Ben Hall
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Professor in computational cancer biology @UCL interested in disease, mutations & aging. https://t.co/bwHZ64nW2F Science,code,music,photos
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Joined April 2009
Excited for our opening computational cancer seminar of the year by Jasmin Fisher next week- “Digital Cancer Twins: From Mechanistic Insights to Therapeutic Applications”! Tuesday 12-1 at the LMCB 2nd floor seminar room in UCL. Register below! https://t.co/tFqvPPkg33
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Delighted that Sebastian Brandner will open the computational cancer seminar series with “Prediction of genomic and epigenetic alteration in meningiomas: a project proposal”! Tuesday 21st October 12pm, LMCB at UCL! Full details and registration below:
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Very excited for our upcoming computational cancer seminar by Brenda Andrews on “Mapping biological networks using systematic yeast genetics and cell biology”! 27th January 10am at the UCL Cancer institute- register below! https://t.co/Z1ZSVjIFbi
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Prof. Brenda Andrews (University of Toronto) “Mapping biological networks using systematic yeast genetics and cell biology"
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Our next computational cancer seminar will be Dr David Shorthouse, from UCL Pharmaceutics talking on “Labs of the Future - Self Driving Platforms for Making Medicines” Tuesday 26th November at LMCB seminar room in UCL- register below! https://t.co/tFqvPPkg33
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Join my group over the summer with a Health Data Science Black Internship Programme! Working with colleagues at ARC in UCL we will be hosting interns again this year- apply for the scheme at the link below https://t.co/PMoe6OLYgx
hdruk.ac.uk
Apply now to join our summer 2026 internship programme in health data science. Our alumni go on to a range of careers including academia, additional internships and roles within health data and wider...
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Our next computational cancer seminar will be Dr David Shorthouse, from UCL Pharmaceutics talking on “Labs of the Future - Self Driving Platforms for Making Medicines” Tuesday 26th November at LMCB seminar room in UCL- register below! https://t.co/tFqvPPkg33
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Excited for our opening computational cancer seminar of the year by Jasmin Fisher next week- “Digital Cancer Twins: From Mechanistic Insights to Therapeutic Applications”! Tuesday 12-1 at the LMCB 2nd floor seminar room in UCL. Register below! https://t.co/tFqvPPkg33
eventbrite.co.uk
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Our newest preprint on mutations associated with the aged oesophagus and cancer “Somatic mutant selection is altered by prior NOTCH1 mutation in aging esophageal epithelium” We find evidence for ordering of mutations in healthy aging and the epistasis https://t.co/PYzapjj4Qv
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In cancer evolution, genome alterations often occur in a specific order, implying selection depends on the prior clonal genotype[1][1]-[3][2]. It is unknown if similar constraints operate in normal...
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Understanding large scale sequencing datasets through changes to protein folding 1. This paper reviews how protein folding calculations can be used to interpret genetic variants from large sequencing datasets, offering predictive insights into how mutations affect disease. 2.
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This is just *unbelievable* - Google has a new AI tool that takes any document and turns it into a podcast discussion between two AI voices. Here’s a clip from one it made about my latest Substack post. It captures all the key points, even adds its own jokes. Insane.
A Disney World-style queuing system could prevent a Brexit-induced border meltdown this Christmas (FREE TO READ) https://t.co/uSantZbpix
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Almost exclusively on Bluesky now, but returning occasionally to.... persuade you to give it a go too. For UK people it functions pretty well as early Twitter. Those follower numbers you like here I'd suggest are not entirely real; many dormant or steered away by the algorithm
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Universities contribute more than £250 BILLION to the UK economy. For every £1 of public money invested into UK universities, £14 of economic benefit is generated. And yet the university sector is under threat. There’s a clear case for investment for growth that will benefit
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the true cost of software is not the build, it's maintenance + opportunity cost day 1 of a new project: 0 tech debt, team is motivated, engineering spec is clean. lots of momentum! day 100: backlog of requests, codebase littered w/ hacks, team moved onto other priorities
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Folks, today is the 6th anniversary of the passing of screen legend Burt Reynolds. You know what that means, right?
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Humans are unreliable models of mouse disease: Cell
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In defying conventional views that dismissed itch as trivial, I persisted in studying basophils and ILC2s in human skin and atopic dermatitis. My research on JAK inhibitors for itch ultimately led to...
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#InTheNews You may have questions about breast cancer following Elle Macpherson's recent interview, which has made the headlines. Learn about the differences between DCIS and a stage 1-4 cancer diagnosis and the differences between complementary and alternative cancer therapies
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What a kick in the teeth to these local GPs who tried their best to keep the practice going, had to throw in the towel only to see their local commissioners hand the contract over with a huge uplift of funding. Wonder if @wesstreeting is aware…
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A ‘high-performing’ practice in Cambridge is to be taken over by a private provider after its GP partners handed back their contract.
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Did you know that lab-made and lab-grown diamonds are now purer, more beautiful, and about three times cheaper than mined diamonds? https://t.co/RZ5yZlpQb8
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"Mechanisms that clear mutations drive field cancerization in mammary tissue"
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Nature - The authors use lineage tracing to map the fate of wild-type and Brca1−/−;Trp53−/− cells in the adult mouse mammary gland, identifying three layers of protection...
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