Simon White
@simonjwhite.bsky.social
UK expat living in SF bay area. Formerly of EnsEMBL and Baylor College of Medicine HGSC, now a bioinformatics
data engineer at Helix
data engineer at Helix
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The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
March 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
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Huge crowds in SF today for #standupforscience. inspiring stories, not only from scientists like @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social, but also people who have lived through life-saving/changing experiences as a direct consequence of federally-funded scientific research 💪🏽
March 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Huge crowds in SF today for #standupforscience. inspiring stories, not only from scientists like @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social, but also people who have lived through life-saving/changing experiences as a direct consequence of federally-funded scientific research 💪🏽
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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Brexit makes no sense in a world dominated by Trump. Britain’s place is back in the EU | Jonathan Freedland
Brexit makes no sense in a world dominated by Trump. Britain’s place is back in the EU | Jonathan Freedland
From defence to trade, the incoming US president is upending the old order – and standing apart from our neighbours leaves us dangerously exposed
It’s one damn thing after another. As Keir Starmer is discovering, government, like life, can feel like a…
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Brexit makes no sense in a world dominated by Trump. Britain’s place is back in the EU | Jonathan Freedland
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Computational methods in biology opened a new world of insights and breakthroughs. 🌍 🖥️
EMBL has been at the forefront of innovations which have propelled the field forward and opened up access to bioinformatics data and resources for the entire scientific community.
🧬 www.embl.org/news/science...
EMBL has been at the forefront of innovations which have propelled the field forward and opened up access to bioinformatics data and resources for the entire scientific community.
🧬 www.embl.org/news/science...
November 26, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Computational methods in biology opened a new world of insights and breakthroughs. 🌍 🖥️
EMBL has been at the forefront of innovations which have propelled the field forward and opened up access to bioinformatics data and resources for the entire scientific community.
🧬 www.embl.org/news/science...
EMBL has been at the forefront of innovations which have propelled the field forward and opened up access to bioinformatics data and resources for the entire scientific community.
🧬 www.embl.org/news/science...
As an expat Brit living in California I must admit I find it quite reassuring listening to debates from the UK around inheritance tax and farming. So nice to hear people discussing actual politics instead of learning about which sex offender is going to run which department of state
November 27, 2024 at 5:56 AM
As an expat Brit living in California I must admit I find it quite reassuring listening to debates from the UK around inheritance tax and farming. So nice to hear people discussing actual politics instead of learning about which sex offender is going to run which department of state
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John Prescott used to say “when I die all they’ll go on about is that bloody punch!” Well no, they went on about a whole lot more. I did a dozen or so interviews paying tribute today and it was so nice to hear so many recalling him so fondly and recognising his enormous achievers and character
November 21, 2024 at 8:46 PM
John Prescott used to say “when I die all they’ll go on about is that bloody punch!” Well no, they went on about a whole lot more. I did a dozen or so interviews paying tribute today and it was so nice to hear so many recalling him so fondly and recognising his enormous achievers and character
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We're pleased to share our GENCODE 2025 NAR database paper: tinyurl.com/3etnfw4j Thanks to all our collaborators, friends and users. This is now the main citation for our resource, and hopefully also a good explanation of how and why we do what we do.
GENCODE 2025: reference gene annotation for human and mouse
Abstract. GENCODE produces comprehensive reference gene annotation for human and mouse. Entering its twentieth year, the project remains highly active as n
tinyurl.com
November 21, 2024 at 11:21 AM
We're pleased to share our GENCODE 2025 NAR database paper: tinyurl.com/3etnfw4j Thanks to all our collaborators, friends and users. This is now the main citation for our resource, and hopefully also a good explanation of how and why we do what we do.
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Validation of a wearable ultrasound sensor for continuous blood pressure monitoring, a key unmet need www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 20, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Validation of a wearable ultrasound sensor for continuous blood pressure monitoring, a key unmet need www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I am one of 100s of scientists in the the World that is Watching the U.S. Deal With Bird Flu, and It’s Scary! Today, my opinion piece on the NY Times. Let's hope we take more serious epidemics and pandemics and deal with them before they emerge. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...
Opinion | The U.S. Response to Bird Flu is Not Reassuring the World
The U.S. needs to reassure the world it has the outbreak under control.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:29 AM
I am one of 100s of scientists in the the World that is Watching the U.S. Deal With Bird Flu, and It’s Scary! Today, my opinion piece on the NY Times. Let's hope we take more serious epidemics and pandemics and deal with them before they emerge. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...
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Name a better qualified doctor than Dr. Oz, we’ll go first:
November 19, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Name a better qualified doctor than Dr. Oz, we’ll go first:
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Wii U launched 12 years ago today.
While the system may have failed sales-wise, Nintendo put out VERY good software for it.
The fact that many of Wii U's best games are now Switch's best (and most successful) games, speaks volumes.
While the system may have failed sales-wise, Nintendo put out VERY good software for it.
The fact that many of Wii U's best games are now Switch's best (and most successful) games, speaks volumes.
November 18, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Wii U launched 12 years ago today.
While the system may have failed sales-wise, Nintendo put out VERY good software for it.
The fact that many of Wii U's best games are now Switch's best (and most successful) games, speaks volumes.
While the system may have failed sales-wise, Nintendo put out VERY good software for it.
The fact that many of Wii U's best games are now Switch's best (and most successful) games, speaks volumes.
Spent last weekend at the Olympic Village in Tahoe. I am now so Californian It never even occurred to me to check the weather. Started to snow and I don't have any snow chains for the car, just about got back down the mountain before they closed the highway. There is a lesson in there somewhere...
November 16, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Spent last weekend at the Olympic Village in Tahoe. I am now so Californian It never even occurred to me to check the weather. Started to snow and I don't have any snow chains for the car, just about got back down the mountain before they closed the highway. There is a lesson in there somewhere...
I left twitter for Mastodon ages ago but kind of missed the #bioinformatics community, I am hoping to find it again here.
November 15, 2024 at 4:39 AM
I left twitter for Mastodon ages ago but kind of missed the #bioinformatics community, I am hoping to find it again here.
@nickthewheel.bsky.social maybe I will just come over here instead
November 13, 2024 at 9:30 PM
@nickthewheel.bsky.social maybe I will just come over here instead