Well. In a surprising turn of events, the UK’s Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) today responded to mounting concerns about the substitution of doctors with PAs by ‘spontaneously’ urging Wes Streeting & NHS England to commission a 'rapid review' of their safety. 1/n

Excellent, well deserved.. But, let’s answer the age-old question: Are miRNAs Epigenetics?

S&C's Dr Claire E Fletcher spoke to The Associated Press about microRNA, explaining that it can provide genetic instructions to tell cells to make new proteins and that there are two main areas where microRNA could be helpful: in developing drugs to treat diseases, and in serving as biomarkers.

I’m leading a team again for #SPSFC4, and it’s a lovely mix of old and new faces. Meet Team Tar Vol On tarvolon.com/2024/10/08/mee…

Please get in touch if you're interested in a PhD studentship in the Manchester Breast Centre funded by the UoM Biology, Medicine and Health MRC DTP "Investigation of stem cell signalling in invasive lobular breast cancer metastasis and therapy resistance" Details at FindAPhD.com

On a panel at FantasyCon chatting about our new books with Liv Strom HeatherGHarrisAuthor & James Flanagan - today I managed to remember to take pics!

Congrays to Writer_Anthea, our Twist 150 Weird champion! 🎉✍️ Top 5 finishers: Writer_Anthea Freya AggieNovak Kelli Johnson Avery Other Fantastic work by all! #Twist150Weird Hope to see you all again soon for Twisted Tournament !

Just had a reading panel at FantasyCon with @gibbondemon Adrian Tchaikovsky and Colleen A Ferguson. This is lots of fun!

Wow. This happened much faster than I predicted. I discuss a method of sequencing DNA similar to this in my SciFi novel GENEFIRE which I published…. One whole year ago….

Come and do a PhD in my lab at The University of Manchester Manchester Cancer Research Centre co-supervised by Prof Ananya💙 @achoud72.bsky.social! Application open for this year's MCRC-CRUK PhD projects - please share with any candidates you think are a good fit, and reshare widely! findaphd.com/phds/project/m…

I am looking for a highly motivated PhD student to join my lab The ICR , please help to spread the message: icr.ac.uk/studying-and-t…

We’re excited to announce that Prof. Christoph Bock from CeMM, Christoph Bock Lab @ CeMM & MedUni Vienna will be joining us as an invited speaker! Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights into how #epigenetic regulation reflects a cell’s past and controls its future potential. #CLEPIC #conference

I'm recruiting a PhD student to start in October 2025, application deadline 5th January. ctp-sai.org/projects-for-2…

Prof. Paola Scaffidi from the IEO will be an invited speaker at #CLEPIC! Don't miss the chance to hear her insights into the epigenetic mechanisms of cancer development. Stay tuned for exciting discussions! #CancerResearch #Epigenetics #conference

A new method to encode information, including pictures, in DNA works hundreds of times faster than previously possible. newscientist.com/article/245287…

Never grows old.

As part of my PhD we studied exosomes. Published in 2003. Glad to see the field is still thriving

I’m heading off into the sky. See you on the other side. Find me at jim flanagan.bsky.social