Will Spooner
@wspoonr
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Enabling precision healthcare with big data for genomics
Cambridge UK
Joined June 2009
Happy to introduce AlphaGenome, @GoogleDeepMind's new AI model for genomics. AlphaGenome offers a comprehensive view of the human non-coding genome by predicting the impact of DNA variations. It will deepen our understanding of disease biology and open new avenues of research.
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As a co-founder of 23andMe, with all the recent news I felt it was time to express my views on the company, after witnessing the downfall of an idea and brand that could have become the world’s leading digital health platform. The idea for 23andMe came to me after years working
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Peter Campbell leaves the Sanger Institute at the end of the year to become Quotient's CSO. A mentor and one of my favourite scientists. His foundational, profound and creative contributions to cancer genomics and somatic evolution have truly shaped those fields. [1/7]
Academic co-founder, Peter Campbell, Ph.D., is joining the Quotient team as CSO. We look forward to advancing the first ever #SomaticGenomics platform under his leadership. Read more: https://t.co/UplbpLYsaz
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With the second being the Regulatory SIG from nf-core. https://t.co/rzEdXNvEiZ. Looking forward to engaging with both, ideally together.
nf-co.re
Community of researchers with a shared interest in pipeline validation & qualification for clinical applications
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Reliability of bioinformatics tools is often sacrificed at the altar of novelty. Found two intriguing initiatives yesterday that seek to address. Here's the first:
When writing bioinformatics tools, I often need small datasets to test edge cases or invalid file formats, e.g. files that are truncated, unsorted, have extraneous whitespace, etc. I started compiling examples here: https://t.co/YFTuPhKfSm, contributions are welcome!
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Is it heretical to suggest that LLMs could improve scientific writing (see my last tweet)?
How many academic papers are written with the help of ChatGPT? To answer this question, we analyzed 14mln PubMed abstracts from 2010 to 2024 and looked for excess words: ** Delving into ChatGPT usage in academic writing through excess vocabulary ** https://t.co/yorlDLjozw 1/11
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Is it heretical to suggest that LLMs could improve scientific writing (see second reply to original tweet)?
This never stops being funny: academics trying to write a “lay summary”.
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Exactly a year after starting work at a stealth mode startup I'm delighted to reveal that we're stealth mode no more! Welcome @QuotientTx !
We are Quotient Therapeutics, pioneering #SomaticGenomics to make transformative medicines. Our technology reveals naturally selected genes to target through a variety of therapeutic modalities, enabling near limitless possibilities. https://t.co/KmGTMMC4Ob
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Learned in latest @virginmedia Cambridge outage: 1. You can tell if widespread locally by speed of mobile data. 2. You can tell if it's regional coz Virgin's service status page won't load. 3. No point popping down the pub like the old days coz card machines won't work!
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Interesting cloud software (drug discovery, lab data) software engineering opportunity in Boston:
apply.workable.com
InduPro platforms integrate inherent protein proximity at the cell surface with the ability to manipulate protein pairings via induced protein proximity to create novel signaling pathways and logic...
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I've just been trapped down a pop culture rabbit hole for the past >indeterminate time< by this tweet. Thanks @The_Ren1981 :(
Mulligoo & O'Hare. A tribute to the world's greatest musical duo.
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The world’s largest health-research study is under way @ukfuturehealth
https://t.co/Je0ZPf7qDi
economist.com
It is aimed at saving Britons—and the NHS
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We are hiring for two new AI/ML roles, one senior (PhD + ~5 years experience) and one junior (recent PhD)! Work with a great team of people on exciting new science with clinical relevance. Links with details: https://t.co/XcWvsHJJOx
https://t.co/lyaA3U2LFe
flagshippioneering.com
Flagship is a brave, bold organization and our people are creative thinkers, exceptional scientists and experienced company builders. Together we are on a…
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Congrats to @RobertCGreen and team for latest #babySeq findings including 10% of babies having unanticipated actionable findings on the basis of genetic insights 🧬 huge impact for families and super useful research as we jointly explore this space 👍🏽 https://t.co/7ji88DU4VA
medicalxpress.com
Researchers who lead the world's first comprehensive sequencing program for newborn infants have published the next chapter in the ongoing study of the BabySeq Project, with new findings on infants...
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Fascinating example of ChatGPT limitations.
Friend just sent me this from ChatGTP. Note the phrase 'sex assigned at birth' (which in the maternity world you have to say or get pushed under a bus) is here described as 'problematic' because 'sex is not solely determined by biology'. Snake eating its own tail here methinks.
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As a previous client of SVB UK my heart goes out to the startup CEOs and CFOs trying to navigate this unprecedented shituation.
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When did community curation workshops start being called jamborees? Mid to late 2000s?
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Working for a well funded, early-stage biotech is great fun. Especially one developing a ground-breaking new genomics platform. We're looking for a computational biologist, based near Cambridge, UK.
flagshippioneering.com
Flagship is a brave, bold organization and our people are creative thinkers, exceptional scientists and experienced company builders. Together we are on a…
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And the 2022 #BigData Trailblazer is... @zetta_genomics! Congratulations! 🔥 Well done to runners-up @H1co_ @montecarlodata @SleepScore Check out https://t.co/cSOOOFNcSl for the full list of winners #WeAreTechTrailblazers #TTawards #startupawards #enterprisetech #awards #tech
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