In my projects, I rarely play with normal distributions, so when I find some, it warms the heart.

ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/f… We're hiring! We have a 4yr PhD studentship in cancer genomics and bioinformatics, funded by the Cancer Research UK Newcastle Cancer Centre. Closing date: 31st March.

Starting our journey into the world of extended chromatin fibre FISH. Step 1. Get those DAPI stained fibres looking good!

Quick and basic tip for creating launchers for software on Linux servers, for those who are new to Bash ryim.github.io/bash/basics/20…

Data frames to files in seconds! Today's tip about writing large numbers of data frames to files in R, with proper vectorisation. #tipoftheday ryim.github.io/r/tipoftheday/…

Snakemake on AWS the easy way! Automated installation of Snakemake and Tibanna on Amazon Web Service images using the Image Builder. ryim.github.io/tibanna/snakem… #Snakemake #AWS

Looking forward to the #ISCB43 conference on #biostatistics at Newcastle University! ISCB_info Newcastle University

How to use external email clients with Newcastle University email! NUIT recommend using Outlook or the website for access, but you can still use external clients using this guide: ryim.github.io/newcastleunive… #newcastleuniversity Newcastle University

Calling MSc or PhD cancer #bioinformaticians and #biostatisticians - we have an exciting opening in our childhood cancer team - leading investigations into aneuploidy, its driving mechanisms, targeting and clinical relevance. Newcastle University Centre for Cancer Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle-… DM

Currently visualising the centromeric repetitive regions of DNA using extended fibre-FISH. Look at that beautiful linear structure!

Fascinating to hear more about the role of our discovery science in personalised cancer medicines at yesterday's Cancer Research UK Behind the Science event. Thanks to panellists David Crosby, KJ Patel CAM-OX traveller, Jean Abraham, @MariamJHanjani, Ryan Lab for an insightful discussion.

We all had a wonderful time at the Cancer Research UK #BehindTheScience event! Thank you to the team for organising such an enlightening and enjoyable evening.

First look at combining V14 ultra-long Oxford Nanopore sequencing with adaptive sampling using a MinION in our lab. Achieving ~15X coverage in our regions of interest in the process. Some great quality reads and some great lengths too.