Peter DeFord

Computational Biologist @Invitae 💻 • He/Him/His 👨‍🔬 • Casual Consumer of Performing Arts 🎭 • 🐩🐕
• All opinions my own •

[Peter DeFord @p_deford]

@NYTGames The UI should be updated to show The Mini isn't free to play anymore. It's also broken the minis in the "Free From Our Archive" section.

[Peter DeFord @p_deford]

@denverwestword Don't forget Clyde and Gracie of @lawrencetheband who played the Fillmore earlier this year as part of their #familybusinesstour!

[🧬Jacob L Steenwyk @jlsteenwyk]

Agreed! That's why I wrote ggpubfigs, a ggplot2 extension that *only colorblind-friendly color palettes.

Easily make your figures colorblind-friendly with ggpubfigs! https://t.co/frQgsl7zjP

[March Mammal Madness @MMMletsgo]

BRACKET DROP DAY!!!!! #2023MMM
Are you a player? an educator? a learner?
There is a dedicated page for you at the ASU March Mammal Madness LibGuide! https://t.co/V2epHY0WIO

[Hannah Fry @FryRsquared]

Science twitter, tell me your favourite ludicrously silly science papers? We're one short for our episode of Curious Cases..

[Peter DeFord @p_deford]

@itsginnydi If you have extras I'd love some! It's impossible to find pickling cucumbers at the grocery stores near me!

[Meredith Greif @MeredithGreif]

Hello Friends! I’m excited to share the release of my book, Collateral Damages: Landlords and the Urban Housing Crisis, published by the Russell Sage Foundation. It is available for pre-order, though numerous buyers have already received their books.

[Peter DeFord @p_deford]

@itsginnydi Reminded me of this blooper reel from Living Anachronism on YouTube haha. Good on you both for being good sports!
https://t.co/kx16aIoLK6

[Governor Jared Polis @GovofCO]

Miller Moths will fly across the Front Range for at least the next three weeks as they make their annual migration from Colorado’s southeastern plains.

To discourage them from congregating near your home without harming them, please dim your lights.

[Science News @ScienceNews]

A speck of gold dancing to a pipe organ’s tune has helped solve a long-standing mystery: why certain wind instruments violate a mathematical formula that should describe their sound. https://t.co/A4lwtFSjFp

[Peter DeFord @p_deford]

@saracarioscia I love this thread. And what a great point that students didn't come up with the system, but have to respect it despite how much we want to change it!

[Peter DeFord @p_deford]

@saracarioscia @AlexFGittens @PhDVoice Being a subject matter expert is one thing, but teaching strategies/approaches to the tasks and enabling students to be successful is way more helpful. "Teach a man to fish" and all that 🎣

[Peter DeFord @p_deford]

@saracarioscia @AlexFGittens @PhDVoice "If you have a question, others probably have it too" is often true, but sometimes one-on-ones are key to student success!

[Jasper Janssens @JasperJanssens7]

Our paper describing gene regulation in the fly brain is out now in @Nature! So proud of this one and of the amazing team work with @SaraAibar @ibrahimihsan and @joynismail in the @steinaerts lab! Check it out here https://t.co/gkFcgDtLKX with below our main findings:

[Alexis Battle @alexisjbattle]

Pleased to post our new preprint on random forest factorization of scRNA-seq data https://t.co/pmf0KjonmB led by @borisbrenerman. With @benjdshapiro and @mike_schatz, and originally conceptualized with James Taylor.

[Peter DeFord @p_deford]

My undergraduate research advisor and his daughter wrote a book about molecular biology, complete with really fun illustrations! It's available for preorder now. Feel free to take a look! https://t.co/UPH0NDpFrS

[Peter DeFord @p_deford]

Congrats to all of the @JohnsHopkins Blue Jays graduating today!

[Johns Hopkins University @JohnsHopkins]

🎓 Today’s the big day for the JHU Class of 2021! Tune in live at 7:30 p.m. EDT to join us in celebrating our amazing graduates! #JHU2021

Livestream: https://t.co/rmgh2OBc6s
Livestream with ASL: https://t.co/Bcp3yaKj1s

[ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover @NASAPersevere]

I’m safe on Mars. Perseverance will get you anywhere.

#CountdownToMars

[Johns Hopkins Arts & Sciences @JHUArtsSciences]

#WomenInScience shout-out to @Dr_EmilyFisher—microbe lover, #phage phriend, science communicator, director of undergraduate studies, associate teaching professor @HopkinsBio. 🔬🧫

[Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology, Biophysics @HopkinsCMDB]

Join us in the Cellular, Molecular, Developmental Biology and Biophysics (CMDB) PhD Program @HopkinsCMDB at Johns Hopkins University! @JohnsHopkins

https://t.co/1bBmst9Wx0