Last chance to apply for genome bioinformatics 2026: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve... Join us at @ebi.embl.org Hinxton, on 16 – 20 November 2026, for a guide to the technology, analysis workflows, tools, and resources for next-generation sequencing data analysis. Apply by 2 August 2026. 🧬🖥️📊

Four funded PhD studentships are now open at NIHR ARC East Midlands, across our research themes: 🔹 Multiple long term conditions 🔹 Health inequalities 🔹 Health data 🔹 Implementation research Find out more and apply: arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/apply-f...

Gain a guide to the technology, analysis workflows, tools, and resources for next-generation sequencing data analysis with us at 'Genome bioinformatics' 2026: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve... Applications are open until 2 August 2026. Financial assistance is available. @chiarabatini.bsky.social 🧬🖥️📊

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...

Jonathan Pritchard@jkpritch.bsky.social · 3y ago

I'm delighted to release the first half of my new textbook in human genetics: web.stanford.edu/group/pritch... "An Owner's Guide to the Human Genome: an introduction to human population genetics, variation and disease"

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!

UK Biobank@ukbiobank.ac.uk · 10mo ago

Congratulations 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'

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 🧬🖥️📊

Back in Hinxton for our annual @training.ebi.embl.org genome bionformatics course, loving the campus on this sunny morning 😍

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

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!

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 @respgen25.bsky.social‬ ‪@balrcommunity.bsky.social‬ @geneticepi.bsky.social‬ @atscommunity.bsky.social‬

Our latest study on the genetics of chronic cough is out! Here the link to the paper: publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...

EXCEED Study @exceedstudy.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

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...

Breakthrough genetic study points to neurological mechanisms for chronic cough | News | University of Leicester

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I 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.

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

Tidy Population Genetics

We provide a tidy grammar of population genetics, facilitating the manipulation and analysis of data on biallelic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). `tidypopgen` scales to very large genetic data...

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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

EXCEED Study @exceedstudy.bsky.social · last yr.

We are pleased to announce that recruitment to EXCEED is now OPEN. You can find out more about the study, including how to register, on our website: exceed.org.uk

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

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 🧪🔬🧬🖥️

📢 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

The risk of Long Covid symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled studies - Nature Communications

Estimating the risk of long COVID is challenging because many of its symptoms are associated with other conditions. Here, the authors conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that esti...

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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

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...

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!

We 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/

very proud of Kayesha Coley for leading this effort to its completion! link to the paper here: academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...

Genome-Wide Association Study of Varenicline-Aided Smoking Cessation

AbstractIntroduction. Varenicline is an α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist with the highest therapeutic efficacy of any pharmacological

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EXCEED Study @exceedstudy.bsky.social · 2y ago

The EXCEED team’s latest study identifies genetic factors linked to successfully stopping smoking using varenicline, shedding light on the genes that may influence the effectiveness of varenicline. A big thank you to all the study participants involved – find out more here: le.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

a little less than two weeks to apply to the #EMBOpopgen course - see info below and spread the word!

Evolutionary Ecology Group, Cambridge@eegcam.bsky.social · 2y ago

EMBO Population Genomics course: Are you a postgrad student or a postdoc starting a population genomics project? This course aims to give you the tools to answer questions for your project. Registration deadline: 24 February 2025 meetings.embo.org/event/25-pop... #EMBOpopgen

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...

Research Associate in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team

View details and apply for this Research Associate vacancy in Leicester. The Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Leicester are seeking a Research Associate to join the Gene...

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