Lee Organick

Computer scientist, biologist, thru-hiker among other things.

[Lee Organick @LOrganick]

@supersat I appreciate the pity laugh ;)

[Lee Organick @LOrganick]

New PhD thesis just publicly dropped (see if you can spot the pun).
If you've always wondered about DNA data storage but don't know much about it, pages 1-4 might be helpful! https://t.co/3kbwlr9qMk

[Lee Organick @LOrganick]

If you’re an experienced wet lab scientist, this may be of interest!

[Cache @cachedna]

Exciting News: Cache is hiring a Development Scientist! 🧬 We are seeking a talented and driven translational R&D member to join our small but growing team.

Apply here: https://t.co/UwN1gTfqY1 #hiring

#innovation #research #development #scientist #laboratory #biotechnology

[Lee Organick @LOrganick]

@dinazielinski Huh, I wouldn’t have guessed there would be quantum questions! Sounds like a really great time, I hope someday I get to go to one of your talks!

[Lee Organick @LOrganick]

@thekarenzhang Huge congratulations Karen!!

[Lee Organick @LOrganick]

@vitaliikl Basic stats like linear/multiple regression (which…I suppose is ML lite 😆).
Yep copy number= your best estimate of RNA count (really tedious, very tricky with RNA)
Yep DNA comp= GC content/length/any chemical modifications, etc.
I like your problem, I’ll keep thinking on it.

[Lee Organick @LOrganick]

@vitaliikl Context if helpful- PCR bias depends on many known variables, eg. copy number, cycles used, DNA composition
If you know all that, then using basic stats is gonna get you there just fine & give a more interpretable model too. If you don't, well, garbage in, garbage out.

[Lee Organick @LOrganick]

@vitaliikl Just that I agree with your initial tweet that "modeling this seems possible - PCR is a fairly standardised&simple biochem reaction".
Trying to use deep learning for PCR bias is like using a jumbo jet to go to the grocery store. Really overkill and ultimately not helpful ;)

[Talia Ringer 🕊🪬 @TaliaRinger]

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[Lee Organick @LOrganick]

@matt_aqui @UCSFChimeraX @autodesk @affinitybyserif Congrats!!

[Lee Organick @LOrganick]

@AhmedQureshi_VH Congratulations Ahmed!!! So well deserved!!!

[Nicholas Larus-Stone @nlarusstone]

I am so excited to announce the 2022 @bitsinbio x Cradle Bio Biodeveloper Survey!!!!
This survey is inspired by the Stack Overflow dev survey and has 3 purposes:
- community
- tools
- problems

Everyone who works in life sciences or software for life sciences should participate!

[Lee Organick @LOrganick]

@ScheeleJoey Feel free to DM me or message me on LinkedIn!

[Lee Organick @LOrganick]

Our company is #hiring! We’re looking for a backend-engineer, research associate, and chief of staff. The team is great, the project is fascinating, please share with anyone you think might be interested! https://t.co/sBwgolBDOX

[Katie Doroschak @KatieDoroschak]

Adaptive Biotech posted internships earlier than usual this year! (We're trying to switch to the tech intern schedule.)

It's a great place to work with lots of interesting problems (especially in Antigen Map, totally not biased)! Hybrid or fully remote: https://t.co/VKRlKxauRg

[James Banal @jlbanal]

If the US wants to maintain deep tech leadership, they should ease the burden of immigration or risk losing talent to competition. My brief perspective: https://t.co/wrCP4swu9t

Thanks to @SciPolRev @Knappe_ @BertNeyhouse

[Lee Organick @LOrganick]

Can’t believe my time at @datamolecules is coming to an end, I couldn’t have made it without the patience and help of every single person there, not to mention my amazingly supportive cohort. *Thank you *! @luisceze @KStraussIdeas @jeffnivala thank you x ∞

[Luis Ceze @luisceze]

Congratulations Dr. @LOrganick! You ventured into a PhD between CS and molecular biology, done seminal work in DNA data storage, and were instrumental in getting UW MISL @datamolecules off the ground! So *Thank you* and Go Lee! H/T to co-advisors @KStraussIdeas and @jeffnivala!

[Lee Organick @LOrganick]

@Georgeos_ And lastly there’s this amazingly cuddly cat who we met on a walk once and all she wanted to do was lay on my lap

[Lee Organick @LOrganick]

@Georgeos_ Loucifer (who passed away last year) was a classic mysterious cat next door