News and updates from the GLH for the North West led by @MFT_nhs, working together with @nwgmsa @LiverpoolWomens, @NWCGMC and @lplclinlabs.#NHS #Genomics
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13 Sep 2024
NWGLH are hosting a Virtual Open Day on 24th January 2025 (1pm to 4pm). This event is intended for anyone interested in pursuing a career in #Genomics within the NHS.
Please reserve your spot using the link below or by scanning the QR code!
tinyurl.com/mupr64kk
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11 Feb 2025
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. With 67% of biomedical scientists in the UK being women, we celebrate their impact on healthcare & inspire the next generation. bit.ly/4gH2r4J #WomenInSTEM
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The North West Genomic Laboratory Hub retweeted
27 Jan 2025
If you are an existing NHS employee in a recognised scientific specialty, you can apply to the STP through the 'in-service' route. Applications will open at 11am on Wednesday 5 March 2025. For information on how to apply, visit our website nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/…
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The North West Genomic Laboratory Hub retweeted
30 Dec 2024
My positions 🧵Which do you agree/disagree with?
CLINICAL
1. No chance for anything that relies on continuity of care between hospitals. Record systems have silo'd design origins. Accessing data from different places is hard; updated interpretation based on new annotations =scif
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30 Dec 2024
Hiding in plain sight: a partial deletion of BRCA1 exon 7 undetectable by MLPA is a Nepali founder variant
#Genomics #Cancer
jmg.bmj.com/content/early/20…
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2 Dec 2024
📢 Shape the Future of the NHS 📢
The NHS has launched ‘Change NHS’, an initiative to gather feedback for the upcoming 10-Year Health Plan for England (coming spring 2025).
For more info, and to share your feedback, go to bit.ly/4eYmE5x.
Surveys close: 5PM TODAY!
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29 Nov 2024
📢REGISTRATION NOW OPEN📢
🚨1st EpiGenRare Conference
🗓️26 March 2025
🏢Hyatt Regency, Manchester
Please register your attendance for free using the link or QR code below
buytickets.at/rdrukepigenrar…
@smbanka @RDRUKHub
#RareDisease #rarediseaseresearch
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The North West Genomic Laboratory Hub retweeted
2 Dec 2024
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🚨New Fully funded PhD opportunity🚨
Examining the role of G-quadruplexes🧬in genetic disorders to discover new diseases and mechanisms
@adam_jackson89
Prof Sue Kimber
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The North West Genomic Laboratory Hub retweeted
28 Nov 2024
🚨Job alert
Closing date arriving soon (2nd Dec 2024) Manchester Rare Conditions Centre Research Fellow
mft.nhs.uk/careers/search-ap…
@mft_iMRare @MFT_Research @EGS_UoM @EpiGenRare @REOLUT @RDRUKHub @RDExeter @mern_UoM
NHS Genomics Rare and Inherited Disease Network of Excellence
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The North West Genomic Laboratory Hub retweeted
27 Nov 2024
Join us for the latest #IBMSChat on 4th December where we will be joined by guests from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust’s Laboratory Medicine Divisional Training Team, winners of the IBMS Team of the Year award. bit.ly/4g6ePLR
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The North West Genomic Laboratory Hub retweeted
20 Nov 2024
🧬Genetic disorders - Mechanisms and Therapies 💉💊
🚨Join us as Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Assistant/Associate Professor) in Genomic Medicine @EGS_UoM @OfficialUoM
jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/Jo…
@ManchesterBRC @mft_iMRare @MFT_Research @EpiGenRare @RDRUKHub
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The North West Genomic Laboratory Hub retweeted
21 Nov 2024
With £1.4m funding from @NIHRresearch and the @UK_Life_Science, PALOH-UK will demonstrate at a larger scale, how the test can be used in a timely way to ensure babies get a safe, effective antibiotic without affecting normal clinical practice.
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research.cmft.nhs.uk/news-ev…
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The North West Genomic Laboratory Hub retweeted
21 Nov 2024
🗞️ A pioneering genetic test developed by @MFTnhs researchers, that could prevent critically ill newborn babies going deaf if treated with a commonly used antibiotic, is being trialled across 14 NHS specialist newborn units, in the new PALOH-UK study.
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17 Nov 2024
For now, we’re still active here, but we’ve also now established a profile on #BlueSky social. What was once known as ‘Science Twitter’ is gradually migrating to a new platform - and we want to be wherever the conversations are happening!
Find us there!
bsky.app/profile/nwglh.bsky.…
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The North West Genomic Laboratory Hub retweeted
7 Nov 2024
A recent study found that over 14,000 patients with cancer could have reduced risk of harmful side effects from cancer treatment by receiving a lower dose or a different drug.
Learn more in the latest blog, linked below.
ow.ly/TINQ50TZ9nn
#Cancer #Pharmacogenomics
ALT Test tube containing light blue transparent liquid, in front of a blue DNA helix molecule. Graphic is against a grey background, with pink title text that reads: "New: Genetic testing could lower adverse drug reactions for thousands of patients with cancer." Blue tab in the top right hand corner reads "Research," indicating blog type.
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28 Oct 2024
Lucid Genomics secures pre-seed funding of €1.3 million to fine-tune their AI models for the identification and diagnosis of biomarkers
#Genomics #ArtificialIntelligence
bihealth.org/en/notices/luci…
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28 Oct 2024
£1.5m AI and genetics project to find men with deadliest prostate cancers early
#Genomics #Cancer #ArtificialIntelligence
icr.ac.uk/news-archive/1.5m-…
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The North West Genomic Laboratory Hub retweeted
16 Oct 2024
‼️ Final Registration Reminder!🧬
There is still time left to register for this years' exciting BSGM Annual Conference, the final programme and registration is available here:
my.bsgm.org.uk/item.php?even…
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17 Oct 2024
Wednesday 6th November - Genetic Technologists from @NWGLH will be discussing the technical workflow for BRCA1/BRCA2 and homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) testing in patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer.
Check out the #GTAC pages via the links below! #Genomics
16 Oct 2024
Registration is now open for the Genomics Training Academy's (#NHSgtac) new monthly CPD webinar series! 🧬 Be sure to book your space for the first session on Wednesday 6 November at 1pm. All the info you need is in our recent news release: buff.ly/3NtSITy
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The North West Genomic Laboratory Hub retweeted
9 Oct 2024
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”
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