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Laurel Coons 🧬🧬🧬
@LaurelCoons
PhD (Duke, NIH) #Genomics #Science #SciComm #viewsmyown
Duke University
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    Oct 9, 2019
    #SciComm: 👄What is more fun than #reading what I write about how our genes are turned on and off? 👄#Listening to me talk about it 😁 Podcast 👉endocrine.org/podcast/enp7-n… Paper 1 👉academic.oup.com/endo/article/1… Paper 2 👉cell.com/iscience/fullt… #Genomics #Science #DecodingOurDNA 🧬
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    Jun 4, 2022
    Graphic design has rules, and they work … 👀
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    Dec 4, 2021
    Dashing through the snow … 🦌
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    Nov 11, 2018
    Newsflash: 🦇Bats can swim 🦇And are surprisingly good at it 🦇Bats are capable of swimming in stressful situations if the need arises 🦇Some species, such as those belonging to the genus Pteropus (flying foxes), have been known to brave the water to secure a meal #BatStroke
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    Feb 1, 2020
    The Power Of #Handwashing: 🧼Teacher asked several kids with various levels of hand #cleanliness to touch 5 pieces of white bread that were taken from the same loaf, at the same time 🧼Then, they put the bread in individual plastic bags to observe what would happen over 1 month
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    Dec 22, 2021
    Omicron makes its entrance … 🦠
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    Nov 4, 2021
    Student = 1 Teacher = 0
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    Jan 20, 2021
    Greta Thunberg: How it started How it’s going
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    Laurel Coons 🧬🧬🧬
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    Jun 22, 2018
    WildCat: 🤖The world’s fastest quadruped robot 🤖Runs 32 km/h while maneuvering and maintaining its balance 🤖Uses a galloping gait much like a dog or horse and leans into turns in order to maintain traction and balance 🤖Powered by a methanol burning engine #Science
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    Jan 13, 2021
    Yep, twice ... This tweet did not age well ... #ImpeachmentDay
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    Dec 21, 2021
    Find the curved line … 🔁
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    Aug 31, 2019
    A Cat’s Life: 🐈As every #cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat 🐈Dogs come when they’re called, cats take a message and get back to you later 🐈I heard cat training was difficult, it’s not, mine had me trained in two days 🐈There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast
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    Laurel Coons 🧬🧬🧬
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    Oct 4, 2021
    Twitter trolling WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook … 😂 #Serverless #ServerDown
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    Laurel Coons 🧬🧬🧬
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    Nov 14, 2021
    Busted … just act normal and everything will be fine … 🐕
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