Always a highlight of our year to see the creative thinking and artistic expression of young people engaging with personalised medicine. Well done Frida and all our prize winners 👏🏻 and kudos to everyone who took on the challenge. 💡

My youngest son has a rare type of muscular dystrophy (progressive muscle weakness condition). His body will not work for him and he is getting weaker. I‘m taking on the #TCsLondonMarathon2026 for Muscular Dystrophy UK @MDUK_News to support research. Grateful for donations 🏃‍♀️1/2

Unwrapping my St.Anne’s College Secret Santa. All Fours by Miranda July. It’s going to be an excellent read! Thank you @stanneslibrary.bsky.social for organising! #readingcommunity #booksky #books

Challenge of the best kind. Many thanks to my co-lead Dr Minna Jeffery & fellow grant holders @agoriely.bsky.social @lisahinton.bsky.social and our integral co-production panel: Marysia Price-Nowak, Arti Patel, Francesca Wicks, Jon Wells, Dr Shwetha Ramachandrappa, Alexa Gummow & others who helped!

Definitely me.

“I thought it triggered a new understanding in my heart.” Very proud of our co-production project - using #theatre to engage the public with genetics research | TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities #PPIE #Genetics #Genomics #Pregnancy torch.ox.ac.uk/article/maki...

Fantastic time at WIMM day 2025! Our "We Are All Mutants" team won 2nd place in the Public Engagement Awards for our high school genetics workshops. @sciencehans.bsky.social @genomics-ali.bsky.social @doublehelixdale.bsky.social

Went up a hill or two in training for my August challenge. It was incredibly wet with the paths like streams but also a fabulous day all round.

We're looking forward to this public engagement theatre event which is taking place from 2pm on Saturday 17th May @StAnnesCollege. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2514127... We still have a few places available if you'd like to join us, all of the details can be found here: cpm.ox.ac.uk/event/making...

We’re looking for 2 new Junior Research Fellows to join the @cpmoxford.bsky.social team from September. If you’re an early career academic (incl Dphils) interested in supporting the development of equitable and effective personalised medicine check out the advert. Deadline 16th May.

In February we held an event discussing #NewbornScreening and the opportunities and challenges of bringing #genomics into the #screening process. We’re pleased to share the event report – please do pass on to anyone who might be interested. More details in thread. cpm.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

A fantastic trip to King George V college in Southport for #RareDiseaseDay for our "We are all Mutants" workshop! Students discussed the criteria for inclusion of diseases in the newborn screening program & assessed the ethical dilemmas with whole genome sequencing. #Genomics @cpmoxford.bsky.social

Last month, a team of researchers from @gorielylab.bsky.social led an interactive educational workshop titled “We Are All Mutants” for two biology classes at King George V College in Southport. Find out more in our latest blog post - www.imm.ox.ac.uk/about/blog/w...

“I did what I could to earn some money and be of use”: A qualitative exploration of autistic people’s journeys to career success and fulfilment #CRAEresearchSummaries crae.ioe.ac.uk/i-did...

Really enjoyed working with such engaged students from KGV in #Southport.

If you missed last week's brilliant annual lecture from @philipcball.bsky.social, you can now watch it here: youtu.be/fzVZZcxERwU

Went to the garden centre and came back with books. That’s how I roll 😂 #booksky

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you. One book per day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky Day 20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you. One book per day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky Day 19

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you. One book per day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky Day 18 [lost track]

Red January Days 30 and 31. Last walk of Red January 2025. I’ve been taking part for several years now and I never regret it. I’ve added running, biking and yoga but the daily walk is still my favourite way to manage January. #redjanuary

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you. One book per day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky Day 15

Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open! 🔊 At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia, industry & other sectors. Start your career in the life sciences with us! www.embl.org/about/info/e... 🧪 #AcademicSky #careers

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you. One book per day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky Day 14 [A bit behind!]

#january Day 28 The possibility of giving more #personalised information about the chance of a #genetic condition occurring again in a family brings benefits and challenges- this paper from our JRF @genomics-ali.bsky.social tells us more:

Finally some sunshine and a chance to get out at lunchtime. #Redjanuary

#january Day 23 One of our highlights of 2024 was #SongsofGenomics: a musical exploration of #genomics in healthcare developed in collaboration with @_johndarcy and part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science. More details here: https://buff.ly/4axXzxG #ExperiencesOfPersonalisedMedicine

Really thrilled to have the opportunity to put this idea into practice. Many thanks to the University of Oxford PCER Fund (Public and Community Engagement with Research) and also the @CPMOxford for supporting #PublicEngagement with #genomics

Bit behind. Day 15 #redjanuary was slightly spooky.

#january Day 14 How might #NewbornScreening affect babies and families? We asked young people in Years 7-9 to create #art inspired by this question in our 23-24 #YouthArtCompetition and here are the beautiful and thought-provoking winning entries:

#january Day 15 What does it mean to provide increasingly #personalised information about the chance of a #genetic condition happening again in a future pregnancy? Watch this video to learn more:

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you. One book per day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky Day 15

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you. One book per day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky Day 14

Day 14 of #Redjanuary Making sure I’m active each day in January.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you. One book per day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky Day 13

#january Day 12 #PrecisionMedicine impacts our #environment and we need to be talking more about it– this paper from Gabby Samuel and CPM director @alucassen.bsky.social explains why:

#january Day 13 1 month to go until @philipcball.bsky.social gives this year’s CPM annual lecture! We’re so excited to hear his talk ‘How life works: dealing with biology’s changing narrative’ Please share the details and sign up here:

Looking for a great overview of the evidence on scale-up and sustainability of innovation and improvement in healthcare? Here you go - part of the open access @thisinstitute.bsky.social series and authored by the mighty @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social and team. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Day 13 of #REDJanuary Keeping active every day in January.

This was such an engaging talk!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you. One book per day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky Day 12

I’m entering the final stages of data collection on research I’m doing into disability employment. If you have a physical disability and are UK based, I’d be especially grateful to hear from you. The survey is at: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #AcademicSky #Disability

#january Day 8 How might #NewbornGenomeScreening change a baby’s story? Check out this @bmj.com article by @rachel-horton.bsky.social, @alucassen.bsky.social & others exploring some of the challenges raised:

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you. One book per day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky Day 11

Days 7, 8 & 9 of #REDJanuary Getting out and being active every day in January.

#january Day 7 Less than a month to go until this year’s CPM #ResearchShowcase, with a theme of #PersonalisedPrevention! More details and sign up here, it’s going to be a great day:

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you. One book per day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky Day 10

#january Day 6 As some of us take down decorations today, take a look at this EJHG article from @rachel-horton.bsky.social, Leah Boyle, @drsusieweller.bsky.social & @alucassen.bsky.social about how you can still find the sparkle in pictures of #DNA!:

Days 5 & 6 of #REDJanuary