Andrew Flaus

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@taekjip @LugerLab Safer not to remind Karolin about the choice of those colours ...

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@LugerLab Pihanga is a female mountain in central North Island NZ was fought over by the male mountains. When Taranaki lost the battle for her affections to Tongariro, he slunk off to west creating the Whanganui River. So the legend goes …

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@LugerLab Not to scare you but this is an interesting read about how a couple travelling from ZH led to infection on a flight and in NZ quarantine. Useful teaching example for genomics applications too. https://t.co/QBTOvbASwT

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For anyone who doubts my Zoom-Teams virtual background, here is the reality of a 5 km radius today.

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St Patrick’s Day public holiday in Ireland tomorrow. I love that Friday evening feeling already on a Tuesday!

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@cian2me Thoughts: 1. How many lectures were “packed”? Online attendance increased. 2. Notwithstanding edtech, are our skills for interactive teaching up to it? 3. Galway’s uniqueness is personal interaction. 4. Haven’t we been missing “plenary” experiences (concerts, matches, lectures)?

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@RobKlose @bowchro We also tried recoding the genes rationally because the original simply has optimal E. coli codons throughout. Even got a black box version from a commercial service.

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@RobKlose @bowchro We once tried to substantiate an idea it was linked to oxygenation. I have always felt it is linked to the rate of formation or stability of inclusion bodies.

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Travel corridor across Atlantic.

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@mean_neen Why cheap? I’ve used mine for years to explain epistasis. I tried to create an allele-specific PCR lab on coat colour genes (too hard), and mused about genome sequencing (but he hates needles at vet). My daughter says all the biology students ask her about my dog at parties!

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@LugerLab Didn’t the Vorarlberg vote to secede from Vienna?

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@hcferr @betowbin @arjunrajlab See at 42 seconds https://t.co/mwtDgIZVEN

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@hcferr @betowbin @arjunrajlab Actually the inspiration originally came from the synthesised voice in a toy my kids had. In retrospect maybe that one wasn’t featured in too many parenting books ...

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Seems like way more flights than usual directly over West of Ireland this afternoon according to @flightradar24. I’m guessing the strong easterly wind is the reason. “Ye cannae change the laws of physics”

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@bowchro But we already have left wing crazies?

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@carandraugNet That is a bit economical with the truth! You made one to lookup PubMed IDs for me in about 2012 ...

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@LugerLab 3 books, 3 month wait, 3 week loan suggests 3 days reading vacation?

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Hint: Don’t leave home without a mask. I have been doing “shop of shame” from door of baker and butcher.

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@bowchro My vague and uninformed impression is that some of the cell lines favoured by microscopists sit down quite flat so maybe could be almost paraboloid? Hopefully that’s not too heretical.

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Reminded by my wife that it’s today is 25 years since my PhD viva. Not quite sure what to make of that #Samichlaus