David Welch
@welchdavid.bsky.social
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Phylo, dynamics, epidemiology, data sci, computational biology University of Auckland
My sister's got a new song, a self-described contemporary antipodean Christmas song for a warming world. Features a cat, a dog and a tortoise.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgfa...
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Christmas is Coming - composed by 1000 Hertz
YouTube video by Yvonne New
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgfaGg8OTDU
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Super happy to have a chance to help
@siouxsiew.bsky.social
after her epic few years of work which which was rewarded by her employer (also my employer) battling her in court over whether scicomm is real academic work (law said it is). Please support her if you can
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
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Support Dr Siouxsie After She Supported Us! | PledgeMe
Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/8521-support-dr-siouxsie-after-she-supported-us
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Janine Paynter
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About measles, the risks and the best protection you can get by my fantastic colleagues
theconversation.com/nz-may-be-on...
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NZ may be on the cusp of another measles outbreak – what happened in 2019 should be a warning
Only about 82% of two-year-olds are fully immunised against measles, with two doses of the vaccine. This leaves at least one in five unprotected.
https://theconversation.com/nz-may-be-on-the-cusp-of-another-measles-outbreak-what-happened-in-2019-should-be-a-warning-268086?utm_medium=article_native_share&utm_source=theconversation.com
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Assiduously Julie
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👏👏👏 University of Auckland ordered to pay scientist Siouxsie Wiles $205,000 in court costs
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/siouxsie-...
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'Tsunami of threats': Auckland uni ordered to pay Siouxsie Wiles $205k
The final amount was more than Wiles first sought from her employer.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/siouxsie-wiles-university-of-auckland-ordered-to-pay-scientist-205000-in-court-costs/CBDNUMZAN5ELLBWJKPV27S3K4Q/
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Andrew Rambaut
6 months ago
A long thread about mpox and the context specific nature of outbreaks prompted by the large outbreak of MPXV Clade IIb happening at the moment in Sierra Leone:
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Kristian G. Andersen
6 months ago
Since the NYT Armchair Brigade is at it again, let me just share a few public quotes made in May, 2020. 1️⃣ "Even Kristian Andersen [.] first thought that COVID-19 was just as likely to have been accidentally released from a lab as it was to have come from nature"
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/sci...
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Scientists: 'Exactly zero' evidence COVID-19 came from a lab
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/scientists-exactly-zero-evidence-covid-19-came-lab
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Shaun Hendy
6 months ago
The Covid Response will be launched tomorrow in Wellington at the Royal Society Te Apārangi. There will be copies for purchase and Susie Ferguson and I will be talking about the book - and our pandemic response and preparedness - from 6-7pm
www.bwb.co.nz/events/the-c...
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'The Covid Response' by Shaun Hendy - BWB Talks, Wellington! - BWB Bridget Williams Books
Bridget Williams Books invites you to a BWB Talk in Wellington with Shaun Hendy in conversation with Susie Ferguson, discussing his new book, The Covi...
https://www.bwb.co.nz/events/the-covid-response-bwb-talk-wellington?srsltid=AfmBOoqhVkzRoFY6NVc9dz9eo8gcWGAoMTmNnVr3bpnVh57e3ueSJmZu
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Michael Plank
10 months ago
We are advertising two PhD scholarships to work on models of the interaction between ethnicity and infectious disease dynamics at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Open to international students. Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@iddjobs.bsky.social
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Modelling the interaction between ethnicity and infectious disease dynamics at University of Canterbury on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Modelling the interaction between ethnicity and infectious disease dynamics at University of Canterbury, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/modelling-the-interaction-between-ethnicity-and-infectious-disease-dynamics/?p181579
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Angie Rasmussen
11 months ago
Grateful to
@smritimallapaty.bsky.social
for covering our analysis of host transcriptional infection signatures at the Huanan market! Still not the “smoking raccoon dog” but getting closer…
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Sick animals suggest COVID pandemic started in Wuhan market
A preliminary analysis takes a closer look at genomic data collected at the market.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03968-0
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Michael Plank
11 months ago
This is so backward 1. Science is more than just commercialisable widgetry 2. Making progress on our biggest problems (climate change, infectious diseases, misinfo to name a few) will need more collaboration between STEM and hum/social sci not less.
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Handy RStudio editor features: Duplicate line Opt+Cmd+Up/Down (PC is Shift+Alt+Up/Down) Add multiple cursors Ctrl+Opt+Up/Down (PC is Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down)
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