Prashant Bhandari
@prashant87.bsky.social
Postdoctoral research associate.
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Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪
www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...
www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...
How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond Scientific
A discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR, the gold-standard COVID-19 tests used to fight the global pandemic.
www.richmondscientific.com
June 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪
www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...
www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...
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people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
May 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
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📢 Deadline today!
Apply to attend New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 - a FREE meeting for early career researchers in #PlantScience.
4–7 August 2025
University of Birmingham, UK
Apply now! https://www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevents/2025
Apply to attend New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 - a FREE meeting for early career researchers in #PlantScience.
4–7 August 2025
University of Birmingham, UK
Apply now! https://www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevents/2025
January 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📢 Deadline today!
Apply to attend New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 - a FREE meeting for early career researchers in #PlantScience.
4–7 August 2025
University of Birmingham, UK
Apply now! https://www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevents/2025
Apply to attend New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 - a FREE meeting for early career researchers in #PlantScience.
4–7 August 2025
University of Birmingham, UK
Apply now! https://www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevents/2025
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4D chess move here is to use LaTeX but make it look like Word to communicate that you're the type of person who does not care about superficial signals (hence, Word) but simultaneously is so good at LaTeX that it's easier for them to use.
I am very late to this thread, but want to note this old paper from Andrew Gelman in which he explains a good reason to use LaTeX (like to PDF www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/rese...)
January 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
4D chess move here is to use LaTeX but make it look like Word to communicate that you're the type of person who does not care about superficial signals (hence, Word) but simultaneously is so good at LaTeX that it's easier for them to use.
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This time of year is getting close, folks! Just saying.
November 18, 2024 at 1:11 AM
This time of year is getting close, folks! Just saying.
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{tinytable} 0.4.0 for #RStats is out! 🚀 This 📦 converts dataframes to html, tex, docx, typ, or md tables.
Super simple, ultra flexible, 0-dependency, and the website hosts a billion tutorials:
vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/
0.4.0 is a big release. Please install and try it out!
Super simple, ultra flexible, 0-dependency, and the website hosts a billion tutorials:
vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/
0.4.0 is a big release. Please install and try it out!
tinytable
vincentarelbundock.github.io
August 25, 2024 at 1:06 PM
{tinytable} 0.4.0 for #RStats is out! 🚀 This 📦 converts dataframes to html, tex, docx, typ, or md tables.
Super simple, ultra flexible, 0-dependency, and the website hosts a billion tutorials:
vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/
0.4.0 is a big release. Please install and try it out!
Super simple, ultra flexible, 0-dependency, and the website hosts a billion tutorials:
vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/
0.4.0 is a big release. Please install and try it out!
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(Did I never post this tip here?)
Do you like bibtex? Do you do doi? Do you want bibtex refs from doi on the command line? Yes you do, you wonderful monster. Try this line (adjust doi as needed, and see alt text for source too):
curl -LH "Accept: application/x-bibtex" doi.org/10.1002/evan...
Do you like bibtex? Do you do doi? Do you want bibtex refs from doi on the command line? Yes you do, you wonderful monster. Try this line (adjust doi as needed, and see alt text for source too):
curl -LH "Accept: application/x-bibtex" doi.org/10.1002/evan...
March 13, 2024 at 7:28 AM
(Did I never post this tip here?)
Do you like bibtex? Do you do doi? Do you want bibtex refs from doi on the command line? Yes you do, you wonderful monster. Try this line (adjust doi as needed, and see alt text for source too):
curl -LH "Accept: application/x-bibtex" doi.org/10.1002/evan...
Do you like bibtex? Do you do doi? Do you want bibtex refs from doi on the command line? Yes you do, you wonderful monster. Try this line (adjust doi as needed, and see alt text for source too):
curl -LH "Accept: application/x-bibtex" doi.org/10.1002/evan...
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Coincidentally I just had to reimburse UF $26.73 because tolls are no longer an allowed expense on international research travel if you get a per diem so can we please give the Alligator Staff a Pulitzer already.
www.alligator.org/article/2024...
www.alligator.org/article/2024...
Sasse’s spending spree: Former UF president channeled millions to GOP allies, secretive contracts - The Independent Florida Alligator
In his 17-month stint as UF president, Ben Sasse more than tripled his office’s spending, directing millions in university funds into secretive consulting contracts and high-paying positions for his G...
www.alligator.org
August 16, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Coincidentally I just had to reimburse UF $26.73 because tolls are no longer an allowed expense on international research travel if you get a per diem so can we please give the Alligator Staff a Pulitzer already.
www.alligator.org/article/2024...
www.alligator.org/article/2024...