James Fasham

@jamesfasham.bsky.social

🧬👨‍⚕️Academic Consultant in Clinical Genetics 💬 ESHG Social media chair. 🤖 @DiseaseGenes bot creator #Genetics #Genomics #RareDisease

🧬 New studies show how SVs downstream of FOXG1 can disrupt its regulation and contribute to a FOXG1-like NDD. Together, they reveal distinct regulatory loci and provide new insight into the locus’s 3D organisation. 👉https://buff.ly/UVhWtWk 👉https://buff.ly/Nvidv1E

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Genomic newborn screening could enable earlier diagnosis - but it may also create uncertainty, overdiagnosis and pressure on healthcare resources. A new Comment considers how to balance benefits and harms while strengthening diagnostic services. 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Reducing the diagnostic odyssey in rare disease: why screening is not the only answer - Nature Medicine

The timely detection of rare diseases is crucial, and using a range of approaches will be key to reducing the diagnostic odyssey.

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@deciphergenomics.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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Thanks for a fantastic conference #ESHG2026! An intense few days of science and socialising, very inspiring and great to see friends from around the world. Proud of Team Exeter too, for presenting exciting science with huge translational impact whilst also supporting each other and having fun!

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Caroline Wright (Exeter) sharing fundamental knowledge What does the "average" human genome look like?" >900k 🧬 #UKB / #AllofUs / Genome: 1️⃣ ~4.4–5.5 million variants 2️⃣ 2–3 ClinVar P/LP (mostly AR) 3️⃣ ~62–70 de novo variants 4️⃣ ~1 in 5 people in top 1% of PRS for ≥1 disease

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Great to see how well received this has been here and on X #eshg2026! Paper has been submitted so watch this space 👀

James Fasham@jamesfasham.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Caroline Wright (Exeter) sharing fundamental knowledge What does the "average" human genome look like?" >900k 🧬 #UKB / #AllofUs / Genome: 1️⃣ ~4.4–5.5 million variants 2️⃣ 2–3 ClinVar P/LP (mostly AR) 3️⃣ ~62–70 de novo variants 4️⃣ ~1 in 5 people in top 1% of PRS for ≥1 disease

🧬 Missense ≠ not splice. Mwenda Rintari (Exeter) show that ~2–3% of missense variants may disrupt splicing Analysis of 8.3M variants found protein effects approaching loss-of-function variants & several candidate diagnoses in unsolved patients. #ESHG2026

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Heading to the ESHG Networking Event at Volvo World? Don’t forget to bring your badge as your ticket is directly saved on the QR Code! If you have booked an Accompanying Ticket, please come to check-in with your guest, as the additional ticket information is also stored directly on the badge.

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We were delighted to share this wonderful collaboration with the Julia Garnham Centre (JGC), Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Sheffield, aimed at increasing the number of Unique guides. Find them on our Disorder Guides page: rarechromo.org/disorder-gui...

James Fasham@jamesfasham.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🖼️ P25.064.D They're here! New approach to creating high-quality patient information at scale. Sheffield & Unique working with students, clinicians, families & AI Develop expert-reviewed guides for rare genetic conditions. #ESHG2026 📖 rarechromo.org/disorder-gui...

#eshg2026 Day 3: Science communicators @jamesfasham.bsky.social, @aleenamolbio.bsky.social, @tomwrightuom.bsky.social share current knowledge and own behind-the-scenes tour of #scicom in #genetics

Mohamed Wafik@mo-wafik.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢 Join us now at the #eshg2026 Social Media Workshop! 📱✨ 🎤 Interactive discussions, practical tips, and real-world strategies for using social media in genetics, genomics, education, and professional networking. @jamesfasham.bsky.social @aleenamolbio.bsky.social @tomwrightuom.bsky.social

Im a little late to the party (this is beauty of catch up 🔁 ) 🧬 Fabrice Lejeune's explanation of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay has been my favourite educational talk of #ESHG2026 so far. Important topic for understanding how genetic variants contribute, or don't contribute, to rare disease.

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🧬 Suzi Walker, Genomics England Can RNAseq help solve more rare disease cases? RNAseq from 7,841 participants in the 100kgp Abberant splicing confirmed in >50% of known case - limited by expression in blood Also new candidate variants identified #ESHG2026

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