Lorne Genome Conference, Australia
@lornegenome.bsky.social
The preeminent Australian conference on the organisation and expression of the genome
2026 Winner of the Lorne Genome Julian Wells Medal: Christine Wells (no relation!) @stemcellsystems.bsky.social congratulations, well deserved!!
February 18, 2026 at 12:18 AM
2026 Winner of the Lorne Genome Julian Wells Medal: Christine Wells (no relation!) @stemcellsystems.bsky.social congratulations, well deserved!!
Reposted by Lorne Genome Conference, Australia
Almost literally too late, but here is a feed for BlueSky to collate #LorneGenome posts that blends mentions of Lorne + Genome along with posts from @lornegenome.bsky.social
Should still work next year though!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Should still work next year though!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
February 17, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Almost literally too late, but here is a feed for BlueSky to collate #LorneGenome posts that blends mentions of Lorne + Genome along with posts from @lornegenome.bsky.social
Should still work next year though!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Should still work next year though!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Journeying back in time with Liran Carmel: reconstructing Neanderthal methylation. Found regions with different methylation to humans: genes that affect the face and voice.
February 17, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Journeying back in time with Liran Carmel: reconstructing Neanderthal methylation. Found regions with different methylation to humans: genes that affect the face and voice.
Jennifer Zenker showing how pluripotent cells have unique microtubule organisation and its asymmetries direct fate decisions
February 17, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Jennifer Zenker showing how pluripotent cells have unique microtubule organisation and its asymmetries direct fate decisions
Reposted by Lorne Genome Conference, Australia
We’ve been spoiled with lovely weather & quality science at @lornegenome.bsky.social this year, continuing this morning with Session 11 (Novel Approaches to Study the Genome) & then the Julian Wells Medallist presentation. Hope everyone has rested up after the dinner! See you 9am! #LorneGenome2026
February 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
We’ve been spoiled with lovely weather & quality science at @lornegenome.bsky.social this year, continuing this morning with Session 11 (Novel Approaches to Study the Genome) & then the Julian Wells Medallist presentation. Hope everyone has rested up after the dinner! See you 9am! #LorneGenome2026
Lorne Genome Conference dinner with a few party crashers
February 17, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Lorne Genome Conference dinner with a few party crashers
And welcome to the conference dinner! 🍻
February 17, 2026 at 8:03 AM
And welcome to the conference dinner! 🍻
Jenny Tung: Marrying evolutionary ecology and evolutionary genetics to link traits leading to differential survival with changes in allele frequency across generations using the cutest model organism: the meerkat
a group of meerkats are standing next to each other and looking at the camera
ALT: a group of meerkats are standing next to each other and looking at the camera
media.tenor.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Jenny Tung: Marrying evolutionary ecology and evolutionary genetics to link traits leading to differential survival with changes in allele frequency across generations using the cutest model organism: the meerkat
Hazuki Takahashi: are RNA DNA 🧬 interactions cell type specific in humans? Develop RADICL-seq to map RNA-DNA interactions. Capture both cis and trans interactions, showing cell type specific interactions
February 17, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Hazuki Takahashi: are RNA DNA 🧬 interactions cell type specific in humans? Develop RADICL-seq to map RNA-DNA interactions. Capture both cis and trans interactions, showing cell type specific interactions
Transposable elements move DNA around genome, creating new genes BUT also a mutagen causing disease ☯️ Keith Slotkin has harnessed this mechanism to target DNA inserts to 🌿🫛 genomes. Have used synthetic biology to improve targeting from industry standard of 1% to >99% while reducing off target sites
February 17, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Transposable elements move DNA around genome, creating new genes BUT also a mutagen causing disease ☯️ Keith Slotkin has harnessed this mechanism to target DNA inserts to 🌿🫛 genomes. Have used synthetic biology to improve targeting from industry standard of 1% to >99% while reducing off target sites
90% Small Cell Lung Cancer🫁 is immune silent and evades immunotherapy , but there is plasticity between immune active / silent types. Marian Burr seeks to regulate this transition for improved SCLC survival.
February 17, 2026 at 5:49 AM
90% Small Cell Lung Cancer🫁 is immune silent and evades immunotherapy , but there is plasticity between immune active / silent types. Marian Burr seeks to regulate this transition for improved SCLC survival.
Austen Ganley does a random genome project: puts A.thaliana DNA into human cells. Gets transcription that is independent of A. Thailana genes.
February 17, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Austen Ganley does a random genome project: puts A.thaliana DNA into human cells. Gets transcription that is independent of A. Thailana genes.
Reposted by Lorne Genome Conference, Australia
Can only tag @antobeck.bsky.social here on BlueSky to say that the #Illumina coffee cart is once again the quiet hero of #LorneGenome
February 17, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Can only tag @antobeck.bsky.social here on BlueSky to say that the #Illumina coffee cart is once again the quiet hero of #LorneGenome
@jennbrophy.bsky.social gives a beautiful talk uncovering the regulation of lateral root development, creating tools to engineer root branches 🌱
February 17, 2026 at 4:31 AM
@jennbrophy.bsky.social gives a beautiful talk uncovering the regulation of lateral root development, creating tools to engineer root branches 🌱
Brenda Andrews: yeast 🥪 a fantastic systemic genetics, all viable deletion mutants are available. Using to map genetic interactions ➡️ link phenotype to genotype
February 17, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Brenda Andrews: yeast 🥪 a fantastic systemic genetics, all viable deletion mutants are available. Using to map genetic interactions ➡️ link phenotype to genotype
Thanks to Roche for bringing out @joepdel.bsky.social from Hartwig Medical to share his work using Roche-SBX for Paired Tumour–Normal Whole Genome Sequencing on their cohorts.
February 17, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Thanks to Roche for bringing out @joepdel.bsky.social from Hartwig Medical to share his work using Roche-SBX for Paired Tumour–Normal Whole Genome Sequencing on their cohorts.
Up now Hongpei Li @singmolsci.bsky.social, winner of #lornegenome best student abstract! Telling us how p16 and polycomb interact to cause irreversible growth arrest and cell cycle exit.
February 17, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Up now Hongpei Li @singmolsci.bsky.social, winner of #lornegenome best student abstract! Telling us how p16 and polycomb interact to cause irreversible growth arrest and cell cycle exit.
Peter Cockerill's first Lorne Genome talk was in 1993! Back telling us about how chromatin priming allows faster reactivation of immune response genes in Memory T Cells.
February 17, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Peter Cockerill's first Lorne Genome talk was in 1993! Back telling us about how chromatin priming allows faster reactivation of immune response genes in Memory T Cells.
Alexey Terskikh @perkinsinstitute.bsky.social shows us how epigentic change in the inner hair cells of the cochlear occur in a spatial fashion and is predictive of age.
February 17, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Alexey Terskikh @perkinsinstitute.bsky.social shows us how epigentic change in the inner hair cells of the cochlear occur in a spatial fashion and is predictive of age.
Petra Hajkova @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social germ cells are depleted for lamins compared to somatic cells but pericentric heterochromatin still anchors to the periphery via H3K9me, in a similar fashion to ancestral 3D organisation that occurs in c. elegans.
February 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Petra Hajkova @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social germ cells are depleted for lamins compared to somatic cells but pericentric heterochromatin still anchors to the periphery via H3K9me, in a similar fashion to ancestral 3D organisation that occurs in c. elegans.
Ferdinand von Meyenn @imps-ethzurich.bsky.social is there metabolic memory im adipose tissue? Sampling from patients post bariatric surgery retain an obesity signature in their adipose cells post weight loss.
February 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Ferdinand von Meyenn @imps-ethzurich.bsky.social is there metabolic memory im adipose tissue? Sampling from patients post bariatric surgery retain an obesity signature in their adipose cells post weight loss.
Bing Zhu kicking off today by taking us through the mysteries of heterochromatin.
February 16, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Bing Zhu kicking off today by taking us through the mysteries of heterochromatin.
Good morning Lorne! Hope you are enjoying another beautiful morning before we begin with our Epigentics and Chromatin session at 9am
February 16, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Good morning Lorne! Hope you are enjoying another beautiful morning before we begin with our Epigentics and Chromatin session at 9am
Reposted by Lorne Genome Conference, Australia
It’s another beautiful morning in Lorne, with blue skies & kangaroos. Highs of 33 degrees & afternoon rain/thunderstorms are predicted, but it will be cool & dry in the @lornegenome.bsky.social Heritage Ballroom for Session 7: Epigenetics & Chromatin at 9am. Looking forward to it! #LorneGenome2026
February 16, 2026 at 9:13 PM
It’s another beautiful morning in Lorne, with blue skies & kangaroos. Highs of 33 degrees & afternoon rain/thunderstorms are predicted, but it will be cool & dry in the @lornegenome.bsky.social Heritage Ballroom for Session 7: Epigenetics & Chromatin at 9am. Looking forward to it! #LorneGenome2026
Directed cell fate reprogamming is holy grail for regenerative medicine. Katherine Zyner created Refate to identify small molecules that can be used to convert cells between states. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
February 16, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Directed cell fate reprogamming is holy grail for regenerative medicine. Katherine Zyner created Refate to identify small molecules that can be used to convert cells between states. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...