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Omar Ahmad

@omarmkahmad.bsky.social

MS3 @TulaneMedicine. Tissue Engineer in Tony Hu Lab. Biomedical Engineer (B.S.E., M.S.E.) via @tulanebme. Former Startup Founder @ CarBe. he/him. Views are my own. omarmkahmad.com

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Latest posts by omarmkahmad.bsky.social on Bluesky

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Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

26.03.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Applications of Nanotechnology for Spatial Omics: Biological Structures and Functions at Nanoscale Resolution Spatial omics methods are extensions of traditional histological methods that can illuminate important biomedical mechanisms of physiology and disease by examining the distribution of biomolecules, in...

Today, my first review article has been published (very special moment for me), written alongside my colleagues in Dr. Hu's lab.

Out now in
@acsnano

"Applications of Nanotechnology for Spatial Omics: Biological Structures and Functions at Nanoscale Resolution"

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

20.12.2024 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I got my whole genome sequenced. Too bad there’s not enough data published for meaningful interpretation.

16.12.2024 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Insurer Reverses Policy That Would Have Limited Anesthesia Periods Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield officials had planned to roll out the changes nationwide but said they were misunderstood.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield rolled back a policy change that would have capped payments for anesthesia for patients, and would have denied claims altogether if any given procedure exceeded a time limit.

06.12.2024 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1488    πŸ” 222    πŸ’¬ 164    πŸ“Œ 98
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You may not understand why, but the healthcare insurance and PBM contracts YOU have signed for Tesla, SpaceX , @X, along with CEOs of other big companies , have more impact on healthcare costs and quality of care in this country, than anything you can do with DOGE

05.12.2024 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 49185    πŸ” 9831    πŸ’¬ 2236    πŸ“Œ 506
#AcademicSky #MedSky #Metascience

#AcademicSky #MedSky #Metascience

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So your Attention Score went down because people are rage-deleting their Twitter accounts.

Why is that happening? Should I be worried? Should I see my doctor?

Let's get into what the Attention Score actually is, how it's impacted by posts and deletions, WITH THE HELP OF MEMES.
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06.12.2024 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 194    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 22
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TikTok Loses Bid to Overturn Law Forcing a Ban or Sale A federal court on Friday upheld a law that will ban the video app in the United States by Jan. 19 if its owner, ByteDance, does not sell it to a non-Chinese company.

Breaking News: A panel of federal judges upheld a law that could lead to the banning of TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned video app, by mid-January.

06.12.2024 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 216    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 11
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Apple Prepares Three-Year Modem Rollout in Bid to Outdo Qualcomm Apple Inc. is preparing to finally bring one of its most ambitious projects to market: a series of cellular modem chips that will replace components from longtime partner β€” and adversary β€” Qualcomm In...

NEW: Apple prepares three year push to replace Qualcomm modems across its devices. Inside the company’s modem roadmap, features, and timelines. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

06.12.2024 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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"Are there stars in Bluesky?" We measure the reach of @bsky.app πŸ¦‹ mentions in altmetrics, comparing it to X. Is the scientific community shifting and altering the @altmetric.com landscape? /w @nrobinsongarcia.bsky.social & @torressalinas.bsky.social

πŸ”— doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

06.12.2024 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | The Rage and Glee That Followed a C.E.O.’s Killing Should Ring All Alarms It echoes another era of extreme inequality and extreme violence.

Superb by @zey.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...

06.12.2024 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 394    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 9
Blueksy Mentions are now in Altmetric.

It's been 84 years meme

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #MedSky #HMSky #Altmetrics #Medlibs #Metascience

Blueksy Mentions are now in Altmetric. It's been 84 years meme #AcademicSky #HigherEd #MedSky #HMSky #Altmetrics #Medlibs #Metascience

BLUESKY MEGA-THREAD

Altmetric is thrilled and also LITERALLY RELIEVED to officially announce:

We are now tracking research attention as it happens on Bluesky!

We have been picking up posts on the site since late Oct.

Our team is on Bluesky all day answering questions.

Let's get into it!

03.12.2024 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2342    πŸ” 662    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 144

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