Martin Tobin @martintobin.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Congratulations on your award, Callum, a truly excellent talk and excellent work 020
Reposted by Martin TobinUK Biobank @ukbiobank.ac.uk · 08/12/2025Congratulations are also in order for Callum Hunt, having their work in data and methodology recognised as a runner-up! Study title: 'Genomic Wide Insights into the Genes and Pathways Shaping Human Foveal Development: Redefining the Genetic Landscape for Foveal Hypoplasia' 131
Reposted by Martin TobinUK Biobank @ukbiobank.ac.uk · 07/12/2025Our annual scientific conference takes place tomorrow, and is available to stream online here: video.silverstream.tv/event/uX8pBS... Join us for a day of innovation and discovery! 111
Reposted by Martin TobinSara Cuevas Ocaña @saraocana1.bsky.social · 05/11/2025What a nice conference with such inspiring speakers @kottond.bsky.social @francypolverino.bsky.social @jennydickens41.bsky.social Really enjoyed meeting old and new people in the genomics space! Looking forward to the foreseeable progress in the field #RespGen25 032
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Dr Emmanuel Adonyo joins us now for for his talk 'improving representation of African-ancestry populations in genetic association studies of lung function traits' #RespGen25 011
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Professor Amadou Gaye joins us for our final talk of the day 'Harnessing genomic diversity to advance health equity' #RespGen25 011
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Professor Amadou Gaye giving a great presentation this afternoon! #RespGen25 031
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025And 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 063
Reposted by Martin TobinEmma Rawlins @labrawlins.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Consider myself fortunate to hear @kottond.bsky.social speaking at #RespGen25 today. 081
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025We're back from lunch and it's time for an exciting final session 'Global Perspectives and Translational Genomics'. Professor Ian Hall kicks us off with an update on his LMIC Nepal work. #RespGen2025 022
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Dr Alex Williams joins us now for his talk 'genome-wide association study of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease' #RespGen25 032
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Francesca's talk prompted a lot of engaging discussion within the group #RespGen25 042
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Professor Tarja Laitinen joins us from the University of Helsinki to give an update from her talk at our 2023 conference 'genetic determinants in the development of severe asthma among Finnish patients' #RespGen25 011
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Dr Jing Chen joins us now for her talk 'multi-ancestry polygenic risk scores for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease improve transferability across diverse populations' #RespGen25 011
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Lots of collaborations and networking happening in our poster room today. Some excellent abstracts! #RespGen25 023
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Junsun in action! #RespGen25 022
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Professor Francesca Polverino has joined us all the way from Baylor Medical College of Medicine to discuss multi-omics and disease pathogenesis. #RespGen25 022
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025The final talk for this session comes from Dr Junsun Yu, Harvard Medical School 'Lung tissue metabolite quantitative trait loci in COPD and IPF' #RespGen25 011
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025All smiles at the #NIHRLeicesterBRC Respiratory Genomics Conference today! #RespGen25 022
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Loving this slide view of Jenny's talk! #RespGen25 032
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Our next talk comes from Dr Aitana Alonso Gonzalez 'Polygenic risk scores improve patient prioritization for genetic testing in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis' #RespGen25 011
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 05/11/2025We're back for another wonderful conference day! First up we have a plenary talk from Dr Jenny Dickens, University of Cambridge, 'Studying mechanisms in familial pulmonary fibrosis using organoid models' #RespGen25 043
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 04/11/2025That concludes our first day of the Respiratory Genomics Conference. We will now head downstairs to view poster abstracts and we will be looking forward to our conference dinner this evening. #RespGen25 022
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Stefano in action! #RespGen25 021
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 04/11/2025We've been fueled by lunch and now we're onto our final session of the day! Professor Stefano Guerra is talking to us about early origins of obstructive lung disease: the role of CC16 #RespGen25 001
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Professor Lies Lahousse is joining us now from Ghent University to discuss pharmacogenetic modification of lung function decline #RespGen25 021
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Dr Simon Biddie is now engaging the group with his talk 'the coding variant landscape of alternative isoforms' #RespGen25 011
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 04/11/2025#RespGen25 Professor Michael Cho joining us now for his talk 'Integrative analysis of single-cell chromatin accessibility and GWAS statistics to prioritize enhancers and partition trait heritability in lung development' 021
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Some lovely pictures from Erik's talk @erikmelen.bsky.social #RespGen25 231
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Professor Erik Melen from Karolinska Institutet is joining us now for his talk 'using longitudinal cohort data to explore respiratory genetics across the lifecourse' 011
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Having lots of fun at the conference today! Here's a lovely snap of Professor Emma Rawlins 😊 011
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Dr Chiemela Odoemelam takes to the stage to explore the genetic architecture of lung function traits using UK Biobank whole-genome sequencing data. 001
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Dr Sam Moss is here with a long talk title! 'Characterisation and prioritisation of genome-wide association signals for efficient translation into experimental models of lung biology' 001
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Dr Nick Shine engages the group in a discussion on rare variants 001
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Dr Catherine John opens the conference with a talk on progress and challenges in respiratory genomics. 001
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Lovely to see so many in the room today, all engaged in respiratory research. 011
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 04/11/2025We love these photos of Professor Jacqui Shaw who opened the Respiratory Genomics Conference this morning, taken by our photographer Jason Senior 001
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Professor Jacqui Shaw welcomes us to the Respiratory Genomics Conference. 011
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Tomorrow is our final day for conference registrations so head on over to our shop page if you'd like to secure your place! Tomorrow is our final day for conference registrations so head on over to our shop page if you'd like to secure your place! shop.le.ac.uk/conferences-...shop.le.ac.ukRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 | shop@leA conference to engage and inspire the respiratory genetics/genomics community and promote networking colloborations. Early careers researchers are particu 023
Martin Tobin @martintobin.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Two days still available to register for Respiratory Genomics 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social We look forward to seeing you in Leicester, UK, 4-5 November 022
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Registrations for the Respiratory Genomics Conference, and abstract submissions, closes on the 15th October. Sign up today – limited availability! 066
Reposted by Martin TobinEd Hollox @edhollox.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Academics! Delighted to announce that the new 3rd edition of Human Evolutionary Genetics is now available to book inspection copies. Available to buy January 9th. 1/5 www.routledge.com/Human-Evolut...routledge.comHuman Evolutionary GeneticsHuman Evolutionary Genetics reaches its third edition at a time when sequencing and analyzing whole genomes, modern and ancient, has become rapid, affordable, and routine. These advances have led to a... 3124
Reposted by Martin TobinMartin Tobin @martintobin.bsky.social · 08/08/2025A 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 043
Martin Tobin @martintobin.bsky.social · 08/08/2025A 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 043
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 30/06/2025We are pleased to announce that @kottond.bsky.social (Boston University & Boston Medical Center) will be a keynote speaker at the Respiratory Genomics Conference, 4th - 5th November 2025. You can read more about Darrell's work below: www.bumc.bu.edu/kottonlab/da...bumc.bu.eduDarrell Kotton, MD: Principal Investigator | Kotton LabBoston University is a leading private research institution with two primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the world. 011
Reposted by Martin TobinRespiratory Genomics Conference 2025 @respgen25.bsky.social · 16/06/2025We are pleased to announce that Dr Catherine John (University of Leicester) will be a keynote speaker at the Respiratory Genomics Conference. Catherine is a clinical academic in public health and epidemiology. You can read more about Catherine's work below. le.ac.uk/people/cathe...le.ac.ukCatherine John | University of Leicester 022