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Idiomorph
Science, technology, and the pursuit of awesomeness!
Created on 2009-04-22 15:35:06 (#19713287), last updated 2009-10-18
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| Name: | Idiomorph |
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| Birthdate: | 1990-01-26 |
| Location: | Australia |
Idiomorph: Literally 'private form'. In genetics, a sequence of DNA which demonstrates little homology with other sequences found at the same locus. This does not often occur naturally, and the term specifically refers to the genes responsible for determining mating type in some fungi.
I'm a slightly unhinged and socially maladapted 19-year-old genetics student who has managed to blunder his way through academia via a combination of dumb luck and the occasional flash of insight. Life interests me, though I am rarely very good at it!
I'm a slightly unhinged and socially maladapted 19-year-old genetics student who has managed to blunder his way through academia via a combination of dumb luck and the occasional flash of insight. Life interests me, though I am rarely very good at it!
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abstraction, academia, adaptation, admiral zex, ambipom, androgyny, animals, anime, antitheism, apotheosis, artificial intelligence, astronomy, atheism, bioinformatics, biological terminology, biology, biotechnology, bioware, breloom, caffeine, cats, cephalopods, change, chocolate, code geass, computers, conservation, creating, cryonics, cuteness, dawkins, definitely not sarcasm, depression, digimon, douglas adams, dragons, dreaming, dynamism, dystheism, eavesdropping, ecology, efficiency, environmentalism, evolution, experimentation, extropy, flatworms, flygon, fungi, game theory, gaming, gardevoir, gay rights, gene regulation, genetic engineering, genetics, gluconeogenesis, gmail - inbox (1), green tea ice cream, hugs, hugs from boys, human nature, immortality, immunology, interesting things, japanese, japanese music, jolteon, kittens, language, languages, laptops, learning, levelling up, life, linguistics, linux, logic, loneliness, love, loyalty, marsupials, mathematics, metabolism, metagross, milotic, mitochondria, moogles, nanotechnology, neuroscience, nintendo, nobuo uematsu, non sequiturs, nonsense, nostalgia, pharyngula, physics, platypuses, pokémon, possums, power, procrastination, programming, psychology, puzzles, r, rain, ralts, reading, really long hugs, refactorization, ruby, science, science fiction, scizor, self-improvement, sending desperate emails, shiny things, shipping, shroomish, skepticism, sleep deprivation, sleeping, sociology, sociophobia, space, space exploration, speculation, spore, stalking, star control 2, starcraft, stars, stealing interests from friends, syntax, tea, technology, terranigma, transformation, transhumanism, ubuntu, unrequited love, utilitarianism, verbosity, virus rights, viruses, wikipedia, world domination, writing
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Box Hill High School - Melbourne, VIC, Australia (2003 - 2005)University of Melbourne - Melbourne, VIC, Australia (2005 - present)
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