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Applied mathematician, data scientist, and bioinformatician |
https://akonstorum.owlstown.net
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Her Maths Story
13 days ago
“I realized that studying mathematics made me logical, precise and optimistic in life. The subject helped me gain the confidence and skills to achieve much more than I ever aspired to.” - Tabitha Rajashekar ➡️
hermathsstory.eu/tabitha-raja...
#WomenInMaths
#HerMathsStory
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Ignacio Gallup-Diaz
17 days ago
"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
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Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial
Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/pancreatic-cancer-mrna-vaccine-shows-lasting-results-early-trial-rcna331969
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American Mathematical Society
17 days ago
#JMM2026 Invited Addresses are on YouTube. Today's video is the AAAS-AMS Invited Address by Ismar Volic, Wellesley College: "Math goes to Washington: The Mathematics of Democracy, from Theory to Practice." Watch:
https://youtu.be/hm_nBJ_xpAQ
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Harmit Singh Malik
about 1 month ago
Scientists Just Discovered Darkness Travels Faster than the Speed of Light (Anyone with a social media account has known this to be true for years)
apple.news/AksW8tIXrRJ6...
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Scientists Just Discovered There’s Actually Something Faster than the Speed of Light — Popular Mechanics
Scientists experimentally confirmed what we’ve known to be true for half a century—darkness can “travel” faster than light.
https://apple.news/AksW8tIXrRJ69wRrzXLFiMQ
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Her Maths Story
about 2 months ago
Check out our latest blog post by Shreya Roychoudhury, the founder of Mathemagica (Instagram: @math.emagica): “I am an engineer, a founder, and a woman who refuses to be subtracted from the equation.” ➡️
hermathsstory.eu/the-magic-in...
#Teaching
#WomenInSTEM
#WomenInTech
#HerMathsStory
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Her Maths Story
2 months ago
“(...) what I like most about mathematics: there is room for many different trajectories, as long as you keep following questions that genuinely interest you.” - Mikaela Iacobelli ➡️
hermathsstory.eu/mikaela-iaco...
#MathematicalPhysics
#PDEs
#KineticTheory
#HerMathsStory
@ethz.ch
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Dee Chan
3 months ago
Oh, my goodness, this is a huge breakthrough in cancer research. This is another example of why it is crucially important to fund basic scientific research. Scientists Discover How To “Switch Off” Cancer Genes for Good
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Scientists Discover How To “Switch Off” Cancer Genes for Good
A new study shows that targeting key epigenetic proteins may permanently switch off cancer genes. Scientists at Monash University, working with Harvard University, report they have found a way to perm...
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La Matematica’s ‘Tensor Methods’ collection is issuing its second call for papers! Explore work already published in the collection and learn more about submitting your paper here:
link.springer.com/collections/...
3 months ago
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Her Maths Story
3 months ago
“Becoming part of a mentoring scheme is also some of the advice I would give to my 18-year-old self too — to look out for networking opportunities and mentorship programmes; to find people who have chosen a similar path.” - Christina Runkel ➡️
hermathsstory.eu/christina-ru...
#HerMathsStory
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Paul Naish
3 months ago
Dynamical analysis of an age-structured COVID-19 transmission model with voluntary vaccination strategies and evolutionary game
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Dynamical analysis of an age-structured COVID-19 transmission model with voluntary vaccination strategies and evolutionary game
COVID-19 infection exhibits significant age-related differences. In this paper, we consider an infectious disease model with age-structure in susceptibility and evolutionary game and analyze the im...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17513758.2026.2620176
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Nature
3 months ago
Books in brief 📚 Marvellous microbes, memory and the multiverse
go.nature.com/3Lvf7T7
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Marvellous microbes, memory and the multiverse: Books in brief
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
https://go.nature.com/3Lvf7T7
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Jaan Aru
5 months ago
Under challenging conditions, human vision turns into iterative problem solving. Typical deep learning algorithms don't do this. Our paper out now in Plos Computational Biology
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work led by
@tarunkhajuria.bsky.social
#visionscience
#neuroAI
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Comparing a computational model of visual problem solving with human vision on a difficult vision task
Author summary Human vision is not just about passively receiving information from the environment. Rather, it also involves actively making sense of what we see. When faced with unclear or incomplete...
https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012968
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Her Maths Story
4 months ago
5 years ago today, Her Maths Story went live with our 1st story. What started as a small idea has grown into a global, supportive community celebrating
#WomenInMaths
. We’re deeply grateful to everyone who has shared, read, supported & believed in this journey. Here’s to the stories still to come 💛✨
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Her Maths Story
5 months ago
“Representation shapes what seems possible, even when no one says it out loud. I feel so incredibly lucky to have crossed paths with (...) incredible women.” - Surya Mathialagan ➡️
hermathsstory.eu/surya-mathia...
#Cryptography
#USA
#Math
#TheoreticalComputerScience
#hermathsstory
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Her Maths Story
6 months ago
“The AWM Workshop…[created] a space where early-career researchers felt seen and supported...and where the entire AWM–SIAM community could come together.”
@jamiehadd.bsky.social
and Anna Little wrote a blog post about AWM at
#SIAMAN25
:
hermathsstory.eu/association-...
@awm-math.org
@hmc.edu
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Her Maths Story
7 months ago
🎥 Don’t miss out - our
#CountedOutDoc
+ Her Maths Story screening is tomorrow (Oct 17, 12 PM EST)! Join the Zoom, watch the film, and stay for the live Q&A. It’s a unique chance to reimagine how we see math. 🎟️ Register now 👉
watch.showandtell.film/watch/her-ma...
#ReImagineMath
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Her Maths Story
7 months ago
Join us for a special screening of
#CountedOutDoc
, a powerful documentary that explores how math shapes our everyday lives. Don’t miss this chance to be part of an important conversation. Reserve your spot today, register at:
watch.showandtell.film/watch/her-ma...
#CountedOut
#ReImagineMath
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Mathematics in Medical and Life Sciences
7 months ago
We are excited to announce a special issue call on Open Source Software and Code in Mathematical Biology, open until 1st March 2026.
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Taylor and Francis are currently supporting a 100% waiver for all submissions.
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Open Source Software and Code in Mathematical Biology
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Her Maths Story
8 months ago
🌟 We're looking for a new team member. Could it be you? Her Maths Story is growing — and we’re looking for a passionate, creative volunteer to help us amplify women’s voices in mathematics across our social media platforms. 1/5
#HerMathsStory
#CallForVolunteers
#WomenInMaths
#SocialMediaOpportunity
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Her Maths Story
8 months ago
“Although maths may appear too abstract (…), everybody has been exposed to (…) digital security or artificial intelligence, which (…) rely (…) in mathematics. I (…) believe that maths is invaluable to our society (…).” - Mihyun Kang ➡️
hermathsstory.eu/mihyun-kang/
@randomstructures.bsky.social
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Defend Public Health
8 months ago
Your ability to get access to a COVID vaccine this fall is in jeopardy, whether or not you fit the new, restricted eligibility criteria. Please send a letter to your members of Congress today and help spread the word.
actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
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Write members of Congress - Will COVID-19 vaccines be available this fall?
It is clear that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is on a dangerous and fast-moving path to make COVID-19 vaccines totally unavailable here in the U.S. With COVID-19 cases on the rise in many parts of the US an...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/write-members-of-congress-will-covid-19-vaccines-be-available-this-fall/
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Giulia Laura Celora
8 months ago
📣 Delighted to announce the first edition of the 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 Day, to take place in Oxford on 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵, with lots of exciting work at the interface of mathematics and biology. 🔗 For more information:
sites.google.com/view/oxwmath...
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Her Maths Story
9 months ago
Our team member and co-founder
@joanagrah.bsky.social
was invited to take part in a discussion round with Women in Vision Siegen. What a great initiative! 🫶 Looking forward to following your activities!
#WomeninMaths
#WomeninComputerScience
#WomeninVision
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That Mack
11 months ago
Willie Brown Middle School is a San Francisco 6-8 in the Bayview District. For the entire ‘24-‘25 school year, I have been driving the 44 O’Shaughnessy bus that stops there right after school gets out. That trip has been the busiest and most challenging part of my working day.
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ProPublica
10 months ago
The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from. (Published April)
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Trump’s NOAA Budget Cuts Could Gut Critical Climate Modeling
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=6-30
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The Associated Press
11 months ago
All 17 experts recently dismissed from a government vaccine advisory panel published an essay Monday decrying “destabilizing decisions” made by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that could lead to more preventable disease spread.
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Dismissed members of CDC vaccine committee call Kennedy's actions 'destabilizing'
The 17 experts recently dismissed from a government vaccine advisory panel say Health Secretary Robert F.
https://bit.ly/3HIFiU0
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Her Maths Story
12 months ago
Happy Women in Maths Day! 🥳 🎊 🙌 Today we celebrate all the incredible women like Maryam Mirzakhani that paved the way for new generations and everyone who supports women in maths today!
#womeninmaths
#womeninstem
#celebratewomen
#mathsisbeautiful
#womeninscience
#hermathsstory
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PLOS Biology
12 months ago
#AI
& national health databases offer opportunities, but can be exploited by unethical agents like
#PaperMills
. This study reveals an explosion of formulaic research articles, with inappropriate study designs & false discoveries, using data from US
#NHANES
resource
@plosbiology.org
🧪
plos.io/3RWgNog
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Clement Chow
about 1 year ago
Repost w/ correct link! The Dept of Human Genetics at the Univeristy of Utah is hosting a Rising Stars in Genetics & Genomics postdoc symposium. We are looking to feature postdocs doing cool science! Please self nominate or nominate an excellent postdoc!
#ASHGtrainees
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Association for Women in Science
about 1 year ago
AWIS endorses the RESEARCHER Act (Relieving Economic Strain to Enhance American Resilience and Competitiveness in Higher Education and Research Act), a critical step towards addressing the financial instability faced by graduate and postdoctoral researchers.
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@mcclellan.house.gov
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McClellan Introduces RESEARCHER Act to Address Financial Insecurity for Graduate and Postdoctoral Researchers
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) reintroduced the Relieving Economic Strain to Enhance American Resilience and Competitiveness in Higher Education and Research…
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Her Maths Story
about 1 year ago
“Of course, at the end of the day it’s all about hard work, determination and family support —but sometimes, it’s also about that one email that changes everything in your life.” - Kateryna Marynets ➡️
hermathsstory.eu/kateryna-mar...
#FractionalDifferentialEquations
#WomenInMaths
#HerMathsStory
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Lakshmi Chandrasekaran
about 1 year ago
So thrilled to share JoAnne Growney's
#math
journey on
@hermathsstory.bsky.social
, highlighting the contribution of a supporting math
#teacher
showing how nurture goes a long way! Make sure you also check out her
#math
themed
#poems
, one of her favorite on
#EmmyNoether
is linked in the story below-
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Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth
about 1 year ago
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is the nation’s largest University Affiliated Research Center, and it’s right here in
#MD03
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plus.maths.org
about 1 year ago
We're at the annual meeting of the JUNIPER partnership of disease modellers! Currently talking about the impact of
#climate
change on the spread of diseases. Find out more in our
#Maths
on the Move
#podcast
plus.maths.org/content/its-...
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It's all connected – climate change and the spread of diseases
We know climate change can impact our lives through weather events and food security, but it can also impact on the spread of diseases. We talk to Helena Stage from the University of Bristol to find o...
https://plus.maths.org/content/its-all-connected-climate-change-and-spread-diseases
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Her Maths Story
about 1 year ago
Happy weekend! ☀️ We‘ve created a starter pack for
#HerMathsStory
contributors so it‘s easier for you to interact and network on here. Please let us know if we‘s missed anyone. 🔍
go.bsky.app/8MSapvj
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Paul Naish
about 1 year ago
Distributed Tensor Principal Component Analysis with Data Heterogeneity
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Distributed Tensor Principal Component Analysis with Data Heterogeneity
As tensors become widespread in modern data analysis, Tucker low-rank Principal Component Analysis (PCA) has become essential for dimensionality reduction and structural discovery in tensor dataset...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01621459.2025.2483481
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AERA
about 1 year ago
On Friday, March 28, 12 pm ET, AAAS will host a webinar on the laws and regulations that govern federal grant terminations, including procedures for appeals. Click the link to register.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Responding to Federal Research Grant Terminations. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join the AAAS Center for Scientific Responsibility and Justice and AAAS SEA Change for a roundtable discussion on the laws and regulations that govern federal grant terminations, including procedures ...
https://aaas.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fsPBKpxPQO63NtVzHFDNMQ#/registration
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American Mathematical Society
about 1 year ago
Looking for ways to advance your mathematical journey or share opportunities? Explore the AMS Mathematical Opportunities page for internships, fellowships, math camps, and more! Browse or submit listings to connect with exciting programs in the math community.
www.ams.org/opportunities
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MathOnco
about 1 year ago
Learning Dynamics with Neural Networks with
@alvarokohn.bsky.social
@gibin.bsky.social
and others:
mathematical-oncology.org/blog/learnin...
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Learning Dynamics with Neural Networks
mathematical-oncology.org
https://mathematical-oncology.org/blog/learning-dynamics-neural-nets.html
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Her Maths Story
about 1 year ago
This beautiful crocheted Richmond minimal surface - crafted by Hanne Kekkonen (who we had the honour to feature already: 📖
hermathsstory.eu/hanne-kekkon...
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Lakshmi Chandrasekaran
about 1 year ago
Treating
#math
as a
#language
could make it more palatable!
www.snexplores.org/article/math...
. My latest for
@snexplores.bsky.social
on Ben Orlin's recent book "Math for English Majors"
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Viewing math as a language might help it make sense to more of us
It might also reduce the anxiety associated with using math, allowing people to better answer a host of important everyday questions.
https://www.snexplores.org/article/math-as-language-anxiety
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Her Maths Story
about 1 year ago
“..()My goal was to solve a problem no one had ever solved before, it required a creative..() approach..(). The most important lesson I learned was that there is no single “correct” way to be a mathematician.”- Katy Micek ➡️
hermathsstory.eu/catherine-micek/
#ML
#WomenInMaths
#HerMathsStory
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Her Maths Story
about 1 year ago
🌍✨ Celebrating the power of mentorship and role models this
#InternationalWomensDay
! 💫 Today, we honour the incredible women in mathematics from all around the world who are paving the way for future generations. 1/6
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Her Maths Story
about 1 year ago
"The realization that mathematical concepts and theory could directly impact and improve real-world problems...fueled my passion for pursuing further research and applications that bridge theory with practice" - Anna Ma ➡️
https://buff.ly/3X8N8eb
#AppliedMaths
#HerMathsStory
@ps.uci.edu
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plus.maths.org
about 1 year ago
Hello Bluesky! We're
plus.maths.org
opening a door onto the world of maths, for anyone who is curious about the world and the maths that is changing our lives!
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Welcome to Plus! | plus.maths.org
https://plus.maths.org
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So excited to see
@hermathsstory.bsky.social
on Bluesky, and to learn about all the wonderful stories of women in mathematics that they have to share. Do follow for upcoming stories, and don't hesitate to take a look at all the stories published so far at
hermathsstory.eu
! Welcome!
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Our new tool for multi-modal data analysis! nipalsMCIA implements multiple co-inertia analysis (MCIA) via nonlinear partial iterative least squares (NIPALS). It's great for large datasets commonly found in multi-omic single-cell studies, and allows for easy out-of-sample embeddings.
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Society for Developmental Biology
over 1 year ago
The Society for Developmental Biology has released a statement on the Unprecedented Disruptions to Biomedical Research in the United States.
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Chris Pickett
over 1 year ago
Two things concerned scientists can do: 1. Call your members of Congress and explain how disruptions in funding would be disastrous for jobs and research in their district/state. 2a. Call your dept. chair and express your concern. The goal is to end the convo w/…
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Carl T. Bergstrom
over 1 year ago
Study sections are the review panels that allocate NIH research grants. They bring in experts from around the country and have to be scheduled many months in advance; they provide the funds that keep the nation's biomedical research going. It's hard to overstate the disruption this causes.
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