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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Another childhood hero disillusionment. Not only is Tarzan a throwback to sexist imperialism, now it turns out he's an Arsenal fan 😟

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Zornitza Stark @zornitza.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What have we learned from >10K newborns in gNBS studies? 🇺🇸🇧🇪🇦🇺 🧬extraction from Guthrie cards is feasible ✅ screen positive rate is 1.6-3.7% We now need: 📈Scalability ⚖️ Equity 💰Cost effectiveness 🤓 Policy frameworks and implementation models @genomeseb.bsky.social @heidicope.bsky.social

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

UCL Genomics reunited at Genome Science UK in Manchester 😃

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Jonathan Coxhead @4130chromo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Cheers, Genome Science UK and thank you Manchester! 🍺 Another fantastic meeting, brilliant sponsors, and excellent speakers. Above all one of the best meetings in the calendar for catching up with old genomics friends and as ever, making new ones. See you all next year 🧬

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Congratulations, Dan. Excellent work!

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"You have real criminals out on the streets” KLAXON

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Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Two weeks ago the @economist.com had a leader "In praise of designer-ish babies". I wrote a letter to the Editor about this, explaining why the UK system is so confident that this should remain unlawful. The Economist has kindly published a shortened form+ my full letter below lnkd.in/p/ef-n78N8

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Full letter to Economist, response to "In praise of designer-ish babies" | Ewan Birney

Two weeks ago the The Economist published a leader titled "In praise of designer-ish babies". I wrote a letter to the editor in response to this. The Economist was kind enough to publish a shortened f...

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Walstone: Do you know how much damage this digger would sustain if I just let it roll over you? Miss Roberts: How much? Walstone: None at all.

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The Seldom Seen Kid @seldom-seen-kid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

They're all dead, Dave.

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Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute @cruk-ci.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Are you our next Director? We’re looking for an inspirational scientific leader who is ready to shape the direction of one of the world's leading cancer discovery research centres, a department of @cam.ac.uk and core-funded by @cancerresearchuk.org More info: wittkieffer.com/positions/a1...

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

There's rules about being a fit and proper person to be a director of a foootball club, and there's rules about being a fit and proper person to be a director of Leeds United #dirtyleeds www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Leeds and Rangers co-owner jailed after prostitution arrest

Jed York pleaded no contest to two charges in Ohio after being arrested for soliciting prostitution.

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Florent Mouliere @florentmouliere.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Happy to share our new work in @cp-cellrepmed.bsky.social ortsmedicine.bsky.social We present the ACT score, a #liquidbiopsy #cfDNA approach for predicting first-line treatment failure in large B cell lymphoma using a plasma sample collected after one cycle of therapy. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Sounds great. Best of luck! I am not so far off doing the same thing and have similar thoughts about what comes next. Its gonna be interesting 😀

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

All the best, Charlie. When? and what's next?

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Didn't see it, but the title alone suggests its bollocks.

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Can AI predict cancer's next move? @stephensammut.bsky.social is using #AI to understand how #BreastCancer changes during treatment, personalising #Cancer care. 👉 buff.ly/P9vBRKq This is the first in our Assistant Director Research Spotlight series. Follow for more from the Centre. @icr.ac.uk

Photo of Stephen with a quote saying "We're trying to use AI to build clinical 'crystal balls', tools that can help predict the right drug, for the right person, at the right time."

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Excellent! Let's hope the path to clinical adoption isnt too tortuous

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Exciting times in the translational #genomics lab at #RoyalMarsden London, as we begin to introduce clinical long read sequencing and new ctDNA testing to help patients receive better treatments, faster. Want to help us do it? www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/current-vaca...

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Current vacancies | The Royal Marsden

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Maria Secrier @mariasecrier.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Interested in using AI, computational genomics and single-cell/spatial omics to tackle breast cancer dormancy and late recurrence? Join our team and work in collaboration with @magnanilab.bsky.social at ICR on an exciting interdisciplinary postdoc project: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I do feel old. But I've faired better than Velma.

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Jonathan Coxhead @4130chromo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🚨 Abstract submission deadline closes this Friday 📝🏃🏼🚨

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KaminskiMed @kaminskimed.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Finally!! The World Medical Association send letter to Israel's Prime Minister, about Dr. Abu Safiya demanding immediate access to independent medical care, evaluation for torture; due process or release; end to solitary confinement #SaveDrAbuSafiya www.wma.net/news-post/wm...

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WMA - The World Medical Association-WMA renews urgent appeal to Israeli authorities over detained Gaza physicians, citing “grave concerns” for Dr Abu Safiya’s life

WMA - The World Medical Association

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Thanks Matt - Just signed up!

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

You have to admit, its you to a tee 😂

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

What an example. Good on him.

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Uruguay: the Leeds United of international football.

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

He scored against Palace, so he must be world class 😅

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Wow. That looks like the Tourmalet profile from TDF24. You'll sleep well tonight!

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

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...

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Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site

The structure consisted of two posts that lined up with the solstices 5,000 years ago.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

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....

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/06/2026

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/

A blasted wasteland with a mushroom cloud rising over it. In the foreground are swarms of drowning people climbing over each other to escape into the limbs of a dead tree, and a crowd of agonized skeletons. All sourced from Dore engravings illustrating the Old Testament.

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Brian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

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

Two sciency-guys standing next to a multimillion dollar washing machine.
(Actually, a high throughput DNA sequencer)

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

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

An angry green councillor in a lime green top, jeans and purple boots, standing next to a damaged lamp post. There are three arrows painted on the post, pointing at her.

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CRUK Convergence Science Centre @crukconvergence.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🧬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

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Just concentrate on the one you fancy and ignore the rest. Its Claude, isnt it? Go on - admit it 😂

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Jon Lim, FRCP PhD @drjonlim.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

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.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

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

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Dan Landau @landau.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

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!

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

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. 😃

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

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.

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Roses are red Judge Dredd is the law

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Mike Hubank @generoom.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Has anyone found a Neolithic building that *doesn't* somehow line up with the solstice?

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