richard white

Professor at @UniofOxford. We use zebrafish to study how cancer starts and spreads.

[richard white @whitefishlab]

In defense of basic science - my new video about how we balance basic vs. translational science: https://t.co/BoQnmaIUJS. . And why we should encourage a culture of wandering to solve problems:. A team effort between @UniofOxford and @OxfordSparks.

[richard white @whitefishlab]

The truest highlight of any academic career is seeing trainees find their own path. One of my former postdocs @shruthy_suresh is such a passionate scientist, and her institute just made a profile about her and the work she is doing on cancer metastasis. She is so inspiring - check it out: https://t.co/njIcjjKZuV

[richard white @whitefishlab]

The annual Zebrafish Disease Models Society meeting is in Oxford this year - we already have a great lineup of new speakers, covering lots of different diseases and technologies. Registration and abstracts closing soon! @ZDMSociety #zebrafish. Check it out here: https://t.co/qCoI2gKn3s

[richard white @whitefishlab]

An exciting EMBO regeneration meeting coming up in September! Check out the program and details about registration here: https://t.co/ppn3UiDc3h. #EMBORegeneration2026

[richard white @whitefishlab]

My department at Oxford is recruiting junior faculty to the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. A collaborative and stimulating department, with great access to the breadth of the Oxford environment. The positions come with core funding and cutting edge technologies. If interested, apply here: https://t.co/R5Lah3bZB3

[Felix Horns @FelixHorns]

Our new Comment is out today in @natrevbioeng. mRNA could treat many more diseases than it currently does, but we don’t have a way to get it to most of the cells where it’s needed. We explain why a cell will be the next transformative delivery vehicle⬇️

[richard white @whitefishlab]

The @acmedsci Professorship Scheme is now open. This generous grant allowed me to explore new and "out there" ideas without restrictions. A new round is open offering up to £500k to researchers moving to the UK for a full Professorship. If you're eligible, highly encourage you to apply: https://t.co/EcVy2BEEhr

[Perrimon Lab @PerrimonLab]

New paper: Bosch, J. A. et al. (2026) Multi-omic mapping of Drosophila protein secretomes reveals tissue-specific origins and inter-organ trafficking. Nat Commun. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-71763-8. PMID: 42009678

[richard white @whitefishlab]

For a long time, I assumed we mammals weren't all that regenerative. Then I learned that we can regenerate our digit tips! In @MekaylaStorer new paper they show why and how. Check it out: https://t.co/X7cY1VzS8W

[KJ Patel CAM-OX traveller @ketanpatelimmo1]

A great preview by Ben and Joanna on our paper where endogenous DNA damage induced stem cell extinction is enough to lead to clonal hematopoiesis👋

[richard white @whitefishlab]

Interesting idea - clonal outgrowth by stem cell "attrition" rather than selection for DNA drivers. Suspect this could apply to many different situations, not just clonal hematopoiesis. Congrats to the team.

[Cell Stem Cell @CellStemCell]

Online Now! Metabolite-induced DNA damage drives stochastic stem cell loss and clonal hematopoiesis https://t.co/H1WMpMkDXR #stemcells

[KJ Patel CAM-OX traveller @ketanpatelimmo1]

Check out our new paper - extreme clonal hematopoiesis without selection - The last man standing !

[Alice Ting @aliceyting]

We are recruiting! If you are passionate about technology development, protein engineering, computational design, directed evolution, chemical biology - please reach out!
(The setting is pretty nice too…)

[Manav Pathania | @manavpathania.bsky.social @Pathania_Lab]

We're seeking to fill two roles: a postdoc and a research assistant. Both will focus on resistance mechanisms in brain tumour models using various approaches (in vivo, spatial omics, CRISPR). Please apply if this aligns with your previous experience!

https://t.co/kwOJOidU18

[richard white @whitefishlab]

@dvir_a @TechnionLive congrats Dvir!

[Felix Horns @FelixHorns]

Want to understand how antibodies protect us from disease? Join our team at Arc! We are looking for a PhD-level Scientist, who will develop new approaches for profiling human antibody repertoires and discovering new antibodies. Apply here: https://t.co/fvrhr7NGH4

[Dr. Len Zon @leonard_zon]

Honored to be selected as this year’s March of Dimes Prize awardee. Grateful for the incredible work my lab has done over the years. I embraced developmental biology when I started my lab and am excited to see its principles translate to patients. https://t.co/afD2sycH2x.

[Surojit Sural @surojitsural]

CUT homeobox factors modulate chromatin accessibility in neurons

https://t.co/QN93P5MmvB

[richard white @whitefishlab]

@JSheltzer @ScienceMagazine This is crazy. Thanks for sharing this. Despite it all, twitter/x (whatever) is still a good way to disseminate science.

[richard white @whitefishlab]

Whoa. An RNA molecule that can replicate itself? This seems ever closer to the origins of life on earth. Really amazing paper in @ScienceMagazine: https://t.co/QUvaVxAspG

[Jason Sheltzer @JSheltzer]

AI is cool and all... but a new paper in @ScienceMagazine kind of figured out the origin of life?

The paper reports the discovery of a simple 45-nucleotide RNA molecule that can perfectly copy itself.

[Jonathan Kagan @jkagan1]

Too much data, too little thinking.
A important essay from Ruslan Medzhitov on the importance of understanding data, not just generating it. A must read.
@RMedzhitov @YaleIBIO
https://t.co/d3Q2Slp0hx