@SamRund

I do mosquito circadian rhythms and coordinate PopBio #OpenData efforts for @VectorBase. Research professor @NotreDame. Co-PI of @Vector_Byte

 Notre Dame, IN
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Joined September 2010
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Find me on Bluesky : bsky.app/profile/samrund.bsk…
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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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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.
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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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Essential vector-disease resource faces shutdown without funding nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Essential vector-disease resource faces shutdown without funding

Nature - Letter to the Editor

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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

Critical loss: the effects of VEuPathDB defunding on global health

The scientific community worldwide is shocked by the recent announcement on the EuPathDB website, which states that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) contract suppor...

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⁦@veupathdb⁩ and ⁦@VectorBase⁩ go dark over the weekend after more than 20 years of continuous service to their scientific communities. science.org/content/article/…

Parasitologists up in arms as NIH ends funding for key database

Trove of data-mining resources on malaria and other killers set to go dark this weekend

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Parasitologists up in arms as NIH ends funding for key database

Trove of data-mining resources on malaria and other killers set to go dark this weekend

science.org
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Dear @Zoom - if you already know I am the host of prescheduled Zoom call, and there is a required security patch before I can join the call, why can't you tell me before hand ?!
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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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Last day of Arthropod Genomics Symposium - the wonderful Joachim Nwezeobi is starting us off with insecticide resistance genomics but also sharing his journey from there to cancer research bioinformatics.
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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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local wildlife is curious and wants to get in on the science
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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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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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Dear @Walmart I ordered 20 items today for delivery that came in 20 plastic bags. Including a pack of gum that had its own bag. Surely you do better than this?
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