Edda Schulz
@eddaschulz.bsky.social
Group Leader at MPI Molgen, Berlin, Germany
Interested in quantitative biology, gene regulation, epigenetics, system biology and X-chromosome inactivation.
https://www.molgen.mpg.de/schulz-lab
Interested in quantitative biology, gene regulation, epigenetics, system biology and X-chromosome inactivation.
https://www.molgen.mpg.de/schulz-lab
Reposted by Edda Schulz
New paper from the lab: we’re using long-read sequencing to disentangle isoform complexity at allele-specific loci 🧬💡
Here, we combine the PacBio Iso-Seq workflow with the established WhatsHap phasing approach to assign long reads to the correct allele in polymorphic F1 mouse hybrids.
Here, we combine the PacBio Iso-Seq workflow with the established WhatsHap phasing approach to assign long reads to the correct allele in polymorphic F1 mouse hybrids.
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New paper from the lab: we’re using long-read sequencing to disentangle isoform complexity at allele-specific loci 🧬💡
Here, we combine the PacBio Iso-Seq workflow with the established WhatsHap phasing approach to assign long reads to the correct allele in polymorphic F1 mouse hybrids.
Here, we combine the PacBio Iso-Seq workflow with the established WhatsHap phasing approach to assign long reads to the correct allele in polymorphic F1 mouse hybrids.
Reposted by Edda Schulz
🧬 Interested in dissecting dose-dependent transcriptional regulation through epigenome editing and synthetic biology for your PhD? Apply by 07.01.2026 to join the lab of @eddaschulz.bsky.social @molgen.mpg.de & #IMPRS-BAC #gradschool.
👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/5099133/schu...
👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/5099133/schu...
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🧬 Interested in dissecting dose-dependent transcriptional regulation through epigenome editing and synthetic biology for your PhD? Apply by 07.01.2026 to join the lab of @eddaschulz.bsky.social @molgen.mpg.de & #IMPRS-BAC #gradschool.
👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/5099133/schu...
👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/5099133/schu...
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Ever wondered how adult organs preserve epithelial barrier integrity while continuously exposed to mechanical stress? We tackled this question in our new preprint – led by our brilliant PhD student Vishnu Krishnakumar! (1/11)
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Robust pan-junctional reinforcement preserves the gut epithelial barrier under mechanical stress
Epithelia are specialized tissue barriers that safeguard the organism's internal milieu from the hostile external environment, a function critically dependent on intercellular junctions. In the colon,...
www.biorxiv.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Ever wondered how adult organs preserve epithelial barrier integrity while continuously exposed to mechanical stress? We tackled this question in our new preprint – led by our brilliant PhD student Vishnu Krishnakumar! (1/11)
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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coffee breaks inspire the coolest things, no? It certainly inspired this wonderful project – a kids book on a robin that takes you under its wing on its journey to their wintering grounds. gorgeously illustrated @co-la.bsky.social and beautifully written by a #dreamteam within @sfb1372.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
coffee breaks inspire the coolest things, no? It certainly inspired this wonderful project – a kids book on a robin that takes you under its wing on its journey to their wintering grounds. gorgeously illustrated @co-la.bsky.social and beautifully written by a #dreamteam within @sfb1372.bsky.social
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What is a promoter? And how does it work?
We very happy to share our latest work trying to understand enhancer-promoter compatibility.
I am very excited about the results of @blanka-majchrzycka.bsky.social, which changed the way I think about promoters
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We very happy to share our latest work trying to understand enhancer-promoter compatibility.
I am very excited about the results of @blanka-majchrzycka.bsky.social, which changed the way I think about promoters
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Enhancer-promoter compatibility is mediated by the promoter-proximal region
Gene promoters induce transcription in response to distal enhancers. How enhancers specifically activate their target promoter while bypassing other promoters remains unclear. Here, we find that the p...
www.biorxiv.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
What is a promoter? And how does it work?
We very happy to share our latest work trying to understand enhancer-promoter compatibility.
I am very excited about the results of @blanka-majchrzycka.bsky.social, which changed the way I think about promoters
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We very happy to share our latest work trying to understand enhancer-promoter compatibility.
I am very excited about the results of @blanka-majchrzycka.bsky.social, which changed the way I think about promoters
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New paper! In female mammals, one X-chromosome is inactive in each cell. In some cats, this causes typical color patterns, depending on which X is active and the color it codes for. The @eddaschulz.bsky.social lab found a new regulatory principle behind X-inactivation. 1/2 Note: AI generated image
October 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
New paper! In female mammals, one X-chromosome is inactive in each cell. In some cats, this causes typical color patterns, depending on which X is active and the color it codes for. The @eddaschulz.bsky.social lab found a new regulatory principle behind X-inactivation. 1/2 Note: AI generated image
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Wonderful opportunity to work with Martin Howard and my group trying to understand how chromatin influences gene transcription and expression. Integration of theory, modelling, and experimentation. Come and join the team!
Please repost!
jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
Please repost!
jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
John Innes Centre
jobs.jic.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Wonderful opportunity to work with Martin Howard and my group trying to understand how chromatin influences gene transcription and expression. Integration of theory, modelling, and experimentation. Come and join the team!
Please repost!
jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
Please repost!
jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
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New online: Reporter CRISPR screens decipher cis-regulatory and trans-regulatory principles at the Xist locus
Reporter CRISPR screens decipher cis-regulatory and trans-regulatory principles at the Xist locus
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Published online: 06 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41594-025-01686-3Here Schwämmle et al. develop CRISPR reporter screens to map transcription-factor-regulatory element interactions at the Xist locus, revealing a two-step mechanism integrating developmental and X-dosage signals to initiate X-chromosome inactivation.
go.nature.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
New online: Reporter CRISPR screens decipher cis-regulatory and trans-regulatory principles at the Xist locus
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Happy to share the 2nd part of my PhD @natsmb.nature.com!
Using CRISPR screens, we uncover the TF-RE wiring underlying Xist regulation. Since the preprint, we've added a titration of Xist, showing that XCI is directly dependent on Xist levels.
Check the Bluetorial by @eddaschulz.bsky.social 👇
Using CRISPR screens, we uncover the TF-RE wiring underlying Xist regulation. Since the preprint, we've added a titration of Xist, showing that XCI is directly dependent on Xist levels.
Check the Bluetorial by @eddaschulz.bsky.social 👇
⚠️ Paper alert: Using a novel CRISPR screening approach, we mapped the entire regulatory network controlling Xist—key for X-chromosome inactivation.
👉 We discover how sex and development signals are decoded at a single gene locus.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇 Bluetorial
👉 We discover how sex and development signals are decoded at a single gene locus.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇 Bluetorial
Reporter CRISPR screens decipher cis-regulatory and trans-regulatory principles at the Xist locus - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Here Schwämmle et al. develop CRISPR reporter screens to map transcription-factor-regulatory element interactions at the Xist locus, revealing a two-step mechanism integrating developmental and X-dosage signals to initiate X-chromosome inactivation.
www.nature.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Happy to share the 2nd part of my PhD @natsmb.nature.com!
Using CRISPR screens, we uncover the TF-RE wiring underlying Xist regulation. Since the preprint, we've added a titration of Xist, showing that XCI is directly dependent on Xist levels.
Check the Bluetorial by @eddaschulz.bsky.social 👇
Using CRISPR screens, we uncover the TF-RE wiring underlying Xist regulation. Since the preprint, we've added a titration of Xist, showing that XCI is directly dependent on Xist levels.
Check the Bluetorial by @eddaschulz.bsky.social 👇
Reposted by Edda Schulz
Happy to see this insightful and rigorous work published in its final form! Congrats to all authors and in particular to super hard-working first author @tschwammle.bsky.social and to @eddaschulz.bsky.social for the brilliant guidance.
⚠️ Paper alert: Using a novel CRISPR screening approach, we mapped the entire regulatory network controlling Xist—key for X-chromosome inactivation.
👉 We discover how sex and development signals are decoded at a single gene locus.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇 Bluetorial
👉 We discover how sex and development signals are decoded at a single gene locus.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇 Bluetorial
Reporter CRISPR screens decipher cis-regulatory and trans-regulatory principles at the Xist locus - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Here Schwämmle et al. develop CRISPR reporter screens to map transcription-factor-regulatory element interactions at the Xist locus, revealing a two-step mechanism integrating developmental and X-dosage signals to initiate X-chromosome inactivation.
www.nature.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Happy to see this insightful and rigorous work published in its final form! Congrats to all authors and in particular to super hard-working first author @tschwammle.bsky.social and to @eddaschulz.bsky.social for the brilliant guidance.
⚠️ Paper alert: Using a novel CRISPR screening approach, we mapped the entire regulatory network controlling Xist—key for X-chromosome inactivation.
👉 We discover how sex and development signals are decoded at a single gene locus.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇 Bluetorial
👉 We discover how sex and development signals are decoded at a single gene locus.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇 Bluetorial
Reporter CRISPR screens decipher cis-regulatory and trans-regulatory principles at the Xist locus - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Here Schwämmle et al. develop CRISPR reporter screens to map transcription-factor-regulatory element interactions at the Xist locus, revealing a two-step mechanism integrating developmental and X-dosage signals to initiate X-chromosome inactivation.
www.nature.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
⚠️ Paper alert: Using a novel CRISPR screening approach, we mapped the entire regulatory network controlling Xist—key for X-chromosome inactivation.
👉 We discover how sex and development signals are decoded at a single gene locus.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇 Bluetorial
👉 We discover how sex and development signals are decoded at a single gene locus.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇 Bluetorial
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Congratulations, Dr. Kalita!!!
Dr. Agata Kalita wins the prestigious GfG Elisabeth-Gateff Prize 2025 for her amazing work on sex chromosome dosage compensation in insects!
Dr. Kalita will receive the award at the upcoming GfG Symposium “Epigenetics & Chromatin” on September 26th, 2025 (express.converia.de/frontend/ind...).
Dr. Kalita will receive the award at the upcoming GfG Symposium “Epigenetics & Chromatin” on September 26th, 2025 (express.converia.de/frontend/ind...).
August 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Congratulations, Dr. Kalita!!!
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Cell biology enthusiasts: We look forward to the #DGZ meeting in Heidelberg in October to celebrate 50 years of @dgz.bsky.social! 4 keynote speakers, 12 DGZ workgroups showcasing the latest in their fields & DGZ awardees 2025 will present. Register by Sept 15. www.zellbiologie.de/dgz-internat...
DGZ International Meeting 2025 › DGZ
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August 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Cell biology enthusiasts: We look forward to the #DGZ meeting in Heidelberg in October to celebrate 50 years of @dgz.bsky.social! 4 keynote speakers, 12 DGZ workgroups showcasing the latest in their fields & DGZ awardees 2025 will present. Register by Sept 15. www.zellbiologie.de/dgz-internat...
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🧬 New study from the Kinkley Lab! 🧬 In collaboration with the Vingron and Hnisz labs at the MPIMG the team has gained new insights how the epigenetic reader PHF13 regulates it´s affinity to bind to chromatin.
Read more: www.molgen.mpg.de/2025-07-28-o...
Congrats to first author Francesca Rossi!
Read more: www.molgen.mpg.de/2025-07-28-o...
Congrats to first author Francesca Rossi!
August 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🧬 New study from the Kinkley Lab! 🧬 In collaboration with the Vingron and Hnisz labs at the MPIMG the team has gained new insights how the epigenetic reader PHF13 regulates it´s affinity to bind to chromatin.
Read more: www.molgen.mpg.de/2025-07-28-o...
Congrats to first author Francesca Rossi!
Read more: www.molgen.mpg.de/2025-07-28-o...
Congrats to first author Francesca Rossi!
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I'm really happy to see the work from my Master's thesis published! 🎉
Shoutout to everyone who helped make this happen — especially @albaperez.bsky.social for the amazing mentorship and Alfred for the opportunity to work on this cool project!
Check it out 👀
Shoutout to everyone who helped make this happen — especially @albaperez.bsky.social for the amazing mentorship and Alfred for the opportunity to work on this cool project!
Check it out 👀
📣Rush to read our latest paper!! journals.plos.org/plospathogen.... You'll learn why #heterochromatin is formed and maintained in specific regions of the Plasmodium falciparum genome and not others 🧵⬇️
Heterochromatin de novo formation and maintenance in Plasmodium falciparum
Author summary Proper regulation of gene expression is crucial for the functioning of all organisms. One key mechanism involves modifications in the structure of chromatin, the DNA and proteins comple...
journals.plos.org
July 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I'm really happy to see the work from my Master's thesis published! 🎉
Shoutout to everyone who helped make this happen — especially @albaperez.bsky.social for the amazing mentorship and Alfred for the opportunity to work on this cool project!
Check it out 👀
Shoutout to everyone who helped make this happen — especially @albaperez.bsky.social for the amazing mentorship and Alfred for the opportunity to work on this cool project!
Check it out 👀
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Calling all aspiring Postdocs! One extra week to apply to join our exciting HFSP-funded project to uncover how chromatin moves to function.
Deadline July 15th.
www.mdc-berlin.de/career/jobs/...
Deadline July 15th.
www.mdc-berlin.de/career/jobs/...
July 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Calling all aspiring Postdocs! One extra week to apply to join our exciting HFSP-funded project to uncover how chromatin moves to function.
Deadline July 15th.
www.mdc-berlin.de/career/jobs/...
Deadline July 15th.
www.mdc-berlin.de/career/jobs/...
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We are looking for a research assistant to join our lab and support ongoing projects with genome engineering in mouse embryonic stem cells! Please get in touch if you are interested.
www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Friedrich Miescher Institute, open position
Friedrich Miescher Institute, open position
www.fmi.ch
June 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We are looking for a research assistant to join our lab and support ongoing projects with genome engineering in mouse embryonic stem cells! Please get in touch if you are interested.
www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
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We are excited to officially welcome a new group leader at the MPI-IE in #Freiburg. 🎉
Dr Juliane Glaser 🥳 – she studies epigenetic mechanisms of embryonic development, with a focus on transposable elements. 👉 Interview: www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/6043545/2025...
Welcome, @julianeg.bsky.social!
Dr Juliane Glaser 🥳 – she studies epigenetic mechanisms of embryonic development, with a focus on transposable elements. 👉 Interview: www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/6043545/2025...
Welcome, @julianeg.bsky.social!
June 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
We are excited to officially welcome a new group leader at the MPI-IE in #Freiburg. 🎉
Dr Juliane Glaser 🥳 – she studies epigenetic mechanisms of embryonic development, with a focus on transposable elements. 👉 Interview: www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/6043545/2025...
Welcome, @julianeg.bsky.social!
Dr Juliane Glaser 🥳 – she studies epigenetic mechanisms of embryonic development, with a focus on transposable elements. 👉 Interview: www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/6043545/2025...
Welcome, @julianeg.bsky.social!
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Check out the work of the freshly baked Dr @flavia-con.bsky.social from the Brockdorff lab. Flavia used live-cell single molecular imaging to understand how SMCHD1 interacts with chromatin and is involved in silencing of Xi www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
June 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Check out the work of the freshly baked Dr @flavia-con.bsky.social from the Brockdorff lab. Flavia used live-cell single molecular imaging to understand how SMCHD1 interacts with chromatin and is involved in silencing of Xi www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🗞️Our June issue is live!📷 This month, we're featuring work on editing epigenetic age, somatic mutation, senescence, Alzheimer’s biomarkers and much more. Read it all here: nature.com/nataging/vol...
June 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🗞️Our June issue is live!📷 This month, we're featuring work on editing epigenetic age, somatic mutation, senescence, Alzheimer’s biomarkers and much more. Read it all here: nature.com/nataging/vol...
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On June 20th, destruction and terror have a new name:
June 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Join us in the #institutcurie exceptional environment to explore the mysteries of X chromosome regulation in early human development
If you are interested by epigenetics, early human development in excellent scientific environment in middle of Paris, we are recruiting a postdoc.
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Don't hesitate to apply or share the post !
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Don't hesitate to apply or share the post !
Beetween
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June 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Join us in the #institutcurie exceptional environment to explore the mysteries of X chromosome regulation in early human development
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If you are interested by epigenetics, early human development in excellent scientific environment in middle of Paris, we are recruiting a postdoc.
app.beetween.com/WeaselWeb/p/...
Don't hesitate to apply or share the post !
app.beetween.com/WeaselWeb/p/...
Don't hesitate to apply or share the post !
Beetween
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June 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
If you are interested by epigenetics, early human development in excellent scientific environment in middle of Paris, we are recruiting a postdoc.
app.beetween.com/WeaselWeb/p/...
Don't hesitate to apply or share the post !
app.beetween.com/WeaselWeb/p/...
Don't hesitate to apply or share the post !
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One thing still missing in many GWAS pipelines: chrX analysis... In this study from @ajhgnews.bsky.social, Mefford et al. explore X-GWAS across 48 UKBB traits and as expected, ~3% of trait heritability comes from chrX.
Looks like it’s time we start doing this! www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...
Looks like it’s time we start doing this! www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...
Role of X chromosome and dosage-compensation mechanisms in complex trait genetics
We show that the X chromosome, understudied in genome-wide association studies, contributes
to complex traits in a manner shaped by dosage-compensation mechanisms. We find near-full
X inactivation bal...
www.cell.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
One thing still missing in many GWAS pipelines: chrX analysis... In this study from @ajhgnews.bsky.social, Mefford et al. explore X-GWAS across 48 UKBB traits and as expected, ~3% of trait heritability comes from chrX.
Looks like it’s time we start doing this! www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...
Looks like it’s time we start doing this! www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...
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🚨Preprint alert!🚨 Great collaboration with the lab of Stefan Schoenfelder @stefanschoenfelder.bsky.social - we dissect the role of non-canonical enhancers in human pluripotent stem cells. 👇
Delighted & excited to share our latest preprint on non-canonical enhancers in human pluripotent stem cells, the result of a fantastic and fun collaboration with @guenesdoganlab.bsky.social:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵 below
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵 below
Non-canonical enhancers control gene expression and cell fate in human pluripotent stem cells
Enhancers are key gene regulatory elements that ensure the precise spatiotemporal execution of developmental gene expression programmes. However recent findings indicate that approaches to identify en...
www.biorxiv.org
June 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
🚨Preprint alert!🚨 Great collaboration with the lab of Stefan Schoenfelder @stefanschoenfelder.bsky.social - we dissect the role of non-canonical enhancers in human pluripotent stem cells. 👇