Nduta

cancer genomics || retired violinist || umami chaser

[Nduta @_Nduta__]

One of the few gifts of science is being able to discern and interpret data and information that directly affects your day-to-day life.
So much freedom and power in that.

[Nduta @_Nduta__]

Petition for books to come in bullet points.
I don't need to know how shiny your dog's coat ws on that day. Just give me the key points.

[Nduta @_Nduta__]

@EmmanuelMutuku That tracks.
Also hi jirani, miaka mingi!

[Nduta @_Nduta__]

On the 4th level of hell is numbers in French.
Because why is 90 718 read as: "four twenties and ten thousands, sixty plus ten hundreds and ten plus eight".

Unsolicited chaos.

[Nduta @_Nduta__]

@WycliffTalemwa1 It's scandalous

[Nduta @_Nduta__]

@korejay Also im a bit confused because they say it was in France.
Legal marriages in FR can only be done in a town hall.
You can have your own thing wherever even at the top of a mountain but the legal part HAS to be done in a government mairie.

[Nduta @_Nduta__]

Man, I miss Dunelm, deeply and sincerely.
I just need a one stop shop for household items.

[I am Chege @_James041]

Every legal practitioner, every Forester, every active citizen, every Kenyan,

Must come out and speak for Esther Wairimu Keige.

Esther Wairimu was a 54 year old senior Legal Officer , Kenya Forest Service, stationed at Karura Forest

Esther was abducted three weeks ago and she has been found dead.

We cannot normalize abductions and murder in this country.

Enough is Enough!

If this post appears on your TL, reply with the hashtag #JusticeForEstherWairimu #EndAbductionsKe

[Jason Locasale @LocasaleLab]

As an AI optimist, I do think AI will fundamentally transform biology and medicine. But after 25 years in academia and biotech and doing biology and quantitative biology at the highest levels, I think many AI companies encounter two very hard truths as tech companies have in the past.

First, drug development is constrained by regulatory requirements, clinical trial frameworks, and their incentive structures that determine what can be discovered, tested, and ultimately brought to patients. Better models alone do not solve those bottlenecks.

Second, AI is only as powerful as the questions it is asked. Biology is an extraordinarily difficult field because we still lack the right conceptual frameworks for understanding how living systems work. AI will accelerate discovery, but only if someone knows which problems matter, what data are informative, and how to distinguish mechanism from correlation.

In my experience, people who can do that are incredibly rare. Many areas of biology have only a handful of scientists with both deep biological intuition and the mindset needed to fully exploit AI. They know which data should exist but don’t, which experiments will change our understanding, and which questions are worth asking in the first place.

AI companies recruit elite computer scientists with extraordinary urgency. If they want to transform biology, they will need to recruit elite biologists with the same urgency. Otherwise, they’ll be limited by the quality of the biological questions those models are asked to solve.

[B @ngwata_]

The deterioration and fall of Kenya from a barely functioning country to complete systemic ruin and dysfunction has been deeply painful to witness.
Our children do not deserve this.

[Nduta @_Nduta__]

@KyngDid Lupita's brother

[Nduta @_Nduta__]

@MiwagaOkech6 @DrGMwanzia Genotyping has practical limitations in the Kenyan context. But accurate rapid blood tests exist and are easier to implement for population screening.

[Nduta @_Nduta__]

@DrGMwanzia Is SCD screening part of routine prenatal tests in Kenya during the 1st trimester?

[Nduta @_Nduta__]

This week's temperatures nearly made me believe that hell exists.

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

Today was the hottest day ever recorded in France, breaking the record set just yesterday.

[Nduta @_Nduta__]

@LeeRussian Wangechi has always been doing phenomenal stuff.
https://t.co/cIyTxlz0Or

[Nduta @_Nduta__]

'In the Black Fantastic' exhibition was a brilliant immersion into Blackness and mythical universes.
Also featured a Kenyan artist- Wangechi Mutu.
10/10 experience.

[Swizec Teller @Swizec]

3 days into fatherhood, I think people have kids too early. Can’t imagine doing this with the emotional regulation huge ego and lack of resources I had at 25

[Nduta @_Nduta__]

Amazing genealogy from these folks!

Unrelated: do people in Mombasa still say 'umetirinywa' when you have this kind of cornrows?

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

Beautiful African lady with her child from the Xam (San) people of Southern Africa in Namibia. They are considered one of the oldest groups of people who once populated the earth.

[Plant Whisperer @MainaKaibere]

There is a stockout of many essential life saving drugs in Kenya.Been looking for blood thinners (warfarin) for the past weeks and almost all pharmacies are out of stock.Camel man is playing some silly games with medical imports and it's hurting & killing patients.

[Dr. C @chao_mbogho]

We've seen so much death & grief in this country last 3-4 years. We've watched so many parents & families cry for their children in courtrooms & funerals alike.

For me, how a country values life is the measure of a civilized & developed society. It's tragic that we are here.

[Nduta @_Nduta__]

Can't believe I no longer have to figure out low-traffic times for gyms and wait for racks and benches.

[Nduta @_Nduta__]

@joemianomwangi Hilarious scenes yani. Just rage-baiting with zero evidence.