Fantastic to be back at Royal Institution (now on Bluesky) for the Pride In STEM big rainbow quiz hosted by Dr. Alfredo Carpineti 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️! Brilliant evening in a brilliant place

Calling all rare disease researchers and clinicians who have a variant of uncertain significance... 🧬 The MRC National Mouse Genetics Network & MRC NMGN Congenital Anomalies (co-led by our PI Steve Twigg) are currently looking for VUSs to model in mice! 🐭 (1/2)

At the Wilkie Lab in Oxford, every day is #RareDiseaseDay as we continue to research the genetics of #Craniosynostosis, a rare skull condition From FGFR2 to PRRX1 twenty-eight years later, the hunt for causative genes of Craniosynostosis in our group never stops!

4 years into my DPhil… and I finally had to make my first ever poster!

Very excited to have been shortlisted for the lta Askonas medal! Looking forward to presenting again at our Institute’s annual symposium in June 🙌

Congratulations to our DPhil student Isaac Walton who has been shortlisted for the Ita Askonas medal! Isaac’s presentation was on the mouse modelling of ZIC1-associated craniosynostosis, and can be heard again at WIMM day later in the year 🧬🐭

Calling LGBTQIA+ Somervillians of all ages! This Pride Month, we'd love to hear about your time at Somerville. If you have any memories or photographs from your student days that you would be happy for us to share, please email [email protected] by Sunday 9th June.

Congratulations to our DPhil student Isaac Walton! Isaac won the Judge’s prize at Oxford-MRC DTP for speedily presenting his research about modelling ZIC1 craniosynostosis in mice - in under 3 minutes ⏱️‼️

Who says messing around on iMovie as a kid doesn’t come in handy later in life..! Honoured to have gotten the Oxford-MRC DTP Judge’s prize for my 3-minute research competition video summarising our Lab’s efforts to model ZIC1-associated craniosynostosis in mice 🐭🧬

KJ Patel CAM-OX traveller Anne Goriely RDM Oxford Adam Mead David Cruz Hernandez 🌵 Vyas Lab Lauren Murphy Beth Psaila In the 2nd scientific session of the day, chaired by James Davies, three PhD students are battling it out to win the Ita Askonas Medal and a £500 prize! 🏅💸   Good luck to all three finalists, Elizabeth Horton (Rehwinkel Group), Isaac Walton (Wilkie Lab) and Joseph Hamley

🌈Members of the Royal Navy,British Army 🇬🇧, Royal Air Force and civilians across the Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 joined thousands at #PrideInLondon. They were also joined by veterans and the LGBT+ Armed Forces charity, Fighting With Pride for the march. More here👇 forces.net/services/tri-s…

I made the front row! Fantastic day representing The Rifles in the Army contingent at London Pride 🌈

Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Members of the Royal Navy, British Army 🇬🇧, and Royal Air Force march through the streets of London at #LondonPride2024

We’re still in our BRAT summer by sharing our new RNA resources! Improved understanding of RNA over the years has led to huge developments, such as creating a COVID vaccine that saved millions of lives. Learn more in our new fact sheet! genome.gov/about-genomics…

Somerville College is now looking for its next Principal, as Baroness Jan Royall will be stepping down in 2025. Could you be the right person to guide our college through a period of exciting change and opportunity? buff.ly/3Yt8xR3

What geneticists fear the most: The Cambridge Plot.

Progress in craniosynostosis research! AdCr meetings unite clinicians, researchers & families to tackle this condition. Latest Journal of Anatomy issue honours Prof. Gillian Morriss-Kay & features 10 interdisciplinary studies. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo… #Craniosynostosis #AdCr

Check out this special symposium edition of Journal of Anatomy on #craniosynostosis guest edited by one of our PIs, Steve Twigg, and featuring work by our DPhil student Isaac Walton 🧬 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo…

Merry Oxmas to all those celebrating an early, Oxford Christmas today! Our fir tree was looking very festive around this time last week...