@TheRobZhang

grad stud @Pitt

 Pittsburgh, PA
Joined April 2014
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Opening session of #CSHLRetroviruses and ⁦@TheRobZhang⁩ did a wonderful job!
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Introducing the 2022 cruc fam 🔥⚒🧡
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We also officially added a new lab member this week - PMI student Robert has joined the lab. Our first PhD student!!
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gooooob morning. i have a feeling. today will be a good day. and if it’s not. well that’s alright too. because there’s always tomorrow. and there’s always peanut butter
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gooooob morning. we just got back from a magical walk. it was chilly. but if you zoom periodically. it gets warmer. the human put extra blankets. in the wagon for my fren. who was in charge of navigation. we were a force. to be reckoned with
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Bears repeating: Creativity that satisfies & affirms your world view is Entertainment. Creativity that challenges & disrupts your world view is Art.
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sometimes. i get very excited. and all i want to do. is wag my tail. but every single time. it is my whole body. that wags
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Not that anybody asked, but one-third (95 out of 289) of all American Nobel Prizes in the Sciences have been earned by Immigrants to the United States.
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Since I’m bored and 2017 was full of negative news stories, I’ve found some positive stories you probably didn’t hear about. A thread:
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please find. your entertainment. elsewhere
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Well. Goodbye internet! #NetNeutrality
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Here's another source! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2759…
Vitamin D has been shown to reduce the risk of influenza, during these cold winter months make sure you either get sunlight or take some supplements! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article… #Influenza #vitaminD
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Realized I listen to a lot of the same stuff... anyone got any recommendations for me?? 2017wrapped.com/share/en/-L0…
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By analyzing different models for phylogeny scientists have shown that models that describe phylogeny invariably, like examining site-specific amino acids support sponges to be our deepest ancestor and the first to branch from LUCA. theguardian.com/science/2017… … … @OxyEvo

Evolution row ends as scientists declare sponges to be sister of all other animals

Question of whether sponges or comb jellies were first to branch off the evolutionary tree from the common ancestor of all animals may be answered

theguardian.com
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Analysis of ancient DNA shows a new genus of horse that used to live in North America! Except according to the DNA this new species of "horse" actually isn't closely related any living population of horses, donkeys, or zebras. sciencedaily.com/releases/20… @OxyEvo

A horse is a horse, of course, of course -- except when it isn't

Scientists have discovered a previously unrecognized genus of extinct horses that roamed North America during the last ice age. The new findings are based on an analysis of ancient DNA from fossils...

sciencedaily.com
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Robert Zhang retweeted
Liz🍩Wash@wash_n_dry24 Nov 2017
🤔 – at Denville, NJ
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These scuba diving flies have adapted to inhabit a new niche that other insects cannot! nyti.ms/2jKOmN4 @OxyEvo
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Asymmetric brain structure may shed light on the difference in brain structures between modern human and chimps. If we could determine when this difference arised in our genetic history we could shed light on the evolution of the brain. sciencedaily.com/releases/20… @OxyEvo
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