{"id":9953,"date":"2016-12-21T23:21:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T23:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/?p=9953"},"modified":"2022-08-18T20:29:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T20:29:11","slug":"7-most-shared-stories-from-thermo-fisher-scientific-social-media-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/blog\/behindthebench\/7-most-shared-stories-from-thermo-fisher-scientific-social-media-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"The 7 Most Shared Stories from Thermo Fisher Scientific on Social Media in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

On top of pushing out new blog articles to you every week, the staff here at Behind the Bench publishes thousands of posts across Thermo Fisher Scientific\u2019s social media accounts on LinkedIn<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> every year. Often times, these social media posts give a glimpse into how our customers are changing the world<\/a>, or how we\u2019re breaking new ground with truly innovative solutions<\/a> for your lab \u2013 needless to say, there is never a shortage of things to talk about in the genetic sciences.<\/p>\n

But what were the stories that mattered most to you in 2016? We combed through some 3200 posts, tweets and performed a little social-informatics (like bioinformatics for social media) to see which stories received the best resonance and sharing. Let\u2019s take a look back\u2026..<\/p>\n

#7 NCI Pediatric MATCH<\/strong> –\u00a091 shares and comments by Thermo Fisher social media followers<\/em><\/p>\n

In February of this year, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles announced<\/a> that they would partner with Thermo Fisher Scientific to develop a next-generation sequencing-based gene panel for pediatric cancer research. The assay would target biomarkers \u2014 mutations, amplifications, and gene expression of more than 1,000 gene fusion variants \u2014 associated with childhood cancers. The panel will also include almost all somatic genetic alterations identified in the literature to date as having an association with pediatric cancers.<\/p>\n

Thermo Fisher is always proud to form partnerships like these, as they are huge milestones on the road to precision medicine.<\/p>\n

#6 Antibiotic Resistance<\/strong> –\u00a0139 shares and comments by Thermo Fisher social media followers<\/em>
\nAs the world population gains access to better healthcare, it may unintentionally put itself in danger by over-prescribing medications, which can lead to antibiotic resistance. Behind the Bench put a spotlight on this issue when we wrote about antibiotics in water supplies<\/a> and how researchers are having to adjust their detection methods<\/a> to find evolving pathogens. The issue of antibiotics in water supply is not only alarming that it illustrates a direct path to how we hydrate ourselves, but also that our food supply can be affected through agricultural irrigation<\/a>. We\u2019ll keep our eye on this issue in 2017, and let us know if you\u2019re doing any work around antibiotic resistance \u2013 we would love to talk to you.<\/p>\n

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#5 CRISPR-Cas9<\/strong> –\u00a0141 shares and comments by Thermo Fisher social media followers<\/em><\/p>\n

The term \u201cit was the year of <fill in the blank>\u201d gets thrown around quite bit during this time, but we don\u2019t think anyone would hardly disagree that CRISPR had a very big year in 2016. We published our \u201cCRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing Guide<\/a>\u201d in June of 2016, and it was one of our most read blog posts<\/a> \u2013 ever! This recent gene editing technology, the\u00a0CRISPR-Cas9 system<\/a>, is\u00a0an attractive method for genome editing, and we saw lots of social media buzz around an end-to-end integrated workflow<\/a> with all the tools necessary for genome editing and downstream analysis. We\u2019re excited for the future of CRISPR.<\/p>\n

#4 Microbial Publications<\/strong> –\u00a0180 shares and comments by Thermo Fisher social media followers<\/em><\/p>\n

Whether it was a study where researchers<\/a> use Sanger sequencing to compare publicly available sequences to isolated sequences of Human Enterovirus at the clade and subclade levels or research to identify a possible contributor to increased arctic glacier melt<\/a> for consideration in climate change models, Thermo Fisher\u2019s social media followers eagerly clicked on and shared publications related to microbial studies. Feel free to explore the Behind the Bench archive or past microbial related articles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

#3 HIDS 2016<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0225 shares and comments by Thermo Fisher social media followers<\/em><\/p>\n