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Interested in spatial biology and cancer? Don't miss our EMBO meeting in London where we will discuss the newest advances in imaging, spatial transcriptomics and digital pathology! Registrations open now.

Pleased to share that this project from my PhD is now published in NatureEcoEvo! Many thanks to my amazing supervisors Prof Francois Balloux and Lucy van Dorp - I could not have done it without them. Link to paper -> nature.com/articles/s4155… (1)

Humans pass on more viruses to domestic & wild animals than we catch from them, according to a major new analysis of viral genomes by PhD student Cedric C.S. Tan UCL Genetics Institute The Francis Crick Institute, Prof Prof Francois Balloux & Dr Lucy van Dorp UCL Biosciences, in NatureEcoEvo ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/mar/…

We’re so proud of Team UCL for making it to the finals of #UniversityChallenge. It wasn’t to be in the end, but to make it this far is such an incredible feat. 3 cheers for James Hall, Ali Izzatdust, Tayana Sawh and Jacob Finlay - we can’t wait to see what you do next 👏💜

In this article, Tan et al. employed a comprehensive suite of network and phylogenetic analyses to investigate the evolutionary mechanisms underpinning recent viral host jumps. Surprisingly, humans are as much a source as a sink for viral spillover events: tinyurl.com/mr2snjae

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! For the 1st episode in our new series about the hold of bad ideas David talks to the geneticist and science broadcaster Dr Adam Rutherford about eugenics: Is it bad science, bad morality, bad politics – or all three? Listen here...🎧 linktr.ee/ppfideas

UGI's Dave Curtis has been ranked #1 worldwide of Highly Ranked Scholars in Human Genetics by ScholarGPS scholargps.com/highly-ranked-…

Professor Dave Curtis has been ranked number 1 in the world in the speciality of Human Genetics by ScholarGPS, which publishes a list of “Highly Ranked Scholars”. ⬇️ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/ne…

🔎What have #genetic studies of rare #sequence variants taught us about the aetiology of #schizophrenia? #exome #sequencing #variants #protein 👥Authors: Dr. David Curtis and Dr. Lea Heinzer from UCL Genetics Institute Full text👉f.oaes.cc/xmlpdf/07a7ba9…

Come and do a Masters in the Genetics of Human Disease at University College London! Enrolling now, this world-beating MSc provides students with knowledge and experience of the very latest findings and methodologies in this exciting field. ucl.ac.uk/prospective-st…

Are you passionate about #genetics and the future of #healthcare? Join us at our online and in-person information sessions. 🗓️ Sign up to learn more and kickstart your journey in genetics with us. ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/st… #MScGeneticsOfHumanDisease #GeneticResearch

I was honoured to receive the Harding award today for this article on why a new breed of genetic tests are promising something completely different newscientist.com/article/mg2573… New Scientist has put it in front of the usual paywall to celebrate. So non-subscribers, fill yer boots!

Take away the hype and spin and this is what the amyloid antibodies actually do. Alberto J Espay’s letter isn’t just for patients and their families, every physician who is considering prescribing these drugs should read and reflect on this.

The Secrier lab is at #EACR2024. Come chat with us if you're interested in computational tools for single cell and spatial data, G0 arrest and EMT! Don't miss Cenk Celik's poster #6 highlighting these states in breast cancer later on today.

We're ranked #1 in the UK and Europe for Biology by EduRank. Learn more about our Biosciences courses at our in-person undergraduate open day on Friday 28 June. ⬇️ucl.ac.uk/prospective-st…

A new paper by Hernán A. Burbano that helps us understand the role of #bacteriophages has been published in Science. This collaborative work looks at how bacteriophages can be repurposed by #plant #pathogens to combat #microbial rivals. Read all about here: ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences-f…

My latest paper: Predictors intended to assess the pathogenicity of nonsynonymous (missense) DNA variants vary wildly in their performance from gene to gene. Scores are poorly correlated. Different genes have different optimum predictors. nature.com/articles/s4143…

Not much to do with genetics, but UGI's Prof Dave Curtis David Curtis 🎗️ has published an opinion piece calling for the Royal College of Psychiatrists to disaffiliate from the monarchy. doi.org/10.1192/bjb.20…

I have a 2 year postdoc position available on our 'COREX: from correlations to explanations' grant: cordis.europa.eu/project/id/951…. See: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…... working at the intersection of archaeology, computational modelling and stats. Starts Nov 2025.