Two new chapters from my free online book in human genetics out this weekend!
These complete Part 3 of the book, on human population structure and history:
3.3: Human prehistory [separate thread]
3.4: Ancient DNA: a genetic time capsule [this thread]
web.stanford.edu/group/pritch...
Explore how advances in the field of #pangenomics are transforming genome #evolution, population #genetics and more in the EMBO Practical Course "Pangenomics" in Campania region, IT, 7–13 June 2026.
Deadline: 3 February
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-pangenomics
#EMBOPangenomics #EMBOevents 🧪
Massive congratulations to Callum, brilliant work!
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EMBL-EBI course. Genome bioinformatics: from short- to long-read sequencing. 17 - 21 November 2025. EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute. Hinxton, UK. A group of people sit outside on stone benches in front of a glass fronted office building. They are wearing winter coats and smiling to the camera.
A huge thank you to everyone that joined us for our annual 'Genome bioinformatics' training course.
Wish you were here? Sign up for alerts for the 2026 edition of the course: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...
#Genomics #Bioinformatics #NextGenerationSequencing
@chiarabatini.bsky.social
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Always a pleasure to be here! ❤️
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Back in Hinxton for our annual @training.ebi.embl.org genome bionformatics course, loving the campus on this sunny morning 😍
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And 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
05.11.2025 17:07 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
It's not every day that you get a new imputation reference panel.
allofus-anvil-imputation.terra.bio
Registrations for the Respiratory Genomics Conference, and abstract submissions, closes on the 15th October. Sign up today – limited availability!
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A 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
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Our latest study on the genetics of chronic cough is out!
Here the link to the paper:
publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...
Our latest study uncovers genes linked to chronic cough, shedding light on the role of neuronal signalling and sensory pathways in driving cough reflex hypersensitivity. These findings deepen our biological understanding of chronic cough. Find out more here: le.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
30.07.2025 09:27 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1I am starting a computational lab at LIOS, Riga, Latvia, and going to recruit a few people. Please DM if you are interested in a postdoc or PhD position in my Metabolic Research Group within the TARGETWISE project. I can highly recommend Riga, it is a beautiful city with very good living conditions.
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Are you aged 18-80 and from a South Asian or African/Caribbean background living with a long-term health condition?
Share your experiences as part of a #PhD study exploring health within diverse communities.
✉️ Email Zara Kayani: ZK74@LE.AC.UK
@ashrouten.com @ethnichealthres.bsky.social
We are excited to announce that tidypopgen – a new package for rapid population genetic workflows in R – is now available at evolecolgroup.github.io/tidypopgen/ 🧬💻 Read more in the preprint describing its features here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #popgen #Rpackage #genetics 1/2
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The EXCEED team visited the Shama Women's Centre today to launch our new phase of recruitment. Huge thanks to all that attended and supported.
@chiarabatini.bsky.social
@hitenmistry1.bsky.social
Thank you #ESHG2025 for selecting our poster for the best poster session, and overall for a great few days of excellent science! @exceedstudy.bsky.social
28.05.2025 12:21 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Course at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute. Genome bioinformatics: from short- to long-read sequencing. 17 – 21 November 2025. Hinxton, United Kingdom. EMBL-EBI logo.
Join us at our genome bioinformatics training course for a guide to the technology, analysis workflows, tools, & resources for next-generation sequencing data analysis.
Apply by 3 August: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...
@chiarabatini.bsky.social
@pille-hallast.bsky.social
@ebi.embl.org
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📢 Our new review on #LongCovid: 50 studies, 14M+ people. COVID linked to ↑ risk in 39/40 symptoms.
Top risks (likelihood compared to controls):
👃 Smell loss (4.3x)
👅 Taste loss (3.7x)
🧠 Brain fog (2.7x)
💇 Hair loss (2.4x)
🏥 Hospitalised = higher risk
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
@arc-em.bsky.social
Longstanding followers will know I have consistently tried to unpick concepts of race / ethnicity from genetics. TLDR; Race/Ethnicity - a self identification process about a categorical group is v different from the high dimensional variation in the genome despite a thin connection by visible traits
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A graphic advertising a webinar for the Open Targets Platform. The title of the webinar is: From variant to drug target: using the expanded Open Targets Platform to explore the genetics of target discovery. The webinar will run on 23 April, 3-4 pm (UK time). Participants can register at ebi.ac.uk/training
Register for our webinar on 23 April!
We will introduce the capabilities and use cases of the Open Targets Platform, including our new variant, study, and credible set pages released last week 🧬🖥️
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...
Open Targets Platform 25.03 is finally here! 🌼
This update brings in variant, study, and credible set information, uniting the Open Targets Platform and Open Targets Genetics into a one-stop shop for human genetic and target discovery information.
blog.opentargets.org/open-targets...
A woman stands next to a desk cutting a small carrot cake into slices.
Four people, two men and two women, posing for a photo with a carrot cake.
This week, EXCEED's lead administrator celebrated 10 years in this role. Despite it being a busy week full of meetings, the EXCEED team can always find time for cake! 🍰Congratulations, Catherine!
05.03.2025 08:34 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1We are excited to announce a new faculty position here in Cambridge, for researchers in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Come and join us! Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50414/
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very proud of Kayesha Coley for leading this effort to its completion!
link to the paper here: academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...
a little less than two weeks to apply to the #EMBOpopgen course - see info below and spread the word!
12.02.2025 11:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
JOBS | Research Associate in Genomic Epidemiology of Asthma FT/PT (min 0.8FTE, 30 hrs/wk week) or job share considered. Fixed term contract for 30 mths. Funded by MRC. Closes 18 Feb jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/10...
13.01.2025 15:54 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A figure comparing box plot and showing all data points. Group1: normally distributed data. Group2: bimodal data. Group3: Data with 3 modes.
Friends don't let friends make bad graphs repo has been updated!
Friends don't let friends use boxplot for binomial (bimodal) data. Is your box plot hiding something from you?
#DataVisualization
github.com/cxli233/Frie...
Applications open for several research positions here in Cambridge including evolutionary genetics, genomics and population genetics. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49389/
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