Chris Saunders

ctsa.bsky.social

21 February 2026 00:14

What if you could improve small variant accuracy, CNV inference, and interpretability of your HiFi WGS data by taking a different approach to read mapping? Our new preprint describes portello, a method which demonstrates the potential for such improvements. (1/5)

Dementia Researcher

dementiaresearcher.bsky.social

02 October 2025 18:56

Is social media still worth it for researchers? Adam Smith @betterresearch.bsky.social shares his perspective in a new micro blog. communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/c/research-c...

Lee Millard

onein300.bsky.social

25 September 2025 20:19

My first post in a while on my blog on #als #mnd research. This one is on drug repurposing, including the ‘warts’ as well as the hopes. onein300.com/2025/09/24/t...

Eric Fauman (he/him)

ericfauman.bsky.social

14 April 2025 01:13

The most famous heuristic in mapping gwas snps to genes is "it's usually the closest gene". But only slightly less well-known is this: consider the colocalized phenotypes. That is, a genetic variant seldom disrupts exactly one phenotype. What else does tugging on that thread do?

Dementia Researcher

dementiaresearcher.bsky.social

16 December 2024 13:54

Funded PhD at King's College London with @ahmadalkhleifat.bsky.social & @sj-marzi.bsky.social - #ALS in a Global Context: Integrating #Genomics and #Epigenomics Data from Diverse Populations. Closing date: 30th January www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-als-...