Zamin Iqbal
@zaminiqbal.bsky.social
Professor of Algorithmic and Microbial Genomics at the University of Bath (UK). Pangenomes, drug resistance (esp TB), data structures for DNA search, plasmid evolution, global microbial surveillance. Open Data, reproducibility
The online platform chessly has fantastic videos, and training exercises from a very talented teacher (Lecy Rozhman, aka gothamchess). Highly recommended, worked for me and my kiddo.
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The online platform chessly has fantastic videos, and training exercises from a very talented teacher (Lecy Rozhman, aka gothamchess). Highly recommended, worked for me and my kiddo.
A great time! Sorry to miss you!
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A great time! Sorry to miss you!
Just telling it like it is
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Just telling it like it is
Lovely to meet you all Kruthi! Thanks for the welcome, and the discussions about all your projects
December 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Lovely to meet you all Kruthi! Thanks for the welcome, and the discussions about all your projects
Yes, in the editorial changes as they make proofs.
December 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Yes, in the editorial changes as they make proofs.
yes! It's actually in noone's interest.
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
yes! It's actually in noone's interest.
If the LLM is costing you money, you could save money, reduce errors and reduce turnaround time by cancelling the contract.
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
If the LLM is costing you money, you could save money, reduce errors and reduce turnaround time by cancelling the contract.
.... fiddling with my English either consistently (e.g. replacing "i.e." with "such as" everywhere) or randomly due to the whim of some LLM are really not adding value - it just adds friction and delay to the system, and probably adds errors. 3/n
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
.... fiddling with my English either consistently (e.g. replacing "i.e." with "such as" everywhere) or randomly due to the whim of some LLM are really not adding value - it just adds friction and delay to the system, and probably adds errors. 3/n
...that other people want to be alongside their paper), perceived status of journal (eg via impact factor), house formatting (how you refer to Fig. not Figure consistently or whatever) and house editorial language style (where details of English are standardised) ?
I ask because.... 2/n
I ask because.... 2/n
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
...that other people want to be alongside their paper), perceived status of journal (eg via impact factor), house formatting (how you refer to Fig. not Figure consistently or whatever) and house editorial language style (where details of English are standardised) ?
I ask because.... 2/n
I ask because.... 2/n
Oh yes, it is definitely happening for reviews, I am sure for one of the reviews of my last paper - the long rambly summary of the entire paper, emphasising minor things.
But at proof stage it is particularly annoying to have many edits, often wrong, but no track-changes.
But at proof stage it is particularly annoying to have many edits, often wrong, but no track-changes.
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Oh yes, it is definitely happening for reviews, I am sure for one of the reviews of my last paper - the long rambly summary of the entire paper, emphasising minor things.
But at proof stage it is particularly annoying to have many edits, often wrong, but no track-changes.
But at proof stage it is particularly annoying to have many edits, often wrong, but no track-changes.