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Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

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Really excited to share our lab's first manuscript! I cant be more proud of our team, especially @nora-mae.bsky.social who diligently worked on this project. It will be a long thread but I promise it's worth it! #Oncology #BrainMets

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“I am ashamed for my nation; even if Congress acts to support and aid Ukraine, it cannot restore the American honor lost today.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social captures this shameful episode and treatment of an ally. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Most people imagine that democracy ends with a military coup. But they are wrong With @nprfreshair.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

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Great video on AI, big oil, and climate. And Microsoft! More ‘efficient’ systems just lead to more use and rising emissions (the rebound effect). And sadly, given the societies we’re working in… “short term profit motive will always override your good intention”

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What a fantastic line-up! Full programme of speakers for the BSI Oxford Immunology Symposium, 24th March at the Oxford Maths Institute: lnkd.in/ewgN_rPk

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Fantastic day yesterday bringing together excellent scientists and clinicians across @ox.ac.uk to tackle oesophagogastric cancer #OeGaCaCoE

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Inexplicably, US administration has launched an unprecedented assault on science, on research institutions & on vital international organizations & initiatives. An assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere; the global community must unite 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Timothy A. Yap, MBBS, PhD, has been appointed editor-in-chief of the AACR journal Clinical Cancer Research. Dr. Yap is co-director for the AACR/ASCO Methods in Clinical Cancer Research Workshop and a past cochair of the AACR Annual Meeting Clinical Trials Committee. www.aacr.org/about-the-aa...

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It really depresses me that British people, companies, and politicians haven't full on deleted their Twitter. Like, we constantly go on about the war, the "greatest generation", and poppies... And then everyone is just like "yeah but this neo nazi website is fun"

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Never in my most pessimistic moments did I expect the response to modern biotechnology saving countless lives in a pandemic to be a powerful elite captured by a conspiracy theory and dismantling our defenses against the next one out of some misguided notion of revenge

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“What part of diversity, equity, and inclusion do you have a problem with?” www.science.org/content/arti...

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Why I Study Cancer The cancers that are fatal today don't have to be tomorrow. Support for biomedical research enables generational shifts in how we treat cancer. What a privilege to work at @cancercenteril. Work funded by National Institutes of Health www.instagram.com/reel/DGTUxwD...

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A truly depressing article in #Nature listing of all the damage done to #science in the US by the Trump administration in just one month 💔 for so many friends and colleagues there #solidarityforscience 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Research is essential to making progress in cancer science and medicine. Advances in basic, clinical, translational, and population sciences lead to improvements in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. https://buff.ly/3EJeTE8 #CancerResearchSavesLives®

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Haven't we been doing the massive DOGE experiment in the NHS for years now? Cut staff, cut resources - result is that it becomes a challenging place to work, staff don't stay, certainly don't thrive, and the vulnerable suffer due to delays, cuts and "efficiency savings"

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We're hiring! We have an exciting opportunity for a Training Administrator to join Oxford Cancer’s support team. The post-holder will be responsible for providing administrative support for our training programmes and student administration. ⬇️ https://buff.ly/41aB5Q3

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Would you rather... Run in the rain? Run on a treadmill?

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Bluetorial: The rationale for the “NIH” indirect cost “plan” is based on misunderstood (unintentional or intentional) accounting and math The value of real government transparency

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With the huge challenges facing scientists, I call on peer reviewers to reflect on their role as gatekeepers to trainee career development and scientific progress. You can maintain high standards for rigor while being kind and not demanding an extra year of studies for every paper revision.

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Gender equality is vital for a better future, yet women still face barriers & biases in pursuing scientific careers👩‍🔬For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and bc role models matter, we at CIO want to acknowledge our women group leaders. To all young girls out there, you can do it! 💪

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Asked chatgpt to draw me at work....

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The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. Nature reports on the search to find out what they do. 🧪

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Oh, hell yeah www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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The AACR has a long history of advancing cancer health equity from travel grants for minority faculty (1985) to the launch of Minorities in Cancer Research (2000) and the trailblazing Cancer Health Disparities conference (2007): www.aacr.org/about-the-aa... #BlackHistoryMonth

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Diversity in Science symposium starting in Leuven!

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Reposting because we can't look away - international governments now need to prioritise aid, it's our duty and privilege to be able to help those most vulnerable

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New levels of unbelievable-ness

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A long post about what’s happening to the science funding agencies in the US and why. As mentioned, this one just kept getting longer even as I kept stripping curse words from it. www.science.org/content/blog...

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I always wanted to sing at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and now it’s happening on Friday 28th March! Do come along for a mix of palaeontology and choral music, tickets available now: www.oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/city-o...

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"Science is a career for anyone curious enough to ask why, and stubborn enough to keep on asking." Yes, love this

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Experience of a respected and loved scientist in Texas right now - heartbreaking

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Very cool to see my PhD work cited on the timeline of major discoveries in BRCA biology 😎 sparked my joy of discovery which I aim to instill in my students now genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/1...

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Great to see this report from UKRI published today. It contains some concrete proposals for reversing the decline in UK clinical academia. Now they just need to be delivered! www.ukri.org/wp-content/u...

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📢 Abstract submission for BSI Oxford and @immunologyoxford.bsky.social 's #OIS25 Symposium closes NEXT WEEK (7 Feb) Don't miss your chance to take part in this celebration of the outstanding #immunology research happening across Oxford 💫 Submit your abstract here 👉 bit.ly/4elJmnG

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Supper happy to see the results of our longstanding collaboration in @naturecomms.bsky.social. We identify RBM14 as an ARGOS gene to modulate cGAS-STING signalling. Driven by @ms01.bsky.social and @vrendo.bsky.social with @bendavidlab.bsky.social and @rameenberoukhim.bsky.social. rdcu.be/d7Mky

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I seem to have accidentally betrayed my dislike of the opening line "I hope you're keeping well..." But I stand by the rest! Great article from Nature Careers www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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