Philippa May
@philippamay.bsky.social
Consultant Clinical Scientist in Genomics. Talk to me about paediatric cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory disease, telomeres.....
Veggie Londoner with a fondness for Ireland, halloumi, chocolate orange Twirls and wildlife. Easily startled.
Veggie Londoner with a fondness for Ireland, halloumi, chocolate orange Twirls and wildlife. Easily startled.
Funny looking bicycles....?
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Funny looking bicycles....?
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This year’s TBD Awareness Month merch celebrates every part of what makes and drives our community. Whether you go for the icon, groovy, or emblem design, there’s a perfect piece of merch to show your support and spark conversation wherever you go. www.bonfire.com/store/team-t... #TBDawareness
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This year’s TBD Awareness Month merch celebrates every part of what makes and drives our community. Whether you go for the icon, groovy, or emblem design, there’s a perfect piece of merch to show your support and spark conversation wherever you go. www.bonfire.com/store/team-t... #TBDawareness
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RIP Renato Casaro
Master poster artist & designer. 1/3
Master poster artist & designer. 1/3
September 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
RIP Renato Casaro
Master poster artist & designer. 1/3
Master poster artist & designer. 1/3
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We turn 25 today!
July 7th marks the 25th anniversary of the human genome going online and the start of the UCSC Genome Browser.
Then vs. now, we have 165k monthly visitors, and our codebase is over three million lines of code.
See our news for more: bit.ly/genomeBrowser...
July 7th marks the 25th anniversary of the human genome going online and the start of the UCSC Genome Browser.
Then vs. now, we have 165k monthly visitors, and our codebase is over three million lines of code.
See our news for more: bit.ly/genomeBrowser...
July 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We turn 25 today!
July 7th marks the 25th anniversary of the human genome going online and the start of the UCSC Genome Browser.
Then vs. now, we have 165k monthly visitors, and our codebase is over three million lines of code.
See our news for more: bit.ly/genomeBrowser...
July 7th marks the 25th anniversary of the human genome going online and the start of the UCSC Genome Browser.
Then vs. now, we have 165k monthly visitors, and our codebase is over three million lines of code.
See our news for more: bit.ly/genomeBrowser...
Should have been waking up in Milan ahead of #ESHG2025. To cut a long story short, I'm not, I'm still here in London.
And I have massive FOMO
And I have massive FOMO
May 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Should have been waking up in Milan ahead of #ESHG2025. To cut a long story short, I'm not, I'm still here in London.
And I have massive FOMO
And I have massive FOMO
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Read.. remember the scene in #HandmaidsTale where her bank card doesn’t work anymore.. ? This is that scene. This is now.
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Read.. remember the scene in #HandmaidsTale where her bank card doesn’t work anymore.. ? This is that scene. This is now.
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Please stop funding Bezos. Stop buying from Amazon. If you work somewhere with Amazon purchases let your employer know that you disapprove. #Amazon=Collaboration
Bezos spiked the Washington Post editorial endorsing Harris, saying that the paper needed to stay neutral to maintain the trust of its readership.
Now the Washington Post editorial board is out with a piece urging Congress to rubber stamp nearly all of Trump's cabinet nominees
Now the Washington Post editorial board is out with a piece urging Congress to rubber stamp nearly all of Trump's cabinet nominees
January 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Please stop funding Bezos. Stop buying from Amazon. If you work somewhere with Amazon purchases let your employer know that you disapprove. #Amazon=Collaboration
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I found a tree near work which had dropped some interesting fir cones so I persuaded some workmates to collect some with me. Made Christmas wreaths, including this one with a #DNA theme for the #genomics lab door (stupidly I forgot to take a picture of the whole thing so here is a little corner).
December 21, 2024 at 7:43 AM
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SurVIndel2: improving copy number variant calling from next-generation sequencing using hidden split reads. #CNV #VariantCalling #Genomics @naturecomms.bsky.social 🧬 🖥️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
SurVIndel2: improving copy number variant calling from next-generation sequencing using hidden split reads - Nature Communications
Copy number variants (CNVs) are the most common structural variants in human genomes however detecting them using short read sequencing is challenging. Here the authors introduce a method that uses a ...
www.nature.com
December 20, 2024 at 10:32 PM
SurVIndel2: improving copy number variant calling from next-generation sequencing using hidden split reads. #CNV #VariantCalling #Genomics @naturecomms.bsky.social 🧬 🖥️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This is absolutely horrifying.
Superb piece of investigative journalism here (via @jvipondmd.bsky.social). How a rogue doctor milked America’s healthcare business for millions - including assigning cancer diagnoses to people who didn’t have cancer. Yes, he seems to have killed a few. #medsky
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
A Hospital Helped a Beloved Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did th...
www.propublica.org
December 7, 2024 at 11:19 PM
This is absolutely horrifying.
I am not looking forward to the inauguration, obviously, BUT Bernie Sanders might put his #mittens on again, and inspire another meme. I would like that
November 19, 2024 at 8:09 PM
I am not looking forward to the inauguration, obviously, BUT Bernie Sanders might put his #mittens on again, and inspire another meme. I would like that
Wow, bluesky is busy today!
Almost one year to the day after I switched from paediatric cancer and started in cardiovascular #genomics at the wonderful Royal Brompton Hopsital, here is my first contribution to the field: genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Almost one year to the day after I switched from paediatric cancer and started in cardiovascular #genomics at the wonderful Royal Brompton Hopsital, here is my first contribution to the field: genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Cardiomyopathies in 100,000 genomes project: interval evaluation improves diagnostic yield and informs strategies for ongoing gene discovery - Genome Medicine
Background Cardiomyopathies are clinically important conditions, with a strong genetic component. National genomic initiatives such as 100,000 Genome Project (100KGP) provide opportunity to study thes...
genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Wow, bluesky is busy today!
Almost one year to the day after I switched from paediatric cancer and started in cardiovascular #genomics at the wonderful Royal Brompton Hopsital, here is my first contribution to the field: genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Almost one year to the day after I switched from paediatric cancer and started in cardiovascular #genomics at the wonderful Royal Brompton Hopsital, here is my first contribution to the field: genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Today is Fight Procrastination Day apparently so I thought I’d write a poem in celebration of that. Not quite managed to finish it but I’ll sort out the title tomorrow.
![[Title to come]
My philosophy is not hard to follow;
it consists of one rule, let me tell it straight –
don’t do today what can be done tomorrow.
I strike when the iron is cold, then wallow;
telling time and tide to bloody well wait.
My philosophy is not hard to follow.
What’s carpe diem? I confess to not know.
I’ll look it up at some future date –
why do today what can be done tomorrow?
The day to come is packed with hours to borrow;
a stitch in time saves only seven or eight.
My philosophy is not hard to follow.
Indecision is a chisel to hollow
out the hours; in dithering, I don’t hesitate.
Why do today what can be done tomorrow?
“What can’t I do today?” That’s my motto;
procrastination’s all the rage of late.
It’s a philosophy I like to follow:
don’t do today what can be done tomorrow.
Brian Bilston](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3hptt3d3jvwahhnl3jvsycc2/bafkreid2omul322o5ntxwylhz3la4m3wtsb7olri4znjky7n67e7bm7gsi@jpeg)
September 6, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Today is Fight Procrastination Day apparently so I thought I’d write a poem in celebration of that. Not quite managed to finish it but I’ll sort out the title tomorrow.
Just had a 'Hello again May' in an email thread where he had called me Philippa throughout...
I am forgetful, but seriously?! I never understand why this happens. May is a firstname, fair enough, but who ever had Philippa as a surname?
I am forgetful, but seriously?! I never understand why this happens. May is a firstname, fair enough, but who ever had Philippa as a surname?
January 3, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Just had a 'Hello again May' in an email thread where he had called me Philippa throughout...
I am forgetful, but seriously?! I never understand why this happens. May is a firstname, fair enough, but who ever had Philippa as a surname?
I am forgetful, but seriously?! I never understand why this happens. May is a firstname, fair enough, but who ever had Philippa as a surname?
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Daily Reminder
November 9, 2023 at 3:38 PM
Daily Reminder
Quote with a picture of water that you took
October 24, 2023 at 9:12 AM
Quote with a picture of water that you took
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If you give Elon musk your credit card information in October 2023 it should ding your credit score
October 18, 2023 at 1:16 AM
If you give Elon musk your credit card information in October 2023 it should ding your credit score
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ketchup diagram
October 18, 2023 at 3:16 PM
ketchup diagram
Hello! I'm #NewToBlueSky; thank you to @benjaminmartin.bsky.social for code (and to @lordgenome.bsky.social for trying!)
Twitter has become intolerable. Question for others in same situation: do you cross-post here and there, or just here?
Twitter has become intolerable. Question for others in same situation: do you cross-post here and there, or just here?
October 18, 2023 at 10:39 PM
Hello! I'm #NewToBlueSky; thank you to @benjaminmartin.bsky.social for code (and to @lordgenome.bsky.social for trying!)
Twitter has become intolerable. Question for others in same situation: do you cross-post here and there, or just here?
Twitter has become intolerable. Question for others in same situation: do you cross-post here and there, or just here?