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5 May, 8 tweets, 3 min read
Thrilled to see research on #Covid19 considering sex and gender differences! I'll link a few more articles underneath 👇
Great infographic from @CIHRIGH on including sex and gender in Covid-19 research
cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/documents/ig…
A great article by @meradfor theconversation.com/why-males-may-…

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Here's podcast episode to check out! The @EndocrinePod featuring the fantastic, @walkerdm79 (with a new lab at OHSU @walkerlabohsu) and hosted by @superchiasmatic, a neuroscientist and #SciComm-er with a super handle🦸‍♀️
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7 May
.@LastWeekTonight did a great piece on bias in medicine in 2019 that features an excerpt of an interview with Larry Cahill from a 60 Minutes story ("Sex Matters" in 2014).
Larry Cahill wrote a great response to Gina Rippon's "The Gendered Brain" -- a tweet from the amazing @Docbecca explains...
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At the start of lockdown last year, I downloaded #TikTok and I’ve been hooked ever since! My own videos are a mix of “life in the lab”, some singing & music, and a generous helping of silliness 😁
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Hello all! @NeuroErinPhD here - I’m thrilled to be curating the feed this week. Here's an intro thread on my journey in science…🧵(1/7)
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13 Apr
Ok so I had a rather hectic evening, but now let's talk about simulating proteins!
First of all, what's a protein?

Protein's are large biological molecules that are responsible for a myriad of different processes in living things. Feel hungry? In pain? Taste something sweet? Feeling an emotion? All of these things are controlled by a vast array of proteins!
Proteins are amazing! Each one is highly specialised to carry out a specific task, what's incredible is that all proteins are made from the same building blocks called amino acids (AAs).

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13 Apr
Great question!

Yes we can usually determine if a calculation will be expensive by assessing a number of parameters ⬇️
In the context of QM calculations we have to assess whether the level of theory we are using is appropriate. Perhaps we could use a cheaper ab initio, semi-empirical, or DFT method. The choice depends on the question and system!

Also: basis sets
Without going into too much detail, basis sets help to describe the shape and behaviour of electrons around certain atoms. We can make them really detailed (i.e. model every electron) or just model the important ones (ones involved in bonding etc)

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