Leo Martins

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Computational Biologist. Tenure Track Fellow in Health at the University of Liverpool. πŸ‡§πŸ‡·πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­

Phylogenomics and Chemometrics. Prog Rock and Post-Punk. C and Python.

Leonardo de Oliveira Martins (he/him).

Personal pagehttps://leomrtns.github.io/
QIBhttps://quadram.ac.uk/people/leonardo-de-oliveira-martins/
Githubhttps://github.com/leomrtns
Google Scholarhttps://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=XvcsndkAAAAJ&hl=en
Leo MartinsJan 15

**Research institutions tout the value of scholarship that crosses disciplines – but academia pushes interdisciplinary researchers out**

https://theconversation.com/research-institutions-tout-the-value-of-scholarship-that-crosses-disciplines-but-academia-pushes-interdisciplinary-researchers-out-254034

"early career researchers often do the most innovative work. But at this formative career stage, they do not lend their talents to interdisciplinary work as frequently. (...)

Right now, academia rewards scholars who work within disciplinary boundaries and climb the departmental career ladder."

Research institutions tout the value of scholarship that crosses disciplines – but academia pushes interdisciplinary researchers out

Researchers who focus on one specialty are more likely to rise through the academic ranks, even though wicked societal problems require crosscutting work to solve.

The Conversation
Leo MartinsJan 8
Show threadDr Emma Hodcroft Jan 8

The fear that *still exists* of GISAID is VERY REAL. Even today, respected, serious long-time scientists are scared to do anything that may be viewed as 'unloyal' to GISAID, for fear they, their work, and/or their departments are cut off.

Does that sound like how science should work? Not to me.

Leo MartinsDec 20
Marc Robinson-RechaviDec 20
Reposting this from bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/marcrr.bsky.social/post/3mag2s7hgtc2i
Show threadLeo MartinsDec 20
The conclusion is that true talent takes longer to blossom. Thus in my view, it's not that your bloom is later than it should be, as suggested by "late bloomer". It's that your talent is more complex (more interdisciplinary, as original papers suggest!), and thus it is natural that "success" will take longer.
Leo MartinsDec 20

Japanese word of the day is ε€§ε™¨ζ™©ζˆ (Tai Ki Ban Sei), inspired by https://bsky.app/profile/leomrtns.bsky.social/post/3magc4kieos22.

ε€§ε™¨ζ™©ζˆ is usually translated as "late bloomer" but it's not that simple (most JP idioms don't fit into an English expression). If I remember correctly, it was a sign outside the workshop of a famous metalworker/pot maker. It literally means "big utensils will be ready only in the evening", meaning that complex, big pots or cauldrons or bells take longer to be finished than smaller, commodity pieces.

Leo Martins (he/him) (@leomrtns.bsky.social)

"Exceptional young performers reached their peak quickly but narrowly mastered only one interest (e.g., one sport). By contrast, exceptional adults reached peak performance gradually with broader, multidisciplinary practice. However, elite programs are designed to nurture younger talent." [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Bluesky Social
Show threadLeo MartinsOct 19

@BallouLab "Dear students, some of you requested that I speak in the neoclassic style. But currently I can only converse in Portuguese Realism and Dadaism, I hope these are reasonable substitutes for the time being."

(actually asking the student is the best next step for me ATM, tks!)

Show threadLeo MartinsOct 19

@everton137 Once I asked a sci comms lead of a research institute why they were't moving to bluesky or mastodon, since many academics were making the transition.
He told me, using different words, that we (academics or general pop) were not their target audience, but other institutional accounts.

(and I thought to myself, to praise or to be praised, but not to communicate!)

Private individuals are in their networks only as a manifestation of companies they represent.

Show threadLeo MartinsOct 19

In the specific case it was like (I'll be creative), one of my students missed class and I asked Margie why Margie missed the class and Margie told me Margie couldn't find the room.

I guess I could replace Margie by "this student"? Anyway I don't want to oust Margie.

A lazy answer is that I should rephrase it in a way to avoid repetition. Easier said than done, specially for me. You could as well ask me "do not use pronouns. Talk about me in the style of Neoclassical poetry"

Leo MartinsOct 19

What should I do when a student has a "no pronouns, please. Just use my name" in their bio, but I want to generalise the issue or anonymise the student?

I like to use "they" since I'm emphasising that their gender doesn't matter ---in case our subconscious reads differently if HE made a mistake or SHE made the same mistake.

But if I say that Margie make a mistake you might be less lenient than for Homer. And I didn't want to say it was Margie to start with!

Leo MartinsSep 25

I was reminded today of a codeathon I joined a while ago, where the team lead was from Elsevier and wanted the rest of us to design an LLM to scan the (open) literature for something silly.

It was worse than unpaid internship: we worked FOR a predefined lead on their project, with core hours, in a ill-posed biological problem with no chance to protest.

Since I was getting paid by my employer under the assumption that I would benefit somehow from the hackathon, I didn't finish it...