Expat American. Neuroscientist. Senior Programme Manager Big Data for Complex Disease at @HDR_UK Tweets here are my views about science, politics, music, food.
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Research using routinely collected data to improve the prevention, detection, and treatment of disease - learn more about what I'm up to in new role at @HDR_UK here: hdruk.ac.uk/people/alexis-we…
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🚨RTs please🚨
Apply to join our spatial hackathon, full details below and the call is looking for applicants across a range of computational, biological and clinical disciplines.
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Applications for our Spatial Biology Data Challenge, in partnership with @MRCMouseNetwork, are now open!
Collaborate with and compete against teams of data and cancer experts to overcome the challenges of using large-scale spatial biology data.
Apply by 16 September.
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What words do Britons think apply to those taking part in the recent riots?
Thugs: 67%
Rioters: 65%
Racist: 58%
Far-right: 52%
Terrorists: 23%
Protestors: 21%
Activists: 21%
People with legitimate concerns: 16%
Patriotic: 9%
Far-left: 7%
yougov.co.uk/politics/articl…
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Today we are publishing evidence from our Institutes to show the impact of changes to the UK immigration system on cancer research.
We call on the new UK Government to reduce costs and review the system so it works for research - to meet their ambitions for health and growth.
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Based on data from the first year of the three-year NHS-Galleri trial, NHS England has decided that it will wait to see final results, expected in 2026, before considering whether an NHS rollout of the multi cancer early detection test should go ahead
england.nhs.uk/blog/an-updat…
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Considerations for using potential surrogate endpoints in cancer screening trials - The Lancet Oncology thelancet.com/journals/lanon… @lexbwebb @NCICastle @davidcrosby @MCED_Consortium @TheLancetOncol
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Registration is open for the @EMBO Workshop on the Spatial Biology of Cancer co-organised with @mariasecrier and @psychonaut @TheCrick. Hurry up to secure your spot!
Registration is open the @EMBO practical course on “The Spatial Biology of Cancer”
The workshop will take place at the Crick from 1-3 September 2024 and open to scientists and different stages of their career.
Learn more and register ⬇️
crick.ac.uk/whats-on/embo-pr…
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Are you a trainee interested in #cancer, #clinicaltrials + #healthequity? Do not miss the chance to apply for the @DrRobWinn Diversity In Clinical Trials Award Program! Detail ⬇️. diversityinclinicaltrials.or…
@AACR @AACRPres @DrRoyHerbstYale @FDAOncology @OncoAlert
Join the next cohort of Winn CDA scholars. Apply by May 13, 11:59pm (ET) HERE winnawards.smapply.io/prog/w…
#WinnAwards #diversity #clinicaltrials #community
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We wanted to understand what caused today’s earthquake in New York City. So we talked to three unvaccinated Trump Media investors at a Chick-fil-A in Staten Island.
Tennessee will always be where I’m from. But it definitely doesn’t feel like where I’d want to call home these days 😔
And if you’re not following the good folks at @TheTNHoller - you should be. My regular source of rage-inducing news to satisfy my expat FOMO.
WOW — THE GUARDIAN: “‘You have imprisoned our democracy’ — inside Republicans’ domination of Tennessee… A year after Covenant, Republicans have accelerated their attacks on democratic norms…”
The @CSexton25 @TNGOP crackdown making international news. theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
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🚨Scientific Data @ScientificData welcomes submissions of Data Descriptors to the collection: Epidemiological Data. I am happy to serve as a Guest Editor for this collection. If you are interested in preparing a manuscript get in touch! ➡️ nature.com/collections/chbeb…
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📢 We are recruiting for the final place on our HDR UK–Turing Wellcome PhD programme in Health #DataScience.
The programme is delivered in partnership with @QUBelfast and will start in October 2024.
Don't miss out!
➡️ Apply now: hubs.li/Q02rtkZ-0
@cwcyau #HealthData
ALT Four-year PhD opportunity as part of the HDR UK-Turing Wellcome PhD Programme in Health Data Science.
Exciting job opportunity for anyone with strategic funding and cancer research experience! @CRUKresearch
We are looking for a research programme manager : kcl.ac.uk/jobs/086308-strate…
2024. Legendary. #BM100
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New paper out now in @blg_journal! Some Friday morning proof of concept reading for anyone interested in doing spatial analysis to multiplex imaging data, or who just particularly wishes that pair correlation functions were less pair-y
doi.org/10.1017/S2633903X240…
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An all-star cast of singers, including Maren Morris, Brandi Carlile, Emmylou Harris, and Brittany Howard, recorded a song endorsing Gloria Johnson's campaign to unseat Republican Tennessee senator Marsha Blackburn.
More: rollingstone.com/music/music…
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So, there we have it. The taxpayer paid £15,000 to cover a libel suit against Michelle Donelan after the Secretary of State wrongly accused academics of supporting Hamas
I'm told this was the "full and final amount". She now faces calls to resign
inews.co.uk/news/politics/ta…
