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Graeme Grimes

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Institute of Genetics and Cancer @uoe-igc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Calling all alumni of the MRC Human Genetics Unit at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social. Please join us on 23 September to mark the last ever intake of PhD students to the MRC HGU, and to celebrate the achievements of many of our alumni and the current PhD cohort. Register here 👉 edin.ac/4uLXn6m
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Institute of Genetics and Cancer @uoe-igc.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Are you a medical student interested in an academic career? We are looking for highly motivated MBChB students from the universities of Edinburgh or Glasgow for five fully-funded intercalated PhD positions starting on 1 August 2026. More information can be found here: edin.ac/4kmBIyc
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Institute of Genetics and Cancer @uoe-igc.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
A study led by @ailithewing.bsky.social has gained new insights into how high grade serous ovarian cancer tumours emerge and grow, opening new avenues to develop better treatments: edin.ac/40vjn9a @natcomms.nature.com @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social
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New insights into high grade serous ovarian cancer tumour evolution | Institute of Genetics and Cancer | Institute of Genetics and Cancer
A study led by researchers at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer has gained new insights into how high grade serous ovarian cancer tumours emerge and grow, opening new avenues to develop better trea...
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Colin Semple @csemple.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
New publication from the lab! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Divergent trajectories to structural diversity impact patient survival in high grade serous ovarian cancer - Nature Communications
Tumour evolution and heterogeneity in high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) remains poorly characterised. Here, the authors investigate the genomic landscape of HGSOC and reveal two distinct evolut...
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Joris Veltman @jorisveltman.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Amazing postdoctoral position for enthusiastic computational genomicist! @uoe-igc.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
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Institute of Genetics and Cancer @uoe-igc.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
A pet dog could potentially combat genetic eczema risk in children says a new study led by Prof Sara Brown together with @bristoluni.bsky.social, @www.helmholtz-munich.de & @lshtm.bsky.social Read more here 👉 edin.ac/3HqG1sG
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Pet dogs could combat genetic eczema risk in children
Having a dog at home could help to prevent eczema in children who are genetically prone to the condition, a study suggests.
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Joris Veltman @jorisveltman.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
We are hiring! Want to join my new group at the amazing @uoe-igc.bsky.social and perform ground-breaking studies in reproductive genomics and genomic medicine as a computational genomicist? Please DM me to discuss this, I will be attending #ESHG2025 elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Lecturer in Computational Genomics
Establishing an innovative research line as Lecturer in Computational Genomics related to reproductive disorders and genomic medicine. This Lecturer post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we ...
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Institute of Genetics and Cancer @uoe-igc.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Happy #DNADay. Our work defining the molecular mechanisms of genetic disease and cancer, and the flow of information from DNA through to the production and regulation of RNAs and proteins, is critical to deliver pathways targetable by future therapies. institute-genetics-cancer.ed.ac.uk/about
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Colin Semple @csemple.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
New publication from the lab! We used a machine learning approach to predict chromatin loop dynamics during human spermatogenesis - and find these structures do not direct gene expression but may drive the positioning of recombination events bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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CTCF-anchored chromatin loop dynamics during human meiosis - BMC Biology
Background During meiosis, the mammalian genome is organised within chromatin loops, which facilitate synapsis, crossing over and chromosome segregation, setting the stage for recombination events and...
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Hannah Long @hannahlong.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
📣 We are advertising for a postdoc to join our team at the University of Edinburgh! Our lab studies gene regulatory mechanisms in development, and how genetic changes may impact these processes to alter development and shape human craniofacial form and function 🧬🧪
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Our research is focused on understanding how genetic changes in the non-coding genome can impact gene regulatory mechanisms, alter developmental processes and ultimately affect human craniofacial shap...
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Institute of Genetics and Cancer @uoe-igc.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
March is #OvarianCancerAwarenessMonth. IGC researchers are leading significant advancements in our understanding of the disease. Dr Robb Hollis has written about work being undertaken at the Nicola Murray Centre for Ovarian Cancer Research into uncommon types of ovarian cancer: edin.ac/4jBEcId
Head shots of Professor Charlie Gourley (left), Professor Simon Herrington (centre) and Dr Robb Hollis (right)
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Institute of Genetics and Cancer @uoe-igc.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Today is #WorldCancerDay. At IGC, researchers are leading significant advancements in our understanding of the disease. Dr Robb Hollis writes about research at the Nicola Murray Centre for Ovarian Cancer Research into uncommon types of ovarian cancer: edin.ac/4jBEcId
Professor Charlie Gourley (left), Professor Simon Herrington (centre) and Dr Robb Hollis (right)
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Duncan Sproul @sproullab.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Interested in an #interdisciplinary PhD on the #epigenetics of human disease (or know someone who is)? Come work with us through the 2025 MRC HGU PhD program. Excellent and friendly collegiate environment and a great city: institute-genetics-cancer.ed.ac.uk/igc-graduate... Please share 🙏 (1/2)
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MRC four-year International PhD programme: Human Genetics, Genomics and Disease
Applications now open.
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Robert Aboukhalil @robert.bio · 27/11/2024
I also have calculators for exploring: ➡️ FASTQ base quality: 42basepairs.com/tools/fastq-... ➡️ SAM flags: 42basepairs.com/tools/sam-flag
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FASTQ Base Quality Calculator - 42basepairs
Bioinformatics calculator to convert FASTQ base qualities / Phred scores into an ASCII representation.
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Marcel Ribeiro-Dantas, Ph.D. @mribeirodantas.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
If you know someone who would be a great #NextflowAmbassador, or maybe already is but without the title, please forward this reminder to them 😉
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