Ash
@polyashylide.bsky.social
PhD Candidate - lncRNA & transcriptomics in asthma • 🇦🇺• Nutrition & Food Sci • 3D art / Blender 3D • All views are my own • She/her
Thesis bootcamp day 2. Several hours of going in circles with data analysis until the last minute when I found something interesting. Tomorrow - day 3 - more analysis and maybe preparing the next paper.
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Thesis bootcamp day 2. Several hours of going in circles with data analysis until the last minute when I found something interesting. Tomorrow - day 3 - more analysis and maybe preparing the next paper.
And pleased to report I was the winner of the general public scientific communication session at our centre conference last week 😊 I’ve spent much time developing my skills for communicating to lay audiences and gathering all sorts of resources as it’s so, so important - especially in basic science
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
And pleased to report I was the winner of the general public scientific communication session at our centre conference last week 😊 I’ve spent much time developing my skills for communicating to lay audiences and gathering all sorts of resources as it’s so, so important - especially in basic science
Day 1 of November thesis bootcamp done ✅ finished rewriting my review and putting all the references back in. Analysis day tomorrow! #thesis
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Day 1 of November thesis bootcamp done ✅ finished rewriting my review and putting all the references back in. Analysis day tomorrow! #thesis
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Over the years, I've collected a fair pile of sources for high-quality images to share with students & colleagues, esp. those who ask me about where to find accurate, science-focused clip art. (Don't knock it--clip art is useful for a lot of reasons!) So, here's my current list: buff.ly/c6LHmGG /end
Even if you say "I'm not an artist," it's worth a little effort to create compelling, accessible science visuals
Resources to help you do so
buff.ly
October 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Over the years, I've collected a fair pile of sources for high-quality images to share with students & colleagues, esp. those who ask me about where to find accurate, science-focused clip art. (Don't knock it--clip art is useful for a lot of reasons!) So, here's my current list: buff.ly/c6LHmGG /end
The motto of the past ~4 weeks of my PhD analysis has been ‘why can’t it just WORK’. I’ve been really held back by every step and every workaround not working. Imagine my skepticism when, on a Friday afternoon, I try something new and uncommon and it just..worked? 🤯
September 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The motto of the past ~4 weeks of my PhD analysis has been ‘why can’t it just WORK’. I’ve been really held back by every step and every workaround not working. Imagine my skepticism when, on a Friday afternoon, I try something new and uncommon and it just..worked? 🤯
Skulked around my own backyard with my camera last week, and created this moody preset that I’m enjoying. Hope to see more than 2 lemons on the bush next year and to get to the blueberries before the dogs do..
September 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Skulked around my own backyard with my camera last week, and created this moody preset that I’m enjoying. Hope to see more than 2 lemons on the bush next year and to get to the blueberries before the dogs do..
And that’s a wrap on our #ThesisFest2025 event 🫡 ~
I met a bunch of students that I hadn’t before, took down notes and resources from all the speakers, and (most excitedly) came home with some PhD-themed stickers! #PhDLife
I met a bunch of students that I hadn’t before, took down notes and resources from all the speakers, and (most excitedly) came home with some PhD-themed stickers! #PhDLife
July 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
And that’s a wrap on our #ThesisFest2025 event 🫡 ~
I met a bunch of students that I hadn’t before, took down notes and resources from all the speakers, and (most excitedly) came home with some PhD-themed stickers! #PhDLife
I met a bunch of students that I hadn’t before, took down notes and resources from all the speakers, and (most excitedly) came home with some PhD-themed stickers! #PhDLife
“…we don’t know whether the processing leads to poor health or if eating UPFs is simply an indicator of poor diet quality.” 👈 🙌
May 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM
“…we don’t know whether the processing leads to poor health or if eating UPFs is simply an indicator of poor diet quality.” 👈 🙌
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I wrote a short perspective for Frontiers detailing the process behind my artwork "Musings of the Protein Alphabet," and the VIZBI 2025 Annual Conference logo.
Please check it out; it's open access!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/bio...
#dataviz #sciart #VIZBI
Please check it out; it's open access!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/bio...
#dataviz #sciart #VIZBI
May 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I wrote a short perspective for Frontiers detailing the process behind my artwork "Musings of the Protein Alphabet," and the VIZBI 2025 Annual Conference logo.
Please check it out; it's open access!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/bio...
#dataviz #sciart #VIZBI
Please check it out; it's open access!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/bio...
#dataviz #sciart #VIZBI
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A comprehensive analysis framework for evaluating commercial single-cell RNA sequencing technologies. #SingleCell #scRNAseq #Genomics #Bioinformatics #NAR
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
A comprehensive analysis framework for evaluating commercial single-cell RNA sequencing technologies
Abstract. This study examined nine prominent commercially available single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) kits across four technology groups. Each kit was
academic.oup.com
December 16, 2024 at 10:31 PM
A comprehensive analysis framework for evaluating commercial single-cell RNA sequencing technologies. #SingleCell #scRNAseq #Genomics #Bioinformatics #NAR
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
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Exactly how many protein-coding genes are there in the human genome? The truth is no one knows. The numbers change based on what database you use as reference.
December 15, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Exactly how many protein-coding genes are there in the human genome? The truth is no one knows. The numbers change based on what database you use as reference.
90% of my issues with R are simply trying to install packages.
December 2, 2024 at 1:34 AM
90% of my issues with R are simply trying to install packages.
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The accompanying editorial on this landmark trial
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"A new era in the treatment if acute exacerbations of asthma and COPD"
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"A new era in the treatment if acute exacerbations of asthma and COPD"
November 28, 2024 at 12:17 AM
The accompanying editorial on this landmark trial
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"A new era in the treatment if acute exacerbations of asthma and COPD"
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"A new era in the treatment if acute exacerbations of asthma and COPD"
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Cells are crowded spaces packed with colliding and interacting biomolecules. Despite this, intracellular functions are often described using the clean language of networks. In this post I attempt to reconcile these seemingly contradictory perspectives. mbernste.github.io/posts/intuit...
Intuiting biology (Part 1: Order and chaos in the crowded cell)
Cells are crowded spaces packed with biomolecules colliding and interacting with one another. Despite this chaotic environment, biologists routinely describe intracellular functions using the clean ma...
mbernste.github.io
November 27, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Cells are crowded spaces packed with colliding and interacting biomolecules. Despite this, intracellular functions are often described using the clean language of networks. In this post I attempt to reconcile these seemingly contradictory perspectives. mbernste.github.io/posts/intuit...
Resonating a little too well with Heraclitus.
November 26, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Resonating a little too well with Heraclitus.
❓ For my #singlecell peeps - when looking at #splitseq specifically, where the cell is the rxn compartment (i.e. not drop-seq), what are the downsides of excess cell aggregation/clumping during cell fixation (immune cells, pre-library prep)? #scrnaseq #bioscience
November 22, 2024 at 7:38 AM
❓ For my #singlecell peeps - when looking at #splitseq specifically, where the cell is the rxn compartment (i.e. not drop-seq), what are the downsides of excess cell aggregation/clumping during cell fixation (immune cells, pre-library prep)? #scrnaseq #bioscience
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When I will respond to your email
November 20, 2024 at 6:38 PM
When I will respond to your email
Intro post ⭐️ 1 of ???
Profesh: I’m 2nd yr PhD candidate officially School of Public Health but my project focuses on mol biol. I’m looking at long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) and single-cell transcriptomics in asthmatic kids. I’m also a nutritionist and food scientist with QA experience.
Profesh: I’m 2nd yr PhD candidate officially School of Public Health but my project focuses on mol biol. I’m looking at long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) and single-cell transcriptomics in asthmatic kids. I’m also a nutritionist and food scientist with QA experience.
November 21, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Intro post ⭐️ 1 of ???
Profesh: I’m 2nd yr PhD candidate officially School of Public Health but my project focuses on mol biol. I’m looking at long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) and single-cell transcriptomics in asthmatic kids. I’m also a nutritionist and food scientist with QA experience.
Profesh: I’m 2nd yr PhD candidate officially School of Public Health but my project focuses on mol biol. I’m looking at long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) and single-cell transcriptomics in asthmatic kids. I’m also a nutritionist and food scientist with QA experience.
Adelaide PhD Melinda representing Aus in one of my favourite scicomm comps - Visualise Your Thesis - with an entry on generating plastics from food waste ⭐️ “From Your Kitchen Food Scraps to Your Kitchen Food Wrap” doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
From Your Kitchen Food Scraps to Your Kitchen Food Wrap
Mel Nguyen, From Your Kitchen Food Scraps to Your Kitchen Food WrapWinner – University of Adelaide VYT local competition (2024)
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November 18, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Adelaide PhD Melinda representing Aus in one of my favourite scicomm comps - Visualise Your Thesis - with an entry on generating plastics from food waste ⭐️ “From Your Kitchen Food Scraps to Your Kitchen Food Wrap” doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...