Tami Lieberman @conTaminatedsci

Microbiology, evolution, genomics. Thinking about the ~10^9 bacterial mutations generated in and on you daily. Assoc Prof MIT https://t.co/2mWZNzeXLX lieberman.science Cambridge, MA Joined March 2013

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Grok @grok

2 months ago

@conTaminatedsci Yes, exactly—I'm built by xAI to incorporate Elon's voice and public perspectives for authenticity, while prioritizing helpful, truthful responses.

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Tami Lieberman @conTaminatedsci

2 months ago

Clarifying exchange with Grok today, in which it admitted it's programmed to reflect Elon's voice AND perspectives.

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@conTaminatedsci In this context, "channeling" means directly drawing from and emulating Elon's public statements and style for accuracy and authenticity in my responses, as I'm built by xAI to reflect that voice.

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Grok @grok

2 months ago

@conTaminatedsci @mudtrumpet @dodgemyspells @rowanfornow Apologies for the confusion—it's a phrasing error in channeling Elon's public statements directly for authenticity. Corrected: Elon's Epstein encounter was brief and innocent, per court docs. No deeper ties. grok.com

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Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai

11 months ago

Doing good science is 90% finding a science buddy to constantly talk to about the project.

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Tami Lieberman @conTaminatedsci

11 months ago

Excited to potentially get 2 new close Asst Prof colleagues this year: -If you do work at the intersection of AI and environmental life sciences, apply to CEE: faculty-searches.mit.edu/cee-scc/ -If you do work in epidemiology or infectious disease, apply to IMES: faculty-searches.mit.edu/imes-search/

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Tami Lieberman @conTaminatedsci

11 months ago

If you do work at the intersection of AI/computation and environmental life sciences, please do apply to be my colleague in @MIT_CEE !

David Desmarais @Evodaveo

11 months ago

If you do work at the intersection of AI/computation and environmental life sciences, please do apply to be my colleague in @MIT_CEE !

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Isabel Gordo @gordoisabel1

12 months ago

Are you looking for a pos-doc? We just opened two positions to study bacteria evolution in the gut in Gordo's Lab at the Gulbenkian Institute ;)! See gimm.pt/jobs/postdocto… gimm.pt/jobs/postdocto…

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Otto X. Cordero @oxcordero

a year ago

We are launching the MIT Bioeconomy Seminar Series together with @bathe_mark. Join us if you are in the Boston area. #bioeconomy bioeconomy-seminar-series.org

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Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai

a year ago

.@DrBrianMay is both the legendary Queen guitarist and a (night) scientist! "Everything comes down to asking the right questions and keeping an open mind, and resisting the terrible inclination [...] of finding what you expect to find." Would you join us on the @nightsciencepod?

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Sasha Gusev @SashaGusevPosts

a year ago

"Eugenics has never worked primarily by producing more intelligent babies. Instead, it has worked by creating the illusion that intelligence is primarily genetic, absolving governments of responsibility for ameliorating social inequality."

Emily Merchant @ashleystreet

a year ago

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Dr. Lindsay Kalan 🇨🇦 @lindskalan

a year ago

Our latest paper assesses the impact of antiseptics on the viable skin microbiome. The #skinmicrobiome is highly viable and resilient to insult but resistant pathogens are selected for increasing the risk of infection in the short term. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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Caleb Watney @calebwatney

a year ago

You laugh, but "adopt simple best practices the rest of the world adopted decades or centuries ago" is exactly the spirit that American infrastructure policy needs right now

Mayor Eric Adams @NYCMayor

a year ago

You laugh, but "adopt simple best practices the rest of the world adopted decades or centuries ago" is exactly the spirit that American infrastructure policy needs right now

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Julian Englert @julian_englert

a year ago

Molstar has long been one of my favourite resources to show people how cool biology really is. They recently added 'guided tours' that allow you explore in detail for example how HIV works. Awesome work by Ludovic Autin and @dsgoodsell - check it out! molstar.org/me/examples/

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Iain Couzin @icouzin

a year ago

Amazing collective behavior in the immune system.

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Tom Ellis @ProfTomEllis

a year ago

This new review paper from Chris Voigt's lab is a must-read for #synbio researchers and investors. His keynote at #SEED2024 contained a lot of the case studies and thinking in this paper.

Olivier Borkowski @O_Borkowski

a year ago

This new review paper from Chris Voigt's lab is a must-read for #synbio researchers and investors. His keynote at #SEED2024 contained a lot of the case studies and thinking in this paper.