and about 300 crabs got loose in the basement of the biology building and it was 100% my bad

[Annabelle Hutchinson @annabellehutch]

My best advice for incoming PhD students is to ask the stupid questions early.

[City of Doncaster Council @MyDoncaster]

In November 1970, officials in Oregon, USA decided to blow up a rotting whale carcass. The whole thing went horribly wrong.

Why do we bring this up? Well, this story can teach us 3 things about #coronavirus ⬇️

[Helena Lefebvre @ExcitedPositron]

I haven't been in my office for almost four weeks. I think it's time to start mourning my office plant.

[CERN Courier @CERNCourier]

Knowing the atomic structure of the #coronavirus is like knowing how the enemy thinks, writes Tessa Charles

Her new feature describes #COVID19 research at synchrotron X-ray facilities worldwide — a first step towards drugs and vaccines

@DiamondLightSou https://t.co/eh8fJTUw6A

[Karen Fleming @KarenFlemingPhD]

PSA for non-science folks: Wonder why everyone is emphasizing hand washing? Sounds banal, but soap really IS an amazing weapon that we all have in our homes. This is because coronavirus is an "enveloped" virus, which means that it has an outer lipid membrane layer.
1/3

[Sarafina El-Badry Nance, PhD @starstrickenSF]

Betelgeuse has experienced unprecedented dimming over the last few months. everyone's been speculating whether this dimming is a harbinger of an impending supernova...but here's the kicker.

it's not fading anymore.

even more interesting: that's right on schedule.

[Helena Lefebvre @ExcitedPositron]

Happy #WomenInScienceDay!
Here is a photo of my graduating class of 2015 with BS in Physics. Even though I ended up as the only woman in my class, the physics department @uofcincy inspired me to continue in the field and now I am on my 3rd year of PhD in accelerator physics🥳

[Helena Lefebvre @ExcitedPositron]

Went to visit the LHC tunnel this afternoon. It was so cool. It's incredible there are 27 kilometres of high technology creating some of the most extreme conditions on the planet.
#CERNOpenDays #LHC

[Fermilab @Fermilab]

Fermilab achieves world-record field strength for accelerator magnet: https://t.co/oS5PtxTPcD #science

[Helena Lefebvre @ExcitedPositron]

Histogram of the mean or the mean histogram?

📊 #funstats

[Katie Mack @AstroKatie]

Every airline: “We apologize, but your flight is delayed. Here is your updated departure time, which is of course a laughable fiction. We will now provide new imaginary departure times at unpredictable intervals. In general, these will be in the past.”

[Helena Lefebvre @ExcitedPositron]

Even though I visited it around 10 times already I am still amazed by the machine and the presentation of the Synchro-Cyclotron. One of the best places to visit @CERN 👩‍🔬

[Hannah McCann @binarythis]

Young women in academia you wanna get ahead listen up here's some appropriate dress recommendations for ultimate respectability guaranteed: