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Mike Rennie

Co-founder & Co-CEO of mixOmics Pro, the company behind the widely used mixOmics multi-omics analysis platform, based in Melbourne, Australia.

Aug 7, 2026

43:47
Are, are there other factors that might cause water levels in Lake Superior to fluctuate?
43:52
Oh, sure.
43:53
So yeah, even, so even though that, you know, the waves and stuff on Lake Superior won't let you see variation in that amount of water level, what you do get are, so seasonal changes.
44:04
So as we move, uh, through seasons and have sort of rainier periods versus drier periods in a year, we'll see smaller fluctuations in water levels with Lake Superior on that basis of about, you know, 10 to 20 centimeters.
44:19
The other thing that we'll often see, though, and this is more common, is that when we get a storm surge, so if we get a lot of water sort of, or a lot of wind, I guess, blowing on the water and pushing that water to one side of the shore, what can happen is that water will pile up where the wind is blowing it onshore, and then when the wind stops, it'll slosh backwards.
44:41
Imagine Lake Superior as a giant bathtub.
44:45
Once that water...
45:41
Now, do these seiches have any effect on the animals that live in the water?
10:57
It takes them a very long time to, you know.
10:59
To be fair, even, you know, we interview a lot of our users.
11:04
Yeah.
11:04
We have over 50,000 users a year.
11:06
We have a lot of interviews and discussions.
11:08
And even the experts don't.
11:10
Kim Ahn was at a conference last year in Europe and the questions fielded from even experts, there's a lot of doubt because there's a big commitment to the decisions you're making.

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23:40
Want to answer that one? Is he using AI so much?
43:49
Are there other factors that might cause water levels in Lake Superior to fluctuate?
43:54
Oh, sure.
43:54
So yeah, even, so even though that, you know, the waves and stuff on Lake Superior won't let you see variation in that amount of water level, What you do get are so seasonal changes.
44:05
So as we move through seasons and have sort of rainier periods versus drier periods in a year, we'll see smaller fluctuations in water levels with Lake Superior on that basis of about, you know, 10 to 20 centimeters difference.
44:20
The other thing that we'll often see though, and this is more common, is that when we get a storm surge, so if we get a lot of water or a lot of wind, I guess, blowing on the water and pushing that water to one side of the shore, What can happen is that water will pile up where the wind is blowing it on shore.
44:40
And then when the wind stops, it'll slosh backwards.
44:43
Imagine Lake Superior is a giant bathtub.
45:42
Now, do these seiches have any effect on the animals that live in the water?
76:27
Uh, they have since been excised as a cost saving measure, but here's a little taste of that.
76:33
How ha- how has Jacq's been running? Been running? Recently? Now, you can be honest, madam.
76:38
I can take it.
76:40
He's been running off of milk chocolate recently.
76:42
Oh.
76:43
It's quite smooth and sweetly.
76:44
Thank you.
76:45
Though, last week.

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