Tim Aitman @timaitman
Professor, Molecular Pathology and Genetics, @EdinburghUni; Co-PI, @ScottishGenomes; Passionate about Genomic Medicine scottishgenomespartnership.org Scotland, United Kingdom Joined May 2012-
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Many congratulations to our Director @owen_sansom for being elected to the @EMBO Membership in their 60th anniversary year! nmgn.mrc.ukri.org/news/our-direc…
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Today we are publishing evidence from our Institutes to show the impact of changes to the UK immigration system on cancer research. We call on the new UK Government to reduce costs and review the system so it works for research - to meet their ambitions for health and growth.
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Congratulations to Prof Sharon Peacock CBE FMedSci, Professor of Public Health and Microbiology @Cambridge_Uni and ED & Chair of @CovidGenomicsUK on being awarded an honorary degree by @dundeeuni today 👏 Read Prof Peacock's Fellow profile 👇 ow.ly/Pe7v50SkNWs
@UoDBusiness @UoDLifeSciences We're also honouring Professor Sharon Peacock, in recognition of her extensive career in microbiology and public health, which includes playing a pivotal role in the Covid-19 pandemic response in the UK.
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One of our non-executive directors, Professor Patrick Maxwell, has received a CBE in the King's Honours list yesterday. Congratulations to Professor Maxwell and thank you for all you do for CUH! #CUHProud @Cambridge_Uni
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Congratulations to Professor Jonathan Weber who has been awarded a CBE for services to Global Medical Science.🎉 Professor Weber has been working for over 40 years looking after and researching treatments for patients with HIV and AIDS. 👉imperial.ac.uk/news/254175/ki…
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@DundeeDental @UoDMedicine Our honorary graduate for this ceremony holds a special connection to the School of Medicine - we're honouring Professor Andrew Morris CBE, former Dean of @UoDMedicine.
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A great meeting, showcasing the strong expertise in genomics at the University of Edinburgh! #Genomics #OneHealth #Edinburgh @EdinburghUni @EdinUni_IGC @roslininstitute @SBSatEd
One Health Genomics Edinburgh brings together @EdinburghUni genomics researchers working across humans, animals, plants and ecosystems for sustainable planetary health. Watch the video below to find out more: #onehealth #genomics #edinburgh #planetaryhealth
@GenomicsEdi @EdinburghUni Watch our excellent video of the first community day of One Health Genomics Edinburgh. Exciting times for @GenomicsEdi at @EdinburghUni
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One Health Genomics Edinburgh brings together @EdinburghUni genomics researchers working across humans, animals, plants and ecosystems for sustainable planetary health. Watch the video below to find out more: #onehealth #genomics #edinburgh #planetaryhealth
@Chr1sF1 Yes. It’s good to be able to smile about British politics. A very long wait!
Lucky to enjoy dinner with the terrific Dennis Lo at the excellent @CNAPS2024 liquid biopsy meeting in Graz this week.
Interesting presentation by Christelle Johnson from Personalis on MRD detection for cancer management
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An LRC regular Finlay, completed his 10th Parkrun at Cramond last week with a PB of 28 mins 9 secs. Go Finlay! 🏃♂️🥇
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🩺PhD opportunities for MBChB or BDS students🩺 The TRACC Programme is recruiting medical or dental students looking to gain top quality research training as well as securing clinical qualification with @UofGlasgow or @EdinburghUni 👉Find out more: crukscotlandcentre.ac.uk/training/tracc…
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OHGE Newsletter 2 - January 2024 In this issue - announcing the OHGE Community Meeting, as well as news, events, vacancies and publications from the genomics community at @EdinburghUni Read more here: mailings.ed.ac.uk/2MP1-1ZOLB-32/…
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Next monday is 4 hours of preliminary grant reviews - a necessary but intense part of being a scientist who goes through peer review is being the reviewer. As ever, I am rather amazed by scientists who make simple mistakes in their proposals. My thoughts for a good proposal:
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Need expert guidance on how to analyse your @nanopore or @PacBio long-read data? Join us online on the 4-7 March for our Intro to Long-Read training course: genomics.ed.ac.uk/services/intro… #Bioinformatics #DataScience #DNA #NGS #Genomics #Training
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