Sequencing is not just a test. It is the front door to the next cancer system. My OpEd in The Australian is online today, ahead of tomorrow’s UNSW Showcase at Parliament House. 🧵⬇️ www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
Martin Smith
@martinalexsmith.bsky.social
🧬 Genomics | RNA Biology | AI & Nanopore Sequencing | Biotech & Innovation 🔬 Director @ramacgenomics.bsky.social | A/Prof @ UNSW BABS | RNA Institute 🌍 Exploring genomes, RNA, & the future of precision medicine 🏕️🥾🎣🚴 Science, adventure & good coffee
Applications are closing soon! ⏳ Secure your spot for our workshop before the deadline on 18 June 2026: www.biocommons.org.au/events/gen-a...
WORKSHOP: Generative AI Essentials for Life Sciences — Australian BioCommons
An interactive workshop to help life science researchers use generative AI responsibly and effectively by aligning models to specific research tasks. More information Apply
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1/ Impactful #genomics doesn’t always require expensive infrastructure. In our new preprint, we developed a long-read HLA profiling workflow costing ~US$20/sample using an Opentrons OT-2 robot, enabling high-resolution profiling across 500+ participants. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Lorne Genome 2027 will be held 14 to 17th February in Lorne Australia. Our invited speakers will include Karen Arndt, Neil Brockdorff, Laura Banaszynski and Fides Zenk.
Our latest work is online. An interesting observation about the contents of vaults in the absence of the key ncRNA vaultRC5. Seems important for memory.Well done Mason! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Dynamic regulation of neuronal vault trafficking and RNA cargo by the noncoding RNA, Vaultrc5
Vaults are large ribonucleoprotein complexes of unknown function. Here, we report that the vault-associated noncoding RNA, Vaultrc5, is highly enriche…
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📢 Sydney #RNA scientists: our next #SydneyRNASalon event is coming up! 🧬 ECR, student, or just RNA-curious? This one's for you! 📅 Thu 30 April · 2:10–4:30pm 📍 Room G07, Biosciences Building D26 UNSW 🥐 Refreshments sponsored by @rnasociety.bsky.social, Lexogen & @ramacgenomics.bsky.social
@ashjogalekar.bsky.social Summarised beautifully on X the most profound lesson re Rosie and her personalised canine cancer vaccine, namely that Paul Conyngham's work here using AI to design the mRNA we made, demonstrates that Dyson's prophecy about "domesticating" Biotech is within reach! #ozchem
A good news story for you this morning in The Australian, featuring #genomics, #AI, and #mRNA #vaccines 🧬🐕 www.theaustralian.com.au/business/tec...
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The deadline has been extended to March 15th for the RNA Society's Infographics contest! Get your talent team together and submit! Prizes!! Go to www.rnasociety.org/rna-society-... or scan the QR for details!
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Beyond BGI: The Rise of Homegrown Sequencing Platforms in China
Introduction For years, BGI Group, along with its independent subsidiary MGI Tech, has been the flagship name in Chinese genomics, competing with Illumina to dominate the domestic sequencing market. ...
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Zheng Su presents kiloBrains.com, an AI-powered biodata analysis platform. A virtual bioinformatics assistant #AGTA2025
Cornetto from @hasindu2008.bsky.social presented by Ira Deveson: T2T assembly of human genomes with @nanoporetech.com adaptive sampling by rejecting the "boring bits". 27/46 chromosomes fully assembled from one flowcell. Can also be used on saliva! #AGTA2025 github.com/hasindu2008/...
"Isoforms are important; how come we're not studying them?" #AGTA2025 keynote @azizalkhafaji.bsky.social mentions that we are now at am I flection point, where 100s of millions of reads are produced per run.
The great Prof Vanessa Hayes, who sequenced the first African Genome, states "the closer we get to ancestral populations, the more diversity we see in genomes". Presents genomic data from WGS of Khoe-San populations, interesting phylogenetic split between Khoe (hunters) and San (gatherers) #agta2025
Prof Sean Grimmong from PeterMac Genomic Cancer Medicine on the entire workflow for #cancer #diagnosis, and how to deal with dilemmas, like the 5% of Australians without a clear diagnosis #agta2025
@estamatakis.bsky.social , not recently active on #Bluesky, on the health value of each minute of different physical activity intensities against 6 health outcomes.
Adaptive sampling #WGS is moving from bench to bedside. Our work delivers SNV, structural & methylation insights on @nanoporetech.com with molecular signals emerging in minutes, not days. Watch this space 👀 #cancer #genomicAI #MultiOmics #bioinformatics @cra-chusj.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4d337djb
Given how stingy public research funding is overall, it's shocking that the #MRFF only spends 50% of what is allocated in the budget. This funds highly impactful, translational research focused fund that can DIRECTLY address the economic burdens of the healthcare system + improved patient outcomes
Prof Gina Ravenscroft🇿🇦🇦🇺@ginaravenscroft.bsky.social · 10mo agoThe National Association of Research Fellows join the call for full disbursement of the #MRFF #DiscoveriesNeedDollars www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
28km, 7 bridges, 2 family members raising funds for #CancerCouncil In honour of their grandparents. If you can spare a gold coin, please help support my wife and son for a second year in a row 🎗️ www.7bridgeswalk.com.au/fundraisers/... #fuckCancer #cancer #research
nicole: walking for a cancer free future
I’m taking on 7 Bridges Walk to help those affected by cancer. Please donate to my page. Every step counts because all funds raised will help Cancer Council work towards the vision of a cancer free fu...
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Genomics is the future of cancer treatment. The PAGES project is making sure Aboriginal Australians are part of that future. 🎬 Watch now 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRfX... #precisionMedicine #healthEquity #genomics #firstNations
The PAGES Study
YouTube video by Co-Design Health Research & Innovation
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Existential #RNAsky question for the weekend: If two RNA products share the same promoter/TSS, but have different 5' ends (one is processed out of longer transcript) and are differentially expressed, are they different isoforms or distinct genes?
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ALT: a man with a white wig and beard is standing in front of trees
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LLM chat bot generated requests for HDR supervision are so generic and obvious, it makes sifting through applications that much easier. I'm concerned for new tenure track academics -- I hope they can sniff out these copy paste requests, maybe by using honeypots on university research profiles?
Don't miss @osvaldoics.bsky.social in the flesh next Tuesday in Sydney
Martin Smith@martinalexsmith.bsky.social · 11mo agoSome exciting #SingleCell events with #ParseBio coming up this month at @ramacgenomics.bsky.social 🧬 9 Sept: SPLiT-Seq Tech Showcase Seminar 🔗 tinyurl.com/bddc5zc3 15 Sept: Application deadline for discounted Parse Evercode WT Mini v3 Kit promotion 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc84zmfm 📩 ramaciotti@unsw.edu.au
Some exciting #SingleCell events with #ParseBio coming up this month at @ramacgenomics.bsky.social 🧬 9 Sept: SPLiT-Seq Tech Showcase Seminar 🔗 tinyurl.com/bddc5zc3 15 Sept: Application deadline for discounted Parse Evercode WT Mini v3 Kit promotion 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc84zmfm 📩 ramaciotti@unsw.edu.au
Congratulations to @hasindu2008.bsky.social form #UNSW Computer Science and Engineering for wearing a tuxedo last night 👏🏻 Also for being awarded the #EurekaPrize for outstanding early career researcher, showcase his pioneering and impacftful research in #bioinformatics software
Prof Cecile King finishing her #ARNASydney2025 talk on biomolecular condensates by promoting the upcoming (free) symposium on the topic in November
@thermofishersci.bsky.social @decodescience.bsky.social @garvaninstitute.bsky.social @ramacgenomics.bsky.social @nanoporetech.com @agrf.bsky.social @revvity.bsky.social Apologies if I missed some sponsor or exhibitor accounts (please let me know if so) #AGTA2025
Martin Smith@martinalexsmith.bsky.social · 11mo agoEarly bird deadline extended for #AGTA #AGTA2025 This year will be quite different, with a big focus on tech, low cost Rego, digital engagement, and in a central location. Don't miss the ECR events, exhibitor lounges (à la AGBT) and two lightning talk sessions, open to industry members: agta2025.com
