Alex Cagan

@ATJCagan · Cambridge · joined 03 Jul 2013

Researching somatic evolution at the University of Cambridge and Wellcome Sanger Institute. Also a scientific illustrator.

12 471Followers

2 410Following

4 940Posts total

11.1KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Alex Cagan@ATJCagan6 Sep

A few more of illustrations from #ICEM2026 https://t.co/lu73qOhEdi

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Alex Cagan@ATJCagan6 Sep

A couple of illustrations from #ICEM2026 which kicked off this evening with a plenary from Prof. Sir Mike Stratton. Lots of interest in using error-corrected sequencing to study environmental mutagenesis. https://t.co/UCBPq58Hc9

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Alex Cagan@ATJCagan8 Jul

@ATJCagan love the illustration style, so cute! 5 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Alex Cagan@ATJCagan12 Jun

Moritz Schaefer on using multimodal AI to add a semantic layer to exploratory data analysis - cool live demo of CellWhisperer #singlecellgenomicsday https://t.co/A5nPYSj3lP

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Alex Cagan@ATJCagan12 Jun

Junyue Cao on developing an amazing array of scalable and more accessible tools to investigate cellular dynamics in ageing and disease #singlecellgenomicsday https://t.co/seNXh1pr6D

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Alex Cagan@ATJCagan13 Apr 2022

Incredibly excited to share our paper ‘Somatic mutation rates scale with lifespan across mammals’ now published @nature. https://t.co/a68IkkTt33 An illustrated & updated tweetorial… [1/24] https://t.co/o8BLsIXH7x

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Against accounts of the same size

3 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views1 268this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %10.17%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.54%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 268	924	1.37×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	10.17%	3.62%	2.81×
Engagement rate	0.54%	1.52%	0.36×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

3.9K12 Jun

4.3K

58 Jul

1.3K6 Sep

1.7K

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.49%12 Jun

0.63%

0.00%8 Jul

1.10%6 Sep

0.54%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes67.9%55 in total

Reposts12.3%10 in total

Replies2.5%2 in total

Quotes2.5%2 in total

Bookmarks14.8%12 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.