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Derek Wright

@DerekCVR

Bioinformatician/Computational Biologist, MRC-UofG Centre for Virus Research @CVRbioinfo @UofGlasgow.Developer of @COGUK_ME Mutation Explorer @CovidGenomicsUK

 Glasgow, Scotland
sars2.cvr.gla.ac.uk/cog-uk/
Joined July 2007
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Here's a special countdown for 2026. Happy New Year 🎉
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Our viral #Bioinformatics course has come to an end 🎉 @CVRinfo This year we welcomed 15 amazing participants from Europe, Asia, Africa & Oceania🌍 Huge thanks to everyone who joined — and to our instructors: @DerekCVR @RichardJOrton @QuanGuCVR @blJOg @vbsreenu @robertson_lab
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As the collaborating centre of @WOAH, we’re thrilled to launch our 8th annual course on viral bioinformatics & genomics! Welcome speech by @CVRinfo director @emcat1 & head of Bioinformatics @robertson_lab 🧬📊 #bioinformatics #genomics
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⚓️ | @DerekCVR was a crew member on the recent Glasgow to Stranraer leg of the Round Britain Sailing Pilgrimage, alongside sailor Russ Fairman to celebrate the charity’s 100+ years of service. @StellaMarisOrg provides support to seafarers, fishers & their families worldwide.
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ALT Screenshot of an online news article. A large image of two men stood beside a docked Stella Maris boat is at the top of the page. Title reads 'Long-distance sailor thanks Glasgow after voyage stop-off'. Below this is 4 columns of text and two images at the bottom of the page which show the two men sailing the boat and a side angle of the boat docked in the water.

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Our #VBG course has finished! 🎉@CVRinfo Thanks to 18 participants from Europe/Asia/Africa/Americas🌍, also thanks to all instructors:@robertson_lab @SrikeerthanaK @DerekCVR @RichardJOrton @vbsreenu @blJOg @QuanGuCVR #Bioinformatics – at Glasgow, Scotland
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Incredibly proud UofG's Centre for Virus Research @CVRinfo has been named as one of 13 key centres in a pan-UK alliance of scientists, working on #COVID19 whole genome sequencing.🦠 Read more➡️ow.ly/NYq8102d5oD #unisupport #WorldChangingGlasgow #TeamUofG
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Genomic machine learning by @CVRinfo and @IBAHCM supports the suspected bat origin of the novel Wuhan coronavirus, but cannot rule out intermediate hosts. See science.sciencemag.org/conte… for algorithm details. Thanks to Fudan University, CDC China and @virological_org for the data
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Derek Wright @DerekCVR is introducing NGS file formats at 5th OIE bioinformatics course. @CVRinfo @OIEAnimalHealth #OIE2019 #bioinformatics
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Joanna Wojtus@jowojtus11 Jun 2019
Come join us for the Outbreak pub quiz tonight at the Dram! 7pm start :) See you there!! @CVRinfo @DerekCVR @GlasgowSciFest
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A new paper from @DanielStreicker @SimonAB & @rjrtn in @sciencemagazine explains how machine-learning software can predict reservoirs for viruses and help prevent future outbreaks 👉bit.ly/2DhT8Kl #virology #machinelearning
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DNA Lego puzzles looking pretty beautiful at Science Lates. Match sequences with experts from University of Glasgow!
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UofG MVLS@UofGMVLS5 Dec 2017
A ground-breaking new MVLS #PancreaticCancer trial, led by @precisionpanc @UofGlasgow @CRUKresearch which aims to match patients with more targeted & effective treatment for their tumours, is to begin in Scotland. Read more about the trial here ➡️ ow.ly/PdRI30h1hTm
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RSS Glasgow@RSSGlasgow112 Sep 2017
2nd Oct: Chris Robertson & @gerrymccartney1 Inequalities, infection & life expectancy. sites.google.com/site/rssgla… #RSSGlaInequality #inequality
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#BigData: Why #NASA Can Now #Visualize Its Lessons Learned - Forbes ow.ly/j3Ei309eKrI
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Mapping the shadows of New York City nyti.ms/2iefCO5
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Replying to @DerekCVR
@dreich Give a try to feather format, pretty useful for sharing data(frames) across languages: blog.rstudio.org/2016/03/29/…
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#PodestaEmails human network explorer clinton.media.mit.edu/podest…
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We had a great view of Scotland today…very rare to not be covered with clouds.
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For all datavizzers out there: I give you the #Dataviz #Olympics
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The Da Vinci Genome – how science drives art and art drives science, by @Barrett_Lab newstatesman.com/2016/08/da-…
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