Muzz Haniffa
@mhaniffa.bsky.social
Clinician scientist, passionate about #immunology, #genomics, #single-cell and #spatial omics, #development #organoid #dermatology. Mother, food enthusiast and film buff
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Exciting work at the intersection of AI and genomics, have a quick read ⤵️
Plus, beautiful images of skin fibroblasts by April Rose Foster from the @mhaniffa.bsky.social lab.
Plus, beautiful images of skin fibroblasts by April Rose Foster from the @mhaniffa.bsky.social lab.
Find out more on our website ➡️
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/universal-drug-target-potential-in-scaffolding-cells-found-across-the-body/
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/universal-drug-target-potential-in-scaffolding-cells-found-across-the-body/
Universal drug target potential in scaffolding cells found across the body
Researchers have created a high-resolution atlas of fibroblasts in human skin and reveal their roles in diseases.
www.sanger.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Exciting work at the intersection of AI and genomics, have a quick read ⤵️
Plus, beautiful images of skin fibroblasts by April Rose Foster from the @mhaniffa.bsky.social lab.
Plus, beautiful images of skin fibroblasts by April Rose Foster from the @mhaniffa.bsky.social lab.
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Our Systema framework for evaluating genetic perturbation response prediction methods is now out in @natbiotech.nature.com ✨
Systema helps to evaluate perturbation response prediction methods by focusing on perturbation-specific effects rather than systematic variation 🎯
Systema helps to evaluate perturbation response prediction methods by focusing on perturbation-specific effects rather than systematic variation 🎯
Systema: a framework for evaluating genetic perturbation response prediction beyond systematic variation - @mariabrbic.bsky.social @mornitzan.bsky.social go.nature.com/4791kda
Systema: a framework for evaluating genetic perturbation response prediction beyond systematic variation - Nature Biotechnology
An evaluation framework isolates perturbation-specific effects in perturbation datasets.
go.nature.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Our Systema framework for evaluating genetic perturbation response prediction methods is now out in @natbiotech.nature.com ✨
Systema helps to evaluate perturbation response prediction methods by focusing on perturbation-specific effects rather than systematic variation 🎯
Systema helps to evaluate perturbation response prediction methods by focusing on perturbation-specific effects rather than systematic variation 🎯
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Our Scientific Advisory Committee will soon start selecting the new cohort of #ListerFellows - here's what they get up to, how the system works, and a bit of valuable advice, too! lister-institute.org.uk/behind-the-s...
August 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Our Scientific Advisory Committee will soon start selecting the new cohort of #ListerFellows - here's what they get up to, how the system works, and a bit of valuable advice, too! lister-institute.org.uk/behind-the-s...
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Interested in spatial transcriptomics, interactive visualisation, and AI?
We’re teaming up with @mhaniffa.bsky.social and @juliosaezrod.bsky.social on Project 5 - for someone keen to build open tools that make complex biological data more accessible!
Apply by 30 Sep: www.ebi.ac.uk/research/pos...
We’re teaming up with @mhaniffa.bsky.social and @juliosaezrod.bsky.social on Project 5 - for someone keen to build open tools that make complex biological data more accessible!
Apply by 30 Sep: www.ebi.ac.uk/research/pos...
August 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Interested in spatial transcriptomics, interactive visualisation, and AI?
We’re teaming up with @mhaniffa.bsky.social and @juliosaezrod.bsky.social on Project 5 - for someone keen to build open tools that make complex biological data more accessible!
Apply by 30 Sep: www.ebi.ac.uk/research/pos...
We’re teaming up with @mhaniffa.bsky.social and @juliosaezrod.bsky.social on Project 5 - for someone keen to build open tools that make complex biological data more accessible!
Apply by 30 Sep: www.ebi.ac.uk/research/pos...
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A little over two weeks to the deadline! 20 positions, generous startup funding, a great community and fantastic infrastructure. Come join us!
A major KI initiative to recruit new assistant professors with outstanding proposals in all areas of medicine, biomedicine and public health. We offer an amazing research environment, great colleagues and generous startup packages. Check it out and get working on your applications! (repost please!)
Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential.
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
August 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A little over two weeks to the deadline! 20 positions, generous startup funding, a great community and fantastic infrastructure. Come join us!
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Recruitment is now open for the EMBL-EBI–Sanger Postdoctoral Programme.
ESPOD builds on the collaborative relationship between EMBL-EBI and the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, offering projects that combine experimental and computational approaches.
www.ebi.ac.uk/research/pos...
🧬🖥️🔬#postdocjob
ESPOD builds on the collaborative relationship between EMBL-EBI and the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, offering projects that combine experimental and computational approaches.
www.ebi.ac.uk/research/pos...
🧬🖥️🔬#postdocjob
August 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Recruitment is now open for the EMBL-EBI–Sanger Postdoctoral Programme.
ESPOD builds on the collaborative relationship between EMBL-EBI and the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, offering projects that combine experimental and computational approaches.
www.ebi.ac.uk/research/pos...
🧬🖥️🔬#postdocjob
ESPOD builds on the collaborative relationship between EMBL-EBI and the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, offering projects that combine experimental and computational approaches.
www.ebi.ac.uk/research/pos...
🧬🖥️🔬#postdocjob
Great career opportunities in Cellular Genomics @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Big data (human in vivo + in vitro) + AI to derive biological mechanisms at scale.
We are seeking a range of research expertise including spatial omics and perturbation at scale
Big data (human in vivo + in vitro) + AI to derive biological mechanisms at scale.
We are seeking a range of research expertise including spatial omics and perturbation at scale
Group leader positions in @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Cellular Genomics, led by @mhaniffa.bsky.social, to decode and recode human tissues. Broad net - clinical research, in vitro models, single cell, AI. Vibrant, supportive community. Please share!
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/Wellco...
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August 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Great career opportunities in Cellular Genomics @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Big data (human in vivo + in vitro) + AI to derive biological mechanisms at scale.
We are seeking a range of research expertise including spatial omics and perturbation at scale
Big data (human in vivo + in vitro) + AI to derive biological mechanisms at scale.
We are seeking a range of research expertise including spatial omics and perturbation at scale
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My team @ebi.embl.org is open to hosting #ARISE2 fellows!
We‘re especially interested in projects that improve access to single-cell & spatial transcriptomics data (e.g. browsers, standards), or enhance AI-readiness.
Happy to chat if you are applying!
www.embl.org/training/ari...
We‘re especially interested in projects that improve access to single-cell & spatial transcriptomics data (e.g. browsers, standards), or enhance AI-readiness.
Happy to chat if you are applying!
www.embl.org/training/ari...
July 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
My team @ebi.embl.org is open to hosting #ARISE2 fellows!
We‘re especially interested in projects that improve access to single-cell & spatial transcriptomics data (e.g. browsers, standards), or enhance AI-readiness.
Happy to chat if you are applying!
www.embl.org/training/ari...
We‘re especially interested in projects that improve access to single-cell & spatial transcriptomics data (e.g. browsers, standards), or enhance AI-readiness.
Happy to chat if you are applying!
www.embl.org/training/ari...
Great faculty opportunities within the Cellular Genomics Programme @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Please share with your networks and do contact me if you would like to find out more
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Please share with your networks and do contact me if you would like to find out more
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Group Leaders- Cellular Genomics
Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenge...
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July 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Great faculty opportunities within the Cellular Genomics Programme @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Please share with your networks and do contact me if you would like to find out more
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Please share with your networks and do contact me if you would like to find out more
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
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We are very proud to introduce our brand new 2025 #ListerFellows! This year there are eight Prize recipients. lister-institute.org.uk/a-warm-welco...
June 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
We are very proud to introduce our brand new 2025 #ListerFellows! This year there are eight Prize recipients. lister-institute.org.uk/a-warm-welco...
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I have an opportunity to hire a staff scientist for my lab. Looking for someone with outstanding skillset in ML/statistics, genomics applications; interest in mentoring, strong publication record, PD experience required.
Email CV to me+cc my assistant (see 'contact' on my website). Ad to follow.
Email CV to me+cc my assistant (see 'contact' on my website). Ad to follow.
June 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I have an opportunity to hire a staff scientist for my lab. Looking for someone with outstanding skillset in ML/statistics, genomics applications; interest in mentoring, strong publication record, PD experience required.
Email CV to me+cc my assistant (see 'contact' on my website). Ad to follow.
Email CV to me+cc my assistant (see 'contact' on my website). Ad to follow.
I am excited to begin my new journey as the Head of Cellular Genomics @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
We will decode and recode tissue ecosystems using AI + big data…
Our amazing faculty include Roser Vento-Tormo, @bayraktarlab.bsky.social, Mo Lotfollahi, Sam Behjati and Song Chen..
We will decode and recode tissue ecosystems using AI + big data…
Our amazing faculty include Roser Vento-Tormo, @bayraktarlab.bsky.social, Mo Lotfollahi, Sam Behjati and Song Chen..
Our newly appointed Head of the Cellular Genomics programme, @mhaniffa.bsky.social, shares her career journey and vision for the future of the programme. Read more below. ⤵️
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/05/20/i...
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May 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I am excited to begin my new journey as the Head of Cellular Genomics @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
We will decode and recode tissue ecosystems using AI + big data…
Our amazing faculty include Roser Vento-Tormo, @bayraktarlab.bsky.social, Mo Lotfollahi, Sam Behjati and Song Chen..
We will decode and recode tissue ecosystems using AI + big data…
Our amazing faculty include Roser Vento-Tormo, @bayraktarlab.bsky.social, Mo Lotfollahi, Sam Behjati and Song Chen..
Many congratulations @stewartlab.bsky.social on this amazing achievement - so richly deserved - #BlavatnikAwards Life Sciences Laureate 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 🎉
Very happy for you and great interview 👇🏾
Very happy for you and great interview 👇🏾
In our latest blog post we catch up with #BlavatnikAwards Life Sciences Laureate @stewartlab.bsky.social, who recently attended the Blavatnik Awards ceremony and public symposium and gave talks about his preventive health work on preterm infant microbiomes 🫄👶 lister-institute.org.uk/congratulati...
Congratulations Chris Stewart, 2025 Blavatnik Laureate for Life Sciences – Lister Institute
lister-institute.org.uk
May 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Many congratulations @stewartlab.bsky.social on this amazing achievement - so richly deserved - #BlavatnikAwards Life Sciences Laureate 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 🎉
Very happy for you and great interview 👇🏾
Very happy for you and great interview 👇🏾
Come join our adventure @sangerinstitute.bsky.social 👇🏾
We're recruiting!
➡️ (Senior) bioinformatician: join a collaborative project with @mhaniffa.bsky.social and Mo Lotfollahi, supporting the analysis of single-cell and spatial transcriptomics studies to train AI-based foundation models
Apply by 25 March
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
➡️ (Senior) bioinformatician: join a collaborative project with @mhaniffa.bsky.social and Mo Lotfollahi, supporting the analysis of single-cell and spatial transcriptomics studies to train AI-based foundation models
Apply by 25 March
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
March 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Come join our adventure @sangerinstitute.bsky.social 👇🏾
Great from from Bayraktar Lab @sangerinstitute.bsky.social 👏🏾👇🏾
New from our Cellular Genetics programme and the Bayraktar Lab @sangerinstitute.bsky.social - cell2fate, new RNA velocity inference tool to predict cell fates, out now in @naturemethods.bsky.social
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/ne...
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/ne...
New tool to map the origins and journeys of cells in development and disease
Cell2fate, a new computational tool, allows researchers to map cellular trajectories in development and disease.
www.sanger.ac.uk
March 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Great from from Bayraktar Lab @sangerinstitute.bsky.social 👏🏾👇🏾
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Next weekend I will run the Cambridge half marathon with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social colleagues 🏃♂️
Two amazing people are running for charities, please support them!
Two amazing people are running for charities, please support them!
March 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Next weekend I will run the Cambridge half marathon with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social colleagues 🏃♂️
Two amazing people are running for charities, please support them!
Two amazing people are running for charities, please support them!
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Do you use Darwin Tree of Life (DToL) genomes for your work or grant applications? If so, can you please fill out this form? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We are gathering info on how DToL genomes are used. It will help us raise money to continue producing publicly available high-quality genomes.
Darwin Tree of Life Impact Assessment
This form is used to share information within DToL about case studies, ongoing research, and funding awards that demonstrate the impact the Darwin Tree of Life consortium project has had on Global and...
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February 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Do you use Darwin Tree of Life (DToL) genomes for your work or grant applications? If so, can you please fill out this form? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We are gathering info on how DToL genomes are used. It will help us raise money to continue producing publicly available high-quality genomes.
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globally, there are ~3500 described mosquito species in the Culicidae family and many of these are important vectors of disease but only a small percentage have genomic resources. we are launching a pilot project to generate high quality reference genomes for 100 important mosquito species [1/3]
February 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
globally, there are ~3500 described mosquito species in the Culicidae family and many of these are important vectors of disease but only a small percentage have genomic resources. we are launching a pilot project to generate high quality reference genomes for 100 important mosquito species [1/3]
Looking forward to visiting @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social on Thurs 20 Feb 👇🏾
📢 We are delighted to host
@mhaniffa.bsky.social on Thursday for our Gurdon Institute Seminar Series, hosted by Emma Rawlins and @sumrubayin.bsky.social
All welcome 😀
🗓️ Thursday, 20 February 2025 at 11 am
🎙️ The tapestry of human prenatal immunity
📍Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road CB2 1QN
@mhaniffa.bsky.social on Thursday for our Gurdon Institute Seminar Series, hosted by Emma Rawlins and @sumrubayin.bsky.social
All welcome 😀
🗓️ Thursday, 20 February 2025 at 11 am
🎙️ The tapestry of human prenatal immunity
📍Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road CB2 1QN
February 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Looking forward to visiting @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social on Thurs 20 Feb 👇🏾
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📢 Bring your computational expertise to our cutting-edge research team at @embl.org! Join us together with experts from GSK to explore the effects of rare variants using population-scale cohorts and single-cell readouts.
Please share 🙏
🔗 Apply now: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/de-DE/EMBL/d...
Please share 🙏
🔗 Apply now: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/de-DE/EMBL/d...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Genetics
The research group of Oliver Stegle looks for a postdoctoral researcher to join a collaborative project with GSK with the goal to apply computational methods to investigate the effects of rare variant...
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
📢 Bring your computational expertise to our cutting-edge research team at @embl.org! Join us together with experts from GSK to explore the effects of rare variants using population-scale cohorts and single-cell readouts.
Please share 🙏
🔗 Apply now: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/de-DE/EMBL/d...
Please share 🙏
🔗 Apply now: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/de-DE/EMBL/d...
Great opportunity @ebi.embl.org with @juliosaezrod.bsky.social 👇🏾
Post-doc opening to join our lab @ebi.embl.org to develop&apply #bioinformatics and #machine-learning methods to study intra-/extra cellular networks to extract disease mechanisms from #single-cell and #spatial multiomic data - please share 🙏 : embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...
Postdoctoral fellow - Saez-Rodriguez Group
Your group Saez-Rodriguez Research Group Your supervisor Julio Saez-Rodriguez Your role As a postdoctoral fellow in the Saez Rodriguez group, you will develop and apply computational methods and tools...
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February 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Great opportunity @ebi.embl.org with @juliosaezrod.bsky.social 👇🏾
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Early-career researchers: Apply by 14 February for a funded place at the 'Democratising Microscopy in Latin America: Imaging Across Scales and Regions' Workshop occurring 12-15 October 2025.
https://bit.ly/4aXgFxq
#Microscopy #SciSky
https://bit.ly/4aXgFxq
#Microscopy #SciSky
February 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Early-career researchers: Apply by 14 February for a funded place at the 'Democratising Microscopy in Latin America: Imaging Across Scales and Regions' Workshop occurring 12-15 October 2025.
https://bit.ly/4aXgFxq
#Microscopy #SciSky
https://bit.ly/4aXgFxq
#Microscopy #SciSky
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Protein instability is the main driver of inherited genetic conditions, according to the largest map of protein variants to date − Human Domainome 1.0 🔎
This dataset can help predict how proteins behave, paving the way for new treatments 💊
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/hu...
This dataset can help predict how proteins behave, paving the way for new treatments 💊
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/hu...
January 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Protein instability is the main driver of inherited genetic conditions, according to the largest map of protein variants to date − Human Domainome 1.0 🔎
This dataset can help predict how proteins behave, paving the way for new treatments 💊
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/hu...
This dataset can help predict how proteins behave, paving the way for new treatments 💊
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/hu...
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Hello and Happy New Year Bluesky community! 🥳
To kick things off, we want to share some of the genetic insights we gained from last year and explore what is in store for the year ahead. ⤵️
sangerinstitute.blog/2024/12/20/e...
To kick things off, we want to share some of the genetic insights we gained from last year and explore what is in store for the year ahead. ⤵️
sangerinstitute.blog/2024/12/20/e...
Eight genetic gifts we received this year - Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog
What has genetics done for us? Well in 2024, it paved the way for better cancer treatment, supported conservation efforts and mapped the hidden world of connections in our bodies to name but three. So...
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January 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Hello and Happy New Year Bluesky community! 🥳
To kick things off, we want to share some of the genetic insights we gained from last year and explore what is in store for the year ahead. ⤵️
sangerinstitute.blog/2024/12/20/e...
To kick things off, we want to share some of the genetic insights we gained from last year and explore what is in store for the year ahead. ⤵️
sangerinstitute.blog/2024/12/20/e...
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Apply for our Pathway to Independence programme, a scheme supporting postdocs going on the job market in 2025 with training, mentorship, profile-raising and networking opportunities. Apply by 31 Jan 2025: https://buff.ly/3VJGgDC
December 27, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Apply for our Pathway to Independence programme, a scheme supporting postdocs going on the job market in 2025 with training, mentorship, profile-raising and networking opportunities. Apply by 31 Jan 2025: https://buff.ly/3VJGgDC