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Houlston Lab, ICR
@houlstonlab-icr.bsky.social
We are the Cancer Genomics group at @icrlondon.bsky.social working to understand the genetic basis of cancer. GWAS, TWAS, pheWAS, MR, WGS, Hi-C, genetic epidemiology, functional annotation

https://houlston.group
Some clear patterns from the tasters, further reinforcing the evidence for the winners and losers. Of course there are always people with different tastes!

#data #datascience #dataiseverywhere #dataisbeautiful
April 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The winner was the Lidl St Clements buns, followed closely by the Tesco St Clements and Sainburys buns. The Aldi Nutoka and Waitrose St Clements buns were not well received!

(Horizontal bars indicate the median, bun icons indicate the mean)
April 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It's not all work and no play in the Houlston Lab. We had our annual #Easter taste test! Returning to hot cross buns this year. We went a bit maverick and allowed some more ... unconventional varieties!

#hotcrossbuns #tastetests

📸: @jessicamayh.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🧬 Some promising novel candidates for therapeutic inhibition included:
• BAFF-R and CD39 in HL
• CD25 in MM
• CD27 in CLL
• CD80/86 in DLBCL
• CCR2 in FL and MZL
April 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We looked at follicular lymphoma (FL), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), marginal zone lymphoma (MZL), chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), and multiple myeloma (MM), totalling 22,922 cases and 394,204 controls
April 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The team is at the #FestivalOfGenomics! If you see us, come say hi!

#FOG25 #genomics
January 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM