Luke Saville

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@LukeSaville2 from @ZovoilisLab @uLethbridge @UofLArtsci delivered a very insightful oral presentation describing the application and modification of direct RNA sequencing (NERD-seq) using nanopore devices @RiboWest meeting @UBC.

Shout out to poster presentations by two talented students from our lab: Tonight (PS2-192): A-to-I editing of SINE RNAs in amyloid beta toxicity by @mail21897. Tomorrow (PS3-379): Our NERD-seq for ncRNA detection with @nanopore direct RNA seq by @LukeSaville2 #RNA22 #RNA2022

Well done to PhD student Luke Saville @LukeSaville2 @ZovoilisLab for an excellent presentation at #BioNetAB2022

AUPE Local 053, Postdoctoral Fellows, Graduate Students, and Graduate Student Workers stand in #solidarity with @ULFAssociation in anticipation of their strike vote. #SaveTheSemester @_AUPE_ @UlethGsa @uLethbridge

Excellent #Alzheimers study thread. Check it out for details

Thrilled to see our paper published today in @emboreports.

@srikosuri Is the $2000 processing fee meant to disuade "premature and/ or inadequate" submissions? If so, that should improve their bottom line. From my understanding, a lot of the costs associated are just turning down submissions. Hopefully at the cost they will recommend an affiliate.

Just rough #’s. Nature mag has >100 people on staff and publish ~1000 papers/year. At $10k/pub, that’s about 10mm/year, which is likely not enough to support even the staff. Is the thought that a good journal should have an order of magnitude less staff? Something else?

A new study by #uleth scientists @SAGSC_genome & @CCBN_neuro identifies RNA molecules that play an important roles in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Read more on UNews: bit.ly/3lH8Zoj

A new study by #uleth scientists @SAGSC_genome & @ccbn_neuro identifies RNA molecules that play an important roles in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Read more on UNews: bit.ly/3lH8Zoj

1/ Our paper on the role of SINE RNAs in #Alzheimer’s disease was just published in @eLife! Congrats to the @ZovoilisLab members Y. Cheng, @LukeSaville2, B. Gollen, C. Isaac, A. Belay and thanks to @mohajerani77 lab @UofLArtsci @SAGSC_genome @ccbn_neuro elifesciences.org/articles/61265

@ramencult The way they handled this was clearly awful. I do wonder what responsibility journals like Nature have though in this kind of situation. A widespread and open source library maybe shouldn't be considered for publication when all 26 authors are male.

@SusannaLHarris Bacteria-virus interactions are super cool and useful! I think a surprise to most is that the DNA sequence of the genome is actually not a good predictor of health (except for hereditary disease).

@JordanBHarrod There are a lot of examples of amplification free detection, but the biggest question is scale. PCR testing can be done at >300 samples/ run at relatively low cost, these rapid detection strips and "boxes" can only be done one at a time and are prone to contamination.

@JordanBHarrod It's not immediate, and you still probably need liquid droplets, but it is rapid and lower cost.

My dad is asking about theoretical COVID diagnostic tools, and I don’t actually know the answer to this question, so I thought I’d put it out there for #ScienceTwitter. Help?

Check out the preprint on how B2 RNA is involved in Alzheimer's mouse model stress response; more coming soon! #uleth #reviewcommons biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

(Almost) all bioinformatics community in Alberta in one pic! #BioNetAB2019

Thanks @AlbertaBionet for allowing me the opportunity to present my research @uLethbridge I had a blast.