Uruguay: the Leeds United of international football.

Archeologists: Speed up your excavations by simply digging two holes that already align with the summer solstice. That way you'll discover "how they were revering the heavens" without having to move tons of mud with a teaspoon and a paintbrush. #TopTip www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A @nejm.org editorial today on the Office of White House Management and Budget (OMB) regarding their new funding proposal and politicization of science www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Douglas Adams: > Anything in the world when you're born is normal, ordinary and a natural part of the world. Anything invented between when you’re 15-35 is new, exciting and revolutionary and you can get a career in it. Anything invented after you're 35 is against the natural order of things. 1/

Wash cycle complete! At the Institute for Cancer Research / Royal Marsden Hospital with @generoom.bsky.social

In an unexpected turn of events, the damaged lamp post is pointing at the angry councillor. www.nwemail.co.uk/news/2617566...

🧬How can #genomics help us uncover cancer's vulnerabilities? Join us to hear how novel genomic approaches are revealing new insights into #cancer evolution and identifying potential therapeutic targets. #ConvergingOnCancer International Seminar 📅 2 July, 10-11am BST

Almost 2️⃣ years in… Our MANIFEST AGM convened scientists, clinicians, patient partners & industry. Keynotes from Prof Levesque & Prof Rattray + Prof Turajlić setting the course ahead. Big thank you to all for continuing to believe in the vision; to tackle the hard questions in #CancerImmunotherapy.

Two of the most powerful technologies we've ever known—CRISPR human embryo editing and self-improving A.I.—are getting actualized, and carry known and unforeseen risks nytimes.com/2026/06/04/s... wsj.com/tech/ai/anth... @anthropicai.bsky.social

Exciting breakthrough technology from the lab, now live in @cellcellpress.bsky.social ! Instead of cutting the genome where proteins bind (e.g., Cut&Tag), D&D-seq scars the DNA with a deaminase, allowing single cell genome mapping of TFs and chromatin remodellers!

Finally caught up with Borrelia guru, friend and former partner in crime on the rubgy pitch, @bstevensonlab.bsky.social after a (very) long time. Beers were had 🍺 We need to get a bigger labcoat for next time. 😃

Big progress vs cancer, folks. The kind of event curves from randomized trials that we've not seen before for a couple of the most deadly cancers. Congrats to the oncology research community for getting these trial done.

Roses are red Judge Dredd is the law

Pleased to share results from the CAcTUS Phase II trial of ctDNA-guided therapy in BRAF-mutant advanced melanoma are now published! 🌵🧬 CAcTUS is the first melanoma trial to adapt treatment based on ctDNA testing. Read: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

While BioNtech & Moderna become household names because of their Covid vaccines, those emerged from different projects: finding ways to treat the most challenging cancers. They hypothesized that we could vaccinate patients against their own tumors, & evidence is mounting that they were right! 1/n 🧪

If you are interested in PARP inhibitors and history, this might be of interest to you. www.nature.com/articles/s41.... An attempt to cover the work of thousands and their immense contributions to the development of a targeted approach to treating cancers.

NHS data should be driving innovation & improvement – it’s an amazing resource We just published the sequel to our 2021 "Road to Hell" paper on using NHS data for research... things are worse! Buckle up for a long 🧵about *how COMPLETELY mad* system is for accessing NHS data for research 1/20

Very important thread about accessing NHS data for scientific progress. We (our processes, not our researchers) need to get better at this.

My Hotel room for the #genomics meeting in Cardiff tonight. #ifyouknowyouknow

I’m excited to share our new paper in Genome Biology, where we show SMARCA4 protects against genome instability at G4 sites, using analysis of double-strand break mapping and whole genome sequencing. It has been a really interesting and collaborative project! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Sound advice on grant writing from Ewan. Bookmark it!

Invite is a verb. Invitation is a noun. You may invite me to a genomics meeting by sending me an invitation. Here endeth the lesson. #grumpyoldman

I posted on LinkedIn about my reflections on the genome, 25 years on. www.linkedin.com/posts/ewan-b...

At the ICR, we discover more prototype cancer drugs than any other academic institution in the world. One drug we discovered, abiraterone, has helped to give thousands of men with advanced #ProstateCancer, many more years with their loved ones. www.icr.ac.uk/about-us/icr...

@4130chromo.bsky.social Ouch. Port Vale might be bottom of league 1, but there are still 3 divisions higher than Macclesfield. Less said about the Cup this season, the better 🙈

We were honoured to welcome legendary West Indies cricketer Sir Clive Lloyd to The Institute of Cancer Research, London, today, as he visited Professor Ros Eeles’ lab to learn more about our world‑leading research into prostate cancer genetics.

Thats our lab done that 😀 And we ran #BRCADirect too. Royal Marsden and North Thames GLH, improving options for people at higher risk of #Cancer.

In honour of the Sunday Telegraph's editor and offical maddest columnist, we have created the Allister Heath headline generator... stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.app

BTOG's response to England’s 10-Year National Cancer Plan welcomes the ambition — particularly lung cancer screening rollout — but raises concerns about diagnostic capacity, workforce pressures and smoking cessation integration. Delivery must match ambition: https://ow.ly/YCN150Yk8qI

How does he sleep at night?

142,000 participants! The largest randomized trial of a multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test failed its primary endpoint genomeweb.com/cancer/grail... Had the enrollment been risk-based instead of age 50, it would likely have been very positive.

Individualized mRNA vaccines evoke durable T cell immunity in adjuvant TNBC. #BioNTech www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A Technical Report published in Nature Cancer presents M-PACT: a deep neural network leveraging low-input cell-free DNA methylation profiles to achieve robust classification of pediatric brain tumors. 🧪

Liquid biopsies hold promise as companion diagnostics or surrogate endpoints in clinical trials. How does the current regulatory landscape pose challenges for pharma? Read the recent developments in our latest edition of the Liquid Biopsy Playbook. Download now: hubs.la/Q03PFMSp0 #liquidbiopsy

This Is Just To Say I have eaten the delicious cooked ham that was in the cooked meat fridge at the local coop and which Lynn was probably saving for her husband Tony Forgive me it was delicious so local and so ham

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

📣New from Nisselle & co! 📄Variant interpretation training for the #genomics era: Learning outcomes to inform professional competencies and education

Led by Aviva Capital Partners and Socius, the new development will bring one million square feet of brand-new labs and research space to The London Cancer Hub, which is already home to the ICR, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, and the Innovation Gateway. Find out more ⬇️

A modern-day tragedy, BUT YOU CAN HELP. 1 Like = 1 Pray 1 Share = 10,000 Prays

Angela George makes the case for faster testing for #ovarian #cancer to get patients onto time restricted treatment #FOG2026 #genomics

Getting the Prees in for FOG2026 😁🍻

Some @fogenomics.bsky.social 'pre-drinks' with @generoom.bsky.social & Chris Watson 🧬🧬🍺🍺🍺

Is there a gene for selective hardware store amnesia? I really love wandering around the shop, putting new tools, bits of wood and hardware components into the basket. Its only when I get it home that I remember I am utterly crap at DIY and dont know what to do with all the stuff I have bought. 🧐

More #Genomics than the SoL can handle 🫡 At the match with @generoom.bsky.social today #suncry 🧬🧬🍺⚽👌🏼 #HawayTheLads ♥️🤍 3 PTS 🥳

Are you fascinated by cancer biology and also ❤️ 💻 ? Feel like this ->😻<- at the thought of exploring oodles of cancer genomes, single cells and spatial multiomics data? Then our core Data Science Team at @icr.ac.uk might be the place for you. Vacancy here: jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/14...

New research looks at why ALK+ #LungCancer targeted treatments can stop working over time. Resistance is not always a new mutation. Cells around the tumour can help ALK positive cancer cells survive, even when ALK inhibitors are working. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #LCSM

I am hiring - I am looking for a senior research technician to work in the busy sequencing team, with a particular focus on our long-read platforms @pacbio.bsky.social & @nanoporetech.com Appy here: lnkd.in/eCEeb_3b Closing 16th Jan 2026

I’m excited to be speaking at #FOGLondon this January on The Future of Cancer Management: Genomics, Monitoring and Realities Registration is FREE for over 90% of attendees, so don’t miss out. Reserve your spot now: hubs.la/Q03JMvwd0 #FOG2026 #genomics #biodata

Pssst! I have a PhD position available. Please pass it on www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Thank goodness for that. Something that shouldn’t have happened, happened. And now it’s set to unhappen. Great for students, great for research in general and great for Britain. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...