Thomas Crow
@scicrow.bsky.social
Study biochemistry, AI, genomics.
A big horror fan.
A combination that'll end well.
A big horror fan.
A combination that'll end well.
Cool fact I learnt from Siddhartha Mukherjee's 'The Emperor of All Maladies'.
When penicillin was first released for use in WW2, it was so rare that after giving it to patients, doctors would extract it again from their urine for reuse.
When penicillin was first released for use in WW2, it was so rare that after giving it to patients, doctors would extract it again from their urine for reuse.
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Cool fact I learnt from Siddhartha Mukherjee's 'The Emperor of All Maladies'.
When penicillin was first released for use in WW2, it was so rare that after giving it to patients, doctors would extract it again from their urine for reuse.
When penicillin was first released for use in WW2, it was so rare that after giving it to patients, doctors would extract it again from their urine for reuse.
New from me: just a quick primer for kids and newbies about what coding does and why we bother with it.
If you want to enter the Matrix, it's time to talk about coding.
Our new article '101: Coding' is live on our website now.
Read it here: particle.scitech.org.au/tech/101-cod...
#TheMatrix #coding
Our new article '101: Coding' is live on our website now.
Read it here: particle.scitech.org.au/tech/101-cod...
#TheMatrix #coding
101: Coding | Particle
Fancy yourself an amateur Keanu Reeves? If you want to enter the Matrix, it’s time to talk about coding.
particle.scitech.org.au
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
New from me: just a quick primer for kids and newbies about what coding does and why we bother with it.
In Melbourne for the Australian Biocommons Biohackathon. It was immediately cold and raining when I arrived, despite being mid spring. Melbourne is on-brand.
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
In Melbourne for the Australian Biocommons Biohackathon. It was immediately cold and raining when I arrived, despite being mid spring. Melbourne is on-brand.
Demonstrating my first lab at my new uni in a couple of hours! They'll be using chromatography to learn about photosynthetic pigments in plants.
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Demonstrating my first lab at my new uni in a couple of hours! They'll be using chromatography to learn about photosynthetic pigments in plants.
"Google for DNA" -- this sounds incredible!!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Google for DNA’ brings order to biology’s big data
MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery.
www.nature.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"Google for DNA" -- this sounds incredible!!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
New from me: how scientists use a philosophical concept to make maps of meaning.
How do philosophy and science relate?
Read it here: particle.scitech.org.au/people/ontol...
#ontologies #tobeornottobe
Read it here: particle.scitech.org.au/people/ontol...
#ontologies #tobeornottobe
Ontology: when philosophy meets science | Particle
Ontologies help computers understand the world … but whose world?
particle.scitech.org.au
September 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
New from me: how scientists use a philosophical concept to make maps of meaning.
Reposted by Thomas Crow
How science is told matters as much as what it says.
Thomas Crow investigates science communication.
particle.scitech.org.au/people/scien...
#SciCom #ScienceForAll
Thomas Crow investigates science communication.
particle.scitech.org.au/people/scien...
#SciCom #ScienceForAll
Science communication is a conversation, not a script | Particle
How science is told matters as much as what it says.
particle.scitech.org.au
September 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
How science is told matters as much as what it says.
Thomas Crow investigates science communication.
particle.scitech.org.au/people/scien...
#SciCom #ScienceForAll
Thomas Crow investigates science communication.
particle.scitech.org.au/people/scien...
#SciCom #ScienceForAll
New from me: looking at how science communication has changed since the COVID years and what scientists now need to think about when talking to the public.
@particlewa.bsky.social
particle.scitech.org.au/people/scien...
@particlewa.bsky.social
particle.scitech.org.au/people/scien...
Science communication is a conversation, not a script | Particle
How science is told matters as much as what it says.
particle.scitech.org.au
September 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
New from me: looking at how science communication has changed since the COVID years and what scientists now need to think about when talking to the public.
@particlewa.bsky.social
particle.scitech.org.au/people/scien...
@particlewa.bsky.social
particle.scitech.org.au/people/scien...
This is a great article on how to make better data visualisation for your research. There's even a cool little test to see how well you can interpret different data.
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
July 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is a great article on how to make better data visualisation for your research. There's even a cool little test to see how well you can interpret different data.
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
My pet peeve: when people ask a question on social media and someone will answer it with what ChatGPT/Copilot said.
Folks, LLMs are handy but treat them how your teachers treated Wikipedia. They can be a starting point, but you've got to then use your brain and find real sources.
#LLM #ChatGPT
Folks, LLMs are handy but treat them how your teachers treated Wikipedia. They can be a starting point, but you've got to then use your brain and find real sources.
#LLM #ChatGPT
July 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Going to an international conferences with US researchers is wild. They're all saying "Yeah I got fired two days ago," or "My research is under attack by the Trump administration."
The script goes from early career researchers to literal world experts. Incredible how fast it has deteriorated.
The script goes from early career researchers to literal world experts. Incredible how fast it has deteriorated.
July 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Going to an international conferences with US researchers is wild. They're all saying "Yeah I got fired two days ago," or "My research is under attack by the Trump administration."
The script goes from early career researchers to literal world experts. Incredible how fast it has deteriorated.
The script goes from early career researchers to literal world experts. Incredible how fast it has deteriorated.
Writing a feature about universe expansion and it's gone a bit off the rails. I'm currently working out how far away you'd have to drive Sabrina Carpenter to get her to sound like Metallica's James Hetfield.
June 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Writing a feature about universe expansion and it's gone a bit off the rails. I'm currently working out how far away you'd have to drive Sabrina Carpenter to get her to sound like Metallica's James Hetfield.
Reposted by Thomas Crow
Western Australia: "Joondalup and Midland hospital staff encouraged to wear masks as high flu and COVID cases hit."
"It comes as The West Australian this week revealed the number of people in hospital with the flu had more than doubled the same time last year."
Source: archive.md/iTHiq
"It comes as The West Australian this week revealed the number of people in hospital with the flu had more than doubled the same time last year."
Source: archive.md/iTHiq
June 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Western Australia: "Joondalup and Midland hospital staff encouraged to wear masks as high flu and COVID cases hit."
"It comes as The West Australian this week revealed the number of people in hospital with the flu had more than doubled the same time last year."
Source: archive.md/iTHiq
"It comes as The West Australian this week revealed the number of people in hospital with the flu had more than doubled the same time last year."
Source: archive.md/iTHiq
Recent feaute of mine where I talk about solid state batteries and why we don't have the miracle batteries we were promised 20 years ago. Also my dodgy explanations of chemistry.
particle.scitech.org.au/tech/particl...
particle.scitech.org.au/tech/particl...
Particle 101: Solid state batteries | Particle
Solid-state batteries are big news at the moment. What are they and why are people so excited?
particle.scitech.org.au
June 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Recent feaute of mine where I talk about solid state batteries and why we don't have the miracle batteries we were promised 20 years ago. Also my dodgy explanations of chemistry.
particle.scitech.org.au/tech/particl...
particle.scitech.org.au/tech/particl...
I would love night clubs if the music was quieter and better and the surfaces were less sticky and there were less people and I could be in my pyjamas and read a book and didn't have to travel far from home to get there.
June 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I would love night clubs if the music was quieter and better and the surfaces were less sticky and there were less people and I could be in my pyjamas and read a book and didn't have to travel far from home to get there.
I study genomic prediction and one of the biggest headaches is that you never quite have as much genome data as you'd like.
That said, be careful when you give your genetics away. You never know where it will end up. Businesses merge, institutions change hands.
edition.cnn.com/2025/05/19/b...
That said, be careful when you give your genetics away. You never know where it will end up. Businesses merge, institutions change hands.
edition.cnn.com/2025/05/19/b...
Regeneron to buy bankrupt DNA testing firm 23andMe for $256 million | CNN Business
Drugmaker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will buy genetic testing firm 23andMe for $256 million through a bankruptcy auction, the companies said Monday.
edition.cnn.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I study genomic prediction and one of the biggest headaches is that you never quite have as much genome data as you'd like.
That said, be careful when you give your genetics away. You never know where it will end up. Businesses merge, institutions change hands.
edition.cnn.com/2025/05/19/b...
That said, be careful when you give your genetics away. You never know where it will end up. Businesses merge, institutions change hands.
edition.cnn.com/2025/05/19/b...
Started listening to the Dresden Files and I'm on book 2. Unfortunately, I've just guessed the werewolf on the first chapter.
Sometimes you're given a Chekov's gun, sometimes Chekov is driving a tank instead.
Sometimes you're given a Chekov's gun, sometimes Chekov is driving a tank instead.
May 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Started listening to the Dresden Files and I'm on book 2. Unfortunately, I've just guessed the werewolf on the first chapter.
Sometimes you're given a Chekov's gun, sometimes Chekov is driving a tank instead.
Sometimes you're given a Chekov's gun, sometimes Chekov is driving a tank instead.
Don't know if this is a real rule or a bad writing habit I picked up, but I feel like punctuation inside quotes is like code in brackets, you treat it as all containerised. A full stop in "She said." doesn't require a capital "D" after. Is that right or just some nonsense I've collected?
May 12, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Don't know if this is a real rule or a bad writing habit I picked up, but I feel like punctuation inside quotes is like code in brackets, you treat it as all containerised. A full stop in "She said." doesn't require a capital "D" after. Is that right or just some nonsense I've collected?
The code I write on Friday afternoon feels like a personal insult to myself on Monday morning.
May 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The code I write on Friday afternoon feels like a personal insult to myself on Monday morning.
In was not aware of just how truly insane the resource demands are for molecular modelling until I moved to genetics and found I didn't need to use a supercomputer for neural networks with millions of nodes.
May 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
In was not aware of just how truly insane the resource demands are for molecular modelling until I moved to genetics and found I didn't need to use a supercomputer for neural networks with millions of nodes.
This is cool.
This first of two papers from Lihan Zhang’s group this week reports a versatile engineering strategy for the assembly line reprogramming of polyketide synthases, enabling custom biosynthesis of designer molecules
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Plug-and-play engineering of modular polyketide synthases - Nature Chemical Biology
Polyketide synthases are powerful assembly line enzymes for the production of organic compounds. Here, the authors develop a versatile engineering strategy for assembly line reprogramming, enabling cu...
www.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This is cool.
Desperate to know if the remaster has redone the Oblivion voice acting.
#elderscrolls
#elderscrolls
April 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Desperate to know if the remaster has redone the Oblivion voice acting.
#elderscrolls
#elderscrolls
Dealing with Python module version incompatibilities in my PhD really made me appreciate the #rimworld modder community. Even after all these years, Rimworld's best mods get updated within a few weeks of a new version release. Python could never.
April 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Dealing with Python module version incompatibilities in my PhD really made me appreciate the #rimworld modder community. Even after all these years, Rimworld's best mods get updated within a few weeks of a new version release. Python could never.