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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰

@heyafiqasri

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microfluidicist by training. alum @iiumkoe , @bme_uoft . chatter: science, startups, manga/anime, badminton. @frhnrz โ€™s favourite nerd. #FreePalestine

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Joined July 2012
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
2 years
My MSc project is now a @LabonaChip article! We developed an in-house manufacturing process for electrochemical microfluidic sensors that rely entirely on low-cost equipment + materials and can be iterated within hours. Tweetorial ahead:
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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today in Malaysia: a Malay man sexually harrassed a female politician on live radio, and another Malay man murdered his ex-girlfriend in cold blood. to men: be good allies to the ladies, and don't pull off that "not-all-men" trash out of our fragile egos (it makes you complicit)
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usrah: "Afiq, give a quick tazkirah. any advice works" "sugar damages your body by its quantity, not by concentration." maka semua pun berfikir. ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿค”๐Ÿค”
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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disebabkan orang perubatan dan orang media dah bergaduh pulak pasal ikan singgang, ni nak pesan kat orang akademik (our kind started this ๐Ÿ˜ž): hipotesis tempatnya dalam permohonan geran, jangan gatal duk go on-record cerita pasal hipotesis!
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
9 months
baik puan. Alhamdulillah dah kahwin dah pun.
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Farahin Razak ๐Ÿ‰
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Dah lah jom tidur. Esok nak kahwin.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
I wish Skolafund's crowdfunding drive receives the same energy as Tabung Harapan. the current picture being portrayed is Malaysians favor gesture over necessity ๐Ÿ˜” from my POV, donating to Skolafund is the bigger act of patriotism.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
3 years
I'd just like to geek out on this biomedical engineering marvel that is the contraceptive implant. three cool things about it: 1. the implant is *subcutaneous* in the arm, but the main target organ is the ovaries and cervix,
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Can someone educate me :3 ni birth control ke? Lepastu dia sorong benda tu macam sakit ye
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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I graduated my masters at 29 (in this very niche field called microfluidics, no less) with zero prior industry experience. now a team lead at a biotech company, 2 years later. finish your masters, then work on your job search and have faith in rizq.
@nazu2308
Syaza Nazura - Your Career Success Facilitator โœจ
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Life is all about making mistakes (& LEARNING from them!). 26yo is still SO YOUNG, you are expected to make mistake so donโ€™t worry! Finding a job is hard regardless of if you have a masters or not - just figure out how to sell your skills to the right employers.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
5 years
we need to stop this erasure of local scientists in news, especially by own local news ๐Ÿ˜ช SEARRP should be recognized as equal partners as Oxford/Nottingham in the coordination efforts; and Unding Jami is the expedition team leadโ€“ acknowledge that.
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New Straits Times
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#NSTnation : Scientists from the University of Nottingham and University of Oxford, United Kingdom, have found the worldโ€™s first 100m tall tropical tree in #Danum Valley Conservation Area, #LahadDatu .
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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@DrBeniRusani "I'm a pathologist, I make paths. the right paths" mashaAllah petunjuk ke jalan yg benar ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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explanation: cawan A ada 1 sudu gula, 1/2 cawan air. cawan B ada 1 sudu gula, 1 cawan air. lidah akan rasa A lagi manis dari B. tapi yang masuk dalam badan tetap 1 sudu gula, tak kira lah manis ke tawar. moral: kurangkan intake gula. sir @bingregory kata itu saka
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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since 1973, we have had 7 sci & tech ministers. all were men, and only one was an engineer: his short 4-years tenure brought forth some of our most ambitious S&T policies. today our 8th (and first woman!) S&T minister was sworn-in, also an engineer. all the best @yeobeeyin !
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
@EdwardAFC @lattefirm yes, she did launch the satellite. her responsibilities were the cubeSat system design & the spore analytical MEMS subsystem development. I've read her NASA paper, talked to her personally, and is also a fellow MEMS researcher. I appreciate if *you* get your facts straight ๐Ÿ™‚
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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@zamirmohyedin other quote tweets: talk about the couple / pick up line Zamir: hi Twitter I would like to share some facts about Nasi Lemak Wak Kentut
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
4 years
celebrate small wins.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
9 months
welcome to the world of salary arbitrage ๐Ÿ˜„ people might wrongly point out that foreign companies take advantage of Malaysiaโ€™s lower cost of living when seeking Malaysian talents, while in fact, what is actually leveraged upon is our industryโ€™s culture of โœจ wage suppression โœจ
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Iโ€™m a microfluidicist working for a Toronto biotech startup, remotely from KL. unless Iโ€™m explaining to a really close relative, I go with โ€œkerja engineer jeโ€. itโ€™s too canggih to explain for simply berbasa-basi purposes
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
from replies, seems like there's lots of pushback to this idea. maybe step back a bit and contemplate: the women in our community is facing a traumatic collective experience and wants their voices amplified, is defending men's pride so important that we'd dismiss their concerns?
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
5 years
@zamirmohyedin Newtonโ€™s third law (recoil) + conservation of momentum (recoil of heavy object acting on lighter object) + elastic potential energy โ˜บ๏ธ
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
Malaysians' popular opinions that are WRONG: 1. PhD is just another "fasa belajar di sekolah", not a real job 2. only people who graduated first class are allowed to do postgraduate studies 3. "PhD ni kau tanggung bayar guna savings sendiri lah, sibuk sangat nak belajar kan?"
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
3 years
slightly old news: my MSc was Senate-approved two weeks ago.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
@azmanrocks she unfortunately hasn't caught up to the Twitter hype ๐Ÿ˜… and her TedxKL session isn't on Youtube either. but she's had several newspaper interviews since 2015, so looking up Wardatul Amani Salim should pop up some quick reads.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
5 years
upsetting that the entire original interview was based on two interviews with a local scientist yet the Malaysian news headline is "UK scientists found world's first", what even.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
4 years
the idea of lab-on-a-fidget-spinner has been floating around for a few years, but the ingenuity that made this work *effectively* was coupling it with fluid assisted separation technology, which reduced the spin speed necessary for particle separation.
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Nature Biomedical Engineering
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A fidget spinner for the point-of-care diagnosis of urinary tract infection
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
for many graduated JPA scholars today (i.e. those awarded prior to 2013), the contract + implementation is pretty loophole-y that it is possible to fulfill all T&C and never serve, NOT by intention/fraud, but rather by passiveness. also, MARA kids aren't obliged to serve.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
3 years
sepanjang aku guna twitter, 90% of the time kalau ada tweet aku viral, situasi dia ialah tweet tu asalnya likes tak sampai 10 pun then tiba-tiba @zamirmohyedin pergi retweet.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
5 years
hello bioscientists, a question: we know that single stranded DNA in aqueous solutions can survive 95 ยฐC (think PCR), but do dry single stranded DNA survive 100-120 ยฐC in air? thanks ๐Ÿ˜Š
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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@fedtriyahya @hASif_idris sekarang pemilik @dukkanmaya (online store + consultancy) dan dah tulis 3 buah buku (Catatan Hati Nik Nur Madihah, Noktah Terjahit, Denai Cinta). konotasi 'gagal' itu hanya wujud dari perspektif menilai beliau berdasarkan titik rendah hidupnya.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
the MyBrain15 debacle has brought to Malaysia the toxicity similar to the US: that non-academic laymen (see thread replies) starts putting out arguments that doing grad school is just "doing more school on govt handouts" doing a PhD is a job. and there's no "paper exams" in it.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
@mrariel69 and you, Ariel, are the kind who gives prejudice before he even finished the thread AND did not read the disclaimer in the first tweet. also, "showing a united front" does not mean the rest of the 213 PH MPs besides Tun M cannot make any public statement/endorsements.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
just putting this idea out there for Malaysian filmmakers: Dr Chua Kaw Beng's discovery of Nipah virus in 1997 is dramatic enough to be made into a movie -- of international interest, even.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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tambahan: kenapa kuantiti yang akan affect blood sugar, bukan concentration? sebab homeostasis: isipadu darah dalam badan (yg normal) TIDAK berubah. dalam badan, gula larut dalam darah, bukan air. maka kepekatan gula darah bergantung pada kuantiti gula, bukan kuantiti darah.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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in my first 3MT back in 2016 in Toronto, during preliminaries, I lost my train of thought past the first minute and stood frozen silent on stage until I ran out of time. because of that, I think what I achieved today is particularly important, personally:
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
2 years
the titles of this week's top bestsellers alone shows that Malaysians are not feeling okay ๐Ÿฅฒ
@DrAliziAlias
Dr Alizi Alias, Organizational Psychologist
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Buku "PENAT" no.2 best-seller @mphclick . Tahniah Ms @surayaror no.1 dan tahniah Dr @HazreenAbdul no.4 minggu ini ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ Tahniah juga @HilalAsyraf . Walaupun tak pernah jumpa/berinteraksi lagi, tapi rasa ada connection ๐Ÿ˜Š.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
5 years
personal top 4: - Sora Yori mo Tooi Basho - Hibike Euphonium - Shirobako - Made in Abyss most frequently recommended: Aldnoah Zero
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
I'm glad to be in science Twitter. I tried to engage something on academic Facebook and seems that I struck a nerve with people. how can academics from the same country, on two different platforms, have very distinct values/priorities? and the other side is the larger group ๐Ÿ™
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
(yet unmarried, but) with all due respect, this would be the main reason I'd find her choices sometimes questionable
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Zayn Gregory
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Never criticize your wife's taste. After all, she chose you.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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for those who wrote SPM between years 2000 to 2009 (where max SPM enrolment was 21 subjects), attending an SBP/MRSM meant it is almost bureaucratically impossible to enrol more than 10 subjects. if Dr Amalina stayed in SBPs, we'll never know her as "Amalina SPM 17A"
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Dr. Amalina
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Went to STF after UPSR, then left. Went to STF again after PMR, then left. ๐Ÿ˜‚
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
2 years
@surayaror this should be a clear LDR + weekend spouse solution. when my dad was posted to Kerteh some time ago, for 2 years he drove to KL on Friday nights and back to Terengganu on Monday mornings. Perak isnโ€™t that difficult to commute, especially if itโ€™s somewhere south of Ipoh.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
I wonder how it feels if you've worked for years to get to your dream job and when you get there people ask you: "bila nak balik serve Malaysia? ramai orang kat kampung masih [insert difficulties]" service comes in many forms. let people dictate how they channel their energy.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
4 years
honored to be named recipient for Outstanding Project in Materials, Process and Products by IEEE Electron Devices Society Malaysia โ˜บ๏ธ
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
4 years
lesson learned: academics need media training too (and institutions need to provide them). minggu ni mungkin lecturer UMT yang buat kalut, esok-esok mana tahu your own people make a nationwide blunder.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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passed my MSc quals today! ๐Ÿ˜„
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
4 years
204 pages. hopefully contributed some revenue for the local print shop in this trying COVID economy
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
3 years
@Nabil_Malaysia @NoobJepun "omae no atama ga doko ni aru?" terjemahan: kau punya kepala otak sebenarnya dekat mana?
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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I got a lot of good feedback during my quals last week but the most memorable has to be our former NASA scientist giving a passing comment "to me, this is something clever" I felt very acknowledged โ˜บ๏ธ
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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experience as a hiring manager using Linkedin & Jobstreet (manual screening, no ATS): many Jobstreet users don't update their profile (i.e. their 1st impression profile don't reflect their resume) while Linkedin users do. this makes glimpsing easier on Linkedin than on Jobstreet.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
3 years
I've been reading Ed Yong for years now and was never aware of his Malaysian roots (and honestly, if he doesn't emphasize it then it shouldn't really have mattered)... until he won Pulitzer yesterday and some M'sian media started claiming him. our #doneclaim culture needs to stop
@PeteTeo
Pete Teo
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Now that he has won the Pulitzer price, Ed Yong is claimed as Msian. Truth is, he is a product of the UK educational system. Moved there when he was 13 and went to Cambridge. If he had stayed in our system, he'd be under-nurtured, ignored & told to shut up.
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this is brilliant work! maintaining the abab structure of pantuns post-translation is incredibly difficult, but these had abcb, abab and even aaaa rhyme structures-- and also retained the flowery prose style. really love this โค๏ธ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป
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Zayn Gregory
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Pantuns are a window onto Malay culture. Here's a thread of pantuns I have translated into English. [Original Malay versions are all from UKM's database]
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we had a Batu Bersurat, then replaced into a Keris statue for Wallahua'lam amount of money. the semester following that, at least in Engineering, they stopped operating funds for TAs (lecturers pay TAs directly now), and had annual op/dev funds reduced. just... don't.
@IIUMToday
IIUM Today
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BREAKING: ย Honourable Datuk Dr. Mohd Daud Bakar, President of IIUMย suggested on the replacement of Keris statute with a 'Qalam'. #IIUMTAKRIMDAY2019
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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@syahredzan also important to point that both are engineers, and both are aged under 40! I've seen great things when women lead the science ministry in Canada, so I'm optimistic for ours ๐Ÿ˜„
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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found Unding's Twitter account. he has an incredible collection of nature photography of Danum Valley, give @BorneoTree a follow!
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
my friend @yvonnechoo_sl received her PhD at Newcastle University convocation today, and is the first of my same-age friends to do so (we're 26), and I feel like it's important to hype that up ๐Ÿ˜„ congratulations Dr Choo!
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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@azmanrocks kalau ikut cara sembelih unta, kat C
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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this is taking off further than I wished it would've had. just a reminder to y'all to keep the socmed hype to a minimum, and respect the newlyweds' privacy. (I myself probably didn't think this through properly when I quote-tweeted off @tapaimalaya ๐Ÿ˜”)
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
2 years
photo is from last Sunday morning session. masters degree is from 16 months ago. ๐Ÿคฃ
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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2. it is essentially 3 years worth of hormone drugs loaded in a polymer tube, and the polymer leaches small enough drug doses every day for >1000 days, 3. it's the most effective known reversible contraceptive, despite being placed nowhere near the reproductive organs.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
5 years
cahaya terpantul menjadikan cawan ini berwarna perang, manakala cahaya telus mewarnakannya ungu. fenomena tapis dwirona (dikroik) ini terhasil melalui nanozarah emas yang terkandung dalam bahan polimer bolehcetak, kemudian dicetak 3D kepada bentuk cawan ini.
@V_Saggiomo
Vittorio Saggiomo (@[email protected])
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Our #3dprinting dichroic (two colours depending by the illumination angle) #nanoparticle material is online in its final version (and open access) #RealTimeChem #3Dprinters
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
2 years
@NazmiHanafiah tweet is ambiguous and it seems like some replies are already misreading you, so to clarify: Bawani KS is the outspoken student, not the listen-listen-listen lady shutting her down
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
this must have been yesterday ๐Ÿ˜‚ kagum jugak first time masjid IIUM pukul 1.35 pm dah selesai solat Jumaat. typically habis 2 pm. walaupun azan 1.05 pm sekarang, khutbah usually starts 20 mins later. yesterday it started early + sermon was fairly short (and still bilingual!)
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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@zamirmohyedin first paragraph is fact published yesterday, second paragraph is (educated) speculation on future science ๐Ÿ˜Š so far robot tu baru berjaya berjalan secara open-loop control.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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@karimbachik @muaznzm @gha_sudin28 @faliqfahmie Hi Jamil, since you asked, I am here to correct you. IB program for {govt/GLC}-sponsored students have prepped students in medicine, engineering, biosciences, law, econs, geology, and many more - for the past decade, probably more. no medic-only limitations ๐Ÿ˜Š
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
a successful qualifying exam, a seed grant awarded, a conference paper accepted, and 3 new citations on my sole publication from last year. pretty good for the first 3 weeks into the year โ˜บ๏ธ
@FromPhDtoLife
Jennifer Polk, PhD (she, her)
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Hope all my tweeps are doing well these days! What's this new year brought your way so far?
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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which boomer-minded idiot thought this is good optics and pushed for this copywriting โ€œCuti Bukan Hakโ€ smh there are different ways to convey this information without coming across as slave owners. put on Madani logo some more.
@jpagov
Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ
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Cuti bukan hak kita. Cuti adalah satu kemudahan yang diberikan oleh Kerajaan kepada anggota perkhidmatan awam. Sila rujuk pekeliling Perintah Am 7 hingga 11 Bab C (Cuti) dan MyPPSM SR.5.1.1 untuk mengetahui lebih lanjut tentang cuti rehat tahunan.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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(upon reading replies) point of reflection: how big of a portion of our sense of qanaah (enough-ness) is gratitude to Allah, and how much of it is actually simply the lack of ambition and low expectations on ourselves?
@zamirmohyedin
Zamir Mohyedin
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Hidup sederhana pun okey saja, bro. Cukup makan, rumah selesa, ada keluarga dan kawan yang baik, ada masa untuk solat berjemaah dah okey sangat. Jadikan kecukupan dan kesederhanaan sebagai tanda aras kebahagiaan. Jadikan kebahagiaan masing-masing tanda aras kejayaan.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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I rarely (never?) tweet Eid photos here, so hereโ€™s an Instagram snippet from yesterday.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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glad to see so many inspiring "did bad in SPM but had a redemption arc" tweets. sorry I have nothing good to share with you I'm the 14 A's guy that turned out mediocre over a decade later ๐Ÿ˜‚
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
2 years
Perintah Gaji Minimum 2022: gaji ikut jam tidak kurang dari RM7.21 sejam, berkuatkuasa 1 Mei 2022. kalau syarikat dengan pekerja kurang 5 orang, boleh tangguh sampai 1 Januari 2023. denda RM10,000 bagi setiap pekerja yg dibayar di bawah minima.
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@marutokacak 0 experience, RM6 per hour, once you gain any skills at anytime, we will revise accordingly.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
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one contributor to Malaysiaโ€™s failure in creating STEM jobs is how we structurally (financing, mindset, bureaucracy, etc) approach university innovations in a way that pushes too much for licensing but stifles spinoffs, in the past few decades.
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@heyafiqasri
Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
@fahmi_fadzil things that upset me from reading replies: 1. people who argue "Bangsar name is good for property value"- lack awareness of effects of gentrification. 2. "focus on more important issues" people who aren't even aware that this is a jab to Kerinchi's name change to Bangsar South.
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@heyafiqasri
Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
3 years
in BME when it comes to controlled drug delivery, we're usually taught about drug-eluting stents (rightfully so, given the tighter spatiotemporal req's) but I think contraceptive implants deserve similar focus in our syllabi: it's long-lasting, well-commercialized and effective.
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@heyafiqasri
Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
it is an incredible honor to have been able to participate in this project when I was an undergrad. article went live today in @ScienceTM , congratulations @NgAlphonsus @ryanfobel @cfobel @julianlamanna @ChemistryTA and everyone at @Wheeler_Lab ! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
4 years
@zamirmohyedin Zamir this is an anthropogenic climate change denier talking point, you sure you want to tweet with no nuance like this?
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@heyafiqasri
Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
good news #1 : manuscript passed technical program review yesterday. won't be personally presenting it in Prague next month, but still happy because it's the first manuscript that I *wrote* that got accepted (my previous publication was co-authorship by contribution) ๐Ÿ˜Š
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@heyafiqasri
Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
1 year
always impressed how Aming makes regular public business updates as if all of Malaysia are Sambal Nyetโ€™s stakeholders. RM 33.5 million revenue in under 3 years from continuously iterating a single product, all bootstrapped. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป
@khairulaming
Khairulaming
1 year
Iโ€™m pleased to share with you guys yang jualan Sambal Nyet dah mencecah 2.4 juta botol iaitu bersamaan dgn jualan sebanyak Rm 33.5 juta ringgit. Sekarang production dah dinaikkan ke 7,000 botol sehari dan jualan juga dikembangkan ke live commerce ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป. Full update:
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
1 year
sekadar nak bagi suggestion: kalau buat hinge guna filament, better guna method print-in-place, lagi stabil and tak perlu assemble. kalau nak buat through hole hinge macam tu, elok guna besi, dawai 2 mm pun okay
@RidzwanMahazan
ridzBORED
1 year
latest 3D print project. lama tak update personal projek santai2 ni. memandangkan kerap picnic kebelakangan ni, kita design pacak untuk elak tikar picnic kita kena tiup angin. video panjang, kena potong 2 bahagian.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
8 years
reverse culture shock, experienced by all study abroad students, always.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
7 years
to have achieved this understanding, Wallahi this mat salleh uncle is truly one of us now.
@bingregory
Zayn Gregory
7 years
But the deepest zen durian wisdom is this: There are no bad durians. There are just the ones you eat now and the ones you make into TEMPOYAK
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
3 years
why I prefer long-term platonic-to-romantic transition. when you discover new persons with romantic intents from the get-go, you don't have enough time to build trust, ruminate their baggage, align your values. if you're platonic prior, then you already internalized some.
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@heyafiqasri
Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
5 years
Azizah presented her undergrad thesis today and she did very well and we're very proud of her ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
7 years
cool thing about IIUM architecture: the mosque is a literal wayfinder. all faculties are built within walking distance around the IIUM mosque (in their centre), so the mosque is the most prominent landmark to find directions.
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@heyafiqasri
Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
4 years
@zamirmohyedin @zureyff sebagai co-author artikel 31 authors, nak mencelah: โ€œpenulisโ€ tu dalam konteks natural sciences maksudnya โ€œyang buat kerjaโ€ (idea asal, design/buat eksperimen, analisa data, cari funding, etc). yang โ€œmenulisโ€ manuskrip secara literal biasanya 1-2 orang sahaja.
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
8 months
this is a healthy fandom. didnโ€™t horde or bother the athlete having a private evening with his wife, just yelled โ€œcongratulationsโ€ (on LKYโ€™s recent marriage announcement) from afar upon making eye-contact ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป
@always4yew
14 | Fatin ๆณ•ๆฑ€ ํŒŒํ‹ด
8 months
Acecece keanyew pegang tangan wife๐Ÿคญ
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@heyafiqasri
Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
4 years
@kusyuk tapi kalau gaduh (especially kalau involve strangers) video tu evidence in case escalated ke mahkamah
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@heyafiqasri
Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
3 years
I honestly donโ€™t remember how Mama laughs anymore, but throughout yesterdayโ€™s trip I heard repeatedly from Mamaโ€™s cousins (i.e. my second uncles and aunts) that โ€œhe laughs like his momโ€. that is a good thing. ๐Ÿ™‚
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
3 years
earlier this month I had 3 opportunities and had positive interviews with them, but upon follow-ups none are committed yet, for various reasons. so I'm putting myself back on the job market. if you're a PI / biotech startup and is looking to hire, here is my latest CV:
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
2 years
received my results slip directly from the principal. first time sujud syukur in public. day 1 of being treated like a local hero, at least to the school, for a few years that came after (that I actually enjoyed for the first few years, but at some point I had to move on).
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@puteriarchy
Puteri N. Balqis ๐Ÿ‰
2 years
What was your day of SPM result look like?
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
7 years
@bingregory "smoout."
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
7 years
24-Year-Old Malaysian PhD Student Won Gold at British Parliamentโ€™s Science Competition
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@heyafiqasri
Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
5 years
considering @aixnr is self-taught(?) in the topic, am amazed at how much he knew, enough to write about it. I took formal courses in quantum mechanics, materials science, and semiconductor devices in undergrad and many of these technical details are new to me
@amanz
Amanz
5 years
Keagungan Kuantum: Menerobos Ke Masa Hadapan Dengan Dentumanย Halilintar
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@heyafiqasri
Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
I may be presumptuous, but are you an undergrad, adik? nothing wrong with "having good rankings", but "mengejar ranking" can be bad depending on how you get there. our past rank-upping practices has been relatively inorganic, and that has to change before it starts being toxic.
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@heyafiqasri
Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
3 years
my first-authored review (with @Anis_nurashikin ) is now live in Biomicrofluidics. we hope this work will help guide researchers who intend to explore microfluidics / biosensors with lower entry barriers and smaller starting investment ๐Ÿฅฐ
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@heyafiqasri
Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
iklan hiring grad student paling sedih pernah baca setakat ni ๐Ÿ˜ข it's sad when brilliant people doing good research like this goes underfunded.
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@heyafiqasri
Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
8 months
biasanya untuk linear algebra akan ada soalan โ€œgiven axioms [insert axioms] show proof that 1+1=2โ€ part yg โ€œgiven axiomsโ€ tu yg boleh reduce proof jadi 1-2 page.
@zamirmohyedin
Zamir Mohyedin
8 months
Bertrand Russell dan Alfred Whitehead ambil sebanyak 362 muka surat untuk tentukan bahawa 1+1 = 2 dalam karya agung Principia Mathematica. Kenapa sampai beratus muka surat ceritanya panjang. Diringkaskan ceritanya matematik hampir tidak pernah dicabar lebih 2,000 tahun sejak
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
4 years
@zamirmohyedin source: Gamaleya vaccine: Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine:
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
5 years
as someone who did come home (and plans to leave again some time soon), my advice: build a proper ecosystem for our local talents firstโ€“ ones who'd put more into nation-building. the diaspora had their reasons, they'll come home when they feel like it, appeals are unnecessary.
@malaymail
Malay Mail
5 years
Azmin appeals to young talented Malaysians to return home
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@heyafiqasri
Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
6 years
@1Obefiend I feel like that laugh at the end is sort of a bad parenting example... but I also think I'll end up doing the same to my kids one day ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…
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@heyafiqasri
Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
2 years
some added context: the lab she RAโ€™s at Boston Childrenโ€™s is one of those that has a PI with H-index > 100 (i.e. typically long-established, well-funded, large team labs). even among ambitious overachievers sheโ€™s an ambitious overachiever ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ
@daheeverse
dran ๐Ÿ€
2 years
Lee Nadine with the beauty and brains and the panel where so shocked abt that info fjgjggj #SinglesInferno2 #SinglesInferno2Ep5
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
5 years
nota bahasa: terjemahan rasmi "dichroic filter" ialah "turas dikroik" (rujuk korpus MABBIM). "dichroic" came from Greek di- (twice) and khros (colour), hence I invented "dwirona" ("dua warna") because something cool deserves a better localisation than some loan word ๐Ÿ˜Š
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Afiq Asri ๐Ÿ‰
5 years
@EstOdek last year, a team published a comparison of different brands of pressure cookers to see which one kills the most types of microbes, including spores
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