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Sean Bankier @seanbankier.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Very pleased to say that our recent plasma proteomics study, "Plasma proteins are integral to cross-tissue gene regulatory networks implicated in cardiometabolic disorders and coronary artery disease", has now been published in Cell Systems! www.cell.com/cell-systems...

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Computational Biology Unit, Bergen @cbubergen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The new methods may open the door to improving diagnostics and patient follow‑up through blood tests instead of more invasive procedures. @seanbankier.bsky.social cbu.w.uib.no/2026/01/30/n...

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Sean Bankier @seanbankier.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I am very pleased to share that our study "Circulating causal protein networks linked to future risk of myocardial infarction" has been published in Nature Communications! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Image shows a schematic (figure 1) which outlines the analytical pipeline, beginning (left) with the AGES prospective population-based cohort, which provided comprehensive phenotype and genotype information, proteomic profiles and cis-acting pQTL data. Subsequent steps included reconstructing 185 causal protein networks, each comprising 10 or more targets, via Mendelian randomization analysis, and evaluating associations between network regulators and eigenproteins with ACVD-related phenotypes, and finally (right), ranking CPN subnetworks by their connectivity to incident MI and related traits, revealing their hierarchical organization

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Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · 13/10/2025

Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...

In 1916 the BMJ published an article about the work done by James Shearer, an American physician working in the British Army as a sergeant (because he had no British qualification). He had described a
"delineator" which was better than x rays for portraying gunshot wounds. This caused a sensation and a lot of interest — but on investigation the work was found to have been invented. The BMJ published a retraction, but Shearer was tried by court martial and sentenced to death by firing squad.

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Iain Johnston @mitomaths.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Celebrating grant award with a mountain run! MitoPhyto, a FRIPRO project, will combine modelling and microscopy to explore mitochondrial and mtDNA maintenance across non-bilaterian multicellular eukaryotes. Opportunities to come to Norway: please see next post

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Nathalie Reuter @nathaliereuter.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

We have an open PhD position in molecular modeling to work on the recognition of pollutants by fish receptors. More information and application procedure: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Come and work with us ;)

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PhD Research Fellow in molecular modeling (279265) | University of Bergen

Job title: PhD Research Fellow in molecular modeling (279265), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, May 4, 2025

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/03/2025

1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.  I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

UK cover reveal for CRICK. There may be some tweaks, and a more focused quote, but this is what we have. Only say nice things. Out in November (!), pre-order from your local bookshop or somewhere nice.

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Sean Bankier @seanbankier.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

There I was thinking that 3000 proteins for 54K samples was impressive!

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Iain Johnston @mitomaths.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

RTs much appreciated... would love to reach both AMR and biomath folks! "Evolutionary accumulation modelling in AMR: machine learning to infer and predict evolutionary dynamics of multi-drug resistance" arxiv.org/abs/2411.00219 We think EvAM methods have some potential in AMR. 🧵

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Sean Bankier @seanbankier.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Oslo airport has a "therapy dog" at my gate for people to spend time with while waiting for their flight! Definitely a welcome distraction from the usual misery of plane travel.

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Sean Bankier @seanbankier.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

I'm very honoured to have been awarded the Journal of Human Genetics young scientist award at the Japan Society of Human Genetics annual meeting in October! This was for our work on the the impact of genetic variation for plasma cortisol on cardiovascular disease. www.nature.com/articles/s10...

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Young Scientist Award 2024 - Journal of Human Genetics

Journal of Human Genetics - Young Scientist Award 2024

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Sean Bankier @seanbankier.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Decided to make the move from barely ever posting on "the other place" to barely ever posting on here instead.

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