I_DNA

Talk tonight (9pmGMT, 4pm EST) on screening, disability and identity

'I:DNA – Evaluating the impact of public engagement with a multimedia art installation on genetic screening' an article on #ScienceOpen: uclpress.scienceopen.com/document?vid=d…

🚨BREAKING   We can confirm that USS is £7.4bn in surplus, and we are on track to restore  UCU members pensions and significantly reduce the cost of their monthly contributions   We’ll use the coming months to ensure employers fulfil their obligations   Your action did this 💪

Seeking interviewees who have done health/social care research using telephone/video-call/other remote data collection methods. Please get in touch if you can help #ResearchMethods #qualitative #AcademicChatter #phdchat #aqhr Please RT

We knew octopuses were smart... but this is next level 🐙 @rowhoop and @ClareWilsonMed discuss the fascinating discovery that some cephalopods can alter their own genetic code...

New job working in our team at @EthicsSciPublic Looking for a creative engagement expert “Engagement Associate” jobs.theguardian.com/job/8491110/en…

Delighted to announce that I:DNA’s story (how it was first imagined and created out of research findings) is being featured at RareFest this year! @rarediseaseuk @warwickengages @stampcic #rarefest22 camraredisease.org/rarefest22-fil…

Do YOU want to help shape the future of #GenomicMedicine across our region? We're encouraging applications to our Patient and Public Involvement panel. Email Thomas.Hammond@uhb.nhs.uk to apply today Find out more: centralsouthgenomics.nhs.uk/how-to-get-inv… @NHSgms @rarediseaseuk @SWAN_UK

Free art event for children 12/11/22 Leamington Spa: What makes you unique? 🧬 @ESRC Festival of Social Science @Warwickengages warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/re…

📢We are looking for two members of the public to join our expert oversight group. If you are interested in genetics and newborn screening, apply below. £75/ meeting (including prep time)📢

New paper with @horn_ruth_ : Why we need to explore the social and ethical implications of prenatal exome sequencing before we talk about implementation: nature.com/articles/s4143…

Registration now open for our first data workshop! Join us (online) 25th Nov for presentations from Felicity Boardman, Kriss Fearon and Amarpreet Kaur on 'perspectives of people living with genetic conditions' #ethics #sociogenomics #genomics @Ethixbird

Come & join us 25th November for our data sharing workshop (remote). An opportunity to discuss the perspectives of people w/genetic conditions as they appear in your own research as well as our presenters' work. @Ethixbird @CathyHerbrand @Corinna_Clark_ @Dr_A_Kaur @KrissFearon

The connecting cultures GRP has new cross-departmental leads! Read about them, and what they bring to CC GRP here: warwick.ac.uk/research/prior…

@DrFrancesRyan @FigTreePenguin @KirstyLiddiard1

SOME NEWS. I’m so excited to finally be able to say I’m writing a new book - a lifestyle guide for disabled women for @FigTreePenguin out in 2025. It’s a love letter to disabled women everywhere. With jokes. There’s more info about it here: theguardian.com/society/2022/o…

Hot off the press: new paper with @gmt_88 on the responses of disabled people & their families to reproductive screening & testing. We compare data from parents of children with Down's Syndrome with data from people & families with genetic conditions. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

The QRDC study explores what happens to data quality when research interviews are conducted virtually (video/email/text) rather than in-person. Could you help us with this work as a public contributor? Payment of £25/hr for meetings and preparation. warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/re…

We are so delighted that, after our tour (that reached 26,573 people in-person or online), I:DNA’s sculpture is now on display in the IBRB as part of Warwick’s sculpture collection warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/re…

🪧New paper from the IF team🪧 Public, patient and professional attitudes to WGS in newborns: Expanding the notion of “benefit”: comparing public, parent, and professional attitudes towards whole genome sequencing in newborns tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…