I'm delighted to announce that I've started my lab, the Tissue Biology Group, at the @mrc-lms.bsky.social in London (also affiliated w. @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social) 🎉 russell.science ...and we're hiring! 🧵

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Now published! Our paper on: (1) Accurate sequencing of sperm at scale (2) Positive selection of spermatogenesis driver mutations across the exome (3) Offspring disease risks from male reproductive aging [1/n] www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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🚨 New paper alert! Sex and smoking bias in the selection of somatic mutations in human bladder www.nature.com/articles/s41... by @raquelbmi.bsky.social, @ferriol.bsky.social et al (in collaboration with Rosana Risques lab in @uwmedicine.bsky.social)

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Our latest work is out in Nature today. In this paper, we introduce an improved version of NanoSeq, a duplex sequencing protocol with <5 errors per billion bp in single DNA molecules, and use it to study the somatic mutation landscape of oral epithelium in >1000 people www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Huge congratulations to Sam Behjati who has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences 🎉 Sam’s work is transforming how we diagnose and treat childhood cancers, and the Fellowship reflects his outstanding contributions to the field 🌟 www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/sa...

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