Rory Bowden

Genomics Lab Head and Manager, Advanced Genomics Facility at WEHI

[Rory Bowden @rorybowden]

@strnr Surely it’s early days? And still some appeal of stability and a set of more-defined but still linked communities.

[daniel falush @DanielFalush]

Out in Nature Communications: https://t.co/21hOUkW7dJ
We (1) present a detailed history of recent admixture and drift of Helicobacter pylori in Europe and the Middle East, including at least three separate introgressions of substantial genetic material from Africa.

[Nabil-Fareed Alikhan @[email protected] @happy_khan]

We are setting up our own instance for science esp. microbial genomics. scientists and science enthusiasts welcome. https://t.co/iRzaMmFzFZ

I've written a short post explaining what mastodon actually is ; https://t.co/0aRed7U3d5

[Rory Bowden @rorybowden]

@DrAmandaLee @TimJSemple @PeterMacRes Good one Tim!

[Daniel V Brown @dvbro0]

Say hello to the #WEHIspatial22 team! @WEHI_research @rkhyip @zalcenstein

[WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) @WEHI_research]

Coming up in our #genomics technical seminar program: 'Writing the Future with Twist Bioscience' with @EmilyLeproust, entrepreneur and CEO of @TwistBioscience

Join us online, Wednesday 1 June, 11am

More info: https://t.co/UwUAODn4DK

[Dr Lucy Garner @TheLucyGarner]

A blood atlas of COVID-19 defines hallmarks of disease severity and specificity: Cell https://t.co/b3UznuzAp4

[Rory Bowden @rorybowden]

@naturemethods @itssabrinalewis Impressive!

[Genome Biology @GenomeBiology]

Benchmarking of 36 workflows for determining gene co-expression networks from RNA-seq data, from @kaylainbio & @compbiologist Data came from SRA and GTEx, and the benchmarking evaluated normalization and network transformation methods https://t.co/IkSs80ipec

[Alex Bruce-Smith @alexbrucesmith]

.@DanielAndrewsMP, drop the mic 😎. #safeschools

[Rory Bowden @rorybowden]

@1u1humanity @VB00Renegade @tminear @msanto92 @theheraldsun But that’s not what NEJM says! The study does not have a control arm, but abstract says proportion of spontaneous abortion is approximately the same 13-14% in those vaccinated as in similar studies before COVID-19. Thus there is no strong safety signal (to follow up).

[Rory Bowden @rorybowden]

Opportunities to join WEHI Genomics in R&D and platform roles: https://t.co/PM2I0NgRwB closing 29 April. Well resourced, great scope for collaborations with other @WEHI_research scientists. Get in touch.

[A/Prof Jess Nithianantharajah 🧠👩🏾‍🔬 🇱🇰🇦🇺 @jess_nithi]

This message needs to be repeatedly shared by ALL our 🇦🇺 political leaders @ScottMorrisonMP @GregHuntMP @AlboMP @KatieAllenMP @tanya_plibersek Transformative medical treatments are founded on years of discovery research. 🇦🇺 NEEDs to elevate how we value & FUND fundamental science

[Rory Bowden @rorybowden]

@CatherineOrr73 I read that too. How come NSW has so much more money for healthcare?

[Rory Bowden @rorybowden]

@DannyYee I think that is an issue of over-simplification in the piece. modelling a single mixing population is bad, but overestimating structure is also bad, especially if your tracing system is not performing well enough.

[Rory Bowden @rorybowden]

Here at last are some good arguments for doing things differently, driven by data considerations https://t.co/NH3cE43dWt

[Rory Bowden @rorybowden]

@TSicillian @StrongFight3 @CollignonPeter @Joe_Hildebrand Let’s not compare the costs to the illness and deaths we have had, but to the levels we have certainly avoided. Let’s not forget that the other states would not let VIC relax measures now anyway.

[Rory Bowden @rorybowden]

@TSicillian @CollignonPeter @Joe_Hildebrand Let’s just find who is actually incompetent first.

[Rory Bowden @rorybowden]

@TSicillian @StrongFight3 @CollignonPeter @Joe_Hildebrand Actually, perhaps the only thing that has worked in Victoria has been the strict lockdown. Testing and tracing only works if you find people early, and even then perhaps only to identify large groups for enhanced isolation.

[Rory Bowden @rorybowden]

⁦@CollignonPeter⁩ has it right: addressing high-risk workplaces is important (compared with some other measures, like curfews). https://t.co/JhsvJ9i6K3