Alex Cagan

@ATJCagan

Researching somatic evolution at the University of Cambridge and Wellcome Sanger Institute. Also a scientific illustrator.

Cambridge alexcagan.com Joined July 2013

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Alex Cagan @ATJCagan Apr 13, 2022

Incredibly excited to share our paper ‘Somatic mutation rates scale with lifespan across mammals’ now published @nature.
nature.com/articles/s4158…
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Alex Cagan @ATJCagan Sep 6

A few more of illustrations from #ICEM2026

Alex Cagan @ATJCagan Sep 6

A couple of illustrations from #ICEM2026 which kicked off this evening with a plenary from Prof. Sir Mike Stratton. Lots of interest in using error-corrected sequencing to study environmental mutagenesis.

Alex Cagan @ATJCagan Jun 12

Moritz Schaefer on using multimodal AI to add a semantic layer to exploratory data analysis - cool live demo of CellWhisperer #singlecellgenomicsday

Alex Cagan @ATJCagan Jun 12

Junyue Cao on developing an amazing array of scalable and more accessible tools to investigate cellular dynamics in ageing and disease #singlecellgenomicsday