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Kitty Sherwood

@kittysherwood.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral bioinformatician at the University of Edinburgh Institute of Genetics and Cancer. Currently working on chromosomal instability and mutational landscapes in tumours. Happiest when out in nature!

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Kitty Sherwood @kittysherwood.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Great to see the full version of our paper out! www.nature.com/articles/s41... We find germline MUTYH heterozygote mutations are associated with increased SBS18 across multiple cancer types, but increase risk specifically for CRC. We show this is due to haploinsufficiency rather than somatic LOH.
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Germline haploinsufficiency of MUTYH causes mutational signature SBS18 in multiple tumour types and specifically raises colorectal cancer risk - npj Precision Oncology
npj Precision Oncology - Germline haploinsufficiency of MUTYH causes mutational signature SBS18 in multiple tumour types and specifically raises colorectal cancer risk
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Kitty Sherwood @kittysherwood.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
A new pre-print with some cool results from my PhD! www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Germline haploinsufficiency for the base excision repair gene MUTYH causes mutational signature SBS18 in multiple tumour types, specifically leading to an increased risk of colorectal cancer
The MUTYH base excision repair protein corrects oxidative DNA damage. Bi-allelic germline MUTYH mutations cause a rare, Mendelian recessive syndrome of colorectal adenomas, duodenal polyps and colorec...
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Colin Semple @csemple.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
New preprint from the lab! Profiling triple negative breast cancer samples over time, we looked at tumour genome responses to treatment. We reveal major roles for whole genome duplication (WGD) as these tumours evolve; with WGD seen in many pre-treatment samples, but also re-emerging at recurrence.
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PREDICT-Meso @predict-meso.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
PREDICT-Meso International Conference 2026 📢ABSTRACT SUBMISSION NOW OPEN Abstract categories CLINICAL STUDIES & PATIENT CARE TARGETS MODELS & THERAPIES RISK & RESPONSE Submit your abstracts online at www.eventsforce.net/predict_meso... by 30 Nov 2025 #Mesothelioma #MesotheliomaConference
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Nature Genetics @natgenet.nature.com · 15/09/2025
📢OUT @natgenet.nature.com 📰DNA methylation cooperates with genomic alterations during non-small cell lung cancer evolution. By Francisco Gimeno-Valiente, Nnennaya Kanu and colleagues. ⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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DNA methylation cooperates with genomic alterations during non-small cell lung cancer evolution - Nature Genetics
Integrated multi-omic analyses using samples from the TRACERx study highlight cross-talk between DNA hypermethylation and genomic lesions in non-small cell lung cancer.
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Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Studying cancer evolution needs multi-region or single cell seq for phylogenetics, right? Amazingly (I think!) we found single-sample bulk methylation suffices, via analysis of "fluctuating methylation". In @nature.com today led by brilliant @calumgabbutt.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fluctuating DNA methylation tracks cancer evolution at clinical scale - Nature
Cancer evolutionary dynamics are quantitatively inferred using a method, EVOFLUx, applied to fluctuating DNA methylation.
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Institute of Genetics and Cancer @uoe-igc.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Read more about this new study led by #IGC's Alex Loftus: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2544702... @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social
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Scottish scientists to lead new brain tumour research
Stopping cancer cells spreading and hiding in the brain is the focus of a new research project at the University of Edinburgh.
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Craig Anderson @craigandersn.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Would you like to do some unique experiments in cancer genomics and mutagenesis, in beautiful Munich? Well then apply for this PhD position: jobs.dkfz.de/en/jobs/1679... You'll learn a lot and it'll be fun and interesting! #DKTK @dkfz.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
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PhD Student in Mutational Processes Driving Somatic Evolution
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Barbara Marte @barbmarte.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
new out in Nature this week www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The mutagenic forces shaping the genomes of lung cancer in never smokers - Nature
An analysis of data from the Sherlock-Lung study provides insight into the mutational processes that contribute to lung cancer in never smokers, and looks at the possible role of factors such as ...
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Kitty Sherwood @kittysherwood.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Great to see this out!
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Geoff Macintyre @gmaci.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
🚨Chemo treatment upgrade!🚨 Check out our approach to modernise chemotherapy treatment published today in @natgenet.nature.com. From @cniostopcancer.bsky.social #TailorBio @cruk-ci.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... More details 👇
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Nature Reviews Genetics @natrevgenet.nature.com · 19/06/2025
Our featured article: Diversity and consequences of structural variation in the human genome go.nature.com/4awEtaY #Review by Ryan L. Collins & Michael E. Talkowski @broadinstitute.org @harvard.edu @harvardmed.bsky.social
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Diversity and consequences of structural variation in the human genome - Nature Reviews Genetics
Collins and Talkowski provide a broad overview of structural variation in the human genome that covers their mutational properties, the dynamics of population genetics and functional consequences in d...
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Institute of Genetics and Cancer @uoe-igc.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
People with ME/CFS have significant differences in their blood compared with healthy individuals a new study reveals: edin.ac/43RxKXx. Listen to @cgatist.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's Today (from 1:22:45): lnkd.in/dRGhKttp @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social @avakhamseh.bsky.social
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Scale of how ME/CFS affects blood revealed
People with ME/CFS have significant differences in their blood compared with healthy individuals a new study reveals, suggesting a path towards more reliable diagnosis of the long-term debilitating il...
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