Nelson Martins
@nelsonm1224.bsky.social
MSCA Doctoral Candidate | @progret2024.bsky.social | debaerelab.com | UGent | CMGG 🇧🇪 Studying Retinal Dystrophies and 3D Genome 👁️🌀 @eshgyoung.bsky.social Alumni from Carla Oliveira Lab (i3S,🇵🇹), Caldas Lab (CRUK CI, 🇬🇧) & Ana-Teresa Maia Lab (UAlg, 🇵🇹)
#eshg2026 Inspiration to follow up with the online recorded talks below:
European Society of Human Genetics@eshg.bsky.social · 2mo ago#eshg2026 Early Career awards: Bryce Sebastian Rampal (Montréal, CA) Tanja Frey (Zurich-Schlieren, CH) Anthony Edward Francis McGuigan (Oxford, UK) Irena Josephina Johanna Muffels (Utrecht, NL) Samuel Moix (Lausanne, CH) Lea M Urpa (Helsinki, FI) James Russ-Silsby (Exeter, UK)
Since 2018, the European Society of Human Genetics has been presenting the ELPAG Award. It is presented to honour a scientist having made an important mark in the field of Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Genetics. #eshg2026 ELPAG Award laureate: Anne Cambon-Thomsen (Toulouse, France)
Missed this session but definitely one that I’ll watch on the #virtualplatform. Grateful to #eshg2026 for having it!
James Fasham@jamesfasham.bsky.social · 2mo ago🧬 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
Matchmaking event @eshgyoung.bsky.social running out of chairs! 🫣🤩🧬 #eshg2026 @eshg.bsky.social
Amazing talk from Juliane Glaser about how Tranposable Elements insertion leads to limb phenotype in some mice strands and not in others! #eshg2026
The general feeling this #ESHG2026! Too many interesting talks in competing sessions! Happy to have the online option to revisit those I've missed.
Session C19 From Structural Variation to Selection: Insights into Ancestry and Evolution #eshg2026
So happy to see Nicki winning the Leena Award! 👏 Definitely well deserved! 😊
European Society of Human Genetics@eshg.bsky.social · 2mo agoAttend the Leena Peltonen Award lecture now at #eshg2026 with Nicola Whiffin from Oxford University and learn About her recent discovieries in rare diseases and the broader inclusion of non-coding variants in clinical genetic testing that led to the Leena Peltonen Award. Congratulations!
May the odds be ever in your favor!! Good luck! 🤞🏻😎
European Society of Human Genetics@eshg.bsky.social · 2mo ago🏆 Win 2 networking event tickets for #eshg2027 in Rotterdam! Enter the #eshg2026 Photo Competition: 📸 Best Selfie 😂 Funniest Picture 💻 Best Online Setup Post on LinkedIn or Instagram with #eshg2026 before the conference ends. Finalists will be voted on by the ESHG community!
#eshg2026 registration completed ✔️ @eshgyoung.bsky.social selfie wall checked✔️ I guess we’re ready for tomorrow! 😎
Tomorrow we will have the Get2Gether session with 9 young initiatives represented! Don’t miss out! 😉
ESHG-Young@eshgyoung.bsky.social · 2mo ago⏳ 24 hours until our Get2Gether at #eshg2026! Whether you want to expand your network or find inspiration for your next career step, this is the place to be. See you there! 👋✨ @juhumgen.bsky.social @nvhg.bsky.social @eshg.bsky.social
Every day is a good day for sharing one of the most useful papers about research data ever written. PLEASE get your people to understand and follow this advice. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
On Rare Disease Day, we highlight the global impact of rare conditions. More than 6,000 rare diseases have been identified, together affecting 300 million people worldwide. Among them are inherited retinal diseases (IRDs), which affect about 1 in 3,000 people.
Meet up Killifish animal model & Sofia Manzo in the video!! 🐟
ProgRET@progret2024.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew series launch: discover our PhD projects🚀Curious what ProgRET is all about? Every month, one of our doctoral candidates is explaining their project in a short video. This is Sofia Manzo's (DC1) month🐟Look at her exciting work at the Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology in Seville, Spain.
Friendly reminder to help us shape the Get2Gether session at #ESHG2026. Your feedback will define the discussion, interactive case study & future collaborations. Take the survey in👉 tinyurl.com/eshg-young-survey @nvhg.bsky.social @eshg.bsky.social
ESHG-Young Get2Gether 2026 Session “Uniting European Young Initiatives in Human Genetics" – Feedback & Ideas
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ESHG-Young@eshgyoung.bsky.social · 6mo agoJoin us at the next ESHG Get2Gether session for young geneticists! Help shape the session by completing our 3–4 min survey: 🔗 tinyurl.com/eshg-young-s... 📅 June 13, 2026 | 12:15–13:15 Let’s build meaningful collaborations across Europe! @eshg.bsky.social #ESHGYoung #Genetics #ESHG2026
Welcome to the ESHG-Young team, Maria Francesca, Nelson, Mathys and Ewelina! Together, they represent the diversity, collaboration, and innovation driving the future of human genetics! Get to know our four new members in these images: @eshg.bsky.social @ejhg-journal.bsky.social #Genetics
Want to rewatch sessions from #ESHG2025 Milan? You can access all conference content until Nov 30, 23:59 CET from any device. 👉 cattendee.abstractsonline.com/meeting/21105 📹 After Nov 30, plenary & educational sessions will be on the ESHG YouTube channel @eshg.bsky.social
Don’t miss this opportunity!! ⬇️
ESHG-Young@eshgyoung.bsky.social · 10mo ago🌟 Applications for the Mentorship & Observership Programmes by @ESHG 🌟 Gain hands-on experience, travel support & professional growth! ✈️ Apply by 30 Nov 2025. Notifications of acceptance by 15 Jan 2026. ⚠️ Check eligibility criteria and requirements. More info in bio. #ESHG
📍Second day of #ESHG2025 and here’s a quick recap of this morning’s sessions: 🧬 W04 – Long-read sequencing for beginners A great workshop where I tried to dive deeper into long-read analysis 🔍. Also got to learn about de novo assemblies using long-read data!
Welcome our new @eshgyoung.bsky.social Committee Members! 🧬 4 new members will be joining the ESHG-Young Committee this year! Maria Francesca di Feo (Italy/Finland) Nelson Martins @nelsonm1224.bsky.social (Belgium) Mathys Weber (France) Ewelina Bukowska-Olech (Poland) #ESHG2025 @eshg.bsky.social
