gibran hemani
@explodecomputer
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Statistical geneticist at the MRC IEU. My own opinions here only.
Bristol, England
Joined April 2010
1. A short thread on the Sibling GWAS preprint now on bioRxiv! https://t.co/RQCaJ4cbcR
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Our paper on COVID-19 transmission in Universities is on medRxiv @Christensen_H @leondanon @emjnixon @katymeturner @amyc_thomas @adamhfinn @HPRU_BSE
High COVID-19 transmission potential associated with re-opening universities can be mitigated with layered interventions https://t.co/mqT1WjKIgT
#medRxiv
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Our rapid review of modelling studies looking at how to stop the spread of #SARS_CoV_2 in universities is available now #medRxiv preprint (not yet peer-reviewed) @HPRU_BSE @BristolUncover #coronavirus
https://t.co/CwBH3uEj5T
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https://t.co/0mmauQ00aV: a freely available integrated database and #DataMining mining platform for health data science. What more could you want! https://t.co/lbtyLbMOnX
@yiliu @elswob @pauerola @ValHaberland @explodecomputer @matt_s_lyon @oldz84 @tomrgaunt
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Genetic drift from the out-of-Africa bottleneck leads to biased estimation of genetic architecture and selection https://t.co/cZ2uxob3ID
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We built the OpenGWAS resource to be a free and open platform to support work on GWAS summary data. Much of it is based on extensive feedback on @mrbase2 from both internal and external colleagues. Paper here: https://t.co/pyXRTuhynU, key points below:
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Data generated by genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are growing fast with the linkage of biobank samples to health records, and expanding capture of high-dimensional molecular phenotypes....
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Anne Chao is a giant in the field of eco-statistics. What an honor to hear her kick off #BES2016 today with a plenary.
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@TheSpotlessLeop @jogwalker10 ah too late she read that one
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Grit, heroism, intrepidness: just some of the characteristics exhibited on the ride to the @mrc_ieu retreat #mendrand
http://t.co/IWsaSl3UDo
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Nooo! RT @mattgroh Writing efficiency using Word vs LaTeX: http://t.co/968PWMwwmy tldr: Word wins
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World Is Not Falling Apart: slated for New Republic @ moment of its collapse. Slate did a great job w it. http://t.co/ZaxArmgCYc via @slate
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It’s a good time to be a pessimist. ISIS, Crimea, Donetsk, Gaza, Burma, Ebola, school shootings, campus rapes, wife-beating athletes, lethal cops—who...
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Good holiday read: "An economist's guide to visualizing data" https://t.co/ysoU5m0dBF by @jschwabish
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(Winter 2014) - Once upon a time, a picture was worth a thousand words. But with online news, blogs, and social media, a good picture can now be worth so much more. Economists who want to disseminate...
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Best request on Maun (Botswana) facebook bulletin board: "Hello. Where in Maun can I get snake repellent asap?" #Africa #desperateneed
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She wrote the most important astrophysics PhD of the 20th century yet hardly anyone knows her name... http://t.co/zDFs17MvJX
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@TheSpotlessLeop Oh, hello Louise. How is it going today?
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My saddest photo yet. From #ISS we can actually see explosions and rockets flying over #Gaza & #Israel
http://t.co/jNGWxHilSy
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How the BBC reported on the birth of the Manchester "Baby" computer in 1948 http://t.co/NRTQqX4u8c (via @jim_boulton)
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