I'm from the Middle East. This picture moves me nearly to tears - curiously, more than I find it moves young Europeans. Do young Europeans even realize what has been achieved? It's nothing less than sacred, because peace is sacred, because human life is sacred.

Australian Genomics UNSW UWA Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) launch new $20 million study. From late 2019, #MackenziesMission will offer carrier testing to 10,000 couples to provide information about their chance of having a child with a severe genetic condition. FAQs here bit.ly/2qOrj4e

Did you know 80% of rare diseases have a genetic component? Often rare diseases are chronic and life-threatening. Rare diseases can be single gene, multifactorial, chromosomal or non-genetic. #FridayFact #raredisease

Hamish Scott presenting at #AACGS18 on why you might not get a positive result on the genetic test that you ordered....so many reasons....

How will #genomics impact public health in the next decade? Great panel discussion #AACGS18 Anne Cust Dr. Jason Vassy profs Naomi Wray, Lucy Raymond, Keith McNeil

Another #FunnyFriday

Collaboration and sharing: the keys to success for genomic medicine. New paper from GA4GH members, including Australian Genomics, Genomics England, AllofUsResearch & National Human Genome Research Institute Integrating Genomics into Healthcare: A Global Responsibility cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/…

A study published this year shows the value of investing in medical research wellc.me/2rcnAh1 #ReasonsToBeCheerful

We're back to hear what came of breakout discussions: How much more sequencing is needed to study Mendelian and common inherited disease? How and why to approach structural variation & other "hard to measure" variation? How and why to approach new complex features? #Genomics2020

Always a #funnyfriday favorite!

Kathryn North awarded Companion of the Order of Australia in today’s honours. Congratulations, Kathryn. Fantastic to see Genomics on the front page!

How genetic counsellors and ultra-rapid testing help parents search for answers they dread theage.com.au/national/how-g… via The Age Australian Genomics Prof Zornitza Stark Seb Lunke

People sometimes wonder if pre-registration is worth the effort. I show them Kaplan & Irvin's 2015 (journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…) findings on the likelihood of null-effects before and after pre-reg became required in medicine, and ask if they want a drug discovered in 1998 or 2002.

🖊 by Tom Gauld

Exome sequences for 50,000 UK Biobank participants to be released March 👇🏽 Once again, setting world standard for data access and sharing! And thx to Regeneron for generating sequences.

And the winner is VariantGrid. Congratulations to Dave Lawrence & all the team for winning the SA Health Reasearch & Innovation award. Australian Genomics SA Health

The wonderful team at Wallis Cinemas are offering a cool and safe place to seek refuge for Adelaide Hills residents. #SAFires facebook.com/10812159593655…

Thank you Aussie firefighters! #AustraliaFires #AustraliaBurns #Australia #bushfirecrisis #firefighters #thankyou #SAFires #NSWbushfires 🐨👍

Don't really know what to say about this... 🤷‍♂️ The one, the only Max Lahiff delivering once again in his pitch walk interview! 🤣🤣🤣 #BRIvWAS | #BristolBears