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After 27 years, my path in academia is coming to an end. On July 1st I will be retiring from my Professorship at the University of Ottawa. What comes next? Plenty, but those are posts for later. A thread 🧵(1/8)
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Looking forward to this event. Always fun speaking at the alma mater 🧑‍🎓🤓
Register for ToBE 2024 for a chance to hear from incredible scientists, including Nobel Prize Winner Jennifer Doudna! tobeconference.com
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Andrew Pelling 🧫🔬 retweeted
Need more reasons to attend #ToBE2024? We’re very honoured to introduce Dr. Andrew Pelling (@pellinglab) as one of our keynote speakers! Register with the link in our bio to secure your spot now! @bme_uoft @UofTEngineering @UofT @MilosRPopovic
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After 27 years, my path in academia is coming to an end. On July 1st I will be retiring from my Professorship at the University of Ottawa. What comes next? Plenty, but those are posts for later. A thread 🧵(1/8)
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People trained in the lab: 83 Fellowships and Awards: 46 Publications and Patents: 67 Companies co-founded: 6 Invited and keynote talks: 138 Countries visited for science: 23 Bioart installations: 14 TED Talks: 2 Underwear commercials (AKA the pinnacle of my career): 1 (7/8)
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I’ll remember this time of my life fondly. Thank you all. (8/8)
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Yes! #CoffeeWithChris achievement unlocked! Was great to catch up Chris. Hope I can race you next year 😂
Fun to catch up with @pellinglab today as he was in #yyz - chatted science, the lab reduce-reuse-recycle mantra, and marathoning - well done on @chicagomarathon and here’s hoping we connect for @berlinmarathonE next year (I already gave him my recommendation for hotel …)
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After 15+ years of hoarding old electronic junk “I might need one day” it has become necessary to purge. I just know that tomorrow I’m going to need something 😭 To all the other cheapskate hoarder scientists out there … I’m Sorry. I’ll do better next time.
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Scenes from another fascinating weekend hanging out at X for #SciFoo 2023. Thank you @digitalsci @Google @OReillyMedia for the invite. Great to be back this year in person 🤓
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Getting in a run today around Google land. Back in town to visit Google X for the weekend and hangout with all the other nerds at #scifoo 🤓
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Had a great time with the whole group at the @CanBiomatSoc annual meeting in #Halifax 🤓. We did it all! The team brought posters, gave talks, wore ball gowns and even chaired a session #biomaterials #bioengineering #plantbased #lablife
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Andrew Pelling 🧫🔬 retweeted
Its TODAY!!! We are having the #Biomaking guide launch party @ 3:15. Special thanks to @pellinglab and @CorinneTakara for their contributions. Please retweet and join us!
The launch of our Biomaking Guide is here! 🚀 Would you like to learn how you can implement biomaking in your classroom or at home? Join the author Alisha on Twitter live! 💻💬 Twitter Live Chat 📆 June 5th 🕐 3:15 ADT #Biomaking #MakeSomethingBrilliant #MakerFun #STEAMeducation
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Andrew Pelling 🧫🔬 retweeted
Another thing we’re thankful for this year? Asparagus. Not just because it's delicious, but because biophysicist @pellinglab figured out how to turn asparagus into HUMAN cells!
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Can’t wait! Second time running the #TCSNYCMarathon. Getting there in style this year 😄🚁🏃‍♂️. For more marathon stuff head on over to the Insta 😉 instagram.com/reel/Ckjb9DKPA…
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Tomorrows finish line. Weather looking like it’s going to be a hot sufferfest 🥵. Still going to be fun, NYC knows how to put on a marathon 🤩 #TCSNYCMarathon
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