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Genome integrity maintenance during cell cycle progression: This is what we care about, this is what we study. #GenomeStability #ReplicationStress #DNADamage #UZH #Science #AcademicSky
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Sharing our latest work tracking DNA damage inheritance by Live+QIBC www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Huge congrats to @apanagopoulos.bsky.social, M. Stout and all co-authors for this tour de force! Beautifully summarized by @s-j-aitken.bsky.social & E. Reilly www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‼️ Excited to share our new paper out now in @science.org ‼️
We describe a new tetrameric RAD51 paralog complex – XRCC3-RAD51C-RAD51D-XRCC2 – which caps the end of RAD51 filaments.
Link: www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
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We describe a new tetrameric RAD51 paralog complex – XRCC3-RAD51C-RAD51D-XRCC2 – which caps the end of RAD51 filaments.
Link: www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
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November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
‼️ Excited to share our new paper out now in @science.org ‼️
We describe a new tetrameric RAD51 paralog complex – XRCC3-RAD51C-RAD51D-XRCC2 – which caps the end of RAD51 filaments.
Link: www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
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We describe a new tetrameric RAD51 paralog complex – XRCC3-RAD51C-RAD51D-XRCC2 – which caps the end of RAD51 filaments.
Link: www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
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A comprehensive genetic catalog of human double-strand break repair | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A comprehensive genetic catalog of human double-strand break repair
The analysis of DNA sequence outcomes provides molecular insights into double-strand break (DSB) repair mechanisms. Using parallel in-pool profiling of Cas9-induced insertions and deletions (indels) w...
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October 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A comprehensive genetic catalog of human double-strand break repair | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.
October 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.
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Come and join us at the Barts Cancer Institute @qmbci.bsky.social ! Our medical school, part of Queen Mary University of London @qmulfmd.bsky.social is hiring 10 professors!! www.veredus.co.uk/job/job-747a/. Contact me for a chat if interested.
Professors x 10, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry | Veredus
QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Professors x 10, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry London Competitive Remuneration Package Queen Mary University of London seeks up to 10 world-leading translational re...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Come and join us at the Barts Cancer Institute @qmbci.bsky.social ! Our medical school, part of Queen Mary University of London @qmulfmd.bsky.social is hiring 10 professors!! www.veredus.co.uk/job/job-747a/. Contact me for a chat if interested.
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Thrilled that our work is now finally out in Nature Comms!
rdcu.be/eG3vP
We reveal cryo-EM structures of the MRN complex bound to DNA & TRF2 - showing how DNA breaks are sensed and regulated at telomeres.
Fantastic work by first authors @yilanfan.bsky.social @filizkuybu.bsky.social & Hengjun!
rdcu.be/eG3vP
We reveal cryo-EM structures of the MRN complex bound to DNA & TRF2 - showing how DNA breaks are sensed and regulated at telomeres.
Fantastic work by first authors @yilanfan.bsky.social @filizkuybu.bsky.social & Hengjun!
September 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Thrilled that our work is now finally out in Nature Comms!
rdcu.be/eG3vP
We reveal cryo-EM structures of the MRN complex bound to DNA & TRF2 - showing how DNA breaks are sensed and regulated at telomeres.
Fantastic work by first authors @yilanfan.bsky.social @filizkuybu.bsky.social & Hengjun!
rdcu.be/eG3vP
We reveal cryo-EM structures of the MRN complex bound to DNA & TRF2 - showing how DNA breaks are sensed and regulated at telomeres.
Fantastic work by first authors @yilanfan.bsky.social @filizkuybu.bsky.social & Hengjun!
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Congratulations to Dirk Görlich and Steven L. McKnight, 2025 #LaskerAward winners! - “for discoveries that exposed the structures and functions of low-complexity domains within protein sequences” 🧪
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#Lasker2025 #LaskerLaureate #structuralbiology #phaseseparation
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#Lasker2025 #LaskerLaureate #structuralbiology #phaseseparation
September 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Congratulations to Dirk Görlich and Steven L. McKnight, 2025 #LaskerAward winners! - “for discoveries that exposed the structures and functions of low-complexity domains within protein sequences” 🧪
@mpi-nat.bsky.social
#Lasker2025 #LaskerLaureate #structuralbiology #phaseseparation
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#Lasker2025 #LaskerLaureate #structuralbiology #phaseseparation
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My first post on bsky to share our latest research in @nature.com: “DNA2 enables growth by restricting recombination-restarted replication” - defines DNA2’s essential function & elucidates links with primordial dwarfism and cancer. Thanks to the lab, collaborators & @ukri.org @acmedsci.bsky.social
DNA2 enables growth by restricting recombination-restarted replication - Nature
DNA2 suppresses recombination-restarted replication and checkpoint activation at stalled forks, and its loss triggers recombination-dependent synthesis, checkpoint signalling and cell-cycle exit, high...
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September 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My first post on bsky to share our latest research in @nature.com: “DNA2 enables growth by restricting recombination-restarted replication” - defines DNA2’s essential function & elucidates links with primordial dwarfism and cancer. Thanks to the lab, collaborators & @ukri.org @acmedsci.bsky.social
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📢Deadline extended!
Our 2nd Spatial Genome Organisation Conference deadline has been extended to 25 Sep, dont miss out on joining our fantastic line up of speakers, alongside Karim, Matthias and Irene in what is set to be a fantastic meeting this October! #SGO25
Final slots ➡️https://bit.ly/3JJzYR4
Our 2nd Spatial Genome Organisation Conference deadline has been extended to 25 Sep, dont miss out on joining our fantastic line up of speakers, alongside Karim, Matthias and Irene in what is set to be a fantastic meeting this October! #SGO25
Final slots ➡️https://bit.ly/3JJzYR4
September 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
📢Deadline extended!
Our 2nd Spatial Genome Organisation Conference deadline has been extended to 25 Sep, dont miss out on joining our fantastic line up of speakers, alongside Karim, Matthias and Irene in what is set to be a fantastic meeting this October! #SGO25
Final slots ➡️https://bit.ly/3JJzYR4
Our 2nd Spatial Genome Organisation Conference deadline has been extended to 25 Sep, dont miss out on joining our fantastic line up of speakers, alongside Karim, Matthias and Irene in what is set to be a fantastic meeting this October! #SGO25
Final slots ➡️https://bit.ly/3JJzYR4
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@efapostolou29.bsky.social @thecesarelab.bsky.social we're looking forward to your presentations at this fantastic meeting!
September 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
@efapostolou29.bsky.social @thecesarelab.bsky.social we're looking forward to your presentations at this fantastic meeting!
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JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto.
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August 28, 2025 at 6:34 AM
JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto.
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Please repost!
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Deadline approaching for #SGO25
🗓 31 Oct – 03 Nov 2025
📍Riviera Maya, Mexico
Poster & Reg deadline: 01 Sept 2025
Details & Reg: bit.ly/45Mmhtv
$250 registration grants available! Email amy@fusion-conferences.com with your name, position & current research topic.
🗓 31 Oct – 03 Nov 2025
📍Riviera Maya, Mexico
Poster & Reg deadline: 01 Sept 2025
Details & Reg: bit.ly/45Mmhtv
$250 registration grants available! Email amy@fusion-conferences.com with your name, position & current research topic.
August 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Deadline approaching for #SGO25
🗓 31 Oct – 03 Nov 2025
📍Riviera Maya, Mexico
Poster & Reg deadline: 01 Sept 2025
Details & Reg: bit.ly/45Mmhtv
$250 registration grants available! Email amy@fusion-conferences.com with your name, position & current research topic.
🗓 31 Oct – 03 Nov 2025
📍Riviera Maya, Mexico
Poster & Reg deadline: 01 Sept 2025
Details & Reg: bit.ly/45Mmhtv
$250 registration grants available! Email amy@fusion-conferences.com with your name, position & current research topic.
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Advertisements for 2 tenure-track assistant professor positions at Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences:
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Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University - Nashville, Tennessee job with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine | 12843515
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August 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Advertisements for 2 tenure-track assistant professor positions at Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences:
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Another exciting research article from a member of the #RepliFate network!
The Altmeyer lab identified the CNOT1-CCR4-NOT complex as a multi-level suppressor of the 53BP1-p53-p21 signaling axis.
Check out their findings here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
The Altmeyer lab identified the CNOT1-CCR4-NOT complex as a multi-level suppressor of the 53BP1-p53-p21 signaling axis.
Check out their findings here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
August 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Another exciting research article from a member of the #RepliFate network!
The Altmeyer lab identified the CNOT1-CCR4-NOT complex as a multi-level suppressor of the 53BP1-p53-p21 signaling axis.
Check out their findings here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
The Altmeyer lab identified the CNOT1-CCR4-NOT complex as a multi-level suppressor of the 53BP1-p53-p21 signaling axis.
Check out their findings here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
New work from the lab: Identification of CNOT1-CCR4-NOT as a suppressor of 53BP1-p53-p21 signaling @cp-cellreports.bsky.social. Congratulations to first author Antonio Galarreta and to all co-authors. www.cell.com/cell-reports.... #Microscopy #RNAiScreen #Condensates
July 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
New work from the lab: Identification of CNOT1-CCR4-NOT as a suppressor of 53BP1-p53-p21 signaling @cp-cellreports.bsky.social. Congratulations to first author Antonio Galarreta and to all co-authors. www.cell.com/cell-reports.... #Microscopy #RNAiScreen #Condensates
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Our new non-denaturing nanoscale 3D DNA tracing technology provides single-cell (and sister-chromatid specific!) readout of chromatin structure with 10kb genomic resolution - Check it out!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to Kai and Oyvind!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to Kai and Oyvind!!
Nanoscale 3D DNA tracing in non-denatured cells resolves the Cohesin-dependent loop architecture of the genome in situ - Nature Communications
A nanoscale 3D DNA tracing workflow visualizes Cohesin-dependent loops in single, structurally well-preserved cells. Computer simulations based on the tracing data give further insight into how Cohesi...
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July 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Our new non-denaturing nanoscale 3D DNA tracing technology provides single-cell (and sister-chromatid specific!) readout of chromatin structure with 10kb genomic resolution - Check it out!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to Kai and Oyvind!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to Kai and Oyvind!!
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📣 We are recruiting new group leaders in Innovative Biology!
RNA biology
Epigenetic regulation
Cell cycle regulation
Cancer, immunology
Virology
Application and information ⬇️
application.igmm.cnrs.fr
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social
RNA biology
Epigenetic regulation
Cell cycle regulation
Cancer, immunology
Virology
Application and information ⬇️
application.igmm.cnrs.fr
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
📣 We are recruiting new group leaders in Innovative Biology!
RNA biology
Epigenetic regulation
Cell cycle regulation
Cancer, immunology
Virology
Application and information ⬇️
application.igmm.cnrs.fr
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social
RNA biology
Epigenetic regulation
Cell cycle regulation
Cancer, immunology
Virology
Application and information ⬇️
application.igmm.cnrs.fr
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social
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New @nature.com
An ingenious way to track DNA replication patterns at the single-cell level that leads to cell heterogeneity and daughter cells that can potentially give rise to cancer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An ingenious way to track DNA replication patterns at the single-cell level that leads to cell heterogeneity and daughter cells that can potentially give rise to cancer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
New @nature.com
An ingenious way to track DNA replication patterns at the single-cell level that leads to cell heterogeneity and daughter cells that can potentially give rise to cancer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An ingenious way to track DNA replication patterns at the single-cell level that leads to cell heterogeneity and daughter cells that can potentially give rise to cancer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🔬Under the microscope: DNA damage tracked through cell generations🔬
It was a pleasure to write this #NewsAndViews with our PhD student Emma Reilly, online today @nature.com
rdcu.be/em0qi
@cruk-ci.bsky.social @spjacksongroup.bsky.social @yalepathology.bsky.social @yalecancer.bsky.social
It was a pleasure to write this #NewsAndViews with our PhD student Emma Reilly, online today @nature.com
rdcu.be/em0qi
@cruk-ci.bsky.social @spjacksongroup.bsky.social @yalepathology.bsky.social @yalecancer.bsky.social
Under the microscope: DNA damage tracked through cell generations | Nature
An ingenious technique reveals how stressed cells divide to produce progeny that have different traits — a phenomenon that can initiate cancer. An ingenious technique reveals how stressed cells divide to produce progeny that have different traits — a phenomenon that can initiate cancer.
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May 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🔬Under the microscope: DNA damage tracked through cell generations🔬
It was a pleasure to write this #NewsAndViews with our PhD student Emma Reilly, online today @nature.com
rdcu.be/em0qi
@cruk-ci.bsky.social @spjacksongroup.bsky.social @yalepathology.bsky.social @yalecancer.bsky.social
It was a pleasure to write this #NewsAndViews with our PhD student Emma Reilly, online today @nature.com
rdcu.be/em0qi
@cruk-ci.bsky.social @spjacksongroup.bsky.social @yalepathology.bsky.social @yalecancer.bsky.social
Sharing our latest work tracking DNA damage inheritance by Live+QIBC www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Huge congrats to @apanagopoulos.bsky.social, M. Stout and all co-authors for this tour de force! Beautifully summarized by @s-j-aitken.bsky.social & E. Reilly www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Sharing our latest work tracking DNA damage inheritance by Live+QIBC www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Huge congrats to @apanagopoulos.bsky.social, M. Stout and all co-authors for this tour de force! Beautifully summarized by @s-j-aitken.bsky.social & E. Reilly www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Looking very much forward to the 2nd edition of the Fusion Conference on Spatial Genome Organisation #SGO25 @fusionconf.bsky.social @karimmekhail.bsky.social @chiololab.bsky.social. Early bird registration closes soon: June 2nd, 2025. Slots available for selected talks from abstracts: bit.ly/4492G6i
2nd Spatial Genome Organisation Conference | Fusion Conferences
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May 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Looking very much forward to the 2nd edition of the Fusion Conference on Spatial Genome Organisation #SGO25 @fusionconf.bsky.social @karimmekhail.bsky.social @chiololab.bsky.social. Early bird registration closes soon: June 2nd, 2025. Slots available for selected talks from abstracts: bit.ly/4492G6i
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IMBA is recruiting a Junior Group Leader! Are you interested in starting your own lab, pursuing curiosity-driven basic research in the life sciences? Apply by May 18: imba.science/beagroupleader #hiring #biology #research #groupleader #europe
May 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
IMBA is recruiting a Junior Group Leader! Are you interested in starting your own lab, pursuing curiosity-driven basic research in the life sciences? Apply by May 18: imba.science/beagroupleader #hiring #biology #research #groupleader #europe
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We are excited to announce the details for this year’s #DGZ International Meeting, a very special one as we are celebrating 50 years of DGZ! Join us in October in Heidelberg, where the DGZ was founded in 1975. Check the speakers line-up etc. at the poster. Registration: shorturl.at/EHUzb #DGZ50
April 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
We are excited to announce the details for this year’s #DGZ International Meeting, a very special one as we are celebrating 50 years of DGZ! Join us in October in Heidelberg, where the DGZ was founded in 1975. Check the speakers line-up etc. at the poster. Registration: shorturl.at/EHUzb #DGZ50
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We’re excited to share our work where we investigated the mechanisms of chromosome motion by tracking all #chromosomes, mapping their interactions, and live cell karyotyping, using #AI based denoising, segmentation and registration, published in Nature Cell Biology.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We’re excited to share our work where we investigated the mechanisms of chromosome motion by tracking all #chromosomes, mapping their interactions, and live cell karyotyping, using #AI based denoising, segmentation and registration, published in Nature Cell Biology.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Interested in these or related topics and looking for (or know somebody looking for) a PhD position? We have openings and an approaching application deadline @lifesciencezurich.bsky.social: www.lifescience-graduateschool.uzh.ch/en.html. Please repost. #PhDLife #LifeScience #Switzerland
How are chromosome breaks repaired and how is their repair influenced and facilitated by nuclear and genome dynamics? Fantastic initiative and collaboration with @karimmekhail.bsky.social, @chiololab.bsky.social, and @lablegube.bsky.social. @natrevmcb.bsky.social Link to article: rdcu.be/edViW
Nuclear and genome dynamics underlying DNA double-strand break repair
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - Changes in nuclear and genome organization promote the repair of DNA double-strand breaks and genome stability. Processes that are involved include the...
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March 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Interested in these or related topics and looking for (or know somebody looking for) a PhD position? We have openings and an approaching application deadline @lifesciencezurich.bsky.social: www.lifescience-graduateschool.uzh.ch/en.html. Please repost. #PhDLife #LifeScience #Switzerland
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1/10 Excited to share our latest - the first whole-body map of both DNA methylation and 3D genome at single-cell resolution.
March 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
1/10 Excited to share our latest - the first whole-body map of both DNA methylation and 3D genome at single-cell resolution.