Robert O'Reilly

Research Fellow in Cancer Genomics, Precision Medicine.

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I had an amazing dinner at the Yard House and walked back in a light snowfall, something novel for most Australians 😂.

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Flew to Denver alone to attend ASHG conference this week. Although here it’s the 5th of November, it’s my 35th birthday by Australian time (6th of Nov). It is also the US election so I was hesitant to go out for a birthday dinner given the state of things but I’m very glad I did

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Presenting at @MonashVHI’s Innovation Summit later today!

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Day 1 of HGSA conference done. Some super interesting talks. My poster session is now over so I can just relax and take everything in. Conference dinner is at sea world tomorrow! #hgsa2024 #HumanGenetics

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August seems to be a very exciting month in my post-doc. Yesterday, a paper was submitted. Today, a paper was accepted. This weekend I leave for a conference. Following week, I plan to submit another paper. Then last week of August I leave for another conference. #BusyAcademic

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Recently awarded the Monash Victorian Heart Institute’s ASHRA ECR travel grant! I will present the work our team has conducted, screening ~2500 participants for CHIP-associated variants using saliva-derived DNA, at an international conference later this year.

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Listened to some very interesting talks today at the Cancer Bioinformatics Australia Symposium. This is first year it’s expanded to a national conference, previous years it was called Victorian Cancer Bioinformatics Symposium. Didn’t present but I judged posters and speed talks

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Gave my first talk at an intrepid meeting in lorne today. The talk was an overview and update on a project I’m apart of detecting clonal haematopoiesis somatic variants in saliva. As well as a germline aspect. Nervous in the talk, but the day itself was so interesting.

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Precision Medicine’s Christmas party/lunch was go-karting and I won first place! (All medals were silver). It was such a fun way to blow off some steam that I didn’t realise I needed.

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Sooo, I kinda locked myself out of my Twitter account when I changed numbers months ago…😅. A lot has happened, an interstate cancer conference, a healthcare symposium, 2 projects finished up, and I started a postdoc. Currently in phase 2 of a cool project involving CHIP genes!

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Big shout out to @LRHearn who received A/A for his PhD. Congrats man! On to the next goal
#phd #phdlife #labmates #youdidit #bees #sociality #noimpostershere #phdone

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Just found this flashback. Years ago I came back to my desk to find @ParslowBen had left me a coffee with this fantastic note. Anyone else had a random but supportive thing happen by a lab member ? #phd #phdchat #AcademicChatter #CoffeeTalk #madeyouacoffeedosomegoodscience

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Old photo from my sampling across the nullarbor in 2019. Pretty cool to see the colour variation of sleepies from east to west. Although that wasn’t the purpose of the trip #Tiliqua #sleepy #bobtail #lizards #Tiliquarugosa

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Starting the new year off by sharing some positivity in the hope it’ll lead to a better year than last 😂

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Had a quick trip out field with @RubyMcKenna13. 35 sleepies in 3 days is some solid sampling. Highlights: got bogged; ruby got crapped on…a lot; kept a pie warm on the dash; and some pretty scenery.

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@TimBarlow3 @eco_jolly Thanks! I’m glad you liked it

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First time submitting a photo to a competition before!
Have a look through these awesome submissions.

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Vote for your favourite 2021 #EcologyInAction Photo Comp entry! The image with the most votes will be named 'Peoples Choice'.

One vote permitted per category with votes closing at midday AEDT, 25 November 2021.

Who will you choose?!

https://t.co/DeAt6yYKVY

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Biodiversity losses tend to be under-reported, especially for invertebrates. 📉 🐝 With the help of ALA data, @JamesDoreyPhoto and colleagues are changing that. Their study of 553 Aussie bee species post-fire found 11 are now eligible for the @IUCNRedList.
https://t.co/LXARVwIPqb

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Honestly, how good does it feel when you try a new little code to save yourself time and it works perfectly first go — and in seconds. I know it’s nothing big, it’s only converting RMD to an R script, but it made me happy 😂