Michael Nicholson

@mdnicholson1.bsky.social

Chancellor's Fellow (~Asst. Prof.) University of Edinburgh | Math modelling for somatic genomics | https://michaeldnicholson.github.io

A gene is recurrently mutated in cancer. But do these mutations really cause the disease? Or are they merely selected during normal tissue evolution? Postdoc D. Cheek had the creative idea to use patient ages to try and answer this question. Read new paper out here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Age distinguishes selection from causation in cancer genomes - Nature Genetics

Mutations may be enriched in tumor samples because they promote carcinogenesis or because they promote clonal expansions in healthy tissue. This study mathematically disentangles these two possibiliti...

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Are you fascinated by cancer biology and also ❤️ 💻 ? Feel like this ->😻<- at the thought of exploring oodles of cancer genomes, single cells and spatial multiomics data? Then our core Data Science Team at @icr.ac.uk might be the place for you. Vacancy here: jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/14...

Data Scientist in Sutton | The Institute of Cancer Research

View details and apply for this Data Scientist vacancy in Sutton. Salary : Salary range £39,805 - £53,500 (Salary appointment dependent on experience ) Reporting to: P...

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