Quinn Reynolds

We have new results on T cell responses to #Omicron, and its good news! Paper submitted for peer review & preprint: medrxiv.org/content/10.110… 📢TL;DR: Most of your T cell responses from vaccination or previous infection still recognise Omicron. #Getvaccinated #GetthoseTcellsnow

You know you’re on the naughty list when you ask Santa for a train set and some legos but get a +ve COVID test instead.

Control room applauding now as the #JWST separates from the launch vehicle and proceeds on its own toward its destinatiom a million miles from Earth

Wow, that’s drama you couldn’t script if you tried 😧 #F1 #AbuDhabiGP

“Water resistant to 50m” makes it sound like I’m going to accidentally splash 50m of water onto my arm every now and then.

South Africa🇿🇦 into its 4th wave 🌊 As Gauteng surges, with other provinces now following, case incidence across SA now above 8.8 new cases per 100k and test positivity above 12% 🚩 Based on previous experience, have breached tipping points or thresholds for sustained increase

Remember if a company says "we're like a family here" they don't mean like a nice TV family they mean like a normal family where everyone has undiagnosed mental health issues and no one likes each other.

Update #COVID19 situation in SOUTH AFRICA🇿🇦 • 4,373 more cases today. 7-day avg up 311% week-on-week 📈 Expect a large increase tomorrow post weekend effect ⚠️ • Daily test positivity = 10.2% 🚩 • 2,414 currently in hospital • 21 more deaths • % population vaxxed = 28.8% 💉

Oh my hat, this may be one of the most awesome things ever! @SciSuperheroes superscientists.org

With announcement of new #SARSCoV2 B.1.1.529 #NuVariant earlier, 👇 current #COVID19 situation in SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦 • 2,465 new cases. 7-day avg up 189% 📈 • Daily test positivity = 6.5% ⚠️ • 2,172 currently in hospital 🚑 • 114 more deaths 😢 • % population vaxxed = 28.4% 💉

Everyone’s a critic.

Human: we have a color named after you! Salmon: really? is it silvery blue like my outsides? Human: no, uh– Salmon: wait why is it pink? Human: ... Salmon: WHY IS IT PINK

Here we go again? 👀 Number of confirmed #COVID19 cases in Gauteng still relatively low, but a noticeable increase: 7-day rolling avg tripling over the past week 📈 Hoping this is just a minor uptick and increase is not sustained 🤲 #Rid1TweetsOnCovid #Covid19inSA

Mathematics and beyond. Stages of life. tinyurl.com/yav7kheo

@kathrynrosie You must have the only job where sneezing is a fireable offense 😂

Commissioning update: Optical filters installed in their holders. Have taken about 8 breaths in the last 45 minutes. Managed to not sneeze on them! Now to put the filter mechanism back together. #MyDayEngineering

Caught in the act. Having loads of fun assembling and now playing with our new toy in the lab, built by the good folk over at @LJMU. First images yesterday. Today we figure out some performance metrics.

I am beginning to question the choices that led me to a career studying metallurgical furnaces using high performance computers in a country that cannot provide enough electricity to keep either running 🤔😂

We're Hiring | SARAO has an exciting opportunity available for a Manager: Communication & Science Engagement to join its team in Cape Town, Western Cape. Closing date: 26 November 2021. More info or to apply, visit sarao.ac.za /vacancies

Literally everyone you meet has PTSD now. Go easy, ok?

The awesome @rid1tweets is presenting to us at #OpenSim2021 on visualizing COVID-19 trends!

One of those salmon days today. Oh well; we’ll move past it.