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Magnus Rattray

@mrattray.bsky.social
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Professor of Computational & Systems Biology at University of Manchester. Applies machine learning and modelling to help understand the complexity of biology. idsai.manchester.ac.uk, www.ellismcr.org, @official-uom.bsky.social

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Bioinformatics Advances @bioinfoadv.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🔬 Just published in Bioinformatics Advances: "metaAPA: A tool for integration of polyA site predictions from single-cell and spatial transcriptomics"  Full text: doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbag147 Authors include: @mrattray.bsky.social
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Magnus Rattray @mrattray.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Exciting times in Manchester. Major investment in the CRUK Manchester Institute with eight new groups, including new group leader positions in computational biology and AI www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/about/new-fu... @cruk-mi.bsky.social
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Major New Funding For Our Cancer Research | Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute
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MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
🖥️🤖 AI in Immunology Workshop – FREE online tickets! Join us online for the AI in Immunology Workshop, hosted by us along with @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social and GJBRC. Featuring keynote talks, short talks and workshops. Learn more & get your FREE online tickets ➡️ lnkd.in/eNRYnDjh #AI #Immunology
Join us online for the MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology AI in Immunology Workshop. Wednesday 6th May 2026.
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Ewerslab @ewerslab.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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I’m a Nobel Prize-winning immigrant. I can no longer recognize this country.
Attacks on science and immigrants are destroying America.
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Jon Lim, FRCP PhD @drjonlim.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
🚀 We’re hiring: 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗼-𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 An exciting 🆕 role which sits at the heart of a highly collaborative & ambitious ecosystem spanning the Manchester Immuno-Oncology Network (MION) + the Advanced Immunotherapy and Cell Therapy (AICT) programme. 📩 Deadline 9th April 2026.
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Magnus Rattray @mrattray.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
@vincent-pauline.bsky.social will be presenting "An Introduction to Diffusion Model Theory Beyond Euclidean Data: Discrete Extensions for Biology" at our next AI-hub monthly, 2pm UK time, Wednesday 25th March. To register visit www.genai.ac.uk/events/gen-b... @jhartford.bsky.social
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An Introduction to Diffusion Model Theory Beyond Euclidean Data: Discrete Extensions for Biology — gen ai
An Introduction to Diffusion Model Theory Beyond Euclidean Data: Discrete Extensions for Biology - Vincent Pauline
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Magnus Rattray @mrattray.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
How to deal with clinical flow cytometry data with batch effects, changing markers, multiple panels per sample, incomplete cell-type labelling and large differences in cell-type proportions across patients? Mike Phuycharoen developed the UVAE method to solve this problem www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Announcing the Ascona Workshop "Statistical and AI methods for multi-modal multi-scale modeling of biological systems" on 28 June - 3 July 2026 in Ascona, CH www.huber.embl.de/group/events... Reserve the dates!
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Magnus Rattray @mrattray.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Our 2nd online talk of the AI Hub in Generative Models generative biology meetings is on November 20th at 12pm UK time. We have @alextong.bsky.social presenting "Scalable Equilibrium Sampling via Generative Modelling" hosted by @jhartford.bsky.social - register here lnkd.in/eQUhfZjV
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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders - Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers - Support for up to 12 years - Access to our core facilities - Competitive salary - Fantastic colleagues - All areas of biology Deadline 27 Nov www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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Early career group leaders
We appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick.
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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Three Bicentenary research fellowships on offer at @officialuom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for exceptional ECRs with <3y postdoc experience 3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social? www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
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Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowships | Biology, Medicine and Health | University of Manchester
Find out about and apply for a Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowship.
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Judi Allen @profjudiallen.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Become part of our new MRC Centre, working across Manchester and Oxford to solve a major challenge of our time - how does the immune system become dysregulated by environmental exposures to cause chronic disease. www.manchester.ac.uk/exposome-jobs @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social
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Magnus Rattray @mrattray.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
You heard @wkhuber.bsky.social !
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Magnus Rattray @mrattray.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
We are recruiting two biomedical data scientists as part of a new Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) in Exposome Immunology hosted jointly by @fbmh-uom.bsky.social and @ox.ac.uk. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Senior Biomedical Data Scientist:Oxford Road
As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.
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Peter Koo @pkoo562.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
2025 Machine Learning in Computational Biology (#MLCB) meeting starts TODAY (9/10) at 9:30a (EST) at the NY Genome Center in NYC! We have a great lineup of keynotes, contributed talks, and posters today and tomorrow Schedule: mlcb.org/schedule Join for free via livestream: m.youtube.com/@mlcbconf
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MLCB - Schedule
The in-person component will be held at the New York Genome Center, 101 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013. All times below are Eastern Time.
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Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Join EMBL as a research group leader in AI in biology. EMBL AI is our new initiative aiming to exploit the full potential of ML/AI-based approaches to advance our understanding of the most complex system in the known universe - life on Earth. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j... (1/3)
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MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
🎓 6x fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships 🎓 We are recruiting our first cohort of PhD students to start Oct 2026. Students will shape their own projects within supervisory teams spanning the universities of Manchester & Oxford. www.findaphd.com/phds/program/mrc-core-in-exposome-immunology/?p6899
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FindAPhD : MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology at The University of Manchester
Apply for a PhD: MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology at The University of Manchester
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MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
WE ARE HIRING! www.manchester.ac.uk/exposome-jobs Vacancies inc. 3x PDRA positions, 2x data scientists and a Transition Fellowship in Air Pollution. Join us as we embark on a 14 year journey to understand how the exposome impacts immune regulation and chronic inflammation. #hiring #immunosky
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Magnus Rattray @mrattray.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
We are recruiting two biomedical data scientists as part of a new Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) in Exposome Immunology hosted jointly by @fbmh-uom.bsky.social and @ox.ac.uk. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Senior Biomedical Data Scientist:Oxford Road
As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
So excited to FINALLY be able to share exciting news from @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social on our newly awarded MRC Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) in Exposome Immunology #ImmunoSky 🧪 🧵
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Magnus Rattray @mrattray.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Another blow for the many Solihull residents regularly commuting to Old Oak Common, will they ever get the high speed link they were promised? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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HS2 line to be delayed again with no new date given
The Transport Secretary is expected to say there's
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Magnus Rattray @mrattray.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
@catavallejos.bsky.social kicking off our @ellis.eu summer school on ML for biology and healthcare
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Digital Futures @digitaluom.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Rika Antonova to the #ADSAI2025 speaker lineup. Her research focuses on data-efficient reinforcement learning, active learning, and robotics. 🎤 Talk: The Ingredients for Efficient Robot Learning and Exploration 🎟️ tinyurl.com/yurknk7y @cambup-scieng.cambridge.org
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Digital Futures @digitaluom.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
We’re excited to welcome Edward Pyzer-Knapp, Co-founder & CSO at Xyme and former Head of Research Innovation at IBM UK & Ireland, to #ADSAI2025. 🎤 Talk: Materials Discovery in the Age of AI 🎟️ Register: tinyurl.com/yurknk7y @aifunmcr.bsky.social @mrattray.bsky.social @uomif.bsky.social
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Digital Futures @digitaluom.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Dr @chryssazrv.bsky.social brings expertise from CRAI, UTTER, and DeepSPIN to explore adaptable AI that accounts for context and uncertainty. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/yurknk7y @ellis.eu @istecnico.bsky.social @ellisunitlisbon.bsky.social @mrattray.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk @teamsbuilddreams.bsky.social
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Digital Futures @digitaluom.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
📃 The #ADSAI2025 agenda is live! Two packed days of keynotes, spotlight talks, expert panels, and networking at @manchester.ac.uk 🎟️ Register today: tinyurl.com/yurknk7y Explore the full agenda now ⬇️ @ellis.eu @mrattray.bsky.social @alliancembs.bsky.social @uomif.bsky.social @aifunmcr.bsky.social
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Centre for AI Fundamentals - Manchester @aifunmcr.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Registration is still open for the 2025 ELLIS Manchester Summer School on Machine Learning for Healthcare and Biology, taking place from 2-5 June in Manchester. And we’ve held ticket prices at the same level since our first ELLIS Summer School in 2023. Find out more: www.ellismcr.org/ss2025
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ELLIS @ellis.eu · 20/05/2025
Don't miss your chance for European travel this summer. Check out the ELLIS Summer School in Manchester on #MachineLearning for Healthcare & Biology. Register now!
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health @hsph.harvard.edu · 16/05/2025
With nearly all of Harvard Chan School’s direct federal grants terminated, we are relying on philanthropy to power our research and support our educational programs. Every gift, regardless of size, advances our vision of health, dignity, and justice for every human. Support our work: hsph.me/whygive
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Gen AI - the AI Hub in Generative Models @genaihub.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Earlier this week, we hosted our first workshop, which brought together researchers working on Generative AI in Biology. 🧬 Read our report 👇 www.genai.ac.uk/news-feed/ge... Thanks to @mrattray.bsky.social, @jhartford.bsky.social and @digitaluom.bsky.social for making this event such a success.
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Hub working group activities launch with Gen Biology workshop — gen ai
Generative models have potential for analysing large, high-resolution biological datasets - and potentially much more. The Gen AI hub brought together researchers from the UK and beyond to explore the...
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Digital Futures @digitaluom.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
⌛Only 1 month to go until #ADSAI2025! Join global experts shaping the future of AI & data science. 🎤 Talks by Prof @lawrennd.bsky.social, Dr @edoardo-ponti.bsky.social, Dr @chryssazrv.bsky.social & more! 🔗 Register now: lnkd.in/eSmzBkww @mrattray.bsky.social @mioir.bsky.social @uomif.bsky.social
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Digital Futures @digitaluom.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Call for abstracts: #ADSAI2025. Featuring speakers @lawrennd.bsky.social , @edoardo-ponti.bsky.social , Efstathia Soufleri, Chryssa Zerva, Keeley Crocket, Nirav Ajmeri, Rika Antonova & Yukun Lai . @mrattray.bsky.social Deadline: 19th May 2025 🔗Submit here: buff.ly/p3pDRd3
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Digital Futures @digitaluom.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Don’t miss out-poster submission deadline extended. Monday 19th May! Showcase your work at Manchester’s premier Data Science & AI Conference. #ADSAI2025 🔗Submit here: buff.ly/p3pDRd3 @mrattray.bsky.social @lawrennd.bsky.social @edoardo-ponti.bsky.social
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Anestis Tsakiridis @tsakiridis.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
1 month left to register for this year's @bsdb.bsky.social Northern(ish) England Developmental Biology Meeting here in Sheffield (10th of July). We have a great speaker line-up and available oral presentation slots for PGRs/ECRs. For registration/details see: onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/product-cata...
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Magnus Rattray @mrattray.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Abstract submission deadline tomorrow for this meeting - make sure to register asap
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Magnus Rattray @mrattray.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Call for abstracts Advances in Data Science and AI 2025, Manchester UK with speakers @lawrennd.bsky.social, @edoardo-ponti.bsky.social, Efstathia Soufleri, Chryssa Zerva, Keeley Crocket, Nirav Ajmeri, Rika Antonova and Yukun Lai @uniofmanchester.bsky.social www.idsai.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...
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Advances in Data Science and AI Conference 2025
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Sokratia Georgaka @sokratiag.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Check out our new paper "CellPie" in @narjournal.bsky.social for integrating high-d spatial transcriptomics data and histology through a scalable jointNMF implementation. 🧬 academic.oup.com/nar/article/... @mrattray.bsky.social @miqbal13.bsky.social @will-morgans.bsky.social
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CellPie: a scalable spatial transcriptomics factor discovery method via joint non-negative matrix factorization
Abstract. Spatially resolved transcriptomics has enabled the study of expression of genes within tissues while retaining their spatial identity. Most spati
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Hilary Ashe @hilaryashe.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Sog translation live in the embryo - so beautiful! Work done in collaboration with @markashe.bsky.social and @mrattray.bsky.social
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Hilary Ashe @hilaryashe.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
We are hiring! A postdoc position is available in the lab studying gene expression dynamics in Drosophila embryos, as part of a larger research effort in collaboration with @mrattray.bsky.social 🧬🔬🪰 Full details are in the ad: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Magnus Rattray @mrattray.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Hybrid workshop on Generative AI for Biology with great speakers including Sarah Teichmann, @bunnech.bsky.social, Francesco Di Giovanni, Diego Oyarzun, Jussi Taipale, @jhartford.bsky.social, Chris Barnes and Marta Milo. Link for online registration www.genai.ac.uk/news-feed/ce...
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<br/>Online workshop - Generative AI for Biology — gen ai
Online registration for hybrid workshop on 12 May looking at the development of generative models for large and high-resolution biological datasets.
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Vaughn Smider, MD, PhD @vvsmider.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
My op-ed below (which is a paper covering a chunk of Appalachia in Ohio) has gotten some attention. It’s not too hard to understand - people support cancer research. I’m a biomedical researcher who lost his wife to cancer. Finding cures is personal. www.vindy.com/opinion/edit...
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DOGE ends America’s golden age of biomedical research
Biomedical research impacts all of us. I became curious about how drugs work after my mom was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when I was a small boy. She received “gold shots” as treatment, which ...
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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Yes! Sometimes vaccines have side-effects. Let's actually compare them to the effect of measles. (Apropos of, gosh, I dunno.) www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/o...
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Hilary Ashe @hilaryashe.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Our new paper describes how SunTag imaging of mRNA translation can be used to study ribosome pausing in development. We also adapt the system to study translation of a secreted protein. Work done in collaboration with @mrattray.bsky.social and @markashe.bsky.social doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
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Exploiting the SunTag system to study the developmental regulation of mRNA translation
The ability to quantitatively study mRNA translation using SunTag imaging is transforming our understanding of the translation process. Here, we expand the SunTag method to study new aspects of transl...
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Molecular and Cellular Function, University of Manchester @mcf-uom.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Early-career fellowships at the University of Manchester! To celebrate 200 years of The University of Manchester, the Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health offers a 3-year Postdoctoral Fellowship to support exceptional early-career researchers: www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
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Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowships | Biology, Medicine and Health | University of Manchester
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Anne Carpenter @drannecarpenter.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Almost all UK PhD projects are advertised here (>5000 right now): www.findaphd.com Most UK gov funded programmes accept overseas applications, other funders and institutionally funded options vary in access
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PhD Programmes, Research Projects & Studentships in the UK & Europe
FindAPhD is a comprehensive guide to PhD studentships and postgraduate research degrees
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Magnus Rattray @mrattray.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
After decades of experience applying AI to biological systems I'm ready to give my career advice: don't leave a banana at the bottom of the laptop compartment of your rucksack 3 days before a work trip.
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Hilary Ashe @hilaryashe.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Is there more to defining the eve stripes in the Drosophila embryo than just transcriptional regulation? We provide evidence that spatially regulated mRNA decay is also important.
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Stegle Lab @steglelab.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
📢 Bring your computational expertise to our cutting-edge research team at @embl.org! Join us together with experts from GSK to explore the effects of rare variants using population-scale cohorts and single-cell readouts. Please share 🙏 🔗 Apply now: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/de-DE/EMBL/d...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Genetics
The research group of Oliver Stegle looks for a postdoctoral researcher to join a collaborative project with GSK with the goal to apply computational methods to investigate the effects of rare variant...
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Jeff Dean @jeffdean.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I can't believe they've just cancelled the Epidemic Intelligence Service program at CDC. This program trains the best & brightest epidemiologists, who then go on to have distinguished careers in public health, serving at CDC, in state health departments, overseas, ...
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