Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org

#introduction
Hey everyone !
I'm Gabriel Béna, I'm a French PhD student @ Imperial College London, under the supervision of @neuralreckoning.
I'm interested in using AI methods and ideas to uncover computational insights about the brain(s), and conversely to use biological insights to further advance AI.
My latest reserach has focused on studying modularity in networks under ressource constraints, and showing how functional and structural modularity may not be as linked as one may think.
I also study SNNs, especially in the context of multimodal integration (working in collaboration with @marcusghosh).
Having never jumped on the X-twitter train, I have high hopes that we can foster a real and fruitful community of peers here further on, and I'm excited to hear from you all :)
Cheers

Screw an apology, sue for billions. End Fox News.

Or, take it in your own hands. End them. These people are calling for violence. Give it to them.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/26/business/fox-news-gold-star-family-apology

I finished my summer internship this week! I spent 4 months working with a team of biologists and statisticians at The Jackson Laboratory, building visualization software for their research needs. The lab I worked with focuses on analyzing genetics, the microbiome, and addiction-related traits. Here's an overview of some of the EDA tools I built for them in #Python ☺️ #genetics #biology #addiction #dataviz #computerscience #research #phd

If you're doing cool work with data vis + bio, lmk!

Translational Bioinformatician (Director/Senior Director)
Dragonfly Therapeutics

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/translational-bioinformatician-director-senior-director/?feed_id=56847

#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
Waltham #UnitedStatesUS #Bioinformatician #Director #FacultyMember #Researcher #Scientist
https://jobrxiv.org/job/translational-bioinformatician-director-senior-director/?feed_id=56847

Behind some of these critical host evasion strategies is the accessory protein Open Reading Frame 8 (ORF8), which has gained recognition in #SarsCoV2 pathogenesis due to its hypervariability, secretory property, and unique structure.
📌 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10141009/
📌 https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00451-23
#CovidIsNotOver #covidairborne #MaskUp😷

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Some people feel that SARS-CoV-2 infection of the brain is "rare".
(let's say <10% of cases)

...But can we really say that #SARSCoV2 infection of the nervous system is rare? 🤔

That's a question posed by neuroscientist Yan-Chao Li of Jilin University in his literature review and meta-analysis "What can CSF testing & brain autopsies tell us about viral neuroinvasion of SARS-CoV-2?"
https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.26943

👇 Read more below 👇

#virus #virology @virology #InfectiousDisease #coronavirus #covid

I just migrated my account from another instance.
In case you would like to do the same thing it's easy but you need to be careful about a few things:
-Download your lists from your profile. Especially your follow list (in total you need to dl 5 csv files).
-Create a new account in the instance you want to migrate to.
-Connect your new account to the former account (done from your new account).
-Confirm the migration from your former account.
-Upload your lists to your new account.
#migration

Control of protein synthesis through mRNA pseudouridylation by dyskerin

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg1805

When the world is facing several simultaneous climate catastrophes fueled by emissions from oil, coal & gas, the hugely profitable fossil fuel corporations got more subsidies they don’t need nor deserve - up to a staggering US$7 Trillion!

Article here: https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2023/08/24/fossil-fuel-subsidies-surged-to-record-7-trillion

#EndFossilFuels #climatejustice #fossilfuels #climatechange #climatecrisis #StopFossieleSubsidies

In Denmark we have the lovely new law that if you drive more than 100% over the speed limit and over 100 kmh or drive over 200 kmh at all or drunk driving with over 2‰ they confiscate the car and you are not getting it back at all. They confiscate the car regadles of who owns the car (with very few exceptions) and that is also if it is leased. So far since when the law started they have confiscated over 2000 cars in two years. It’s my favourite law of all laws right now. The fine for driving crazy is also nicely proportional to your income and it removes the car so the person cannot just drive without license afterwards.

Hospitals in New York, California, and now Massachusetts have reinstated mask mandates due to a surge in #COVID infections. https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/umass-memorial-mask-mandate-staff-covid/?fbclid=IwAR1rfcFqvUTboVKnlTGFintfxiuFiSk-36irqEVhjEfUaJGBm0oPT8Vy9SM

If you're in BC you can request free N95 masks from maskblocBC. A snug respirator prevents inhalation of wildfire smoke & COVID-19. This link will take you to their request form: https://tinyurl.com/vxz2rwfz #covidisairborne #WildfireSmoke