“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-r…

By the way, with gene editing medicines, we seem to entering a new era of: "Molecular Surgery" "surgery" because this is a permanent change to our own body to improve health "molecular" because the thing being changed is DNA in our own cells or organs

New to #BJPOpen 🗣️ Read 'Phenome-wide and genome-wide analyses of quality of life in schizophrenia' assessing the phenotypic and genotypic determinants of quality of life in #schizophrenia. Article: ow.ly/fyTR50CKGK3 Cambridge UP - Psychology & Psychiatry rcpsych GAP

We need to know more about the new strain of SARS-CoV-2 mentioned by Matt Hancock before drawing any alarming conclusions. Mutations are common in viruses. Previous mutations have not had a great impact on the infectivity of the virus or the seriousness of the illness it causes.

Inclusion of variants discovered from diverse populations improves polygenic risk score transferability sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Are you interested to apply machine learning approaches to identify genetic and clinical risk factors for cancer and cardiovascular diseases? then have a look at our fantastic position for a postdoctoral scientist. jobs.ac.uk/job/CDU947/sen…

As women, we continue to call for inclusive leadership that leads to peaceful societies, good governance and stronger democracies, we #ChoosetoChallenge barriers to leaderships positions. #IWD2021 Australian Embassy, Zimbabwe Hivos Southern Africa @usembassyharare Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe Oxfam In Zimbabwe

#PLOSBiology: Rebuild the Academy: Supporting academic mothers during COVID-19 and beyond dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

Editor's Pick—How do different contact tracing & testing methods work? What resources are needed for each? How do features of #COVID19 transmission influence their effectiveness? Read the Personal View by Lee Kennedy-Shaffer et al. in The Lancet Microbe. hubs.li/H0JtqxZ0

Our paper on a large scale GWAS of liver enzymes was published today in Nature Communications. nature.com/articles/s4146…

See our latest publication: Urinary Sodium Excretion Enhances the Effect of Alcohol on Blood Pressure. mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/7…

Patients with high urinary sodium should be cautioned on the potential increased impact of alcohol consumption on blood pressure. Healthcare MDPI Alex Blakemore Fotios Drenos mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/7…

Our latest mendelian randomisation analysis on causal effects of alcohol consumption is published in Nutrients. Nutrients MDPI mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/1…

Study of 90 obese volunteers on calorie restriction got extra benefit from time restriction eating and 40 percent wanted to continue after the 14 week trial period. “To shed the pounds don’t eat after 3pm” thetimes.co.uk/article/to-she…

Happy to share with you our latest #systematicreview led by Zayne Roa Díaz. We found that evidence on gene-diet interactions on CVD is limited and lacks correction for multiple testing, replication, and sample size consideration. bmccardiovascdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

The Department of Life Sciences (Life Sciences at Brunel) at Brunel University London (Brunel University London) is now a proud winner of Athena Swan Silver award (Advance HE) for achievements in the area of gender equality within the Department. #AthenaSwan | #GenderEquality

A funded PhD project has become available at Brunel University London, Department of Life Sciences with the deadline of 7 June 2023. Please follow the link below for more information about admission and to apply: careers.brunel.ac.uk/vacancy/phd-st…

Evidence for Involvement of WDPCP Gene in Alcohol Consumption, Lipid Metabolism, and Liver Cirrhosis dlvr.it/SmPM9n

We have a PhD studentship available at Brunel University London to investigate lamin A mutations, relevant in laminopathies, in inducing alterations to the nuclear envelope. Brunel University London PhDs@Brunel Joanna Bridger careers.brunel.ac.uk/vacancy/phd-st…