Zorian Thornton

PhD candidate @uwgenome + @fredhutch using machine learning to study viruses, immunity, and evolution with @ematsen | @virginia_tech Alumnus | he/him

[ESPN @espn]

WASHINGTON HOLDS ON‼️

THE HUSKIES ARE GOING TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 🏆 #CFBPlayoff

[Washington Football @UW_Football]

2024 SUGAR BOWL CHAMPIONS 🏆

SEE YOU IN HOUSTON ☔️

#USvsUS #PurpleReign

[Andrew Ng @AndrewYNg]

ChatGPT is sometimes amazing, and sometimes hilariously wrong. Here, it confidently explains to me why an abacus is faster than a GPU. 😃

[Zorian Thornton @ZorianThornton]

@WyattMcDonnell @infinimmune @VDavidJaffe @KatiePfeiffer5 @nlhepler Exciting stuff, congrats!

[Lauren Kaori Gurley @LaurenKGurley]

BREAKING: 48K University of Calfornia TAs, postdocs & other student workers just walked off the job.

It's the largest strike in the US since 2019.

Many UC workers earn < $24k/yr. A PhD student I spoke to said they donate blood plasma to make ends meet.
https://t.co/RVI7e1xchT

[Zorian Thornton @ZorianThornton]

Nothing more important than family

[Alamo Drafthouse NYC @AlamoNYC]

Scientists at Princeton University have reconstructed this 3D model of how Adam, the first human being created by God, might have looked

[Zorian Thornton @ZorianThornton]

Made the jump to VSCode from Atom —- and wow, I’ve never been happier 🥲

[Zorian Thornton @ZorianThornton]

@ClaireKSPark Thanks!

[Tim Yu @timcyuu]

Excited to share our preprint on modeling viral escape from polyclonal antibodies. Check out the thread by @jbloom_lab for more details!

[Bloom Lab @jbloom_lab]

In new work, we formulate a biophysical model of viral escape from polyclonal antibodies, & develop software to apply model to deep mutational scanning data to understand antigenic effects of combinations of mutations: https://t.co/6DS5PLqpJp

I explain in 🧵 below.

[Cory Webb @corywebb]

My son just said “My ADHD is so severe, it’s AD4K”

[Bloom Lab @jbloom_lab]

In new study led by @dbacsik, we show single influenza-infected cells produce wildly different numbers of viral progeny: https://t.co/mZSRW3k2iw

Surprisingly, cells that transcribe the most viral mRNA are NOT ones that produce the most progeny virions.

Explanatory 🧵 below

[Bloom Lab @jbloom_lab]

In new study, we examine how target cell ACE2 expression affects #SARSCoV2 neutralization https://t.co/47RTQ5aeSS

We find high-ACE2 cells emphasize role of RBD antibodies in serum & lower ACE2 cells reveal more neutralization by antibodies to other regions of spike.

🧵 below:

[Trevor Bedford @trvrb]

I was invited by @VandammeAm and other organizers of the #VEME2022 Virus Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology Workshop to present my perspective on applying pathogen phylogenetics for decision making. Slides from my talk are available here: https://t.co/dcRz1LSpbP.

[Dave Richeson @divbyzero]

My friend got these pudding cups. (As in, “the proof is in the pudding.”)

[Maya Lewinsohn @MayaLewinsohn]

Excited to share the first preprint of my PhD with @trvrb, @nicfelm, and @AlisonFeder! We detect boundary-driven growth by analyzing patterns in tumor trees. https://t.co/nPqOyNS6kE 1/13

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

Question: which architecture class is more robust for vision tasks, transformers or ConvNets?
Answer: it's complicated.

[Zorian Thornton @ZorianThornton]

Anybody down to share their favorite cable management hack? Because I am struggling 🥵

[Tyler Starr @tylernstarr]

🥳 Excited to share that the Starr Lab is coming to the University of Utah @UofUBiochem! Check out the lab website to see where we’re headed in our studies of protein evolution in viruses and immunity https://t.co/J6Dc9pCBK3