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CTO at Enhanc3D Genomics. SciPolicy, Bioinformatics, Epigenomes, Julia, KiwiStuff

Cambridge, England
Joined June 2008
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been out for a few months now, but kudos to my fav. reference manager @zotero for integrating with @googledocs so nicely. See zotero.org/blog/2018/10/
Replying to @googledocs
@googledocs wondering what happened to your nifty statistics add-on for google sheets? Any alternatives you can suggest?
Vibrant Cambridge entrepreneurial ecosystem in action!
Jason Mellad @CEGX_news shares his experience on scaling up: Make sure the people you bring on to grow your business fit with your company culture and vision. Be open to adapt your leadership team as the business needs evolve. @CJBS_EC Enterprise Tuesday #ENTTues #LeanStartup
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Some context to recent fund raises in clinical diagnostic space. Grail on trend, or outlier? From: medcitynews.com/2017/08/good…
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Great to see this state level initiative in Genomics and Bioinformatics for New Zealand. opengovasia.com/articles/792… #genomics #NZ
Multiplexed nanopore sequencing of HLA-B locus in Māori and Polynesian samples biorxiv.org/content/early/20…
Tantalising future possibilities for epigenetic markers in forensic science teapawt.net/IHEC_Epigenomes/status…
Forensic DNA profiling might be about to take a big leap forward. Are we ready? theguardian.com/science/occa… #epigenetics
Great opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to build your base in NZ. teapawt.net/medickinson/status/826…
New Zealand is one of the safest, least corrupt countries in the world. Come join us with the new global impact visa youtu.be/iygzTzs2Gb4
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And if are in bioscience,epigenomics,datasciences checkout some of our jobs @CEGX_news cambridge-epigenetix.com/abo… esp. cambridge-epigenetix.com/abo…
Read this thread if academic postdoc(or Ph.D interested). Would add, reproducibility issues in general, have (sadly)lessened academic repute teapawt.net/TangibleAnsible/status…
A rant about academic science from industry persp. Husband = postdoc in academia. Hold on to your seats, it's gonna get ugly #scicomm
Hadn't come across whoishiring.io for tech jobs, very nice interface.
I'm going to "LEC/LCC joint meeting on Epigenetics and Metabolism". See you there? eventbrite.com/e/leclcc-join… via @EventbriteUK
Side effects of fiddling with T cells. Not so much playing with fire, but playing with a most finely balanced Jenga nyti.ms/2gAohMS
Too Interesting. Have to read now, to see how controlled for immune health=>social status and way low status emerges bbc.co.uk/news/health-380921…
Science for the rich? nature.com/news/is-science-o… Short term contract multi-postdoc situation surely skews science to rich even further.
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Says in theory EU legal requirement for consent on republishing any pub EU sci dataset.Your take @ELIXIREurope? teapawt.net/NatureNews/status/7608…
Data science: Posting a data set publicly doesn’t mean others can legally republish go.nature.com/2aQTkTO
Good summary of fragilities in NZ economy at moment nzherald.co.nz/business/news…
Now that we know we are just as useless at football inside as out, can we stay?
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kudos for honesty, 90 year old Grandfather ww2 vet went for in - memories still vivid of european war no doubt. independent.co.uk/voices/i-b…