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)
Need more reasons to attend #ToBE2024? We’re very honoured to introduce Dr. Andrew Pelling (@pellinglab) as one of our keynote speakers!
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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)
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
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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 …)
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.
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 🤓
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
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!
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