Andrew Beggs
adbeggs.bsky.social
Andrew Beggs
@adbeggs.bsky.social
Prof Cancer Genetics & Surgery @unibirmingham, Colorectal Surgeon @uhbtrust, Scientist as well as surgeon. MRC Senior Fellow. Cancer/Surgery/Genomics.
🧧🧧🧧🧧 So another exciting finding for the weekend before I go on vacation.

*FFPE Ligation Sequencing for ALL!*

For a long while it was thought that ligation (i.e. native DNA) sequencing on @nanoporetech.com was difficult, if not impossible.
April 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Amazing bit of cleaning tech this morning @unibirmingham.bsky.social - our robot overlords have clearly arrived 😂
March 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
🚨🚨JOB ALERT

We’ve got a new job going developing AI algorithms for molecular classification of H&E images of ovarian cancer. Led by Elaine Leung you’ll get to learn cutting edge techniques and travel overseas

More details here:

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March 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Want to join us in Birmingham?! In a few months the University of Birmingham will be re-opening its 125th Anniversary Chair and Fellows Scheme.

One of our strengths currently in the lab is organoid modelling, genomic medicine and Nanopore sequencing, especially in cancer.
February 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Really delighted to show our first attempts at growing Wilms Tumour organoids (left) and the kidney (right) from paediatric patients by @maxpedsurg.bsky.social ,Zeynep Kaya and Kaitlin Marley.

Funding from @littleprincesses.bsky.social

Project here:

www.littleprincesses.org.uk/news/innovat...
February 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Trying to improve somatic cancer genomic testing in the NHS at the moment feels like an Esherian/Penrose staircase. Always falling. Immensely painful.

It is almost as if we want to go backwards as a healthcare system.
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February 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
We’ve been doing it for a little while anyway 😉but we thought we should make it official - we are now certified service providers for @nanoporetech.com sequencing

For service work contact Genomics Birmingham - lnkd.in/e_nmh2Ki

For research and collaboration enquiries - email me!
January 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Yes it is me on here from Twitter..
January 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM