@profkatrock.bsky.social
Mathematical modeller | African sleeping sickness | HAT MEPP | vector-borne disease | Warwick Maths | cat lover | foodie
An outbreak of avian yet unknown cause has been flagged in the #DRC. So far 143 people have died. Symptoms are flu like symptoms and severe headaches ( basically most viral infections can present like this). Hoping we get confirmation of the etiology quickly.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
So I got carried away and bought a sous vide machine. Any recs for what I should cook after I’ve tried a soy pork loin for my ramen? #foodies
02.12.2024 21:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you so much to @ronslate.bsky.social for nominating my essay on chronic migraine, "When I Get Botox I Think of Bees," published in On the Seawall in January 2024, for a Pushcart Prize. Such an honor! You can read the essay here: www.ronslate.com/when-i-get-b...
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A tabby cat lies with her eyes closed on a heated floor with her back against a footstool
And I’m on to COVID infection number 3 🦠. Mood….
#cats
Tabby cat sitting on the floor looking up at photographer. She looks younger than she is (15)
I wasn’t sure this cutie missed me when I was away but she resumed her “hat” position in bed last night where she curls up on top of my head and purrs #cats
22.11.2024 22:20 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My favourite line “Code should be well commented to help collaborators and the coder’s future self”. Future me never knows what past me was thinking without good commenting
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Very pretty plate of food with yellow beetroots, cucumber and cucumber oil and microherbs
Another pretty plate of food with lemon crème anglais, lemon ice-cream and a crunchy bits and edible flowers on one side
Had some amazing food at the weekend at Cuubo in Birmingham (UK). Anyone got any foodie recs in New Orleans? #NOLA #foodie
11.11.2024 21:39 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image says ASTMH 2024 Annual Meeting
Who’s going to #ASTMH? They’ve saved the best ‘til last with our sleeping sickness symposium at 11:30 on Sunday 17th (186 - Will HAT be the next NTD to achieve global elimination?)! Let me know you’ll be there and what I should be checking out 🦟🦠🔬📉🇺🇸🌍 #IDsky #EpiSky
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Kat standing in front of a large ornate plaque dedicated to Jacob Bernoulli. Kat is point at the Archimedean spiral at the bottom
Blue plaque dedicated to Thomas Bayes. The plaque gives Bayes’ Theorem equation
6. I also took some inadvertent pilgrimages: NB this isn’t the Epi model Bernoulli (Daniel) but his uncle (Jacob) who discovered e (faux pas with the Archimedean not logarithmic spiral on this plaque!). Didn’t get a photo but ran into the John Snow memorial pump in London the other day too!
09.11.2024 22:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hi #EpiSky I’m a mathematical modeller interested in vector-borne 🦟 and neglected tropical diseases. I’m based at U of Warwick in 🇬🇧 leading a team of researchers supporting national programmes to eliminate African sleeping sickness
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Fancy food on black round plate - small circles of pink langoustine in nori cases with small purple flowers on top
Fancy white bowl which is an unusual shape with green sauce, pink langoustine and dill oil
Cuboid as a serving plate with nori wrapped cylinders stuffed with white coloured filling
Plate with pink foam and two crackers with unclear toppings plus kumquat
5. I’ve had some amazing food. My favourites have included scallops, langoustines and red shrimp. I’m still not convinced about a cuboid as a plate…
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View of centre of Yaoundé with stormy sky from hotel balcony
4. I added Cameroon 🇨🇲 to my list of visited countries. In Yaoundé my team delivered not one but two epidemiology modelling workshops!
08.11.2024 19:51 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 03. Out of my 8 trips this year I’d have usually have done by ✈️ I did 5 of these by 🚂 (Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮, Cameroon 🇨🇲 and the US 🇺🇸 weren’t avoidable, but France 🇫🇷 (x2), Italy 🇮🇹 (via Switzerland 🇨🇭), Belgium 🇧🇪, and Scotland 🏴 were)
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Plate of home made gnocchi
Kat standing holding plate of cooked courgettes and glass of wine on balcony in Italy
View of Amalfi coast cliffs and buildings
2. I learnt how to make gnocchi in Italy
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Men playing pétanque in sandy car park
Until yesterday I hadn’t posted properly on socials in ages…what have I been up to?
1. In the summer I played pétanque for the first time. After matches in Bouaké and Montpellier I’m basically an expert right?
White and tabby cat lying on the floor near the sofa with her head on some pink foam cat stairs
I got this old lady some cat stairs for the sofa to help her get up. First thing she did was use them as a pillow instead 🙃
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