G Jacobs (NotJustDNA on other sites)🧬🔬💻✍️📚🇳🇿
@BioinfoTools
Computational biologist & science writer. See pinned thread. New Zealander, traveller, cyclist. Joined 2009. NotJustDNA in other forums. New website coming.
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Science writer and computational biologist. Available internationally for comp. biology, writing, editing. Enquiries welcome: DM me, or email nzibis (gmail). RTs ≠ endorsements. Opinions are my own. Currently I'm in New Zealand🇳🇿 (Previously in SE Asia and Europe.) 1/
#NZ A national immunisation week starts on Monday to raise vaccination rates For measles we need a 95% coverage. Currently it’s - 76.4% of all 2-year-olds - 70.4% of Pacific 2-year-olds - 63.3% of Māori toddlers - 1 in 3 kids who catch it are hospitalised sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/10/30/wha…
![BioinfoTools's tweet card. With measles spreading in the community and vaccination coverage too low to stop it, a national immunisation week starting on […]](https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1986338464229412865/PCXuMkPN?format=jpg&name=orig)
If any PhD student working in computational biology is displaced by this most recent tumult and is looking for a new lab, I have room for one (or potentially two) PhD students in my group. Feel free to reach out via email.
The African Society for Human Genetics meeting is underway in Uganda with 400 participants, and a great line up of speakers and sessions. We are hearing of the great strides made in developing genomics capacity in Africa, but more data and training are needed! #AFSHG2025
Maryland variant update. The only real update is that it is still there. We detected it 3 more times in the last month, most recently Jan 9. x.com/SolidEvidence/… 1/
Update on the Maryland variant, the highly diverse Delta variant from a sewershed South of Baltimore. 1/
Virologist Wendy Barclay: ‘Wild avian viruses are mixing up their genetics all the time. It’s like viral sex on steroids’ Always worth listening to @wendybarclay11 @imperialcollege theguardian.com/science/2025/f…
For those looking for public health datasets that seem to have become unaccessible: archive.org/details/202501…
Happy retraction day! Fifteen years ago—that ghastly pile of utter bollocks by Mr Wakefield was retracted All kudos to @deerbrian for exposing Wakefield for his fraud #vaccineswork
Here's the thing: he knows that virus discovery isn't bioweapons research. He wants everyone to think it is to justify eliminating infectious diseases research for the sake of repurposing those funds for himself. This is a self-serving lie. Don't believe it.
Here’s one reason why we need @WHO. There is an outbreak of Sudan virus (a type of ebolavirus) in Uganda. They are trying to rapidly detect cases to prevent the new ones. Time is critical to stop an outbreak from growing into an epidemic. WHO helps speed things up.
🆕 @WHO accelerates efforts to support response to Sudan virus disease outbreak in Uganda | WHO | Regional Office for Africa afro.who.int/countries/ugan…
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WHO accelerates efforts to support response to Sudan virus disease outbreak in Uganda | WHO |...
Brazzaville/Kampala – Following the confirmation of an outbreak of Sudan virus disease – which belongs to the same family as Ebola virus disease – in Uganda today, World Health Organization (WHO) is...
Apparently we haven't dumbed it down enough for Rand Paul: Hepatitis B's primary transmission route is vertical (mom to child) HBV can transmit by bites or hygiene implements If a child gets HBV they have a 90% chance of getting chronic disease
Today, at @RobertKennedyJr's HELP hearing, I made it clear that we need medical freedom. There's such a belief in submission. "Submit to the government. Do what you're told." There is no discussion. There ought to be a debate. RFK Jr. has my vote. MAHA!
I am the author of this OpEd, which was given a misleading title and from which key lines were cut—lines that made very clear that RFK Jr is dangerously ignorant, has absolutely no business near HHS, and is effectively a mass murderer in waiting.
Trump’s healthcare disruption could pay off — if he pushes real reform @latimes @RobertKennedyJr.He is our best chance of doing so latimes.com/opinion/story/…
This morning Uganda announced a new Ebola outbreak. The last time there was an Ebola outbreak in Uganda, the CDC worked with the WHO on helping end it. But now, the CDC can’t even talk to the WHO. I repeat, again and again, this is pure stupidity that will only hurt us.
Permanent Secretary, Dr. @DianaAtwine addresses the media this afternoon. “An outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease has been confirmed in Kampala, Uganda following confirmation from 3 National Reference Laboratories.”
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I am *SO* sick of @facebook "refreshing" the page I have open, throwing it away. Is there no way to stop it? It’s a major UI fail. People have particular pages open because, duh, *they’re using them* LEAVE THEM OPEN FOR THE READER That’s not hard to work out is it?
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