John Hickey

We are releasing the entire AlphaSuite as open source, open access software to the community. Anyone, anywhere, is free to use or modify it in any way they wish with no restriction at: github.com/AlphaGenes Please Retweet! @Alpha_Genes #plantbreeding #animalbreeding #genetics

Here are some ways in which the world has gotten better.

AlphaGenome paper and models are out today! nature.com/articles/s4158…. We have seen great community engagement since we released the API. We hope to open more use cases with the model weights! github.com/google-deepmin… We updated the supplementary note with some very interesting case studies. I encourage everyone using AlphaGenome for non-coding variant interpretation to read it. It was a huge team effort, I’m very proud of all of our co-authors @googledeepmind!

A brilliant new article by Saloni. We can now develop vaccines in weeks, designed atom-by-atom, and manufacture billions of doses of them within months. We are protecting against more and more diseases faster and faster. The golden age of vaccines is now.

🚨: A 9,000-year-old skeleton in Somerset was genetically matched to a local man named Adrian Targett. Their mitochondrial DNA reveals an unbroken maternal lineage spanning 300 generations — the longest verified lineage in history.

At the APBA 2025 Conference , Dr. John Hickey, Head of Corn Product Design at Bayer, USA, delivered an insightful keynote on advancing plant breeding in the genomic era. He highlighted practical strategies to enhance breeding efficiency in Africa. #APBAConf2025

@abbahoteles Bilbao 43 grados y +80% humedad, me alojo en el Euskalduna y no funciona el aire acondicionado desde ayer!!! Más de 400 euros por 2 noches en una cuádruple con niños pequeños y vuestra única solución es un ventilador? Por favor ayudad con rt

Olympians live 5 years longer on average than the general population

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Fourteen institutions, including Citi, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, will pledge to support a goal to triple the world's nuclear energy capacity by 2050. on.ft.com/3XyfoGB

Vaccines are miraculous

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This is brilliant! From @puntofisso’s newsletter, visualisation from Reddit user Udzu

Chlorophyll and Hemoglobin The major difference is that plant blood carries a Magnesium (Mg) molecule where our blood contains a Iron (Fe) molecule. Magnesium is what is responsible for making plant blood green, and iron is what makes our blood red.

Birthplaces of the 100 Fastest 10,000 m runners of all time.

Remembering Senator Billy Fox today on March 12 the 50th anniversary of his murder by the IRA in 1974 while visiting his girlfriend. Later this year as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Eireann I will commemorate his life by the unveiling of a portrait in @OireachtasNews

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Map of U.S. crops Source: ift.tt/Xvx3q6U #maps

Good point!

🚨New Podcast🚨 In this episode, council member @olivergburke speaks to John Hickey, Head of Corn Product Design @Bayer4Crops John discusses his experience and gives a unique insight into how genomic technology has evolved over the last 20 years 🎙️here - bit.ly/pod35