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Effie Apostolou lab
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Interested in 3D chromatin, cell fate decisions and gene regulation
Don't miss the chance to attend the annual virtual meeting on the advances in Nuclear Topology and 3D chromatin Architecture in Cancer organized by @janeskok @iannisaifantis1 @artsinyc and Melnick. The registration is FREE (see barcode) and the speaker lineup SPECTACULAR.
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Don't forget to register for the upcoming Keystone Symposium Epigenetics & Gene Regulation in Health and Disease (Geveva, March 03-06). Join us for fun discussions on chromatin mechanisms and therapeutic innovation! keysym.us/KSEpigenetic...
Epigenetics and Gene Regulation in Health and Disease: Linking Basic Mechanisms with Therapeutic Opportunities | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Epigenetics and Gene Regulation in Health and Disease: Linking Basic Mechanisms with Therapeutic Opportunities, March 2026, in Geneva, with field leaders!
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October 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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🚨For chromatin, epigenetics and non-coding RNA lovers: only two more weeks left to apply!

Check out our lab page and if interested don't hesitate to apply 3d-chrom.iit.it

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Senior Researcher-Technologist
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September 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Honored and excited to be among the speakers in the upcoming #KSEpigenetics26 symposium! Thank you @kjarmache.bsky.social and @ckadoch.bsky.social for the invitation. Follow the link to register 👇👇👇
September 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Reposted by Effie Apostolou lab
Fraud, using A.I., impersonating medical professionals
Front page NY Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...
September 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Honored to be part of the "Reprogramming Stars" interview series by @cellreprolab.bsky.social @CellularReprogramming. Humbling title but very fun discussion about past and ongoing research, future directions, advice to new trainees and more. Check it out! www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reprogramming Stars #23: Charting Cell Fate Crossroads from the Interplay Between Epigenetics, Transcription, and 3D Chromatin Architecture—An Interview with Dr. Effie Apostolou | Cellular Reprogrammi...
Cellular Reprogramming
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August 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Another Exciting Fusion conference on 3D genome organization is coming up! #SGO25! Deadline for registration on September 1st! Hope to see many of you there!
@efapostolou29.bsky.social we are looking forward to your presentation at the #SGO25 ! Please share this with your followers to let them know the poster and registration deadline is fast approaching - Monday 01 September!
Register now ➡️https://bit.ly/4lhu1YX
August 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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NEW
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year

Chokes off billions in research funding

Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
www.wsj.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Reposted by Effie Apostolou lab
The proposed budget slashes NIH by ~40%, devastating medical research, clinical trials, treatment breakthroughs—life-saving work.

Thousands of lives at risk for tax cuts for the rich? NO THANKS.

Tell your senators to oppose the cuts HERE:
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#CutsCostLives
Will the Senate Save NIH?
Rescuing biomedical research is every bit as important as saving Medicaid.
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June 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Check out this new preprint with @distefanolab.bsky.social lab! The manuscript focuses on RNA processing in the form of sequestration into P-bodies in the context of development.
May 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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I am looking for postdocs to join my group at NIH. Are you interested in Development, Evolution, Genetics, Genomics, and Human health? Please apply! www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdf-mb-...
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April 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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A few days left to apply for exciting PhD and Postdoc opportunities in wonderful Copenhagen and join our efforts in understanding Epigenetic Cell Memory.
🚨𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭!🚨The Groth @groth-anja.bsky.social, Mailand, Nilsson @nilssonlab.bsky.social & Krietenstein @nilskrietenstein.bsky.social labs are hiring 𝟔 𝐏𝐡𝐃&𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐬 to join the new Center for Epigenetic Cell Memory (EpiC) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Apply here: tinyurl.com/yvd93na2 & please share!
6 Postdoctoral and PhD positions in Center for Epigenetic Cell Memory (EpiC)
The Center for Epigenetic Cell Memory (EpiC) is a new Center of Excellence that will be established based on funding by the Danish National Research Foundation.
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March 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
That’s huge!!! Congratulations Bing and welcome to NYC!!!
March 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The first cancer-related story from our group @WeillCornell
is now published in @MolecularCell. We investigate the role of hyperconnected 3D regulatory hubs in controlling oncogenic programs and properties in glioblastoma and also across 16 cancer types. www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
Three-dimensional regulatory hubs support oncogenic programs in glioblastoma
Here, Breves et al. profile the 3D enhancer-promoter connectomes of patient-derived glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs), identify hyperconnected 3D regulatory “hubs” relevant for GBM biology, examine the i...
www.cell.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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It’s crazy how receiving an automated -previously routine- email that my grant application is scheduled for review this summer brought smile to my face! It can still be trashed but at least it would be after peer-review!!! #PIlife #GirlsJustWanttoHaveFUNding #StandforNIH
March 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
USA has been traditionally on the receiving end of braindrain thanks to its world class research and a culture of inclusivity…! Let’s see how that will play out…
"Universities around the world have reported seeing an uptick in applications from U.S.-based researchers, who face an increasingly uncertain climate under President Donald Trump’s administration." ➡️ www.science.org/content/arti...
Overseas universities see opportunity in U.S. ‘brain drain’
But many U.S.-based scientists seeking to leave may struggle to find positions in countries grappling with funding issues of their own
www.science.org
March 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Reposted by Effie Apostolou lab
A nonsensical threat to:
One of the most important advances in biotechnology of our time, already being used to successfully treat refractory cancers, enable genome editing, develop vaccines for infectious diseases for which there are none, treat autoimmune diseases, and more.
March 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Our work on the regulation is out www.cell.com/stem-cell-re...! Congrats to our collaborators in the Vierbuchen and Mezey labs. It turns out that genetic variation has to be very much considered if you want to harness stem cells safely in biomedicine. #pluripotency #epigenetics #stemcells
Genetic variation modulates susceptibility to aberrant DNA hypomethylation and imprint deregulation in naive pluripotent stem cells
Pluripotent stem cells are susceptible to acquiring detrimental epigenetic abnormalities, posing a hurdle to their safe use in biomedical applications. Using pluripotent cells with defined genetic bac...
www.cell.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Beautiful work by @stadtfeldlab.bsky.social and @tvierbuchen.bsky.social labs establishing the role of genetic variation in the epigenetic and imprinting stability of mouse iPS! Congrats!!!
March 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.
Hundreds of research grants at Columbia canceled following Trump edict, administrator says
The National Institutes of Health is terminating 232 grants for scientific research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, according to an email an administrator sent to faculty.
gothamist.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Devastating and outrageous!!! Where are we heading to???
I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia.

This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.

This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
March 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM