Lee Murphy
@leemurphy.bsky.social
I run a genomics lab @ University of Edinburgh investigating the role of genetics on health & disease. Supporter of Technician Commitment. CSci MIScT. Hill runner.
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A recurrent sequencing artifact on Illumina sequencers with two-color fluorescent dye chemistry and its impact on somatic variant detection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.27.678978v1
September 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A recurrent sequencing artifact on Illumina sequencers with two-color fluorescent dye chemistry and its impact on somatic variant detection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.27.678978v1
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IGC is looking for a Core Facility Bioinformatician to provide bioinformatics expertise and support to researchers across the Institute, working at the intersection of computational and experimental science. Find out more and apply by 13 October: edin.ac/3R5dEBU
@cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social
@cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
IGC is looking for a Core Facility Bioinformatician to provide bioinformatics expertise and support to researchers across the Institute, working at the intersection of computational and experimental science. Find out more and apply by 13 October: edin.ac/3R5dEBU
@cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social
@cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social
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For National #TechnicianWeek, Head of the Genetics Core in the Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility @leemurphy.bsky.social writes about the funding and training opportunities available to technicians through TSN ROKS 👉
edin.ac/4g604dp @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social @uoetechnicians.bsky.social
edin.ac/4g604dp @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social @uoetechnicians.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
For National #TechnicianWeek, Head of the Genetics Core in the Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility @leemurphy.bsky.social writes about the funding and training opportunities available to technicians through TSN ROKS 👉
edin.ac/4g604dp @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social @uoetechnicians.bsky.social
edin.ac/4g604dp @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social @uoetechnicians.bsky.social
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📢 Save the date! 🗓️
Tuesday 26 August, 2025 | 10:00 – 15:30 | Playfair Library, Edinburgh
Generation Scotland are delighted to announce a forthcoming Symposium: Looking back at GS’s achievements and learning over the past 20 years.
More details and registration information will be shared soon.
Tuesday 26 August, 2025 | 10:00 – 15:30 | Playfair Library, Edinburgh
Generation Scotland are delighted to announce a forthcoming Symposium: Looking back at GS’s achievements and learning over the past 20 years.
More details and registration information will be shared soon.
June 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
📢 Save the date! 🗓️
Tuesday 26 August, 2025 | 10:00 – 15:30 | Playfair Library, Edinburgh
Generation Scotland are delighted to announce a forthcoming Symposium: Looking back at GS’s achievements and learning over the past 20 years.
More details and registration information will be shared soon.
Tuesday 26 August, 2025 | 10:00 – 15:30 | Playfair Library, Edinburgh
Generation Scotland are delighted to announce a forthcoming Symposium: Looking back at GS’s achievements and learning over the past 20 years.
More details and registration information will be shared soon.
Seen on today's walk. Scottish Paranormal. "A team of Paranormal researchers with a primary goal to scientifically demonstrate the existence of the afterlife"
May 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Seen on today's walk. Scottish Paranormal. "A team of Paranormal researchers with a primary goal to scientifically demonstrate the existence of the afterlife"
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Albums of Scotland: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead. Released on the Blanco y Negro label in 1992.
May 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Albums of Scotland: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead. Released on the Blanco y Negro label in 1992.
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🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations!
These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.
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These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.
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May 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations!
These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.
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These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.
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The Current Landscape of Plasma Proteomics - comparing Olink, Somalogic and Mass Spectrometry
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The Current Landscape of Plasma Proteomics: Technical Advances, Biological Insights, and Biomarker Discovery
Plasma is a rich source of biomolecules, including proteins, that reflect both health and disease. Due to their key roles in biological processes, proteins hold significant potential as biomarkers, fu...
www.biorxiv.org
May 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Current Landscape of Plasma Proteomics - comparing Olink, Somalogic and Mass Spectrometry
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
That's me registered for Genome Science. I just need to decide on an abstract to submit. www.genomescience.org.uk
Genome Science
9th - 11th July 2025, Newcastle University
www.genomescience.org.uk
May 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
That's me registered for Genome Science. I just need to decide on an abstract to submit. www.genomescience.org.uk
Sunday social ride in the Yorkshire sunshine 🌞
April 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Sunday social ride in the Yorkshire sunshine 🌞
A great example of how core facilities innovate as well as support research 👏
I did a thing 👇
@diagnosticsne.bsky.social 'Under the Microscope' Episode 8 – Unlocking Innovation at the Genomics Core Facility 🧬🧬
diagnosticsnortheast.org.uk/under-the-mi...
@diagnosticsne.bsky.social 'Under the Microscope' Episode 8 – Unlocking Innovation at the Genomics Core Facility 🧬🧬
diagnosticsnortheast.org.uk/under-the-mi...
Under the Microscope: Episode 8 – Unlocking Innovation at the Genomics Core Facility – Diagnostics North East
diagnosticsnortheast.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A great example of how core facilities innovate as well as support research 👏
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Confirmed: the 2027 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will begin in the UK
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/the-g...
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/the-g...
'The grandest of Grand Départs': 2027 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes coming to the UK
The men's race will return to Britain for the first time in 13 years, with the women's event visiting the UK for the first time
www.cyclingweekly.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Confirmed: the 2027 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will begin in the UK
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/the-g...
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/the-g...
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Genome Science UK is coming to Newcastle: 9th-11th July 2025
Earlybird registration & abstract submission now open - please spread the word!
See you all in Newcastle in the summer! 😎🧬🧬 🌞 #Genomics
- please keep checking the website for up-dates
www.genomescience.org.uk/2025-03-07-G...
Earlybird registration & abstract submission now open - please spread the word!
See you all in Newcastle in the summer! 😎🧬🧬 🌞 #Genomics
- please keep checking the website for up-dates
www.genomescience.org.uk/2025-03-07-G...
Genome Science UK 2025
Newcastle University
www.genomescience.org.uk
March 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Genome Science UK is coming to Newcastle: 9th-11th July 2025
Earlybird registration & abstract submission now open - please spread the word!
See you all in Newcastle in the summer! 😎🧬🧬 🌞 #Genomics
- please keep checking the website for up-dates
www.genomescience.org.uk/2025-03-07-G...
Earlybird registration & abstract submission now open - please spread the word!
See you all in Newcastle in the summer! 😎🧬🧬 🌞 #Genomics
- please keep checking the website for up-dates
www.genomescience.org.uk/2025-03-07-G...
My 50th blood donation today. Pretty proud of that 😄🩸
March 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
My 50th blood donation today. Pretty proud of that 😄🩸
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Excited to be awarded funding from WellcomeTrust for InFrame research cultures project for “RTPs : Recognising Leadership and Expertise (RELAX)” to highlight role of #technicalspecialists as research leaders. @uoe-sps.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social #corefacilities
March 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Excited to be awarded funding from WellcomeTrust for InFrame research cultures project for “RTPs : Recognising Leadership and Expertise (RELAX)” to highlight role of #technicalspecialists as research leaders. @uoe-sps.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social #corefacilities
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Our first video in a new mini series! 🥰 Created with the amazing Helios (helios-media.co.uk) and volunteers. Thank you Zak for sharing why we need YOUR help to improve the understanding, treatment and prevention of conditions & highlighting the importance of young people in research! www.gen.scot
February 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Our first video in a new mini series! 🥰 Created with the amazing Helios (helios-media.co.uk) and volunteers. Thank you Zak for sharing why we need YOUR help to improve the understanding, treatment and prevention of conditions & highlighting the importance of young people in research! www.gen.scot
Job opportunity for a flow cytometry core facility manager Edinburgh
Our search for a flow cytometry core facility manager for King's Buildings, University of Edinburgh, is finally live. Join us!
Conventional & spectral. Parasites, immune cells, algae, bacteria, yeast and more. Full-time, open-ended.
Apply by 17 March.
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Conventional & spectral. Parasites, immune cells, algae, bacteria, yeast and more. Full-time, open-ended.
Apply by 17 March.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Flow Facility Manager
We are looking for a facility manager for the SBS flow cytometry core facility. This is a full-time position (35 hours per week) with most of that time expected to be on campus in the flow facility. W...
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February 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Job opportunity for a flow cytometry core facility manager Edinburgh
This week we have been testing the Olink Reveal kit. This uses a sequencing read output to look at 1036 proteins, providing a broad look at the proteome along with deeper profiling of inflammation. Pretty impressed with the kit, analysis is ongoing.
February 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This week we have been testing the Olink Reveal kit. This uses a sequencing read output to look at 1036 proteins, providing a broad look at the proteome along with deeper profiling of inflammation. Pretty impressed with the kit, analysis is ongoing.
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📢Join our mental health study for ages 12-15 living in Scotland: www.gslonelinessteens.com This research takes place on an app, looking at experiences of social interactions and loneliness. We are proud to have developed this study with young people, ensuring their voices are heard in our research!
February 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
📢Join our mental health study for ages 12-15 living in Scotland: www.gslonelinessteens.com This research takes place on an app, looking at experiences of social interactions and loneliness. We are proud to have developed this study with young people, ensuring their voices are heard in our research!
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Thank you to @leemurphy.bsky.social and the rest of the lab for showing us how our DNA helps with health research! 🥰
We had a brilliant time filming with Helios Media 🤩 (content coming soon) If you’ve joined, do remember to return you sample to us! And there’s still time to join at www.gen.scot 💙
We had a brilliant time filming with Helios Media 🤩 (content coming soon) If you’ve joined, do remember to return you sample to us! And there’s still time to join at www.gen.scot 💙
February 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Thank you to @leemurphy.bsky.social and the rest of the lab for showing us how our DNA helps with health research! 🥰
We had a brilliant time filming with Helios Media 🤩 (content coming soon) If you’ve joined, do remember to return you sample to us! And there’s still time to join at www.gen.scot 💙
We had a brilliant time filming with Helios Media 🤩 (content coming soon) If you’ve joined, do remember to return you sample to us! And there’s still time to join at www.gen.scot 💙
A bit of filming in the lab for the @genscot.bsky.social study today.
February 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A bit of filming in the lab for the @genscot.bsky.social study today.
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We are back for 2025 with our 7th episode!!
Our fin-tastic chat with Paul Strachan, BVS Aquatics Deputy Manager, drops later this week!
We had a lot of fun talking about what it's like being a #zebrafish Technician and why fish are the future!
Our fin-tastic chat with Paul Strachan, BVS Aquatics Deputy Manager, drops later this week!
We had a lot of fun talking about what it's like being a #zebrafish Technician and why fish are the future!
January 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We are back for 2025 with our 7th episode!!
Our fin-tastic chat with Paul Strachan, BVS Aquatics Deputy Manager, drops later this week!
We had a lot of fun talking about what it's like being a #zebrafish Technician and why fish are the future!
Our fin-tastic chat with Paul Strachan, BVS Aquatics Deputy Manager, drops later this week!
We had a lot of fun talking about what it's like being a #zebrafish Technician and why fish are the future!
Top 3 films set in Edinburgh.
3. The Illusionist
2. Sunshine on Leith
1. Eurovision song contest: the story of fire saga
3. The Illusionist
2. Sunshine on Leith
1. Eurovision song contest: the story of fire saga
January 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Top 3 films set in Edinburgh.
3. The Illusionist
2. Sunshine on Leith
1. Eurovision song contest: the story of fire saga
3. The Illusionist
2. Sunshine on Leith
1. Eurovision song contest: the story of fire saga