Claire Freeman

Postdoctoral fellow at the @USASK WCVM, working on the genomic ASSETS project | @ColoradoStateU alum | @yostlab alum | sequencing, plasmids, + microbial ecology

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

According to the Governor of Texas, the gunman who killed at least 15 people in Uvalde is an 18-year-old who lives in the community. He had a handgun and may have been armed with a rifle, too.

In 2021, Texas lawmakers lowered the age to carry a handgun to 18. #txlege

[Claire Freeman @scienceclar]

@signer_j @ucfagls Also recommend this. Has a site, desktop app, a phone app, and all work seamlessly together.

[Claire Freeman @scienceclar]

We have a super unpleasant day of sampling ahead of us and rather than calling it terrible sampling day, my coworker suggested “character testing sampling day”. It’s all in how you frame it, folks.

[Claire Freeman @scienceclar]

@HillLabSask such a subtle burn, I love this.

[Jennifer Russell @JRusser]

Sometimes I'm like, 'why do people always think I'm seconds away from a breakdown?' And then I find archived PowerPoints that look like these:

[Claire Freeman @scienceclar]

twitter how do we feel about the use of the term mWGS (metagenomic whole genome sequencing) I feel like it is needlessly confusing and unecessary but maybe I am the minority here

[Claire Freeman @scienceclar]

When my spouse turns on the fan in the bathroom, my phone auto-connects to the bluetooth speaker in there. There will be a day where I don't automatically blast "the sound of silence" to enhance whatever he's doing in there, but today ain't that day.

[Claire Freeman @scienceclar]

@ChrisLanyon this is dumb but I can't stop laughing

[Claire Freeman @scienceclar]

@opensourcejoel @besaskwell I just signed up too, thank you for posting this

[Claire Freeman @scienceclar]

way to be, usask!

[U of Saskatchewan @usask]

New vaccination measures for fall term: #USask will expect all students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated this fall with World Health Organization-approved COVID-19 vaccines before entering USask campuses. https://t.co/FEyHpekyJY

[Claire Freeman @scienceclar]

@opensourcejoel This is an abomination

[Claire Freeman @scienceclar]

When you’re getting a lot of samples, you need a lot of sample labellers

[Claire Freeman @scienceclar]

@SimonOttoDVM AM??! 😫

[Claire Freeman @scienceclar]

Plan an important experiment for the day after you receive your second dose of the covid vaccine they said. It will go soooo awesome they said.

(Note: It should be noted they actually said the exact opposite of this, but I am a prideful, naive oaf)

[Claire Freeman @scienceclar]

@ChrisLanyon Maybe it will soften it if you change it to “Dr. Lanyon, your boy”

[Claire Freeman @scienceclar]

@Saskajanet @evornithology So, blorb still aight

[Bonnie Tyler @BonnieTOfficial]

Notifications are blowing up.
*checks news*
Ah. There's an eclipse

[Claire Freeman @scienceclar]

@HillLabSask The unenthusiastic covid bit at the end is my fave

[Aysha @msyaqoob_]

Days like today, I’m reminded that no amount of “diversity training” or diversity statements can fix a racist and colonial institution.

Someone reached out to me to share their experience with @UofRegina Prof. Allan East. It’s 2021.