Ultan McDermott
@ultanmcd.bsky.social
Oncologist. Chief Scientist at AstraZeneca. Trained at @MGHCancerCenter. Interested in the evolution of drug resistance. Views are my own.
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Exciting FULL PROFESSORSHIP at the Vienna BioCenter - Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Mechanisms: www.maxperutzlabs.ac.at/news/open-po... Come be our colleague!
Full Professorship in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
The Max Perutz Labs - one of Europe’s leading institutes for basic research in the life sciences - invite applications for a Full Professorship in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease. We are seeking outst...
www.maxperutzlabs.ac.at
September 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Exciting FULL PROFESSORSHIP at the Vienna BioCenter - Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Mechanisms: www.maxperutzlabs.ac.at/news/open-po... Come be our colleague!
This is pretty depressing - why OpenSNP, a company with a data-centric belief that genetic data would be a key driver for improving human health and medicine, will close (and delete all of its data) opensnp.wordpress.com. Turns out the biggest users were law enforcement and govt, not labs or pharma.
openSNP
crowdsourcing genome wide association studies
opensnp.wordpress.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:23 AM
This is pretty depressing - why OpenSNP, a company with a data-centric belief that genetic data would be a key driver for improving human health and medicine, will close (and delete all of its data) opensnp.wordpress.com. Turns out the biggest users were law enforcement and govt, not labs or pharma.
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And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
March 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
Interesting discussion re NHS Galleri study using methylation of cfDNA in 140K volunteers randomised to Galleri vs standard of care - whether reduction in late stage III/IV versus cancer mortality are best endpoints www.genomeweb.com/cancer/debat...
Debate Over Multi-Cancer Screening Tests Shifts Pending Grail Randomized Trial Results
Leaders from diagnostics firms and academia discussed the challenges of assessing these tests and the need for a consensus on how to bring them to the clinic.
www.genomeweb.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Interesting discussion re NHS Galleri study using methylation of cfDNA in 140K volunteers randomised to Galleri vs standard of care - whether reduction in late stage III/IV versus cancer mortality are best endpoints www.genomeweb.com/cancer/debat...
Please forward to any interested scientists - we're looking for a scientist to work in our functional genomics centre to find new cancer targets in Cambridge, UK. A mix of wet lab as well as computational skills a plus.
astrazeneca.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
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Senior scientist – functional genomics
Senior scientist – functional genomics Location: Cambridge Salary: Competitive About AstraZeneca AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, and patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the...
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March 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Please forward to any interested scientists - we're looking for a scientist to work in our functional genomics centre to find new cancer targets in Cambridge, UK. A mix of wet lab as well as computational skills a plus.
astrazeneca.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
astrazeneca.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
Hi - if any newly minted PhD students interested in a 1-year post in AstraZeneca in Cambridge, UK working on drug resistance - please share with your networks. An opportunity to see what it's like in industry.
astrazeneca.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
astrazeneca.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
December 6, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Hi - if any newly minted PhD students interested in a 1-year post in AstraZeneca in Cambridge, UK working on drug resistance - please share with your networks. An opportunity to see what it's like in industry.
astrazeneca.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
astrazeneca.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
Antibody drug conjugates are showing promise across a range of solid tumours and haem malignancies - if you're confused by DAR, linkers, payloads....this is a great starting place! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
September 8, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Antibody drug conjugates are showing promise across a range of solid tumours and haem malignancies - if you're confused by DAR, linkers, payloads....this is a great starting place! www.nature.com/articles/d41...