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Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · 13d

We’ll have a shorter version of our Spatial Transcriptomics workshop at ABACBS as part of the BiocAisa stream. See you in Nov in Adelaide 😃

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goldingcartoons.bsky.social @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · Sep 1

I find it disrespectful when people, such as Pauline Hanson, wrap themselves in our flag and treat it as a cheap theatrical prop to push their political agenda.
Anne Maki, Alphington @theage letters

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Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · Aug 16

Habits taught physicists to look for elegant laws in biology. But biology’s only rule is: whatever works. Whatever that works, regardless how inelegant, will be embedded in organisms via evolution.

This reminds me of the recent Themis to Workday mayhem at unimelb. Don’t change what already works!

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Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · Aug 16

A very successful workshop on spatial transcriptomics! Great fun working with @bhuvad.bsky.social & Melody Jin. The audience were most engaged 🥰

Out materials covers QC, normalisation, cell states annotation, niche identification and differential genes in ST data: bhuvad.github.io/CosMxSpatial...

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Kim-Anh Lê Cao @mixomics.org · Jul 31

Very very excited to have mixOmics shortlisted as a finalist! 🥳

A great recognition of our contribution to research software in #Rstats @mig-unimelb.bsky.social

Australian Museum Eureka Prizes @eurekaprizes.bsky.social · Jul 30

@mixomics.org is a finalist in the @ardc.edu.au Eureka Prize for Excellence in Research Software.

Learn more: youtu.be/L4btQW32Ei0

#EurekaPrizes

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Kim-Anh Lê Cao @mixomics.org · Jul 23

Amazing opportunity to work at the cutting edge of statistics and omics with us at Melbourne Integrative Genomics @mig-unimelb.bsky.social, University of Melbourne.

Closes: 29th August.
Contact: Prof Kim-Anh Le Cao (director of MIG)
Junior to mid career level
Apply here: tinyurl.com/yu97nrws

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Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · Jul 14

Great to be part of the ambitious project to marry metabolism and lineage tracing in cancer 😃

Fendt Lab @fendtlab.bsky.social · Jul 2

Will it be a turning point? I recently came back from a research sabbatical funded by @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social & #KULeuven in the lab of @mafdawson.bsky.social @petermaccc.bsky.social and I am happy to share my experience @natcancer.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s43... @vib-ccb.bsky.social

Will it be a turning point? - Nature Cancer

Sarah-Maria Fendt received her doctoral degree from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and she conducted her postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. She is currently a principal...

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Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · Jul 3

Come and join national experts and local colleagues learning spatial transcriptomics data analysis 😃 I expect a lot of inspiring conversations and mutual learning.

MIG @mig-unimelb.bsky.social · Jul 3

📢 MIG Spatial Transcriptomics Workshop

🗓️ Aug 13 - 14
📍 Kenneth Myer Building, Education Room
👩‍🏫 Dr @bhuvad.bsky.social (Frazer Institute)
Dr @jiadongm.bsky.social (MIG)
Ms Melody Jin (WEHI)
🎟️ $125/150 registration

#SpatialRNAseq #Bioinformatics #Normalisation #CellStateIdentification

MIG Spatial Transcriptomics Workshop

This is a 1.5-day in-person workshop. Please ensure you are available for the full duration across both days. Day 1 - Wednesday, 13 August...

events.unimelb.edu.au

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Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · Jun 16

First time giving talk in a chapel(-like venue)

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Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · Jun 6

Great to have talked about PhiSpace at WEHI. I think we have the coolest team member photos.

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Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · May 29

PhiSpace has 7 case vignettes now, covering bulk RNA-seq, single-cell multiomics and spatial RNA-seq. Particularly surprised by the performance of PhiSpace when applied to quantify T cell state changes caused by genetic perturbations. jiadongm.github.io/PhiSpace/art...

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Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · May 24

A new test for LLM? 😂 Seems that the newest Claude 4.0 has no clue about violin finguring. It says the openning bar of violin part here is played using 1st position, but it should be 3rd. I tried a few pieces. Seems that Claude has no difficulty understanding other aspects but finguring

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Dr Shane Huntington OAM @drshanerrr.bsky.social · May 22

It continues…..

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump administration halts Harvard’s ability to enroll international students

Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem posts copy of department’s letter to university on X

www.theguardian.com

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Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · May 22

MIG has an official linkedin account now! It's time to follow it (we need just five more followers before start posting exciting content 😂)
www.linkedin.com/company/melb...

LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn

Login to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career.

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Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · May 20

When Menzies founded the liberal party a big part of their support actually came from women and first home buyers. A Stark contrast.

goldingcartoons.bsky.social @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · May 20

Wow, this was an election that just keeps on giving. Now it’s blown up the Coalition. Albo must have got the Pope to use his divine contacts.
John Walsh, Watsonia
@theage letters

Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · May 20

Program for Cold Spring Harbour Symposia on Quantitative Biology 1947: nucleic acids and nucleoproteins.

Two talks a day!

Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · May 19

In Fisher’s textbook, experimental design is an integral part of stats. For example, he said correlation is often for observations which we cannot control (eg human height). When there are controlled experiments, correlation is seldom needed: we need regression and hypothesis testing instead

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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health @hsph.harvard.edu · May 16

With nearly all of Harvard Chan School’s direct federal grants terminated, we are relying on philanthropy to power our research and support our educational programs. Every gift, regardless of size, advances our vision of health, dignity, and justice for every human. Support our work: hsph.me/whygive

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Mark Dawson @mafdawson.bsky.social · May 15

Australia completely lacks a dedicated training program for clinician scientists. With the vision and support of VMIAL
@petermaccc.bsky.social is extremely proud to announce the first clinician-scientist fellowship. If you meet the eligibility criteria PLEASE APPLY!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Clinician Scientist Fellowship - Parkville, Melbourne (AU) job with Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre – Parkville | 12839522

Peter Mac is launching Australia’s first clinician-scientist fellowship to advance cancer care, fostering innovation and global collaboration.

www.nature.com

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Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · May 13

Fisher (1936): each generation has found in Mendel’s work what they expected to find, ignored what did not conform to their theory - the first generation (Mendel’s contemporaries) thought it’s just another paper on hybridisation; the second thought it’s incompatible with continuous evolution.

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Millennium Science @mscience.bsky.social · May 13

Join the conversation this FRIDAY for Cellular Conversations with @jovmaksimovic.bsky.social , "More biology without (that much) extra effort – using custom probes with 10x Flex to detect cancer fusion transcripts."

www.mscience.com.au/event/cellular-conversations-with-dr-jovana-maksimovic/

Cellular Conversations with Dr Jovana Maksimovic

More biology without (that much) extra effort – using custom probes with 10x Flex to detect cancer fusion transcripts Register to attend Gene fusions are caused by chromosomal rearrangements such as t...

www.mscience.com.au

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Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · May 1

Seems that geneticists realised very early on (soon after the ‘rediscovery’ of Mendel in 1900) that Mendel’s data collection violated some fundamental principles of statistical experimental design. This led to Fisher’s famous criticism of Mendel’s results as ‘too good to be true’.

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Ossoff's Office @ossoff.senate.gov · Apr 30

Sen. Ossoff: Who out there in the American public is sitting at home demanding that we shut down cancer research and Alzheimer's research?

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Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · Apr 24

Exam papers of UniMelb in 1891, not a single question in biology exams was about Darwinism. This reflects a period which Julian Huxley referred to a ‘the eclipse of Darwinism’, ie late 19th early 20th century when Darwinism was seriously challenged and went into oblivion.

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Jiadong Mao @jiadongm.bsky.social · Apr 24

First saw Cajal's drawings in Mukherjee's recent book The Song of the Cell, and was immediately amazed by his artistic talent (and patience!) in drawing neurons

Science Magazine @science.org · Apr 23

Drawing the mind, one neuron at a time: A 2022 book walks readers through the life and work of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the Spaniard whom many consider the founder of modern #neuroscience.

Check out the #ScienceBooks Review on #WorldBookDay: scim.ag/3RvHDmQ

Cajal’s rendering of a Purkinje neuron found in the human cerebellum captures the beauty and intricacy of this complex cell.