KELLIE HARRINGTON A double Olympic Gold Medallist, defending her Olympic gold from Tokyo 🔥 You are an inspiration ✨ #TeamIreland | #Paris2024

The first Irish female to EVER qualify for an Olympic sprint final 🔥 Rhasidat Adeleke ✨ #TeamIreland | #Paris2024

This 11-month programme is delivered virtually so can be completed anywhere in the world for those wishing to advance their professional skills in the area of Cancer Genetics and Genomics.⁠ ⁠ Application deadline: 16 August 2024⁠ 7️⃣2️⃣ CPD Credits⁠ ⁠ 👉courses.rcpi.ie/product?catalo…

New! One page management summary for VHL is now live on the UKCGG website. ukcgg.org/information-ed…

An important thread 👇🏻 Family history is NEVER “non-contributory” in oncology (But, increasingly, the double-edged sword of germline syndromes is the tip-of-the-iceberg phenomenon of cascade testing the kindred and more therapeutic options for the proband, eg vHL & bezultifan)

Carrier testing for partners of MUTYH variant carriers (UK recommendations) jmg.bmj.com/content/61/8/8…

Asking questions about a topic BEFORE you introduce pupils to it, works. Help pupils find the connections they already have to link with the new content, by asking pre-questions. We provide professional learning for schools impact.wales

📢Deadline for Cancer Genetics and Genomics extended to 30 August. This programme is delivered virtually for those wishing to advance their professional skills in the area of Cancer Genetics and Genomics.⁠ ⁠ 7️⃣2️⃣CPD Credits Book here⁠ ⁠👉courses.rcpi.ie/product?catalo…

I'm working on a #MedEd essay that makes the following argument: 1) Student satisfaction #surveys (especially student evaluations of teaching [SETs]), while useful in certain contexts, are overused, especially in medical school #evaluation and #accreditation processes. 2)

Come and work with us! Opportunity to work as a clinical fellow in Cancer Genetics The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Open to applicants from med/clin onc or clinical genetics background. Further info: beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

Loving the new logo! And the new name from Fetal Genomics Group to Prenatal Genomics in line with new plans for the group. Watch this space...Stephanie Allen BSGM UK Cancer Genetics Group

Go work with Terri McVeigh and team. They are brilliant! 👇

Join us for the 2024 Winter virtual meeting on 5th and 6th December. It’s a steal at £20 for UKCGG members! ukcgg.org/events/uk-canc…

A few weeks ago, the Genomics Training Academy (GTAC) team gathered for an in-person day to work on resources and map curricula for upcoming projects. Keep an eye on our #NHSgtac page for the latest info! buff.ly/3yM6XyD

Only a few days left to register for this great course. So many families impacted by #HereditaryCancer syndromes need as many people as possible working in healthcare to be knowledgable on #CancerGenetics & #Genomics in order to insure timely diagnosis & correct care.

Last few days to apply!@RCPI_news

Excellent work by Charlie Rowlands and team at ICR and CanVIG - if you do variant classification, then this tool is a must #PS4 #casecontrolanalysis #variantclassification #CanVIG #cancer #cancergenetics Clare Turnbull- Prof/NHS Dr Miranda Durkie 💙🧬 Alice Garrett pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39227160/

Classifying genomic variants? Have case control data for PS4? Try our new tool, the PS4-Likelihood Ratio Calculator (turnbull-lab.shinyapps.io/ps4_lrcalc/). jmg.bmj.com/content/early/… Allows user to define the odds ratio (representing anticipated underlying strength of disease association

🆕 Interested in classifying genomic variants? Check the recently developed PS4-likelihood ratio calculator (PS4-LRCalc)! ▶️ Applicable across both highly penetrant variants such as in ultra-rare Mendelian disease, as well as less penetrant effects from larger case series ▶️ A

Did you know we organise monthly Lunch & Learn talks available to all our members and on demand on our website?