Two days remaining to apply for a Postdoc in my team exploring somatic mutational landscapes across primate species. The position is based GeneticsCambridge and will involve collaboration with Wellcome Sanger Institute and UC Berkeley

This may well be my last post before the inevitable 🦋 migration but I wanted to share my excitement for this The Genetics Society conference on transposons kicking off in Leicester 🇬🇧 “The real point is control”. Barbara would be proud! genetics.org.uk/events/the-rea…

A massive congrats to our meeting organisers Cristina Tufarelli, Ed Hollox, Ian Henderson and Richard Badge#StandWithUkraine for such an amazing programme and a sold out meeting! We hope all attendees have a fantastic time and many inspiring discussions. #GSTransposons

Exciting News: We are thrilled to announce that Prof Gil McVean is the next President of the Genetics Society! A fantastic leader in genetics and data science, he will guide the society into an inspiring new chapter with the incorporation of the Society. genetics.org.uk/22-november-20…

#PhD opportunity University of Leicester with Rob Mahen (and me as second supervisor) funded by @ukri Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research in full for UK residents. Genomics and centriole assembly in lung cilia formation! Lots of cool microscopy and genomics. Please repost !! findaphd.com/phds/project/u…

I think the picture got lost the first time, let 's try that again. Here are all 25 talks together!

The University of Hull is to close its chemistry department. It said student numbers were "so low that these courses are no longer sustainable". The chemistry department was rated the fourth best in the UK in The Guardian's University Guide 2024. bbc.com/news/articles/…

I've seen an uptick of this kind of pathetic bullying on here. It's wryly amusing that the bully is an author on several papers that had to be retracted because of data fabrication.

Exclusive. Early footage of a young @DrTonyPadilla surfaces on the Internet. x.com/project5am/sta…

There's an opportunity to come & do a PhD with me on adenovirus epidemiology & immunity GeneticsCambridge findaphd.com/phds/project/p… Deadline 7th Jan, please email me for more info.

7/ "Bioinformatics is not just statistics" means: • Biology frames the hypotheses. • Statistics ensures rigor. • Coding enables scalability. Success lies in balancing these elements—not favoring one over the others. ⚖️

Politics... I know this is wrt the US, and i'm not commenting on the bigger issue, but "disintegrate over grievance instead of connecting with the concerns of ordinary people" oh my, yes.

I'm breaking my omerta on this platform for a moment. If any FRS follows me and takes notice, now is the time for backbone. Either you go or he goes.