Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Obsidian has a kanban plugin, which is offline, but I think it's single user only. 000
Reposted by Daniel BrewerUniversity of East Anglia (UEA) @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Researchers from UEA and across Norwich Research Park will help train the next generation of health researchers through new Medical Research Council funding. Read more: bit.ly/4yVb6dE #ResearchMatters #ResearchFunding 176
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Congratulations to Katie Manley for successfully passing her PhD viva subject to minor corrections. Many thanks to Hardev Pandha and Leo Alexandre for examining. 000
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Congratulations to Ricardo Ackbersingh for getting a best oral presention and best student abstract prize at Australasian Genomic Technologies Association conference 2026 in Sydney. Amazing stuff. 000
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.dailymail.com/news/article...dailymail.comScientists find genetic 'footprint' clues to deadly prostate cancerExperts described the findings as 'hugely exciting', saying the discovery could one day lead to men being offered more personalised treatment. 000
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I thought it was a weird thing to do as well. Unless it's large enough to pay it all off and you'd be likely to earn enough to pay the loan off at some point, it seems like madness. 100
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.eurekalert.org/news-release... medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09...eurekalert.orgScientists reveal what damages the DNA in most prostate cancersThe work is based on reading the complete DNA of 959 tumours from men in seven countries — the largest set of prostate cancer genomes examined in this way. Eight faulty cellular processes togeth... 111
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...thetimes.comGenetic ‘footprints’ could show why some prostate cancers become deadlyScientists have found eight major mutational processes that are responsible for 85 per cent of prostate cancers 101
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...independent.co.ukHigh-risk cancers could be identified sooner after major prostate cancer studyIn total, scientists identified eight distinct genetic ‘footprints’ that explain approximately 85 per cent of prostate cancer cases 100
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If one paper out today wasn't enough, from the PanProstate Cancer Group (panprostate.org), we've got another outstanding paper. This one looking at biallelic epigenetic inactivation in the first PPCG data set. Great work. Lucky to be involved. doi.org/10.1038/s414...panprostate.orgPan Prostate Cancer Group - HomePanProstate Cancer Group website. 021
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Check out this excellent explainer: lnkd.in/p/eMxQVXZ7lnkd.inhttps://lnkd.in/p/eMxQVXZ7 100
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Out today in Nature from the PanProstate Cancer Group (panprostate.org). Great work from the first and lead authors especially, and everyone else involved. The cumulation of many years of work that I have loved being involved in. doi.org/10.1038/s415...panprostate.orgPan Prostate Cancer Group - HomePanProstate Cancer Group website. 262
Reposted by Daniel BrewerNorwich Cancer Research Network @cancerinnorwich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We are delighted to once again be hosting our Symposium today, which will feature cancer research from across the Norwich Research Park! We shall be sharing updates throughout the day- don't forget to tag us or use #NCRNSymposium2026! 121
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026An excellent keynote talk by Ruman Rahman from Nottingham University. Then poster prizes and the reception, and with that we're done. Great stuff. 000
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026And the final talk from Norwich of the symposium is "The role of the gut microbiome, metabolic changes and the immune system in the progression of MGUS to multiple myeloma" – Charlotte Hellmich #NCRNSymposium2026 110
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Next up is Dimitra Lamprinaki discussing "Strain- and sex-specific antibody responses to Fusobacterium nucleatum ssp. animalis in colorectal cancer: evidence from the Norwich Bowel Cancer Screening cohort" 000
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The last session starts with a talk titled "Spatiotemporal Metabolic Drivers of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) Initiation and Progression" 000
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Last but not least in this session we have Jasmyn Gooding giving "An Introduction to the Citizens Academy" 011
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"Delivering Innovation and Expanding Access: The Role of the Cancer Research Team at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust" by Melissa Cambell-Kelly & Rosanna Mille now on. 111
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Ian Pope next, with "Cessation of Smoking Trial in the Emergency Department: Long-Term Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial" 100
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Next up is Sam Worster presenting a talk titled "Dosimetric impact of a rectal spacer in high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy: A retrospective paired analysis" 011
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The third season of the NCRN symposium had begun with "Using routinely collected electronic primary healthcare data to identify associations between prescriptions and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma" – Zoe Venables #NCRNSymposium2026 211
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026#NCRNSymposium2026 lunch and poster session. Probably the best part of the day. great energy. 011
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Session 2 had two talks and an amazing set of lightning talks. No photos, as I was chairing. #NCRNSymposium2026 011
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The Norwich Cancer Research Network 2026 is here. We kick off with Jayna Mistry presenting a talk titled "Microenvironment remodelling by clonal haematopoiesis promotes transformation to haematological malignancy" #NCRNSymposium2026 000
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The Norwich Cancer Research Network 2026 is here. We kick off with Jayna Mistry presenting a talk titled "Microenvironment remodelling by clonal haematopoiesis promotes transformation to haematological malignancy" #NCRNSymposium2026 000
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The final talk of the first session of the NCRN symposium is by Advait Aithal titled "From Photoactivation to Photodegradation: LASSO, a Long-Wavelength Platform for Light Activated Selective Switch-Off of Proteins" #NCRNSymposium2026 000
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The next talk is "Targeting cancer by inhibiting the protein interactions in RNA polymerase" by Suzanne van Wier #NCRNSymposium2026 000
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Next up we have Emma Bull discussing how MYC activates a dark genome lncRNA to drive metastasis in paediatric bone sarcoma. #NCRNSymposium2026 000
Reposted by Daniel BrewerHacker News 300 @betterhn300.e-work.xyz · 08/09/2026Google DeepMind Releases AlphaGenome Atlas blog.google/innovation-and-ai/model… (news.ycombinator.com/item?id=496112…)blog.googleAlphaGenome Atlas: a high-resolution map of human DNAWe’re introducing AlphaGenome Atlas, a database predicting the effects of every possible single nucleotide variant in the human genome. 011
Reposted by Daniel BrewerRobin Bisson @robinbisson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026£6.3bn really is a huge gap for unis to fill on research each year It's sometimes said that's what QR is for, but QR is part of the calculation: without it the gap would be close to £9bn The biggest way that gap is filled is international student fees (yellow bar), but we all know how that's going 12117
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Congratulations to Dr Anna Russell who successfully got through her viva today with a thesis titled "Investigating the molecular mechanisms of action of anaerobic bacteria on prostate cancer development and progression". Super quick time. Thanks to examiners Gwyn Williams and Ben Evans. 130
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I really don't understand how Argentina gets away with pushing players in the back the whole time. And the gathering round the ref ... 010
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Next we have Jade Manning, who won the runners-up prize for best talk at the Microbial Genomics ECR Symposium @Norwich. The talk was titled "Investigating the Mechanism of Action of Anaerobic Bacteria in the Pathogenesis of Aggressive Prostate Cancer". Congratulations. 000
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Honorable mention goes to Sergio Llaneza-Lago who was nominated in the "Teaching and Education Innovation and Inspirational Leadership" section. 000
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Excellent day of prizes yesterday. First up, we have @abrahamgihawi.bsky.social who was awarded "Winner - Research and Impact" at the Norwich Medical School Staff Awards 2026. 100
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Purchased in March 2025 - vital bit of info missing! 000
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026At work, I purchased a 2TB Kingston SSD drive for £95.99. It's stopped working, and so I wanted to get a replacement under the 5-year warranty. Instead, the company wrote it off and will refund the full amount. No problem, I'll buy a new one. The cost for exactly the same model is £222.99!! 100
Reposted by Daniel BrewerAndrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 11/07/2026woof ≈80% of assignments this summer term have essentially been just raw chatgpt/claude output, including assignments that required designing stuff in illustrator/affinity/canva. The battle is lost for asynchronous online courses. 1232458295
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Often they are chipped. So you can take them to a vet to get the owner's details. 210
Reposted by Daniel BrewerChris Newfield @cnewf.bsky.social · 25/05/2026the FT has two pieces on the slow-motion collapse of UK higher ed. 4/5ths of unis are doing voluntary layoffs; 38% are doing compulsory. Meanwhile Britain and its flatlined productivity growth sleepwalks through its unprecedented loss of advanced capabilities www.ft.com/content/8097... 8228137
Daniel Brewer @danbrewer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026May the fourth be with you. Today I learnt about the surprising origins of the term. 000
Reposted by Daniel BrewerJames Balamuta @coatless.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Portable R 4.6.0 is now live for Windows and macOS. No installer, no admin, no system changes. Just extract the archive and run. macOS (Apple Silicon + Intel): github.com/portable-r/p... Windows (x64 + ARM64): github.com/portable-r/p... #rstats #macos #windowsgithub.comRelease R 4.6.0 · portable-r/portable-r-macosPortable R 4.6.0 for macOS Signed with a Developer ID Application certificate and notarized by Apple. These modified R binaries should not trigger Gatekeeper warnings. Downloads Architecture Fil... 1244
Reposted by Daniel BrewerJason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 18/04/2026And this is just the start #english #language 1175