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- Reposted by alexblakesNew paper on everyone’s favourite topic, QC! We show why you should do genotype-level QC on your WGS data www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Very real quotes about this paper - “The most exciting, mind-blowing paper of the year!” “On a par with Fisher 1918” “I read it every night. Just so beautiful”
- Reposted by alexblakes*A new pre-print on increasing gene expression!* 🧬📈 doi.org/10.64898/202...
- Reposted by alexblakesOur new study defines a distinct #neurogenetic condition arising from recurrent structural variants at 16p13.3 palindrome. Individuals show progressive ataxia, cognitive decline, and a characteristic MRI pattern with caudate & cerebellar atrophy. #Genomics #RareDisease 🧵1/3
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- Congratulations to you and the whole team on this really beautiful work. This is a really important discovery for patients and families affected by rare conditions.
- The biology here is fascinating too. Really nice to see the clustering of compound het / homozygous variants in the Sm site in your cohort for example.
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- Reposted by alexblakesAfter our study on RNU4-2 and RNU5B-1 published in May (Nava et al, Nature Genetics 2025), I am excited to share our new preprint reporting dominant and recessive variants in RNU2-2 as a frequent cause of developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE). 📄 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- Reposted by alexblakesWhile I was taking a holiday last week, 2 super exciting preprints dropped, adding to another posted 6 days prior. These papers describe a remarkable role for *recessive* variants in *RNU2-2* causing developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 🧵 by the amazing @christeldepienne.bsky.social 👇 1/3
- After our study on RNU4-2 and RNU5B-1 published in May (Nava et al, Nature Genetics 2025), I am excited to share our new preprint reporting dominant and recessive variants in RNU2-2 as a frequent cause of developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE). 📄 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Congratulations @alextremophile.bsky.social, tremendous to see this online! :)
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- Reposted by alexblakesLove when you can build a paper out of a personal bugbear! tl;dr the precomputed SpliceAI scores are great, but proceed with caution!
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- Reposted by alexblakes3/3 I am thrilled to be part of a study establishing the clinical phenotypes of NDD associated with recessive variants in RNU4-2. Thank you to @rociorius.bsky.social, @alexblakes.bsky.social, @cassimons.bsky.social and @nickywhiffin.bsky.social for leading this work! More details: lnkd.in/eTJ5Rapt
- Reposted by alexblakes1st Bluesky post with recent updates: 1/3 It was incredible to attend and speak at the ReNU Hope Conference in Long Island, NY. This was the first time I met the families and the ReNU warriors, sharing many touching stories. I hope to continue advocacy in China where few are currently diagnosed.
- Reposted by alexblakesNuevo diagnóstico ligado a #RNU4-2 🧬: variantes bialélicas causan un #TND recesivo con cambios característicos en sustancia blanca en RM 👉 hay que considerar este gen no codificante en la búsqueda/diagnóstico. tinyurl.com/3j9r56s8 La historia completa la cuenta @alexblakes.bsky.social aqui 🧵👇
- I am absolutely delighted to share our work describing a new *recessive* condition caused by variants in #RNU4-2. Yes, that #RNU4-2! tinyurl.com/3j9r56s8 @rociorius.bsky.social @yuyangchen.bsky.social @gregfindlay.bsky.social @dgmacarthur.bsky.social @cassimons.bsky.social @nickywhiffin.bsky.social
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- Reposted by alexblakesOur latest research is out today on @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... Saturation genome editing of BRCA1 across cell types accurately resolves cancer risk. Led by the amazing Phoebe Dace. This one’s packed full of data, so check out the paper. Quick highlights… 🧵 1/n
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