Reader (Associate Professor) of Bioinformatics & Data Intensive Biomedicine Group Lead, Patrick Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Joined October 2010
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Congratulations @WappettMark on your #PhD by publication @QUBelfast! Many thanks to the examiners @Francesco and @colm, also appreciating contributions from Tim Harrison @AlmacGroup and SimonMcDade as second supervisor #bioinformatics #phd #drugdiscovery #overtongroup @QubPGJCCR
#Bioinformatics Research Fellow #opportunity in the #overtongroup @QubPGJCCR working to overcome resistance in #MultipleMyeloma, funded by @MyelomaUK. Closing 15th July. Further details are available here: jobs.ac.uk/job/DIM100/resear…
#CancerResearch #DataScience #drugDiscovery
Congratulations to Sam Buchanan and Rachael Adamson on their selected talks at the Brunel Bioinformatics Symposium today bbs2024.co.uk/ Brilliant recognition for two talented and hard working undergraduate students @QubPGJCCR #bioinformatics #networkbiology #overtonlab
Inspiring talk by Minister Harris @SimonHarrisTD at the @AlCRIproject showcase this morning. Exciting new opportunities including around the North-South Research Programme. @QubPGJCCR @QUBCancerProf #CancerResearch
ALT Minister Harris speaking at the AICRI showcase.
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Researchers from @QUBelfast have developed a new toolkit that harnesses the power of ‘Big Data’ for digital health with the aim of driving improvements in patient care and outcomes.
Read #PGJCCR's @IOvertonScience on the research published in @GigaScience:
qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews/featu…
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'The toolkit named eHDPrep has been made freely available to allow both the researchers themselves and other researchers to more effectively and reliably analyse large health datasets.'
@IOvertonScience tells Queen's Online about the new toolkit developed in #PGJCCR
Researchers from @QUBelfast have developed a new toolkit that harnesses the power of ‘Big Data’ for digital health with the aim of driving improvements in patient care and outcomes.
Read #PGJCCR's @IOvertonScience on the research published in @GigaScience:
qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews/featu…
Great to see Adeline McKie’s selected talk this morning @iscb_scs in Lyon on her work to predict targets for #cancer #drugdiscovery #SCS2023 @QubPGJCCR @WappettMark #ISMBECCB2023 #precisiononcology #bioinformatics @qubengagemhls_d
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We're still celebrating the exciting news that @gwalls89 has been awarded a #Fulbright scholarship! Read more about it here:
qub.ac.uk/research-centres/c…
Fully funded #PhD #studentship in my group @QubPGJCCR connecting and analysing #healthdata for lymphoid #bloodcancer to illuminate immune dysfunction and drug resistance. Closing 29th June, open to applicants worldwide: findaphd.com/phds/project/co… @QUBBloodCancer @RuthClifford5
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We are proud to announce the appointment of Professor Dan Longley as the new #PGJCCR Director.
"I am hugely excited to take up the director role in the centre named after my mentor Paddy Johnston. I will do my utmost to fulfil his ambitious vision."
ALT Portrait photo of Professor Dan Longley
Moving and insightful day with @MyelomaUK at #RHSChelsea So fitting that the #MyelomaUKChelsea garden won a gold medal and People's Choice Award. Thankful to be part of this community. @ProjGivingBack @chrisbeardshaw #myeloma #CancerResearch @QubPGJCCR
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We're so excited to announce that the Myeloma UK - A Life Worth Living Garden WON the People's Choice Award! 🎉 @chrisbeardshaw
Thank you to each and every person who voted and who shared with others. What an amazing way to end the week 🧡
#RHSChelsea #MyelomaUKChelsea
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Being here at #RHSChelsea has given us an incredible opportunity to raise awareness of this less well-known cancer, and we are so grateful to @ProjGivingBack for gifting us this garden and @chrisbeardshaw for designing a beautiful tranquil space for people with #myeloma 🧡
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And the winners of the #RHSChelsea BBC/ RHS People’s Choice Awards are 🥁 🥁 🥁
🏆 @MyelomaUK - A Life Worth Living by @chrisbeardshaw
🏆 Feels Like Home by @RoseColdstream
🏆 School Food Matters by Harry Holding
Thanks to all who voted! Did your favourite gardens win?
ALT Blue, pink, white and green planting with a hut in the background.
ALT Circular water feature next to a bench surrounded by green plants.
ALT White, yellow, purple and green plants with rectangular structures within them.
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This #WorldBloodCancerDay, help us to spread awareness of #myeloma by retweeting this video 🧡
Spotting myeloma early is key to helping myeloma patients start treatment as soon as possible and before complications arise.
Learn more about myeloma: myeloma.org.uk/understanding…
Data quality is a key for #HealthData. Our eHDPrep R package addresses quality issues and enables metavariable generation cran.r-project.org/package=e… Just published in @Gigascience doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/… @QubPGJCCR @ECIT_QUB @QUBelfast @CPH_QUB @HDR_UK #DataScience @HelenColemanQUB