Lexi D

Post doc in molecular biology and parasite interactions at Institut Pasteur. Interested in epigenetics, genomics and pop gen of insect vectors and parasites.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Humans apparently have stripes that are invisible to our eyes but your cat possibly can see them

They are Blaschko’s lines, relics of growth as a foetus, swirls representing cell division and the trails cells took

Some conditions make them visible 1/🧵
📸BC Medical Genetics

[Richard Sever @cshperspectives]

Massive news: eLife to abolish accept/reject decisions: papers will just be “peer reviewed”. Others can argue about this, but lots of interesting consequences. 1/9 https://t.co/FedRxI62iC

[Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash]

Do microbes have a memory? History-dependent behavior in the adaptation to variable environments https://t.co/E96lZY3rG5

[Clive Thompson @pomeranian99]

I did not realize that Wikipedia has such a kickass dataviz of the Great Vowel Shift: https://t.co/ImyukH5myf

[Seeker @Seeker]

Scientists have mapped the largest amount of the night sky ever — and you can explore it online.

[eLife - the journal @eLife]

Scientists find a novel form of reproduction in a fungal species closely related to the human pathogenic Cryptococcus species. https://t.co/W3lthLGKxO

[Lexi D @Lexi13]

@femmefin Whaaat?! Really?! How does it work with parents? Do you have a link?

[Easlo @heyeaslo]

Internet is free university.

Design: uxcel .com
No-code: makerpad .co
Language: duolingo .com
Code: freecodecamp .org
Academic: khanacademy .org
Cooking: bingingwithbabish .com
Marketing: marketingexamples .com

You just need a laptop and internet connection.

[Jim Haseloff @jimhaseloff]

Huge collection of microscopy video tutorials by leading experts at:
https://t.co/BuYLeB5omJ
A must-bookmark for researchers interested in bio imaging.

[Ben Meer @SystemSunday]

3. Split View

Work in two apps at the same time, side-by-side.

Lock them in place:

• Hover over the full-screen 🟢 button
• Choose the L or R side
• Content will fill that side
• Fill the other side by clicking a window
• Slide the vertical line to adjust the width

[Jian Peng @_jianpeng]

Protein structure can be predicted from a single sequence alone with high accuracy.
@HelixonBio team have developed OmegaFold, achieving performance similar to RF and AF2's MSA versions. Only a single sequence is given as input. 1/5

[Easlo @heyeaslo]

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[Misha @mishadavinci]

To succeed in the future, you MUST learn web3.

These 7 world-changing concepts get you up to speed:

[Leann Tilley @LeannTilley]

The new weapon against malaria’s drug resistance https://t.co/CyhKOBBp14

[Ultima Genomics @UltimaGenomics]

The $100 genome is here! Thrilled to unveil the company, highlight some of our collaborators and their data, and disclose our funding! Read the full press release:
https://t.co/xZywJKfAMI

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

10 websites you didn't know you were missing (until now) :

[juan @juanbuis]

it’s incredible how reading this feels like finally unlocking 100% of your brain

(via @christophepas)

[eLife - the journal @eLife]

This study investigated how cell shape and the motility of individual cells influence how macrophages scan for signs of infection. https://t.co/qZKiXWRl07

[William J. Greenleaf @WJGreenleaf]

Our paper describing NEAT-seq, a method to simultaneously measure transcription factor protein abundance, ATAC-seq, and RNA-seq in single cells, is now out at Nature Methods! Congrats to Amy and Ben! https://t.co/UeDR5KtcW1

[Whitehead Institute @WhiteheadInst]

.@LouridoLab developed a new method to probe gene function in the parasite Toxoplasma gondii and uncovered a previously unstudied kinase, SPARK, linked to the parasites' ability to enter and leave host cells: https://t.co/2q2F3x6umf