Daniel Brewer
@danbrewer.bsky.social
Cancer Bioinformatician, professor in medical bioinformatics and genomics @Norwich Medical School, UEA. Prostate Cancer focus.genomic.social/@danbrewer @danbrewer
https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/daniel-brewer
https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/daniel-brewer
Enjoyed celebrity traitors. Bit disappointed that Nick and David miss stepped at the end. Who came out of it best, Nick. Who came out of it worst, Jonathan Ross.
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Enjoyed celebrity traitors. Bit disappointed that Nick and David miss stepped at the end. Who came out of it best, Nick. Who came out of it worst, Jonathan Ross.
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Bucks, almost uniquely, favours mayonnaise with chips.* And rightly so.
* No, it really won't be salad cream.
* No, it really won't be salad cream.
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Bucks, almost uniquely, favours mayonnaise with chips.* And rightly so.
* No, it really won't be salad cream.
* No, it really won't be salad cream.
It's November, so it's time for the traditional fundraising for Movember. This year I'll be getting a tache named Hank. Please support my fundraiser: movember.com/m/dbrewer?mc...
Daniel Brewer's Mo Space
Daniel's Motivation: Globally, more than 1.4M men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year. Movember is working to halve the number of deaths from prostate cancer by 2030, and I want to help them ...
movember.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It's November, so it's time for the traditional fundraising for Movember. This year I'll be getting a tache named Hank. Please support my fundraiser: movember.com/m/dbrewer?mc...
ONE DAY TO GO. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior bioinformatician to join the Cancer Genetics team on the project “Identifying patients with aggressive prostate cancer by detecting molecular subtypes in urine”. 🧬🖥️ . 3 years starting in Feb 2026. Please apply.
bit.ly/3Wt3Lk8
bit.ly/3Wt3Lk8
October 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
ONE DAY TO GO. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior bioinformatician to join the Cancer Genetics team on the project “Identifying patients with aggressive prostate cancer by detecting molecular subtypes in urine”. 🧬🖥️ . 3 years starting in Feb 2026. Please apply.
bit.ly/3Wt3Lk8
bit.ly/3Wt3Lk8
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My most popular cartoon by a long chalk is also oddly niche, in that it mostly appeals to a generation who remember the song it refers to and enjoy the nostalgia for their youth. I can draw one for you if you like.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
October 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
My most popular cartoon by a long chalk is also oddly niche, in that it mostly appeals to a generation who remember the song it refers to and enjoy the nostalgia for their youth. I can draw one for you if you like.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
Although I would love an alternative system, I don't like how this is being portrayed in the media as an increase in income for universities, rather than just keeping still in real terms. It will require more than this to sort out the dire state of the sector.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
English universities can raise tuition fees if they meet ‘tough’ standards, says Phillipson
Measure, which will allow increase in line with inflation, is part of white paper on post-16 education and skills
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Although I would love an alternative system, I don't like how this is being portrayed in the media as an increase in income for universities, rather than just keeping still in real terms. It will require more than this to sort out the dire state of the sector.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Come and join the Cancer Genetics team in the lovely Norwich. We have a three year position for a senior bioinformatician starting in Feb 2026. Click the link for further details.
bit.ly/3Wt3Lk8
🧬 🖥️
@prostateukprofs.bsky.social @ueamedical.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social #postdoc
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🧬 🖥️
@prostateukprofs.bsky.social @ueamedical.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social #postdoc
October 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Come and join the Cancer Genetics team in the lovely Norwich. We have a three year position for a senior bioinformatician starting in Feb 2026. Click the link for further details.
bit.ly/3Wt3Lk8
🧬 🖥️
@prostateukprofs.bsky.social @ueamedical.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social #postdoc
bit.ly/3Wt3Lk8
🧬 🖥️
@prostateukprofs.bsky.social @ueamedical.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social #postdoc
A one year opportunity has arisen for a lab-based molecular scientist to join the Cancer Genetics team on the Prostate Cancer UK funded project “Identifying patients with aggressive prostate cancer by detecting molecular subtypes in urine”. Starting Feb 2026. Please contact me.
bit.ly/4o9a6xD
bit.ly/4o9a6xD
Research Associate (RA2352) in University of East Anglia | UEA
View details and apply for this Research Associate (RA2352) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Norwich Medical School Department of Metabolic Health…
vacancies.uea.ac.uk
October 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A one year opportunity has arisen for a lab-based molecular scientist to join the Cancer Genetics team on the Prostate Cancer UK funded project “Identifying patients with aggressive prostate cancer by detecting molecular subtypes in urine”. Starting Feb 2026. Please contact me.
bit.ly/4o9a6xD
bit.ly/4o9a6xD
New studentship available in the cancer genetics team at UEA, UK. This PhD is about investigating whether the presence of bacteria is directly causing prostate cancer development.Feb 2025. Stipend and fees available to those that are eligible.
@ueamedical.bsky.social
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
@ueamedical.bsky.social
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
PhD From Microbiome to Medicine: Understanding How Anaerobic Bacteria Cause Prostate Cancer (COOPERC_U26MEDBCCT) 2025/26 | UEA
PhD From Microbiome to Medicine: Understanding How Anaerobic Bacteria Cause Prostate Cancer (COOPERC_U26MEDBCCT) 2025/26 | UEA
www.uea.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New studentship available in the cancer genetics team at UEA, UK. This PhD is about investigating whether the presence of bacteria is directly causing prostate cancer development.Feb 2025. Stipend and fees available to those that are eligible.
@ueamedical.bsky.social
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
@ueamedical.bsky.social
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior bioinformatician to join the Cancer Genetics team on the Prostate Cancer UK funded project “Identifying patients with aggressive prostate cancer by detecting molecular subtypes in urine”. 3 years starting in Feb 2026.
🧬🖥️
bit.ly/3Wt3Lk8
🧬🖥️
bit.ly/3Wt3Lk8
October 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior bioinformatician to join the Cancer Genetics team on the Prostate Cancer UK funded project “Identifying patients with aggressive prostate cancer by detecting molecular subtypes in urine”. 3 years starting in Feb 2026.
🧬🖥️
bit.ly/3Wt3Lk8
🧬🖥️
bit.ly/3Wt3Lk8
As blog about Jade Manning's recent 12-week placement in the Government Office for Science. She is a second-year Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics PhD student based in our team.
www.uea.ac.uk/stories/jade...
www.uea.ac.uk/stories/jade...
Jade Manning
University of East Anglia
www.uea.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
As blog about Jade Manning's recent 12-week placement in the Government Office for Science. She is a second-year Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics PhD student based in our team.
www.uea.ac.uk/stories/jade...
www.uea.ac.uk/stories/jade...
A HEROIC Prostate Cancer Precision Health (PCaPH) Africa1K and Pan Prostate Cancer Group (PPCG) collaborative paper where through whole genome interrogation we reveal African specific candidate genes for prostate cancer germline testing, has gone live in @natcomms.nature.com.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Pathogenic variants reveal candidate genes for prostate cancer germline testing for men of African ancestry - Nature Communications
African ancestry is a known risk factor for prostate cancer development, but the genetic determinants of this are incompletely understood. Here, the authors identify 172 potentially pathogenic variants which are enriched in an African population.
doi.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A HEROIC Prostate Cancer Precision Health (PCaPH) Africa1K and Pan Prostate Cancer Group (PPCG) collaborative paper where through whole genome interrogation we reveal African specific candidate genes for prostate cancer germline testing, has gone live in @natcomms.nature.com.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Great result from England Women's rugby team. Made me remember how much I actual enjoy watching rugby union.
September 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Great result from England Women's rugby team. Made me remember how much I actual enjoy watching rugby union.
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Our researchers have shown that colorectal cancer is unique in having its own microbial ‘fingerprint’.
Read more 👉 www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...
#ColorectalCancer #CancerResearch #FightCancer
Read more 👉 www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...
#ColorectalCancer #CancerResearch #FightCancer
September 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Our researchers have shown that colorectal cancer is unique in having its own microbial ‘fingerprint’.
Read more 👉 www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...
#ColorectalCancer #CancerResearch #FightCancer
Read more 👉 www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...
#ColorectalCancer #CancerResearch #FightCancer
A new paper is out from our research team at the @ueamedical.bsky.social at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social titled "The landscape of microbial associations in human cancer" available from doi.org/10.1126/scit....
Led by @abrahamgihawi.bsky.social
🧬🖥️ @cancerinnorwich.bsky.social
Led by @abrahamgihawi.bsky.social
🧬🖥️ @cancerinnorwich.bsky.social
The landscape of microbial associations in human cancer
Differences between cancer types, infectious disease, and potential prognostic markers are uncovered by studying microbes within cancer DNA.
doi.org
September 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
A new paper is out from our research team at the @ueamedical.bsky.social at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social titled "The landscape of microbial associations in human cancer" available from doi.org/10.1126/scit....
Led by @abrahamgihawi.bsky.social
🧬🖥️ @cancerinnorwich.bsky.social
Led by @abrahamgihawi.bsky.social
🧬🖥️ @cancerinnorwich.bsky.social
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Many thanks to @danbrewer.bsky.social for your support and guidance through the years and to the other co-authors, funders, @genomicsengland.bsky.social and patients that made this work possible.
September 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Many thanks to @danbrewer.bsky.social for your support and guidance through the years and to the other co-authors, funders, @genomicsengland.bsky.social and patients that made this work possible.
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Last week I was wondering how many jobs in HE are currently being cut (despite ever increasing research, teaching, and admin workloads). Well an article in THE says around 20,000 (paywalled I think) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
UK university job cuts put at 20,000 after full impact ‘hidden’
Number of roles affected could be almost double previous estimates when voluntary schemes and hiring freezes factored in, say researchers
www.timeshighereducation.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Last week I was wondering how many jobs in HE are currently being cut (despite ever increasing research, teaching, and admin workloads). Well an article in THE says around 20,000 (paywalled I think) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
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Sad news:
The dataset behind this famous chart on the decline in costs of genome sequencing has had its NIH funding cut.
I loved this chart because it was the first that made me appreciate the impact of dataviz. But it also tracked progress towards an ambitious goal ($1000 genome) that succeeded.
The dataset behind this famous chart on the decline in costs of genome sequencing has had its NIH funding cut.
I loved this chart because it was the first that made me appreciate the impact of dataviz. But it also tracked progress towards an ambitious goal ($1000 genome) that succeeded.
![The "$1,000 genome" catchphrase was first publicly recorded in December 2001 at a scientific retreat to discuss the future of biomedical research following publication of the first draft of the Human Genome Project (HGP), convened by the National Human Genome Research Institute at Airlie House in Virginia.[5] The phrase neatly highlighted the chasm between the actual cost of the Human Genome Project, estimated at $2.7 billion over a decade, and the benchmark for routine, affordable personal genome sequencing.
On 2 October 2002, Craig Venter introduced the opening session of GSAC (The Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference) at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston: "The Future of Sequencing: Advancing Towards the $1,000 Genome." Speakers included George M. Church and executives from 454 Life Sciences, Solexa, U.S. Genomics, VisiGen and Amersham plc.[6][7] In 2003, Venter announced that his foundation would earmark $500,000 for a breakthrough leading to the $1,000 genome.[8] That sum was subsequently rolled into the Archon X Prize.
In October 2004, NHGRI introduced the first in a series of '$1,000 Genome' grants designed to advance "the development of breakthrough technologies that will enable a human-sized genome to be sequenced for $1,000 or less."[9]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73aicoale2mqwrap63rdzwep/bafkreigcypk33xduk2wsfjyvwbnfzzb76p5m6jl3owhbb3ft32clwov37i@jpeg)
July 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Sad news:
The dataset behind this famous chart on the decline in costs of genome sequencing has had its NIH funding cut.
I loved this chart because it was the first that made me appreciate the impact of dataviz. But it also tracked progress towards an ambitious goal ($1000 genome) that succeeded.
The dataset behind this famous chart on the decline in costs of genome sequencing has had its NIH funding cut.
I loved this chart because it was the first that made me appreciate the impact of dataviz. But it also tracked progress towards an ambitious goal ($1000 genome) that succeeded.
England through some how. What luck despite defensive terribleness.
July 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
England through some how. What luck despite defensive terribleness.
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‘England’s higher education system risks long-term decline unless ministers overhaul their “confused, if not incoherent” approach to universities’
FT interview with outgoing @britishacademy.bsky.social President Julia Black where she pulls no punches!
www.ft.com/content/3162...
FT interview with outgoing @britishacademy.bsky.social President Julia Black where she pulls no punches!
www.ft.com/content/3162...
Universities in England at risk of long-term decline, says British Academy
Outgoing president Dame Julia Black calls on ministers to overhaul their ‘confused’ approach to higher education
www.ft.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
‘England’s higher education system risks long-term decline unless ministers overhaul their “confused, if not incoherent” approach to universities’
FT interview with outgoing @britishacademy.bsky.social President Julia Black where she pulls no punches!
www.ft.com/content/3162...
FT interview with outgoing @britishacademy.bsky.social President Julia Black where she pulls no punches!
www.ft.com/content/3162...
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XKCD has a Tukey quote for Tukey's 110th birthday
xkcd.com/3104/
Many of his specific inventions have been made obsolete over time, but he was a major contributor to data analysis and visualisation being serious and respectable parts of statistics research
xkcd.com/3104/
Many of his specific inventions have been made obsolete over time, but he was a major contributor to data analysis and visualisation being serious and respectable parts of statistics research
Tukey
xkcd.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
XKCD has a Tukey quote for Tukey's 110th birthday
xkcd.com/3104/
Many of his specific inventions have been made obsolete over time, but he was a major contributor to data analysis and visualisation being serious and respectable parts of statistics research
xkcd.com/3104/
Many of his specific inventions have been made obsolete over time, but he was a major contributor to data analysis and visualisation being serious and respectable parts of statistics research
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Genomics of host–microbiome interactions in humans www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Genomics of host–microbiome interactions in humans - Nature Reviews Genetics
In this Review, Ferretti et al. discuss advances in our understanding of interactions between the human genome and the microbiome, including the effects of the microbiome on host gene regulation.
www.nature.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Genomics of host–microbiome interactions in humans www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Many thanks to Alice Macdonald MP who kindly hosted a Parliamentary Reception, on behalf of the University of East Anglia, last night. The reception was titled "Faster Smarter Earlier – UEA’s Mission to Transform Prostate Cancer Diagnosis" and was a great success.
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Many thanks to Alice Macdonald MP who kindly hosted a Parliamentary Reception, on behalf of the University of East Anglia, last night. The reception was titled "Faster Smarter Earlier – UEA’s Mission to Transform Prostate Cancer Diagnosis" and was a great success.
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
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I gave in! After students asking for it, I now made a simple figure design checklist.
To help all scientists w/o graphic skills create clear, accessible, and truthful charts!
-> Out in @nature Cell Biology: rdcu.be/erwl4
#DataVisualization #PhD #SciComm
Thx for review @bethcimini.bsky.social + 2
To help all scientists w/o graphic skills create clear, accessible, and truthful charts!
-> Out in @nature Cell Biology: rdcu.be/erwl4
#DataVisualization #PhD #SciComm
Thx for review @bethcimini.bsky.social + 2
A checklist for designing and improving the visualization of scientific data
Nature Cell Biology - Creating clear and engaging scientific figures is crucial to communicate complex data. In this Comment, I condense principles from design, visual perception and data...
rdcu.be
June 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I gave in! After students asking for it, I now made a simple figure design checklist.
To help all scientists w/o graphic skills create clear, accessible, and truthful charts!
-> Out in @nature Cell Biology: rdcu.be/erwl4
#DataVisualization #PhD #SciComm
Thx for review @bethcimini.bsky.social + 2
To help all scientists w/o graphic skills create clear, accessible, and truthful charts!
-> Out in @nature Cell Biology: rdcu.be/erwl4
#DataVisualization #PhD #SciComm
Thx for review @bethcimini.bsky.social + 2