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Removing Barriers to Interdisciplinary Research
Welcome to the @AnonSciCar twitter account for #XNet, a scientific network created to remove barriers to interdisciplinary research in Biomedicine. Follow us for information and advice about how to work more effectively across disciplinary boundaries.

TW: Severe ME “People’s lives have been blighted by this disease... they cannot get the care that they deserve & that they need.” - Prof Ponting, DecodeME Investigator. To hear from those whose family has been most affected by severe ME, watch below ⬇️ news.sky.com/video/in-full-…
We've been awarded a UKRI MRC grant to examine the causes and consequences of #heterochromatin hypomethylation in cancer 🥳. #postdoc opportunity coming in the near future. #epigenetics. Please share with anyone who might be interested.
@KavliFoundation @UniofOxford @mplsoxford @OxfordMedSci
Catch up on Professor Chris Ponting's interview yesterday on The UK Tonight with Sarah-Jane Mee @SkyNews about the Decode ME study which he is leading: bit.ly/4gtv6us @CGATist
Submit your talk🎙️abstracts for Physics of Life 2025 by the end of this week! See: iop.eventsair.com/pol2025/ Join the UK’s largest Physics of Life conference, uniting physics & biology. Engage in keynote talks, dynamic sessions, networking and more! #PhysicsOfLife
Honored to receive from @HiddenRef a highly commended result in the Hidden REF Competition – Community Building. This recognition fuels our dedication to keep fostering #interdisciplinaryresearch. hidden-ref.org/hidden-ref-com…

Thrilled to have participated in the interesting discussions at the conference from the @FLFDevNetwork where research-based approaches to fostering an inclusive leadership culture were explored. Thankful for the collaborative atmosphere and the opportunity to learn from experts!
Discover the complex landscape of privilege within #interdisciplinaryresearch through the lens of X-Net's ground-breaking tool: “The Interdisciplinary Wheel Of Privilege” #equality #diversity #inclusion x-net.bio/sites/default/…

A rare & exciting cross-disciplinary cross-sector 4y fully-funded PhD opportunity: Targeted Causal Inference for Real World Evidence in Healthcare, with academia (me, Sjoerd Beentjes,@mark_vdlaan @kennethbaillie), the National Institute for Health & Care Excellence and industry.
Ignored, blamed, and sometimes left to die – a leading expert in ME explains the origins of a modern medical ‘scandal’ bit.ly/4eQPjKu