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Philippa May

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Consultant Clinical Scientist in Genomics. Talk to me about paediatric cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory disease, telomeres..... Veggie Londoner with a fondness for Ireland, halloumi, chocolate orange Twirls and wildlife. Easily startled.

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A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.

Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.

13.02.2026 10:22 πŸ‘ 7478 πŸ” 1900 πŸ’¬ 166 πŸ“Œ 80
Neat row of toilets beneath a sign which says 'Cycle storage'.

Neat row of toilets beneath a sign which says 'Cycle storage'.

Funny looking bicycles....?

09.11.2025 14:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Four Team Telomere apparel designs are displayed on a gradient blue and yellow background with the title β€œTeam Telomere Merch Drop!” at the top.

Four Team Telomere apparel designs are displayed on a gradient blue and yellow background with the title β€œTeam Telomere Merch Drop!” at the top.

This year’s TBD Awareness Month merch celebrates every part of what makes and drives our community. Whether you go for the icon, groovy, or emblem design, there’s a perfect piece of merch to show your support and spark conversation wherever you go. www.bonfire.com/store/team-t... #TBDawareness

05.11.2025 21:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't understand!

02.10.2025 22:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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RIP Renato Casaro
Master poster artist & designer. 1/3

30.09.2025 18:28 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Except Forest, Lime and Uber. They're living their best lives....

23.09.2025 19:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh I LOVE this

27.08.2025 20:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We turn 25 today!

July 7th marks the 25th anniversary of the human genome going online and the start of the UCSC Genome Browser.

Then vs. now, we have 165k monthly visitors, and our codebase is over three million lines of code.

See our news for more: bit.ly/genomeBrowser...

07.07.2025 21:45 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Loved this talk! I always like a talk that makes me want to go and dig out an old unsolved case...

24.05.2025 09:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Should have been waking up in Milan ahead of #ESHG2025. To cut a long story short, I'm not, I'm still here in London.

And I have massive FOMO

24.05.2025 04:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ohhhh this is nice!

12.05.2025 21:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Everyday is a #DNAday imho

25.04.2025 17:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I saw this out of context and went digging for the abstract. Fascinating!

17.02.2025 07:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Read.. remember the scene in #HandmaidsTale where her bank card doesn’t work anymore.. ? This is that scene. This is now.

31.01.2025 22:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Please stop funding Bezos. Stop buying from Amazon. If you work somewhere with Amazon purchases let your employer know that you disapprove. #Amazon=Collaboration

12.01.2025 21:52 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ripples #blackandwhite #monochrome

01.01.2025 21:40 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This looks like a lovely room to sleep in.

Or read under the duvet with a torch in.

25.12.2024 23:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of my bed for Christmas eve, surrounded by my nephew's toys, books and Tottenham merch

Photo of my bed for Christmas eve, surrounded by my nephew's toys, books and Tottenham merch

I am in my 12 year old nephew's single bed for tonight, it has very strong #Spurs vibes which are lost on me #DuvetKnowItsChristmas

24.12.2024 23:36 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Oh this is brilliant. I love a histone pun 🀩

23.12.2024 22:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

23.12.2024 22:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Fir cone wreath with a double helix made from twisted red and gold beads

Fir cone wreath with a double helix made from twisted red and gold beads

I found a tree near work which had dropped some interesting fir cones so I persuaded some workmates to collect some with me. Made Christmas wreaths, including this one with a #DNA theme for the #genomics lab door (stupidly I forgot to take a picture of the whole thing so here is a little corner).

21.12.2024 07:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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SurVIndel2: improving copy number variant calling from next-generation sequencing using hidden split reads - Nature Communications Copy number variants (CNVs) are the most common structural variants in human genomes however detecting them using short read sequencing is challenging. Here the authors introduce a method that uses a ...

SurVIndel2: improving copy number variant calling from next-generation sequencing using hidden split reads. #CNV #VariantCalling #Genomics @naturecomms.bsky.social 🧬 πŸ–₯️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

20.12.2024 22:32 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is absolutely horrifying.

07.12.2024 23:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Completely agree. I've always had my taskbar at the top (because my cat sleeps on my laptop underneath the monitor and she's furry πŸ™„). But there's loads of other things that did work well that have regressed with Windows 11. Multiple email signatures. Searching within files for particular thread...

02.12.2024 22:49 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Proportion expressed across transcripts (pext), using GTEx v10, is now available on #gnomAD v4!

22.11.2024 14:38 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

But I am going to follow you now because I agree!

19.11.2024 20:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was once in a meeting and my stomach did three rumbles exactly like a phone on vibrate getting a text, does that count?

19.11.2024 20:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Bernie Sanders in mittens reclining in the Houses of Parliament to such an extent that he is almost laid down, much like Rees-Mogg

Bernie Sanders in mittens reclining in the Houses of Parliament to such an extent that he is almost laid down, much like Rees-Mogg

The original Bernie Sanders in mittens, at the inauguration of Biden, which inspired the meme

The original Bernie Sanders in mittens, at the inauguration of Biden, which inspired the meme

I am not looking forward to the inauguration, obviously, BUT Bernie Sanders might put his #mittens on again, and inspire another meme. I would like that

19.11.2024 20:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cardiomyopathies in 100,000 genomes project: interval evaluation improves diagnostic yield and informs strategies for ongoing gene discovery - Genome Medicine Background Cardiomyopathies are clinically important conditions, with a strong genetic component. National genomic initiatives such as 100,000 Genome Project (100KGP) provide opportunity to study thes...

Wow, bluesky is busy today!

Almost one year to the day after I switched from paediatric cancer and started in cardiovascular #genomics at the wonderful Royal Brompton Hopsital, here is my first contribution to the field: genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

15.11.2024 19:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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22.09.2024 20:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0