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Gerlich Lab
@gerlichlab.bsky.social
Getting to grips with chromosome organisation and dynamics using ‘scopes, sequencing and silicon.
Located at @imbavienna.bsky.social - @viennabiocenter.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to @mfdspicer.bsky.social, PhD student in our lab, for winning the Best Poster Prize at the 2nd Spatial Genome Organization Conference! 🎉
A proud moment for the lab and well-deserved recognition for his creativity and dedication. 👏
@fusionconf.bsky.social #SGO25
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
1/ New preprint alert!
In collaboration between the Rosen, Redding, Collepardo-Guevara & Gerlich labs, we uncover a surprising principle of chromosome organisation: electrostatic repulsion positions centromeres at the chromosome surface during mitosis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
An electrostatic repulsion model of centromere organisation
During cell division, chromosomes reorganise into compact bodies in which centromeres localise precisely at the chromatin surface to enable kinetochore-microtubule interactions essential for genome se...
doi.org
September 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Our lab is now on Bluesky! 🚀 Kicking things off by sharing
@fedeteloni.bsky.social latest preprint on the role of cohesin in homology search. Check out the thread for more details!
New preprint from the @gerlichlab.bsky.social @imbavienna.bsky.social!

How do DNA breaks locate homology sites in the vast space of the human genome? We show how cohesin guides homology search for faithful repair!

Read more 👉 https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.10

Follow along for key insights! 🧵
February 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM