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computational biology PhD candidate @CMUPittCompBio | dog lover but has cats | 🎥 science YouTuber (@thebiozone) | she/her
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The placenta has amazing immune "training" abilities that can change how we view organ transplantation I am very proud to share my first ever interview! Listen to Dr. Weaver discuss her innovative research on the immune techniques of placental cells 👇 https://t.co/1X5Cmw0V0c
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Happy Halloween from bioZone! 🎃 Check out today's spooky short on the "kissing bug", which causes Chagas Disease, on youTube! 🪳💋 https://t.co/GgRKWYoDHZ
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Is 3D dragging you down? Wish you could instead use the 2D ColabFold representation for all your work? 🤓 Introducing: py2Dmol 🧬
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spooky science : deadly rabbit disease #shorts 🐇🩸 check it out on youtube: https://t.co/Lh90G7AZUx
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Today is our first day without federal funding. Our commitment to providing trusted, objective journalism hasn't wavered. For 50 years, PBS News has given you facts to understand the world and make informed decisions. This mission drives our work every day, and your immediate
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Something's fishy in the water- and it's not the fish. watch on YouTube to support us 👇 https://t.co/PNItcHT8c7
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I'm excited to share FlowMol3! the 3rd (and final) version of our flow matching model for 3D de novo, small-molecule generation. FlowMol3 achieves state of the art performance over a broad range of evaluations while having ≈10x fewer parameters than comparable models.
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Colon cancer is on the rise in younger adults, and recent research suggests a microbe may be partially to blame🦠 watch on YouTube to support us 👇 https://t.co/52o2rXliYe
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Coffee Creamer Cups are built different 💪 #biozone #scienceshorts check it out on YouTube! : https://t.co/RlrLcnXkVa
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Here are three ways that you can access scientific research for free! and check out the next tweet for links to resources with lots of open research 👇
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bioZone isn't just the name of your favorite educational YouTube channel, its also an important strategy for geologists watch on YouTube to support us 👇 https://t.co/9GhttkDHaC
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Tuna (or any seafood for that matter) is an odd favorite for cats—an animal that evolved in the desert. On #InternationalCatDay, explore the research that may give a biological explanation for this curious craving: https://t.co/yDv1rMIMLP
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Potato evolved from tomato 9 million years ago. https://t.co/YZ2PSYtJns
@NHM_London Sandra Knapp @UBC Loren H. Rieseberg @SCUCN Jianquan Liu #CAAS Sanwen Huang @cellcellpress
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Hidden in the lungs of some breast cancer survivors are tumor cells that can remain dormant for decades — until they one day trigger a relapse. Now, a study shows these rogue cells can be roused from their slumber by viruses such as COVID-19 or the flu. https://t.co/fNkrM7SJOY
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Nature - Inflammation from the respiratory infections seems to be the culprit, study in mice finds.
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Today in @naturemethods, we define a new lexicon for protein/peptide interactions. SWING is a generalizable zero-shot interaction #language_model that outperforms pLMs in multi-context predictions of the impact of genetic variation on interactions. #ML
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Nature Methods - SWING is a versatile interaction language model that can learn the language of peptide and protein interactions.
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My amazing PhD student Wendy Yang @muyu_wendy_yang is graduating this summer & seeking industry R&D roles! She's published in ISMB, Nature Methods, and interned at Genentech. Strong in #AI/#ML for gene regulation. Looking for top AI+bio talent? Contact Wendy: muyuy@andrew.cmu.edu
Congrats to @muyu_wendy_yang on a successful PhD thesis defense today! Wendy developed a series of ML methods to study genome organization & function, and genome editing - expanding our toolkit for uncovering genome principles. Here is a photo with the happy thesis committee 🎉
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Did you know that there are real animal versions of Pokemon? Dragalge is based on the Leafy seadragon❗ Thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script
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Did you know many Pokémon are inspired by real animals? We’ve collaborated with ecologist Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick to bring you a series of Pokémon videos. Stay tuned for the next episode coming this Sunday! Any guesses for our next featured Pokémon?
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Top 5 advances in medicine this week (🧵) 1. Adults can produce new neurons, after all A decades-old problem is whether adults can produce new neurons. It’s been proven in mice – but never in humans This is the stunning discovery that the full pathway of new neurons - from the
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Did you know that there are real animal versions of Pokemon? Watch on YouTube to support us 👇 https://t.co/lVLVA23L8v Shout out to Fareeda for narrating her first bioZone video! And thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script
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