Miles Collier
@milescollier.bsky.social
…I make no errors, mistakes or blunders…
#DJ 🎶 #Genomics 🧪 #epigenetics 🧪 #epigenomics 🧪 #funky #indie #Gigs Anti- #ParentalAlienation 👨👩👧👦 Pro #EU 🇪🇺; #DJMilesy 🎶 #Cambridge, UK. Life is real good
#DJ 🎶 #Genomics 🧪 #epigenetics 🧪 #epigenomics 🧪 #funky #indie #Gigs Anti- #ParentalAlienation 👨👩👧👦 Pro #EU 🇪🇺; #DJMilesy 🎶 #Cambridge, UK. Life is real good
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BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
Join us in beautiful #Heidelberg to discover the most precise method for detecting all Structural Variants in a single reaction. We look forward to seeing you there!
#StructuralVariants #EnhancerHijacking #HiC #LinkPrep #SVs #EMBLCanGen
#StructuralVariants #EnhancerHijacking #HiC #LinkPrep #SVs #EMBLCanGen
We’re excited to be part of the EMBL Conference: Cancer Genomics 2025!
💬 Learn how Dovetail® LinkPrep™ tech empowers cancer research through base pair–resolved variant detection, high-resolution 3D genome mapping, and comprehensive genomic profiling.
We look forward to connecting in Heidelberg!
💬 Learn how Dovetail® LinkPrep™ tech empowers cancer research through base pair–resolved variant detection, high-resolution 3D genome mapping, and comprehensive genomic profiling.
We look forward to connecting in Heidelberg!
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Join us in beautiful #Heidelberg to discover the most precise method for detecting all Structural Variants in a single reaction. We look forward to seeing you there!
#StructuralVariants #EnhancerHijacking #HiC #LinkPrep #SVs #EMBLCanGen
#StructuralVariants #EnhancerHijacking #HiC #LinkPrep #SVs #EMBLCanGen
Having spent much of my professional life visiting the Campus (from late '97 onwards) this is welcome news, a beautiful site and great science. Agreed though, it could be easier to get to...! #Sanger
NEW BLOGPOST: "Wellcome Genome Campus to grow to employ up to 9,000 people" cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/06/w... They've also employed new advisers on what new leisure facilities to install on site. (Can they get a light rail stop too?)
Wellcome Genome Campus to grow to employ up to 9,000 people
So why on earth are senior decision-makers still equivocating over light rail? Before I start and if you’re quick, you can catch Peter Freeman’s interview with BBC Look East earlier. (0…
cambridgetownowl.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Having spent much of my professional life visiting the Campus (from late '97 onwards) this is welcome news, a beautiful site and great science. Agreed though, it could be easier to get to...! #Sanger
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NEW BLOGPOST: "Wellcome Genome Campus to grow to employ up to 9,000 people" cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/06/w... They've also employed new advisers on what new leisure facilities to install on site. (Can they get a light rail stop too?)
Wellcome Genome Campus to grow to employ up to 9,000 people
So why on earth are senior decision-makers still equivocating over light rail? Before I start and if you’re quick, you can catch Peter Freeman’s interview with BBC Look East earlier. (0…
cambridgetownowl.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
NEW BLOGPOST: "Wellcome Genome Campus to grow to employ up to 9,000 people" cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/06/w... They've also employed new advisers on what new leisure facilities to install on site. (Can they get a light rail stop too?)
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My article in tomorrow's @theobserveruk.bsky.social now online. But go and buy a copy!
Francis Crick: The science genius with poetry in his DNA
He is celebrated for co‑discovering the double helix, but it was Crick’s poetic appreciation of the world that was key to how his mind worked
observer.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
My article in tomorrow's @theobserveruk.bsky.social now online. But go and buy a copy!
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
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NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
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[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
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MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
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NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
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KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
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[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
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[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
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[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Interesting fact for those of us with "Blue" eyes, which aren't really blue at all...
Why is the sky blue?
Same reason some eyes look blue.
Yet, neither is actually blue.
What if the blue of someone’s eyes isn’t color at all,
but a trick of light?
Why Blue Eyes Aren’t Really Blue:
The Surprising Reason Blue Eyes Are Actually an Optical Illusion 🏺🧪
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Same reason some eyes look blue.
Yet, neither is actually blue.
What if the blue of someone’s eyes isn’t color at all,
but a trick of light?
Why Blue Eyes Aren’t Really Blue:
The Surprising Reason Blue Eyes Are Actually an Optical Illusion 🏺🧪
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
October 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Interesting fact for those of us with "Blue" eyes, which aren't really blue at all...
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Telling scary stories around the campfire to young people:
"...and you had no way of knowing who was calling. You just had to pick it up."
"...co...couldn't you put it on silent?"
"There was no silent. And anyone in the house could answer. Even if the call was for you."
"...and you had no way of knowing who was calling. You just had to pick it up."
"...co...couldn't you put it on silent?"
"There was no silent. And anyone in the house could answer. Even if the call was for you."
October 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Telling scary stories around the campfire to young people:
"...and you had no way of knowing who was calling. You just had to pick it up."
"...co...couldn't you put it on silent?"
"There was no silent. And anyone in the house could answer. Even if the call was for you."
"...and you had no way of knowing who was calling. You just had to pick it up."
"...co...couldn't you put it on silent?"
"There was no silent. And anyone in the house could answer. Even if the call was for you."
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Lab’s first paper is out!! We show the first structures of #Asgard #chromatin by #cryo-EM 🧬❄️
Asgard histones form closed and open hypernucleosomes. Closed are conserved across #Archaea, while open resemble eukaryotic H3–H4 octasomes and are Asgard-specific. More here: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
Asgard histones form closed and open hypernucleosomes. Closed are conserved across #Archaea, while open resemble eukaryotic H3–H4 octasomes and are Asgard-specific. More here: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Lab’s first paper is out!! We show the first structures of #Asgard #chromatin by #cryo-EM 🧬❄️
Asgard histones form closed and open hypernucleosomes. Closed are conserved across #Archaea, while open resemble eukaryotic H3–H4 octasomes and are Asgard-specific. More here: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
Asgard histones form closed and open hypernucleosomes. Closed are conserved across #Archaea, while open resemble eukaryotic H3–H4 octasomes and are Asgard-specific. More here: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
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This is what I think of as the most important chart in British politics. It shows the amount people spend on retail sales and the amount they get. Compared to Feb 2022 people are spending about 16% more but consuming 4% less.
October 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is what I think of as the most important chart in British politics. It shows the amount people spend on retail sales and the amount they get. Compared to Feb 2022 people are spending about 16% more but consuming 4% less.
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Well balanced explanation from Beth Torr of who we test for germline #BRCA mutations and why.
We are proud to be delivering this testing in the #RoyalMarsden lab at the #NHS North Thames Genomic lab hub.
We are proud to be delivering this testing in the #RoyalMarsden lab at the #NHS North Thames Genomic lab hub.
BRCA gene testing can identify cancer risk, but access is limited.
A new digital pathway from the ICR is expanding testing in high-risk groups by making the process more efficient and cost-effective.
In the longer term, this approach could lead to better patient outcomes.
More from us here ⬇️
A new digital pathway from the ICR is expanding testing in high-risk groups by making the process more efficient and cost-effective.
In the longer term, this approach could lead to better patient outcomes.
More from us here ⬇️
Could expanding BRCA gene testing save lives in breast and ovarian cancer?
Could expanding BRCA gene testing save lives in breast and ovarian cancer?
www.icr.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Well balanced explanation from Beth Torr of who we test for germline #BRCA mutations and why.
We are proud to be delivering this testing in the #RoyalMarsden lab at the #NHS North Thames Genomic lab hub.
We are proud to be delivering this testing in the #RoyalMarsden lab at the #NHS North Thames Genomic lab hub.
Here’s The Show (La Di Da Di video is too long for BSky). What a tune!! 🎵
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Here’s The Show (La Di Da Di video is too long for BSky). What a tune!! 🎵
Total Banger... I saw Doug and Slick Rick do "La Di Da Di" (and the Show) live in NYC a couple of years ago. Obviously, knew all of the words. It was emotional.
Also, Doug E Fresh is still one of the best live rappers out there. See him if you get the chance
Also, Doug E Fresh is still one of the best live rappers out there. See him if you get the chance
October 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Total Banger... I saw Doug and Slick Rick do "La Di Da Di" (and the Show) live in NYC a couple of years ago. Obviously, knew all of the words. It was emotional.
Also, Doug E Fresh is still one of the best live rappers out there. See him if you get the chance
Also, Doug E Fresh is still one of the best live rappers out there. See him if you get the chance
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First opinion poll/election model I’ve seen indicating #Cambridge could go to The Greens.
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
First opinion poll/election model I’ve seen indicating #Cambridge could go to The Greens.
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Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of Adonis buying his 303 aka The Jackulator. I spoke to him about it for a piece I'm writing, but I thought I'd mark the occasion with an acidic tale from my high school back in '88 (and an unsolicited dub mix of Orange Juice) rentparty.substack.com/p/chapter-34...
Chapter 34: We're Dubbing Down The House
In which I celebrate the lesser mentioned 40th anniversary of acid house.
rentparty.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of Adonis buying his 303 aka The Jackulator. I spoke to him about it for a piece I'm writing, but I thought I'd mark the occasion with an acidic tale from my high school back in '88 (and an unsolicited dub mix of Orange Juice) rentparty.substack.com/p/chapter-34...
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A paper in Nature reports that mRNA vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, also sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint inhibitors. #medsky 🧪
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint blockade - Nature
mRNA vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2 also sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
go.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A paper in Nature reports that mRNA vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, also sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint inhibitors. #medsky 🧪
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Are the Chemistry @nobelprize.bsky.social prizes being awarded to too many #Biologists or now #AIResearchers ?
October 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Are the Chemistry @nobelprize.bsky.social prizes being awarded to too many #Biologists or now #AIResearchers ?
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I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
Staff Scientist
About EMBL-EBI EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute is a data powerhouse, utilised on a global scale to advance scientific discovery through bioinformatics and solutions to some of the world’s mos...
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
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"Most Brits are pro-immigration, which is why a firm stance on irregular migration is so important.
The small numbers are used to smear and demonise the larger proportion of legal migration."
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
The small numbers are used to smear and demonise the larger proportion of legal migration."
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Most Brits are pro-immigration, which is why a firm stance on irregular migration is so important.
The small numbers are used to smear and demonise the larger proportion of legal migration."
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
The small numbers are used to smear and demonise the larger proportion of legal migration."
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
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Prostate cancer affects tens of thousands of men each year - yet routine screenings for men at risk still aren’t available. Sign the petition now calling for routine screenings for all men at risk of developing prostate cancer:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ro...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ro...
Introduce routine prostate cancer screenings for all at risk!
Despite prostate cancer affecting tens of thousands of men each year - including one in four Black men - routine screenings for men at risk still aren’t available.
But right now the UK National Scree...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Prostate cancer affects tens of thousands of men each year - yet routine screenings for men at risk still aren’t available. Sign the petition now calling for routine screenings for all men at risk of developing prostate cancer:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ro...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ro...
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Can you guess what happened when Denmark doubled the amount of parental leave parents could take?
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Intimate partner violence declined as a direct result.
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Intimate partner violence declined as a direct result.
October 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Can you guess what happened when Denmark doubled the amount of parental leave parents could take?
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Intimate partner violence declined as a direct result.
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Intimate partner violence declined as a direct result.