researching viral pathogen genomics at @lshtm.bsky.social | theo.io / sandersonlab.org
Theo Sanderson
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is anyone still listening to notebook lm podcasts?
Statistical Rethinking 2026 is done: 20 new lectures emphasizing logical and critical statistical workflow, from basics of probability theory to causal inference to reliable computation to sensitivity. It's all free, made just for you. Lecture list and links: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
You are *not* going to guess the explanation for this one.
Theo Sanderson
Julia M. Rohrer
Richard McElreath 🐈⬛
I did my PhD on bacterial meningitis, finding whether there are genetic factors which make meningitis more likely.
Wrote down some initial thoughts on the current outbreak in Kent: johnlees.me/posts/menb-o...
I tried to think of factors and their likelihood to explain why this is happening now
Further details on the meningococcal genome and genomic epidemiology including data release info from the recent explosive Kent outbreak: www.gov.uk/government/p...
Some provisional analysis on one of the genomes from the menB outbreak detailed below:
johnlees.me/posts/menb-o...
Last year, a mathematician discovered that you can derive pi by flipping a coin. They discovered this by asking ChatGPT random questions between reps at the gym
mathenchant.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/i...
You can now view a tree of 2,399,238 bacterial genomes we made from AllTheBacteria (on the great Taxonium):
taxonium.org/atb
That's a big tree!
(unless you're used to SC2 trees)
