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Sean Bankier
@seanbankier.bsky.social
Researcher at University of Bergen. Working with systems genetics, causal inference, and networks to understand complex traits.
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Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...
October 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Celebrating grant award with a mountain run! MitoPhyto, a FRIPRO project, will combine modelling and microscopy to explore mitochondrial and mtDNA maintenance across non-bilaterian multicellular eukaryotes. Opportunities to come to Norway: please see next post
June 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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We have an open PhD position in molecular modeling to work on the recognition of pollutants by fish receptors. More information and application procedure: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Come and work with us ;)
PhD Research Fellow in molecular modeling (279265) | University of Bergen
Job title: PhD Research Fellow in molecular modeling (279265), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, May 4, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
April 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.


I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
March 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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UK cover reveal for CRICK. There may be some tweaks, and a more focused quote, but this is what we have. Only say nice things. Out in November (!), pre-order from your local bookshop or somewhere nice.
March 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I'm really pleased to be able to share our latest work on reconstructing causal protein networks in human serum, where we find important links with myocardial infarction! www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Circulating causal protein networks linked to future risk of myocardial infarction
Variations in blood protein levels have been associated with a broad spectrum of complex diseases, including atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD). These associations highlight the intricate i...
www.medrxiv.org
February 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Excited to share our latest pre-print, where we have investigated the interplay between tissue-signaling and the plasma proteome! www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Plasma proteins are integral to gene-regulatory networks acting within and across blood cells, the arterial wall and major metabolic organs
The plasma proteome is the future for diagnostic markers for common diseases, like cardiometabolic disorders (CMDs) and coronary artery disease (CAD). The reliability of these markers requires identif...
www.medrxiv.org
January 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
There I was thinking that 3000 proteins for 54K samples was impressive!
January 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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RTs much appreciated... would love to reach both AMR and biomath folks!
"Evolutionary accumulation modelling in AMR: machine learning to infer and predict evolutionary dynamics of multi-drug resistance"
arxiv.org/abs/2411.00219
We think EvAM methods have some potential in AMR. 🧵
November 29, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Oslo airport has a "therapy dog" at my gate for people to spend time with while waiting for their flight! Definitely a welcome distraction from the usual misery of plane travel.
November 19, 2024 at 10:21 AM
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Important article from James Zou on the abuse of LLMs for peer-review at ML conferences.
ChatGPT is transforming peer review — how can we use it responsibly?
At major computer-science publication venues, up to 17% of the peer reviews are now written by artificial intelligence. We need guidelines before things get out of hand.
www.nature.com
November 7, 2024 at 10:54 PM
I'm very honoured to have been awarded the Journal of Human Genetics young scientist award at the Japan Society of Human Genetics annual meeting in October! This was for our work on the the impact of genetic variation for plasma cortisol on cardiovascular disease. www.nature.com/articles/s10...
Young Scientist Award 2024 - Journal of Human Genetics
Journal of Human Genetics - Young Scientist Award 2024
www.nature.com
November 1, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Decided to make the move from barely ever posting on "the other place" to barely ever posting on here instead.
October 26, 2024 at 10:51 AM