Simon Furney

Head of Genomic Oncology Research Group @ Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. My research group investigates cancer genomes to understand tumour development

[Irish Cancer Society @IrishCancerSoc]

🌼🏵️📣TODAY IS DAFFODIL DAY📣🏵️🌼

Be sure to keep an eye out for our street sellers and boxes all over the country today to purchase your Daffodil pin to show your support for those affected by cancer in Ireland💛

There are also plenty of other ways to #ShowYourSupport:🏵️

[Simon Furney @TheCancerGenome]

Looking for an experienced Research Fellow in Cancer Bioinformatics to join my group at @RCSI_Irl @RCSI_Research

It’s a 3-year position at Research Fellow level (salary €59k). Details at https://t.co/btupEY8jFy

[Simon Furney @TheCancerGenome]

@Nicola_Lady @Endoadapt @RCSI_Irl @BreastCancerIre @oesterreichs @Adrianvlee @FergusCouch @damirvareslija @RCSI_Research Well done Nicola et al!

[Nicola Cosgrove @Nicola_Lady]

Delighted to share that PhD research conducted at my former lab @Endoadapt @RCSI_Irl funded by @BreastCancerIre in collaboration with @oesterreichs @Adrianvlee @FergusCouch is out now! #bcbm

[Simon Furney @TheCancerGenome]

@mcdade_lab @valentinajnt @SiobhanGlavey @RCSI_Research Congratulations to Valentina!! And thanks to Simon @mcdade_lab and Siobhan @SiobhanGlavey for acting as examiners. @mcdade_lab - we'll have you down for a drink to celebrate in the not too distant future I hope!

[Simon Furney @TheCancerGenome]

Suggestions to fix Genomic Medicine in Ireland:

1. State funds national genome project.
2. State acquires Genomics Medicine Ireland / Genuity sequencing facility for national genome project.
3. State retrieves genomic data of people whose genomes have already been sequenced.

[Simon Furney @TheCancerGenome]

Lessons learnt from Genomics Medicine Ireland:

1. Don't give your DNA / genome to a company who can sell it on.
2. Don't invest taxpayers' money in a company that is going to up sticks at the first opportunity.
3. Invest in a public national genome project.

But we knew this...

[Simon Furney @TheCancerGenome]

This was always going to happen (again).

What a waste of money and so frustrating!!

Why did State put €66m into a private DNA firm instead of a national genomics initiative?
https://t.co/WmWuXtumsq via @IrishTimes

[Simon Furney @TheCancerGenome]

The road to addressing Long Covid https://t.co/e9jnKtNecU

[Simon Furney @TheCancerGenome]

Hiring! 2 year Postdoctoral Fellow in Cancer Bioinformatics position in my research group at @RCSI_Irl @RCSI_Research

https://t.co/DpG7zICqJN

[Genomics England @GenomicsEngland]

Genomics England is receiving funding from @DHSCgovuk for projects supporting the implementation of the #GenomeUK strategy.

#furturehealthcare #genomicsresearch #lifesciences

[Nature Genetics @NatureGenet]

Read the Milestones in Genomic Sequencing collection, highlighting advances in DNA sequencing technology in the 21st century https://t.co/HNz8IHJLmd @NatureRevGenet @nature

[Simon Furney @TheCancerGenome]

20 years after the first draft of the human genome - a wealth of discovery built on the Human Genome Project — by the numbers https://t.co/CjmAKDsIkY

[Simon Furney @TheCancerGenome]

Postdoctoral Fellow in Cancer Genome Data Analysis position in my group at @RCSI_Irl next year.

Apply at https://t.co/2f46HWnTET

@RCSI_Research

[Simon Furney @TheCancerGenome]

"Ireland needs to enter the 21st century and .... establish a national genomics project." https://t.co/Txya59VRuR

[Prof Jochen Prehn @ProfJochen]

@betterbeaumont @RCSI_Irl @IanReynolds2 @SurgeryNUIG @nuigalway @fjobrien @Physiologyadmin What a fantastic achievement, with great support from Dr Simon Furney and @RCSI_Irl PhD student Valentina Thomas @TheCancerGenome @valentinajnt @CentreSysmed

[Prof Jochen Prehn @ProfJochen]

WGS study from former PhD student Ian Reynolds and current PhD student Valentina Thomas on Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum now out, showing new and potentially targetable genomic and microbial alterations @FrontOncology @TheCancerGenome @CentreSysmed https://t.co/MaKeK8zHr8

[Simon Furney @TheCancerGenome]

An umbrella approach to test lung cancer therapies https://t.co/PbCnRdAMTo

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

This week on the Nature cover: Encode. Phase three of the encyclopedia of DNA elements. Browse the issue here: https://t.co/iduYtreUyP

[Simon Furney @TheCancerGenome]

Great be involved in this breast cancer genomics collaboration. I'd like to acknowledge support from @BREAST_PREDICT @RCSI_Research @ichec

[Naomi Walsh @naomiwalsh01]

Read our latest research on whole-exome sequencing of long-term, never relapse exceptional responders of HER2+ metastatic breast cancer published in @BrJCancer @ProfJohnCrown @CCRTIreland @CharlotteAndriu @giusgullo @TheCancerGenome @nicb_dcu @DcuBiotech https://t.co/zRW5gXZsr8