I do mosquito circadian rhythms and coordinate PopBio #OpenData efforts for @VectorBase. Research professor @NotreDame. Co-PI of @Vector_Byte
Joined September 2010
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Sam Rund retweeted
18 Oct 2024
VEuPathDB is hosting a community meeting for @VectorBase users to discuss plans for the future and answer your questions. 🦟See what all the buzz is about. 🕷️Mon, Nov 4, 10 AM EST/ 3 PM UTC. Register here today! upenn.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
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Sam Rund retweeted
2 Oct 2024
Excellent. Spent an hour today doing something that would have taken 10 minutes on @veupathdb . Let’s hope a model for sustainable, long-term support of this amazing resource can be established.
2 Oct 2024
Welcome back! VEuPathDB resources are back online today! We will continue to provide bioinformatics services under a new organizational structure. Read more here: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/app/…
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Sam Rund retweeted
2 Oct 2024
Essential vector-disease resource faces shutdown without funding nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Sam Rund retweeted
21 Sep 2024
My @bugbittentweets blog this week about the tenuous future of @veupathdb @VectorBase and the potential impact on science:
blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugb…
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Critical loss: the effects of @veupathdb defunding on global health - The Lancet Microbe thelancet.com/journals/lanmi… @VectorBase
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Sam Rund retweeted
12 Sep 2024
@veupathdb and @VectorBase go dark over the weekend after more than 20 years of continuous service to their scientific communities. science.org/content/article/…
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Sam Rund retweeted
7 Aug 2024
It appears #NIAID will shutter the genome data base we all use daily. This strikes me as a significant mistake that may well endanger much of our global progress. @BSPparasitology @AS_Para @ASTMH @TrendsParasitol @AmSocParasit @parasitesrule @PiParasitology
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First talk of last session of Arthropod Genomics Symposium on genomic insecticide resistance. Dr Kamau opens the session. Session chaired by @pamcafrica / @KEMRI_Kenya with @VectorBase running the laptop.
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Special thanks to @biocentis for sponsoring this first session on vector genomics
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So much great science and networking happening at the @vectorbase @ndeckinstitute et al sponsored Arthropod Genomics Symposium (both inside and outside) in beautiful Kenya. Even the
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First talk of second day of Arthropod Genomics Symposium 🧬. Thanks @biocentis for kicking things off.
Super excited for the program today.
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Beautiful day in Nairobi, Kenya for the VectorBase bioinformatics workshop. Thanks to @ndeckinstitute and @NotreDameGlobal their support. Such amazing students in attendance learning research skills to help fight for global health.
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The @vectorbase training workshop is about to begin - the room is ready. Exciting times in Nairobi, Kenya at the awesome @KCBGroup Leadership Centre
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Sam Rund retweeted
30 Apr 2024
Our new preprint, presents bayesTPC, an R package that makes #Bayesian thermal performance curve fitting and analysis much easier and reliable than ever before! Special credit to the incredible talents of lead author @sean_sorek! @Jwsmith_jr, @Lrjohnson0 biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor…
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