Evolution and evolvability

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| short quote = Evolution and Evolvability

| hover text = Catalytic triad

| disclaimer = As of April 2023, I have a role as Executive Director of the [[Meta:WikiJournal User Group|WikiJournal User Group]] funded as part of a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation. The [[Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/WikiJournal 2023/staffing plan#Executive Director|activities encompassed by this role]] are primarily off-wiki coordination tasks. All other edits performed outside of this scope are done in an unpaid, voluntary capacity.

| about me = I'm originally from Britain, where I studied a degree in Natural Sciences and a PhD in [[w:biochemistry|biochemistry]], specialising in [[w:directed evolution|directed evolution]] and [[w:evolvability|evolvability]]. I then moved to Australia and my expanded my research to [[w:bioinformatics|bioinformatics]], [[w:Sequence space (evolution)|sequence space]], [[w:convergent evolution|convergent evolution]] and [[w:protein engineering|protein engineering]]. I and have additionally worked as a freelance scientific illustrator for a few popular science books and now mostly work in [[w:data science]] and research analytics. I've been active on Wikipedia since 2013<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://redwritinghood.blogs.latrobe.edu.au/2015/11/my-second-life-as-wikipedian-thomas.html | title=My second life as a Wikipedian | last='''Shafee''' | first='''T''' | date=2015 | website=latrobe.edu.au | publisher=RED Alert, La Trobe University | access-date=2016-08-22}}</ref> and now run workshops on [[:File:Wikipedia editing for academics Workshop.pdf|Wikipedia editing for scientists, academics, students and doctors]].<ref>{{cite web | last1='''Shafee''' | first1='''T''' | title=Wikipedia as an outreach platform | url=https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/communicating-your-research-wikipedia-as-an-outreach-platform-get-your-writing-ready-by-a-million-registration-45010994095 | website=La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science | date=2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1='''Shafee''' | first1='''T''' | title=Wikipedia Editing for Scientists | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328153311/http://lorneproteins.org/wikipedia-workshop/ | website=Lorne Proteins | date=2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1='''Shafee''' | first1='''T''' | title=Wikipedia Editing for Scientists | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502043408/http://smbe2016.org/workshops/ | website=Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution | date=2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1='''Shafee''' | first1='''T''' | title=Women in Antarctic Research Wikibomb | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093809/http://www.scar.org/women/wikibomb | website=Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research | date=2016}} ([[w:WP:Meetup/SCAR_2016|summary page]])</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last='''Shafee''' | first='''T''' | date=2016-08-18 | title=Engaging diverse communities to profile women of Antarctica | url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WP:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-08-18/Special_report&oldid=735133824 | journal=The Signpost | language= | volume= | issue= | doi= | pmid= | access-date= | via=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Savage | first1=S | last2=Strugnell | first2=J | last3='''Shafee''' | first3='''T''' | url=http://ondemand.rrr.org.au/player/128/20160831103302 | title=Parallel Lines | work=[[w:3RRR radio|3RRR radio]] | date=31 August 2016 | format=Audio interview}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1='''Shafee''' | first1='''T''' | title=Health Literacy | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418014407/http://torquegh.org/modules16/healthliteracy | publisher=Torque Global Health Education Program | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418014407/http://torquegh.org/modules16/healthliteracy | language=en-gb | archive-date=2017-04-18}}</ref> I also focus on facilitating collaborations between the academic and Wikipedic communities in general.<ref>{{Cite journal | last=Strugnell | first=J | last2='''Shafee''' | first2='''T''' | first3=N | last3=Wilson | first4=R | last4=Downey | first5=C | last5=Stevens | first6=J | last6=Shaw | first7=J | last7=Baeseman | title=Profiles: Kudos for female Antarctic researchers | url=http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/536148b | journal=Nature | volume=536 | issue=7615 | pages=148–148 | doi=10.1038/536148b}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1=Masukume | first1=G | last2=Kipersztok | first2=L | last3=Das | first3=D | last4='''Shafee''' | first4='''T''' | last5=Laurent | first5=M | last6=Heilman | first6=J | title=Medical journals and WP: a global health matter | journal=The Lancet Global Health | date=November 2016 | volume=4 | issue=11 | pages=e791 | doi=10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30254-6 | url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(16)30254-6/fulltext}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://theconversation.com/wikipedia-is-already-the-worlds-dr-google-its-time-for-doctors-and-researchers-to-make-it-better-66769 | title=Wikipedia is already the world's 'Dr Google' – it's time for doctors and researchers to make it better | last='''Shafee''' | first='''T''' | newspaper=The Conversation | access-date=2016-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last='''Shafee''' | first='''T''' | last2=Mietchen | first2=D | last3=Su | first3=A | date=August 2017 | title=Academics can help shape Wikipedia | url=http://science.sciencemag.org/content/357/6351/557.2 | journal=Science | volume=357 | issue=6351 | pages=557–558 | doi=10.1126/science.aao0462}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last='''Shafee''' | first='''T''' | last2=Masukume | first2=G | last3=Kipersztok | first3=L | last4=Das | first4=D | last5=Häggström | first5=M | last6=Heilman | first6=J | date= August 2017 | title=Evolution of Wikipedia’s medical content: past, present and future | url=http://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2017/08/24/jech-2016-208601 | journal=JECH | doi=10.1136/jech-2016-208601 | pmid=28847845}}</ref> My main programing language is [[w:R_(programming_language)|R]], and I maintain the [https://github.com/TS404/WikidataR WikidataR package] for reading and writing to wikidata.

| about my work = <span class="plainlinks">On Wikipedia, I mainly edit articles in biochemistry and evolutionary biology. Since diagrams are key to clear science articles, I focus on adding and improving images (all my images are [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY licensed]). I also generate interactive [[w:template:glycolysis summary|wikilinked diagrams]] and, where possible, I try to make sure that formatting I use is compatible with mobile devices. I'm also on the [[v:WikiJournal of Medicine/Editorial board|editorial boards]] of ''[http://www.wikijmed.org WikiJournal of Medicine]'' and ''[http://www.wikijsci.org WikiJournal of Science]'', Wikipedia-integrated, peer-reviewed, open-access academic journals<ref>{{Cite journal | year= | title=WikiJournal of Medicine, the first Wikipedia-integrated academic journal | url=https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_of_Medicine/WikiJournal_of_Medicine,_the_first_Wikipedia-integrated_academic_journal | journal=WikiJournal of Medicine | volume=4 | pages= | doi=10.15347/wjm/2017.001 | last='''Shafee''' | first ='''T''' | last2=Das | first2=D | last3=Masukume | first3=G | last4=Häggström | first4=M}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last='''Shafee''' | first='''T''' | date=2018-06-01 | title=The aims and scope of WikiJournal of Science | url=https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_of_Science/The_aims_and_scope_of_WikiJournal_of_Science | journal=WikiJournal of Science | volume=1 | issue=1 | pages=1 | doi=10.15347/wjs/2018.001}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Shafee|first=Thomas|date=2017|title=Wikipedia-integrated publishing: a comparison of successful models|url=https://www.hlinc.org.au/content/open-access/item/wikipedia-integrated-publishing-a-comparison-of-successful-models?category_id=28|journal=Health Inform|volume=26|issue=2|pages=|doi=10.13140/RG.2.2.27470.77129}}</ref> and I organise the Wikipedia-integrated [http://topicpageswiki.plos.org/wiki/Author_Guide Topic Page format] for ''PLOS Genetics''.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://blogs.plos.org/biologue/2017/04/12/continuing-to-bridge-the-journal-wikipedia-gap-introducing-topic-pages-for-plos-genetics | title=Continuing to Bridge the Journal-Wikipedia Gap: Introducing Topic Pages for PLOS Genetics | author=Ann Luk | date=2017-04-12 | work=PLOS Biologue | access-date=2017-05-31 | language=en-US}}</ref></span> I also edit scientific and bibliometric information on wikidata.