Rachel Alcraft

Research Software Engineer @ICR_London, lapsed Phd student in computational biology at Birkbeck UoL, type 1 diabetes parent.

[Rachel Alcraft @RachelAlcraft]

Excited to be recruiting for 2 positions for Research Software Engineer at the Institute of Cancer Research. Click for details here: https://t.co/JluIxn68qG

[Steve Pettitt @stveep]

Updated https://t.co/I41HW1bKGH to include lots of new cases, including from our recent paper (https://t.co/AxhADKLR6Z). Now includes 759 reversions from 382 patients. Big thanks to @LorenaMagraner and @RachelAlcraft for annotations & maintenance @ICR_London @BreastCancerNow!

[Rachel Alcraft @RachelAlcraft]

Marcela has taken over the ICR twitter for #EvolutionDay with some fascinating posts on the work at the ICR. https://t.co/IWkzB9OT0Y

[The ICR @ICR_London]

Welcome to our Twitter (X) takeover for #EvolutionDay!

I’m Dr Marcela Braga Mansur, #PostDoc in the Biology of #ChildhoodLeukaemia Team, led by Professor Sir Mel Greaves. Join me on a tour of our lab in @CEC_ICR and learn more about cancer evolution and our drug resistance work.

[The ICR @ICR_London]

Welcome to our Twitter (X) takeover for #EvolutionDay!

I’m Dr Marcela Braga Mansur, #PostDoc in the Biology of #ChildhoodLeukaemia Team, led by Professor Sir Mel Greaves. Join me on a tour of our lab in @CEC_ICR and learn more about cancer evolution and our drug resistance work.

[Rachel Alcraft @RachelAlcraft]

https://t.co/LBDn1p3vOR

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I'm keeping an eye on some hpc jobs running for work, while for my PhD I have video called myself to keep my laptop awake while a script runs for 24h. Just realised my PhD setup is a bit low tech.

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https://t.co/Mvx0lFbAVq

[Victoria Burge @VictoriaBurge98]

Great talk by Kevin Cowtan! Really inspiring! Highlighting the crucial roles woman played in computing throughout history and suggesting steps to overcome the social stereotypes to programming and include equality and diversity in your research 👏 #CCP4SW

[Rachel Alcraft @RachelAlcraft]

@bcs_lovelace I didn't find technology interesting, but discovering that computers can be used to solve problems is what inspired me.

[Rachel Alcraft @RachelAlcraft]

Happy World Diabetes Day, on Frederick Banting's birthday, this year celebrating 100 years of insulin. Let us not forget that type 1 diabetes treatment has progressed little in those 100 years - that life saving insulin still saves their lives multiply daily.

[Rachel Alcraft @RachelAlcraft]

I carved a melon, it's a bit rubbish but at least we've eaten it.

[Rachel Alcraft @RachelAlcraft]

Moodle has outdone itself and I've spent a miserable 2 hours all alone on zoom.

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A trip to the lake district made out of necessity not choice, was unexpectedly joyous.

[Rachel Alcraft @RachelAlcraft]

The kitten is not improving my productivity.

[Rachel Alcraft @RachelAlcraft]

11yo turns out to have a secret second identity as a Scratch programmer, seems serious (she has 1000s of messages).

[Rachel Alcraft @RachelAlcraft]

My kids learn French, Spanish, German and Latin. In Latin they translate (simple) sentences of classic literature of historic significance. In MFL they have to tell people who their favourite footballer or popstar is. Introverts deserve the chance to learn languages too!

[Rachel Alcraft @RachelAlcraft]

Happily will be a PhD student in computational biology / crystallography at Birkbeck from September.

[Rachel Alcraft @RachelAlcraft]

Booked to see Bill Bailey at the ROH, very exciting to imagine doing something soon!

[Rachel Alcraft @RachelAlcraft]

I'm drinking instant black coffee made from a hot water dispenser, and I don't even know if it has caffeine in as the label has been (suspiciously) removed (but happily I'm on holiday, at my parents!).

[Rachel Alcraft @RachelAlcraft]

Happy 4th diaversary to my daughter's diabetes.