Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @PacBio
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
232
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-11
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-21
Tweets covering
10 days
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Summarization
Various experts in the field of genetics and cancer research are hosting a long read seminar on March 31 (10am CT). It will feature talks about both PacBio and Nanopore sequencing, and there is a great lineup of speakers. New research involving PacBio sequencing and Twist Bioscience probes is being done to target difficult-to-sequence pharmacogenes. The Single Cell RNA Boost Kit, which is compatible with the PacBio MAS-Seq Kit, is also advertised. Finally, PacBio merchandise is being whacked out in preparation for upcoming runs.
Topic Modeling
- PacBio vs Nanopore
- Genetics and Cancer Research
- X-axis Squeezed to Scale
- Targeting Challenging Genome Regions
- Price per GB
Emotional Analysis
The overall sentiment expressed in these tweets is one of excitement and enthusiasm. The tweets discuss the advances and utility of PacBio and Nanopore, as well as the ability to target challenging regions of the genome. The tweets also express appreciation for the experts and scientists involved in the work, as well as excitement for the upcoming long read seminars. There is also a sense of anticipation for the results of various projects and experiments, as well as for the potential of the technology to advance research.
Trend Analysis
- PacBio vs Nanopore
- Long Read Seminar
- Advances & Utility
- Targeting Challenging Regions of the Genome
- Price per GB
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
77
Percentage of total tweets
33%
Number of Original tweets
32
Percentage of total tweets
13%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
232
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
119
Percentage of total tweets
51%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
13
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
61
Percentage of total tweets
26%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter Web App | 95 |
Twitter for iPhone | 84 |
Twitter for Android | 42 |
Twitter for iPad | 3 |
Buffer | 2 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
GENbio | Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | Serving the biotech industry since 1981. EIC @johnsterling4; publisher @liebertpub -- Subscribe to GEN: https://t.co/hANhLX7wxH | 83,288 |
sbarnettARK | Simon Barnett | Director of Life Sciences Research (@ARKInvest) / Focus on Sequencing, Diagnostics, and Comp. Bio (Prev: @JHU_ChemBE) https://t.co/W28MWl6K8V | 59,893 |
dhlexpressuk | DHL Express UK | Global delivery specialists, helping businesses to grow globally through international trade. Follow us for export, import, e-commerce, and business advice. | 54,014 |
PacBio | PacBio | Our mission is to enable the promise of #genomics to better human health by creating the world’s most advanced #sequencing technologies. #PacBio | 43,038 |
BioMickWatson | Mick W@tson 🐄 | Bioinformatics | (meta) genomics | Data science.Some politics. Views are all my own and do not represent past, current or future employer. | 29,067 |
TwistBioscience | Twist Bioscience | Synthetic DNA for Health & Sustainability #WeMakeDNA #TwistBlog #WritingTheFuture #TwistBiopharma #ScienceDoesntStop #DiversityIsInOurDNA | 21,772 |
ChristosArgyrop | ChristosArgyropoulos MD, PhD FlozinatorInChief | Division Chief, Nephrology @UNMHSC https://t.co/mfBKt2KlBl (im)personal views #zerokale#COVID19IsNotGood #UDoU but caveat emptor, my check : $11+tax! | 19,290 |
RichShippy | Rich Shippy | Biotech exec focused on improving human health by enabling the integration of innovative genomic techniques to accelerate the development of precision therapies | 16,772 |
AlbertVilella | Albert Vilella | Experienced Bioinformatics Scientist | Next-Generation Sequencing Single Cell Spatial Biology Liquid Biopsy Alphafold COI https://t.co/vbxKnwUJtr | 14,441 |
EarlhamInst | Earlham Institute | Earlham Institute (EI) is a hub of life science research, training, and innovation focused on understanding the natural world through the lens of genomics. | 14,240 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
AlbertVilella | Albert Vilella | Experienced Bioinformatics Scientist | Next-Generation Sequencing Single Cell Spatial Biology Liquid Biopsy Alphafold COI https://t.co/vbxKnwUJtr | 15,117 |
dhlexpressuk | DHL Express UK | Global delivery specialists, helping businesses to grow globally through international trade. Follow us for export, import, e-commerce, and business advice. | 9,523 |
Methos2010 | Marc Poulin “Christmas 1914” | Nanophotonics Research Engineer & WWI Historian. Christopher Hitchens and Niall Ferguson fan. Nanobiophotonics, Quantum Biology, & the Future of Medicine | 5,002 |
VicusVd | Vicus vd Merwe #solutions #whiteheadscientific | Senior Sales Specialist Whitehead Scientific, 2Feet4TB member, MYO2 , motivated, passionate, driven | 5,002 |
ChemistryChrisA | 📝➡💻 Chris Austin 🧬 | 👨💼Senior Account Mananger @elabnext 💊 Husband of Suzie, Father of Jessica, Thomas 👨👩👧👦 & Hockey Player 🏑 Posts are my views & not of my Employer | 5,000 |
DervisSalih1 | Dervis Salih | Scientist studying molecular links between Alzheimer's, Ageing, microglia & diet @UCL @UKDRI @ARUKnews #Dementia Trained @BabrahamInst @Cambridge_uni @Stanford | 5,000 |
tomairangi | Ω | - | 4,843 |
rul_rm | R | 《Somos demasiado poderosos tecnológicamente para estar tan moralmente dormidos como lo estamos.》 Jung. | 4,842 |
ChristosArgyrop | ChristosArgyropoulos MD, PhD FlozinatorInChief | Division Chief, Nephrology @UNMHSC https://t.co/mfBKt2KlBl (im)personal views #zerokale#COVID19IsNotGood #UDoU but caveat emptor, my check : $11+tax! | 4,679 |
EarlhamInst | Earlham Institute | Earlham Institute (EI) is a hub of life science research, training, and innovation focused on understanding the natural world through the lens of genomics. | 4,608 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
JRHarrisTech | PhD in Biology from Johns Hopkins University with an interest in #Biotechnology #Genomics and #Healthcare. #Investor and #VentureCaptial partner. Seeking truth. | 7 |
TJesse62 | New Horizons in Plant 🌱 Genomics - LongRead Sequencing 🧬 GettingThingsDone 🚀 | 6 |
GregLarssen | From The Street in Motherland to the land of my mother. Overlooking the sea & the Pyrénées, unearthing small caps potential is a passion & pastime.🇺🇸🇨🇵🇺🇦 | 5 |
CallumJCParr | Pipetto ergo sum; Current postdoc in Japan working on a few things; iPSC, neurons, RNA biology, RNA modifications, Nanopore sequencing. COI: 3 share in £ONT | 5 |
PacBio | Our mission is to enable the promise of #genomics to better human health by creating the world’s most advanced #sequencing technologies. #PacBio | 5 |
mscienceaustnz | Premier distributor of life science research instruments & reagents to AU & NZ. Also check out @Jomar_LR & https://t.co/MJUrRq8k0a. | 4 |
guptam108 | For my part, I will never give up, and I mean never🚵♂️ No affiliation with any political party. Likes/ RT’s/ Views’s are personal✍️ | 4 |
LAbizar | - | 4 |
steve_hyq | mostly unrelated to my day job. you're warned (low SNR). | 3 |
Theinve33540482 | - | 3 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1627271030359179265 | PacBio vs Nanopore @PacBio @nanopore - Final version - Acknowledgements to @khmiga https://t.co/kiczCtRxnI | 98 |
1626575651875454976 | Join us for our long read seminar @BCM_HGSC on March 31 (10am CT). Talks about @nanopore & @PacBio from experts. Register here: https://t.co/UGtG1JPlUO Great lineup (e.g. @mike_schatz @danrdanny & many others) to talk about advances & utility! #Genetics #CancerResearch https://t.co/pd6ufytdCr | 16 |
1626020796811583489 | I'm super excited to see these long read panels live! https://t.co/5Ztp8B6DAZ The combination of @PacBio #HiFireads and @TwistBioscience probes will have a huge impact on our ability to target challenging regions of the genome like gene/pseudogene pairs or multigene families | 15 |
1627366560900829185 | “polishCLR: a Nextflow workflow for polishing PacBio CLR genome assemblies”. #GenomeAssembly #CLR @PacBio #ReadsPolishing @nextflowio #Bioinformatics https://t.co/XOjykhk9Fj | 8 |
1626186081514266629 | We’re hiring for a Senior Research Technician! The ad is broad but the plan is for the role to be entirely Long Read Sequencing with us - using both @nanopore and @PacBio technologies https://t.co/josxZ2D8HX | 8 |
1626899679102337030 | With X-axis squeezed to scale >>> @AlbertVilella @nanopore @PacBio @khmiga @AW_NGS @The__Taybor https://t.co/KKLk5rWB7o https://t.co/GDNg7qcgn4 | 6 |
1626261544941293587 | The @JumpcodeG Single Cell RNA Boost kit is compatible w @PacBio MAS-Seq kit and removes all your least favorite genes so you can get to the genes that actually are interesting! 😜 Sign up for the webinar here! https://t.co/PU28gtXzFV https://t.co/ZdW2sbHnNo | 4 |
1626457100640567296 | It is almost time for @ICHG2023 in Cape Town and we have an exciting competition coming up. Visit our booth at the #ICHG2023 conference for more information and learn more about the new sequencers from @PacBio: #Revio and #Onso. Don't miss it! https://t.co/Hsph4hP8EB | 4 |
1626310502853881856 | EVENT: The #EISingleCell23 Symposium is supported by @biouea and @Co_Biologists. With thanks to our sponsors: @biotechne, @Cellenion, @iotasciences, @JumpcodeG, @PacBio, @ParseBio, @SphereFluidics and @vizgen_inc. ⏰ Submit your abstract by 28 Feb! ➡ https://t.co/leT7rP18Wv https://t.co/sQ6nYV0u8K | 3 |
1626392237419507712 | Nice recap of “the method of the year” at #AGBT23 and highlight of our probe sets for enrichment. @timp0 @khmiga @PacBio @agbt By @ahanGW @GenomeWeb AGBT Sessions Shine Spotlight on Long-Read Sequencing | GenomeWeb https://t.co/M0NPygSwgm | 3 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1627271030359179265 | PacBio vs Nanopore @PacBio @nanopore - Final version - Acknowledgements to @khmiga https://t.co/kiczCtRxnI | 448 |
1626575651875454976 | Join us for our long read seminar @BCM_HGSC on March 31 (10am CT). Talks about @nanopore & @PacBio from experts. Register here: https://t.co/UGtG1JPlUO Great lineup (e.g. @mike_schatz @danrdanny & many others) to talk about advances & utility! #Genetics #CancerResearch https://t.co/pd6ufytdCr | 46 |
1626899679102337030 | With X-axis squeezed to scale >>> @AlbertVilella @nanopore @PacBio @khmiga @AW_NGS @The__Taybor https://t.co/KKLk5rWB7o https://t.co/GDNg7qcgn4 | 39 |
1626020796811583489 | I'm super excited to see these long read panels live! https://t.co/5Ztp8B6DAZ The combination of @PacBio #HiFireads and @TwistBioscience probes will have a huge impact on our ability to target challenging regions of the genome like gene/pseudogene pairs or multigene families | 32 |
1627278788886159360 | @TJesse62 @PacBio @nanopore @khmiga The missing axis is price per GB. But with the data shown, @nanopore clearly wins. Longer is better. Glad we’ve invested in Nanopore for our biodiversity genomics applications. | 29 |
1627671920912003072 | New work coupling @TwistBioscience probes with @PacBio long #HiFi reads to enable targeted enrichment of difficult-to-sequence pharmacogenes. @tingfordhaDesign and performance of a long-read sequencing panel for pharmacogenomics | bioRxiv https://t.co/LLAvtbAQv7 | 22 |
1626261544941293587 | The @JumpcodeG Single Cell RNA Boost kit is compatible w @PacBio MAS-Seq kit and removes all your least favorite genes so you can get to the genes that actually are interesting! 😜 Sign up for the webinar here! https://t.co/PU28gtXzFV https://t.co/ZdW2sbHnNo | 17 |
1627275743263698945 | @TJesse62 @Amandatron89 @PacBio @nanopore @khmiga Can't wait to see duplex variant calling metrics of HG002/3/4 at 30-fold. None of those read quality scores matter if they don't translate to good SNV and indel metrics. | 16 |
1627366560900829185 | “polishCLR: a Nextflow workflow for polishing PacBio CLR genome assemblies”. #GenomeAssembly #CLR @PacBio #ReadsPolishing @nextflowio #Bioinformatics https://t.co/XOjykhk9Fj | 15 |
1626715632015212546 | Join our upcoming #longread seminar on March 31 will feature expert talks on @nanopore and @PacBio hosted by @BCM_HGSC https://t.co/ARxBer87zW. #Genetics #CancerResearch https://t.co/CgOnJWpCWJ | 14 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#agbt23 | 15 |
#revio | 9 |
#pacbio | 6 |
#genetics | 6 |
#genomics | 5 |
#cancerresearch | 4 |
#onso | 4 |
#genomeassembly | 3 |
#clr | 3 |
#readspolishing | 3 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@pacbio | 236 |
@nanopore | 75 |
@khmiga | 45 |
@tjesse62 | 33 |
@illumina | 29 |
@sbarnettark | 16 |
@elembio | 16 |
@jrharristech | 15 |
@albertvilella | 15 |
@singulargenomic | 14 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
25
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
---|---|---|
▪️ | 10 | black_small_square |
✅ | 6 | check_mark_button |
🧬 | 5 | dna |
👇 | 3 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
👍 | 3 | thumbs_up |
😂 | 3 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
🎉 | 3 | party_popper |
😁 | 2 | beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes |
😜 | 2 | winking_face_with_tongue |
⏰ | 2 | alarm_clock |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Symbols | 20 |
People & Body | 12 |
Smileys & Emotion | 11 |
Objects | 9 |
Travel & Places | 4 |
Activities | 3 |
Food & Drink | 1 |