Jon Farrow
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Jon Farrow
@jonfarrow.bsky.social
Canadian science communicator in the UK.

Comms Lead in the Genomic Surveillance Unit at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. Views my own.
Today’s highlight of the #FOG2025 was a panel featuring four leaders of incredible bioresources.

I might have expected they’d be competitors, but instead they’re colleagues with a shared mission.
@genomicsengland.bsky.social
@bioresourcencl.bsky.social
@ukbiobank.bsky.social
@Our Future Health
January 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Fascinating to listen to @ewanharrison.bsky.social talk about the microbiome in your nose, and the technology that he’s developing with the @gsugenomics.bsky.social to bring down the cost of sequencing 20+ viruses from the same sample.
January 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
…Less good hearing that the twin study was founded by the Eugenecist Galton.

@adamrutherford.bsky.social with a tour-de-force on the “pernicious history” of our field at #FOG2025

Always important to remember the context of our work. Eugenics ideas are still around, not just from the past.
January 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
As the father of twins, love hearing Tim Spector talk about how important twins are for understanding the interplay between genetics and environment at #FOG2025

@flgenomics.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
At the Festival of Genomics with @gsugenomics.bsky.social today!

If you’re here and want to find out more about how the GSU is using genomics to improve global human health, let’s meet up!

#FOG2025 @flgenomics.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM