Andy Sims

Dad, husband, son, runner, skier, climber, cyclist, lecturer, bioinformatician, cancer researcher and stage IV melanoma patient

[Andy Sims @asimslab]

This is NOT an April fool. Our Institute has changed it's name...

[Kirsteen Campbell @KirstCampbe11]

Delighted to share our new study investigating MCL-1 as a therapeutic target in breast cancer.

Read the paper https://t.co/6TeWzgoF8f

Massive thanks to all of the team @MitosRUs @kblyth1 @asimslab @MLWinder @hannahjlawson @cat5863

and to @BreastCancerNow @CSO_Scotland

[Ailith Ewing @Ailith_Ewing]

Speaking of new additions... it could be you next! We are looking for a PhD student to join the Ewing lab @mrc_hgu @EdinCRC to tackle these questions from a computational perspective as part of this growing research team. Project link here:

https://t.co/eA5qmfu9Bb

[Andy Sims @asimslab]

@MRC_IGMM @EdinCRC I hope a talk where I simply described my experience of cancer was useful to my colleagues who watched it.

[EBCSS @EBCSS_Events]

📢 We’re very excited that our virtual #BreastCancer symposium is just a month away!!! #EBCSS2021

There is still plenty of time to register or submit an abstract. You can find all the details on our site: https://t.co/y8evvbErDc

[Andy Sims @asimslab]

Great opportunity, in perhaps the best city in the world...

[Andy Sims @asimslab]

New paper I contributed to out in Cancers with Ian Overton (now at @QUBelfast), @AlexLubbock and @erolaPC, from @mrc_hgu. Grateful for funding @BreastCancerNow

Functional Transcription Factor Target Networks Illuminate Control of Epithelial Remodelling https://t.co/OVAlUWBwe5

[Andy Sims @asimslab]

Everyone should read this brilliantly written blog. I wouldn't have been able to relate to it just over a year ago, but I hope I would still have learned from it. #brainmets #BusyLivingWithMets

[Jo Taylor BEM @abcdiagnosis]

"Why me? Well I guess the question is; why not me if 50% will eventually get #brainmets?"

What happened to you in lockdown? https://t.co/CdjGHU4COG

#SecondaryBreastCancer #AdvancedBreastCancer #MetastaticBreastCancer #BusyLivingWithMets #bccww #bcsm #PatientsTogether

[Andy Sims @asimslab]

The results might be largely expected, but greater awareness of this issue is needed and you still need to show what you think is true. Nice summary here
https://t.co/v8TXpg2MAO from @EdinCRC Thanks Arek 👍

[Andy Sims @asimslab]

Very pleased to see our study showing Breast cancer gene expression datasets do not reflect the disease
at the population level now published. Thanks to @yanping_xie @JonineF @BDavisLynn_PhD and @EdinCRC @BreastCancerNow @wellcometrust @theNCI @GCRF @CR_UK
https://t.co/oV0qMDwamd

[Andy Sims @asimslab]

Good to see this collaboration with the Qian lab published, with @CigdemSelli

[Journal of Experimental Medicine @JExpMed]

Ruo-Yu Ma, Bin-Zhi Qian, Pollard @EdinburghUni et al. identify a novel population of CD204+IL4R+ bone metastasis associated macrophages (BoMAMs) in mouse models and patient samples, which significantly promote #metastatic outgrowth of #breastcancer in vivo https://t.co/qWVc1d1mYv

[Andy Sims @asimslab]

@ProfValS @EdinCRC @MRC_IGMM @EdinburghUni Great news. Many thanks Val. Well done @duniya888 You worked hard and now you can celebrate 🎉

[Rob Clarke @RobClarkeLab]

Published today and 7 years of hard work and commitment from Aida Sarmiento, a very talented PhD/postdoc, my co-Senior Author Bruno Simões, and collaborators in Michigan, ⁦@Eva_Caamano⁩ in Liverpool and ⁦@asimslab⁩ in Edinburgh https://t.co/maMzU8Txhb

[Andy Sims @asimslab]

@CassettaLuca @matifrg @flowjoqueen We certainly do. I hope you are keeping well in Trump-land.

[Luca Cassetta @CassettaLuca]

Very happy to see our paper included among the best papers 2019 on @Cancer_Cell special collection! @matifrg @MarthaBLY @asimslab @flowjoqueen @QMRIFlow @MRC_CRH
https://t.co/sa30v9AjIA

[Andy Sims @asimslab]

Let's hope not, but this clearly needs to be monitored - now and the next months, years...

[Jonine Figueroa @JonineF]

Is there an excess in cancer deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic? It maybe acute based on data from Scotland just released today--but we must continue to monitor this and get more detailed data. https://t.co/TOUE6KLdQW

[Andy Sims @asimslab]

Great to see the preprint of our lobular LCM study out. Brilliant work from @lauzael

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

In a usual April, we would normally see around 30,000 people diagnosed with cancer. I would be surprised if that number reaches 5,000 this month.

We are sleepwalking into a massive crisis and cancer patients will die unnecessarily if we don’t act now.

https://t.co/mcy4Da1RrN

[Darlaine honey @darlaine_honey]

Thanks to @asimslab for a fantastic presentation today @EBCSS_2020 Edinburgh