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Chiara Batini

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Passionate about human diversity, travelling and colours. GenEpi Senior Research Fellow at the University of Leicester

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EMBL-EBI Training @training.ebi.embl.org · 02/10/2026
Have you considered the environmental impacts of your scientific computing? Join our free webinar on 12 October 2026 as we discuss the importance of our digital footprint: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve... Speakers: Anica Araneta and @loiclnlg.bsky.social Lannelongue | University of Cambridge 🖥️📊🧬🌱
Webinar at EMBL-EBI. The environmental impacts of scientific computing. 12 October 2026. 12-1pm UK time.Speakers: Anica Araneta and Loic Lannelongue. University of Cambridge.
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EMBL-EBI Training @training.ebi.embl.org · 21/07/2026
Last chance to apply for genome bioinformatics 2026: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve... Join us at @ebi.embl.org Hinxton, on 16 – 20 November 2026, for a guide to the technology, analysis workflows, tools, and resources for next-generation sequencing data analysis. Apply by 2 August 2026. 🧬🖥️📊
Course at EMBL-EBI. Genome bioinformatics: from short- to long-read sequencing. 16 – 20 November 2026. European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom. EMBL-EBI logo.
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NIHR ARC East Midlands @arc-em.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Four funded PhD studentships are now open at NIHR ARC East Midlands, across our research themes: 🔹 Multiple long term conditions 🔹 Health inequalities 🔹 Health data 🔹 Implementation research Find out more and apply: arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/apply-f...
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EMBL-EBI Training @training.ebi.embl.org · 05/05/2026
Gain a guide to the technology, analysis workflows, tools, and resources for next-generation sequencing data analysis with us at 'Genome bioinformatics' 2026: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve... Applications are open until 2 August 2026. Financial assistance is available. @chiarabatini.bsky.social 🧬🖥️📊
Course at EMBL-EBI. Genome bioinformatics: from short- to long-read sequencing. 16 – 20 November 2026. Hinxton, UK. EMBL-EBI logo.
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Jonathan Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
Two new chapters from my free online book in human genetics out this weekend! These complete Part 3 of the book, on human population structure and history: 3.3: Human prehistory [separate thread] 3.4: Ancient DNA: a genetic time capsule [this thread] web.stanford.edu/group/pritch...
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An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome
An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome
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EMBO @embo.org · 11/12/2025
Explore how advances in the field of #pangenomics are transforming genome #evolution, population #genetics and more in the EMBO Practical Course "Pangenomics" in Campania region, IT, 7–13 June 2026. Deadline: 3 February meetings.embo.org/event/26-pangenom… #EMBOPangenomics #EMBOevents 🧪
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Chiara Batini @chiarabatini.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Massive congratulations to Callum, brilliant work!
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EMBL-EBI Training @training.ebi.embl.org · 21/11/2025
A huge thank you to everyone that joined us for our annual 'Genome bioinformatics' training course. Wish you were here? Sign up for alerts for the 2026 edition of the course: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve... #Genomics #Bioinformatics #NextGenerationSequencing @chiarabatini.bsky.social 🧬🖥️📊
EMBL-EBI course. Genome bioinformatics: from short- to long-read sequencing. 17 - 21 November 2025. EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute. Hinxton, UK.

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Chiara Batini @chiarabatini.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Back in Hinxton for our annual @training.ebi.embl.org genome bionformatics course, loving the campus on this sunny morning 😍
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Respiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
And that's a wrap on the Respiratory Genomics Conference 2025. Thank you so much to all our attendees for their time, thoughts and inspiration. We'll see you all again in 2027! #RespGen25
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Mark James Adams @markjamesadams.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
It's not every day that you get a new imputation reference panel. allofus-anvil-imputation.terra.bio
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All of Us + AnVIL Imputation Service
Efficiently and accurately complete your datasets with All of Us + AnVIL Imputation Service
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Respiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Registrations for the Respiratory Genomics Conference, and abstract submissions, closes on the 15th October. Sign up today – limited availability!
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Martin Tobin @martintobin.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
A great line up of speakers for Respiratory Genomics 2025! Register to join us in Leicester, UK, 4-5th Nov 2025 & submit an abstract by 19th Sept #RespGen25 @respgen25.bsky.social‬ ‪@balrcommunity.bsky.social‬ @geneticepi.bsky.social‬ @atscommunity.bsky.social‬
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Chiara Batini @chiarabatini.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Our latest study on the genetics of chronic cough is out! Here the link to the paper: publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...
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EXCEED Study @exceedstudy.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Our latest study uncovers genes linked to chronic cough, shedding light on the role of neuronal signalling and sensory pathways in driving cough reflex hypersensitivity. These findings deepen our biological understanding of chronic cough. Find out more here: le.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
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Breakthrough genetic study points to neurological mechanisms for chronic cough | News | University of Leicester
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Nikolay Oskolkov @oskolkov.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I am starting a computational lab at LIOS, Riga, Latvia, and going to recruit a few people. Please DM if you are interested in a postdoc or PhD position in my Metabolic Research Group within the TARGETWISE project. I can highly recommend Riga, it is a beautiful city with very good living conditions.
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NIHR ARC East Midlands @arc-em.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Are you aged 18-80 and from a South Asian or African/Caribbean background living with a long-term health condition? Share your experiences as part of a #PhD study exploring health within diverse communities. ✉️ Email Zara Kayani: ZK74@LE.AC.UK @ashrouten.com @ethnichealthres.bsky.social
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Evolutionary Ecology Group, Cambridge @eegcam.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
We are excited to announce that tidypopgen – a new package for rapid population genetic workflows in R – is now available at evolecolgroup.github.io/tidypopgen/ 🧬💻 Read more in the preprint describing its features here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #popgen #Rpackage #genetics 1/2
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Tidy Population Genetics
We provide a tidy grammar of population genetics, facilitating the manipulation and analysis of data on biallelic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). `tidypopgen` scales to very large genetic data...
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EXCEED Study @exceedstudy.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The EXCEED team visited the Shama Women's Centre today to launch our new phase of recruitment. Huge thanks to all that attended and supported. @chiarabatini.bsky.social @hitenmistry1.bsky.social
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Chiara Batini @chiarabatini.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Thank you #ESHG2025 for selecting our poster for the best poster session, and overall for a great few days of excellent science! @exceedstudy.bsky.social
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EMBL-EBI Training @training.ebi.embl.org · 13/05/2025
Join us at our genome bioinformatics training course for a guide to the technology, analysis workflows, tools, & resources for next-generation sequencing data analysis. Apply by 3 August: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve... @chiarabatini.bsky.social @pille-hallast.bsky.social @ebi.embl.org 🧪🔬🧬🖥️
Course at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute. Genome bioinformatics: from short- to long-read sequencing. 17 – 21 November 2025. Hinxton, United Kingdom. EMBL-EBI logo.
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Ash Routen @ashrouten.com · 08/05/2025
📢 Our new review on #LongCovid: 50 studies, 14M+ people. COVID linked to ↑ risk in 39/40 symptoms. Top risks (likelihood compared to controls): 👃 Smell loss (4.3x) 👅 Taste loss (3.7x) 🧠 Brain fog (2.7x) 💇 Hair loss (2.4x) 🏥 Hospitalised = higher risk 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414... @arc-em.bsky.social
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The risk of Long Covid symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled studies - Nature Communications
Estimating the risk of long COVID is challenging because many of its symptoms are associated with other conditions. Here, the authors conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that esti...
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Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Longstanding followers will know I have consistently tried to unpick concepts of race / ethnicity from genetics. TLDR; Race/Ethnicity - a self identification process about a categorical group is v different from the high dimensional variation in the genome despite a thin connection by visible traits
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Open Targets @opentargets.org · 25/03/2025
Register for our webinar on 23 April! We will introduce the capabilities and use cases of the Open Targets Platform, including our new variant, study, and credible set pages released last week 🧬🖥️ www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...
A graphic advertising a webinar for the Open Targets Platform. The title of the webinar is: From variant to drug target: using the expanded Open Targets Platform to explore the genetics of target discovery. The webinar will run on 23 April, 3-4 pm (UK time). Participants can register at ebi.ac.uk/training
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Open Targets @opentargets.org · 19/03/2025
Open Targets Platform 25.03 is finally here! 🌼 This update brings in variant, study, and credible set information, uniting the Open Targets Platform and Open Targets Genetics into a one-stop shop for human genetic and target discovery information. blog.opentargets.org/open-targets...
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EXCEED Study @exceedstudy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
This week, EXCEED's lead administrator celebrated 10 years in this role. Despite it being a busy week full of meetings, the EXCEED team can always find time for cake! 🍰Congratulations, Catherine!
A woman stands next to a desk cutting a small carrot cake into slices. Four people, two men and two women, posing for a photo with a carrot cake.
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Aylwyn Scally @aylwyn-scally.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
We are excited to announce a new faculty position here in Cambridge, for researchers in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Come and join us! Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50414/
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Assistant/Associate Professor in Computational Biology - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Assistant/Associate Professor in Computational Biology in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge.
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Chiara Batini @chiarabatini.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
very proud of Kayesha Coley for leading this effort to its completion! link to the paper here: academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...
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Genome-Wide Association Study of Varenicline-Aided Smoking Cessation
AbstractIntroduction. Varenicline is an α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist with the highest therapeutic efficacy of any pharmacological
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Chiara Batini @chiarabatini.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
a little less than two weeks to apply to the #EMBOpopgen course - see info below and spread the word!
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Martin Tobin @martintobin.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
JOBS | Research Associate in Genomic Epidemiology of Asthma FT/PT (min 0.8FTE, 30 hrs/wk week) or job share considered. Fixed term contract for 30 mths. Funded by MRC. Closes 18 Feb jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/10...
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Research Associate in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team
View details and apply for this Research Associate vacancy in Leicester. The Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Leicester are seeking a Research Associate to join the Gene...
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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Friends don't let friends make bad graphs repo has been updated! Friends don't let friends use boxplot for binomial (bimodal) data. Is your box plot hiding something from you? #DataVisualization github.com/cxli233/Frie...
A figure comparing box plot and showing all data points. 
Group1: normally distributed data.
Group2: bimodal data.
Group3: Data with 3 modes.
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Aylwyn Scally @aylwyn-scally.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Applications open for several research positions here in Cambridge including evolutionary genetics, genomics and population genetics. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49389/
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Associate Professor / Professor of Evolutionary Genomics - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Associate Professor / Professor of Evolutionary Genomics in the Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge.
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I am looking for a PhD candidate interested in the genetics of language 🧬🧠🗨️ Get in touch if interested or please share with others who might be www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Chiara Batini @chiarabatini.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The #EMBOevents population genetics course will be back next year - the website with all the information will be available soon, sign up here to keep informed! coming-soon.embo.org/pc25-21
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Population genomics: background and tools
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RSS Hub Leicester and Partners - Louise Halbert @rssleicester.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Come and work with our friendly Research Support Team at Leicester as a Senior Advisor in Medical Statistics jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/11... Closing date midnight on 13 January
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Senior Advisor in Medical Statistics in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team
View details and apply for this Senior Advisor in Medical Statistics vacancy in Leicester. We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Advisor in Medical Statistics to join our NIHR Research Suppor...
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