#Genome

Tom Connor

tomrconnor

So with all of the focus on the national surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and the various variants that are circulating it can be easy to overlook the fact that the genome

Medusa𓃵~

Shxii____

After viewing million of records about the conspiracy theories and methods followed by implanting false ideas into people's minds about the mRNA corona vaccines (Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech), I want to

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

So you may have heard concerns about the mink variant of #SARSCoV2 that was discovered in Denmark and is leading to the decision to cull all farmed minks in the

Linnéa Smeds

LinneaSmeds

Our new study about lack of dog introgression in Fennoscandian wolf populations is out in @EvolAppJournal! Photo by co-author Ilpo Kojola.Thanks to all co-authors!! See main findings below By looking

Shai Carmi

ShaiCarmi

A short thread on this interesting new paper.Transferring polygenic risk scores (PRSs) across populations is one of the most urgent problems in the field. The idea presented here is perhaps

Maxwell Shafer

maxwellshafer

I am happy to present our new preprint "Gene family evolution underlies cell type diversity in the hypothalamus of teleosts" with @hilsawh and @schierlab!https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.13.414557v1 I am fascinated

NHS Genomic Medicine Service

NHSgms

2020 has been a challenging year, but there have been some great stories of how #Genomics has been providing answers, helping deliver faster diagnoses and more effective treatments for patients.

Hutchinson Lab

CVRHutchinson

This year's virus snowflakes are almost ready, which means it's time for a game of 'name that virus' First up, a very easy one: Well done @SciVirusGuy and @aomholmes!

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

RE-INFECTION CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE: 26-year old world class cyclist Gaviria caught #COVID19 in Feb—hospitalized for 2 weeks. Prevailing wisdom suggested he’d at least be immune for foreseeable future.

Jeffrey Barrett

jcbarret

One of the key questions about the new variant (B.1.1.7) is whether there is conclusive evidence that it is more transmissible. I don't think we are absolutely certain yet, but

Amy Harmon

amy_harmon

The story goes that Galileo, forced to recant his belief that the Earth orbits the sun, muttered a defiant 'and yet, it moves,' as his inquisition ended. Good line. Except

Moritz Gerstung

MoritzGerstung

Did the new SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage spread during the English national lockdown? Rising numbers and estimated higher R value suggest so. Together with our colleagues from COG-UK we took a

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

The @uk_biobank is ... amazing and is basically, in my view, rebooting the science of human physiology. Why? First it is just a really well phenotyped cohort at scale. Back

Andrew Rambaut 🦠🧬🌲🔮🤦‍♂️

arambaut

There is a lot of discussion at the moment about naming SARS-CoV-2 variants and coming up with a standardised naming system. There was some discussion of this last week at

Just An Ordinary Bloke

Unusual_Times

I'm beggining to wonder if anyone actually understands retrocausality because this is about as close as you get to it.We can't play catch up like this. We have to be

John Greally

greally

Can Ireland's clinical genetics services crisis be turned into an opportunity? It's possible, and might be the best way of investing Irish health care €€Just bumping up the number of

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