Matt Durrant
@mgdurrant
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MGE whisperer. Principal Research Scientist @arcinstitute. Genetics PhD @StanfordMed I post about programmable recombinases and genome design.
Salt Lake City ✈️ Bay Area
Joined November 2017
Our 2 bridge RNA papers are finally published in @Nature! Check out the incredible CryoEM structures, they're truly beautiful. A years-long rollercoaster ride, it's hard for me to imagine a more exciting project than this. Thank you to @ntperry13, @pdhsu, and our amazing team!
What if we could universally recombine, insert, delete, or invert any two pieces of DNA? In back-to-back @Nature papers, we report the discovery of bridge RNAs and 3 atomic structures of the first natural RNA-guided recombinase - a new mechanism for programmable genome design
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Why does AI seem to get all the safety researchers? What about all the other unsafe things?
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@Soumees @BenSiranosian So if this actually goes through, what will it look like for scientists? Will buildings be shut down? Assistant profs fired?
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@Soumees @BenSiranosian Ah yes! I’m dumb. That being said, are there public records of how IC is being spent? Does this just mean more stuff will be classified as a direct cost?
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@Soumees @BenSiranosian Does the university show you how your money is spent? How much of your grant is paying for water and electricity?
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@JasonSynaptic Can you elaborate on what this means? Predictions for how this will work going forward?
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Using deep research to research myself and realizing that building your own personal website is more important than ever. You should assume that people will use similar tools to look into you when you apply for a job!
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Palo Alto shut down the McDonald’s on El Camino. What is happening to this city?
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I’ll never forgive Trump for making me sympathize with Trudeau.
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My brain is trying really hard to fit world events into neat cause-and-effect narratives and it’s just coming up empty.
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@NikoMcCarty @dwarkesh_sp When trying to account for the mobilome and pangenome of prokaryotes they’re arguably for more complex than eukaryotes. Much more diverse.
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