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Vicky Lioy
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Future team leader @i2bcparissaclay.bsky.social #GenomeBiologyI2BC. Interested in bacterial chromosome and chromatin organization.
I2BC Science: https://www.scoop.it/u/institut-de-biologie-integrative-de-la-cellule/curated-scoops
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📢 Dear lovers of prokaryotic chromosomes:
Registration for the Biology & Physics of Chromosomes meeting has been extended until 7 August ⏳.
Join us!
@biophychrom.bsky.social
@danielabarilla.bsky.social
@damelab.bsky.social
@graingerlab.bsky.social
@biochemsoc.bsky.social
#microsky
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📢 Interested in #chromosomes 🧬 & #archaea thriving at the edge of life? PhD project in York,UK on how archaea pass on their genome to daughter cells.Friendly supervisors: me, @steve-quinn-lab.bsky.social & @georgerheath.bsky.social

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
📅 January 7, 2026
Please RP🙏thx!
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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IT'S HAPPENING! 💥 I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between @qedscience.bsky.social & @openrxiv.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on “getting published” (1/3) 👇
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🎉🥳👏Congratulations to Olivier and to the consortium. Excellent results will come to light soon in the #GenomeBiologyI2BC Department.
I am very proud to announce that our team has received an ERC synergy grant from @erc.europa.eu. A wonderful recognition of a truly collaborative effort with friends (Julius Lukes, Leos Valasek and Mark Osborn). Excited to begin this journey at @i2bcparissaclay.bsky.social @cnrs.fr
The newly announced ERC Synergy Grant includes research on:

✴️ genetic drug design
✴️ the Big Bang's first microseconds
✴️ crowd movement
✴️ nature-society interactions

👉 buff.ly/ZQhLp4h

Congrats to the 66 awarded research teams!

#FrontierResearch
November 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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🚨 Another funded PhD alert🚨

We are recruiting again! For a PhD student to start with us in the @langridgelab.bsky.social October 2026 - please share 👀

If you are interested in foodborne pathogens, public health and phage, look no further 🦠🏥🧬

➡️ tinyurl.com/3zvavp2t ⬅️

Apply by 6 Jan 2026 🗓️
October 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
#qed seems to be a new AI tool that could change the way we review (and write!) papers. Let’s try it!
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
October 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Nucleoid structure and dynamics influence natural chromosomal transformation in Bacillus subtilis: the role of EbfC url: academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Nucleoid structure and dynamics influence natural chromosomal transformation in Bacillus subtilis: the role of EbfC
Abstract. Natural chromosomal transformation (NCT) in Bacillus subtilis requires RecA and its accessory proteins including RecX and RecD2. Inactivation of
academic.oup.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Another new team at #GenomeBiologyI2BC. Congratulations @cecilecourret.bsky.social
I'm thrilled to announce that I’m opening my own research team in the Department of Genome Biology at I2BC @i2bcparissaclay.bsky.social ! #ATIP-Avenir
Very excited to start this new adventure! www.i2bc.paris-saclay.fr/equipe-intra...
Equipe Courret – Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell
www.i2bc.paris-saclay.fr
October 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Kicking off day two at the Spatial Organization of Biological Functions meeting at ICTS Bangalore! The first day was fascinating! #SOBF2025
October 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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How do SMC complexes load onto DNA to get ready for loop extrusion?

@roisnehamelinf.bsky.social & co discovered that Wadjet, an SMC complex involved in bacterial DNA immunity, performs some impressive molecular gymnastics 🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️.

Check out the new paper: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
October 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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🚨 First pre-print from my team !!

TL;DR: presence of polymorphism (sequence differences between the homologous chromosomes) can *increase* the local rate of recombination in Arabidopsis thaliana, turning cold regions of the genome hot (purple v. grey) !
October 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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📝New preprint! #MicroSky

🕰️We chart the full, synchronized lifecycle of a predatory bacterium using Hi-C, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq & microscopy.

🧬We uncover dramatic shifts in nucleoid architecture & transcription, tightly coordinated with predation.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dynamics and interplay of gene expression and chromosome organization across a predatory lifecycle
The obligate predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus alternates between a motile attack phase and a growth phase inside another bacterium, during which it undergoes multiple rounds of DNA repli...
www.biorxiv.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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The @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social's Hospitium was such a lovely location for the @biochemsoc.bsky.social #BioPhyChrom2025 conference dinner. Gorgeous gardens, fabulous food & captivating conversations

Thank you to the organisers for creating a great program & friendly interdisciplinary environment
September 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
As in so many ways I very much still feel like a novice student in exploring biology, I am very grateful and proud for this Award of the Biochemical Society 'for significant achievements in nanoscale molecular biology, especially the contribution to developing methodologies'.
Congratulations to Cees Dekker @ceesdekker.bsky.social who showcased his work on single-molecule biophysics studies of DNA loop extrusion in his 2026 #BiochemAward Lecture for Significant Breakthrough or Achievement! We hope everyone enjoyed Prokaryotic Chromosomes VII!
September 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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New paper!
We generated and/or (re)analyzed ~100 #metagenomics Hi-C datasets to provide a comprehensive analysis of bacterial and viral metagenomes across VERY different environments.
Congratulations to all authors especially Amaury Bignaud and @mmarbout.bsky.social for the huge work!
#metaHiC
September 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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That’s a wrap for The Biology and Physics of Prokaryotic Chromosomes VII 2025. A big thank you to all those who attended 🧪 #BioPhyChrom2025 #BiochemEvents
September 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#Biophychrom2025 is over, but we spent four exciting days discussing the biology and physics of prokaryotic chromosomes. Congratulations to all the attendees for making this conference a success.
@biochemsoc.bsky.social
@danielabarilla.bsky.social
@graingerlab.bsky.social
@damelab.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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#BioPhyChrom25 gala dinner at the 14th century #Hospitium venue in York, and @agnesnoy.bsky.social talk. Lots of discussion and ideas for BioPhyChrom2027… Great vibes and atmosphere!
@biophychrom.bsky.social @damelab.bsky.social @vslioy.bsky.social @graingerlab.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social 🧬
September 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Well that's a wrap @biochemsoc.bsky.social #BioPhyChrom2025 thank you to the organisers & everyone here for contributing to a wonderful week. Looking forward to hopefully seeing you all again in Paris 🇫🇷

@danielabarilla.bsky.social
@damelab.bsky.social
@graingerlab.bsky.social
@vslioy.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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We have been hearing great things about @biochemsoc.bsky.social #BioPhyChrom2025 & it looks like our Emma is having fun.. maybe too much?😉

Don't worry when she's back she will be writing a paper on this work showing that genomic rearrangement can impact #virulence & #AMR. Find Poster 9 to hear more
What a great 1st session @biochemsoc.bsky.social #BioPhyChrom2025. A great mix of talks & discussion points from all speakers

I am looking forward to sharing my work showing that genome structure variation can influence #virulence & #AMR. Come see me at poster 009
September 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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@danielabarilla.bsky.social kicking off #BioPhyChrom2025 - a fantastic turn out too...
September 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Who's ready for an exciting week ahead in York @biochemsoc.bsky.social's Biology & physics of Prokaroytic Chromosomes?! #BioPhyChrom2025
September 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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A big welcome to the attendees of The Biology and Physics of Prokaryotic Chromosomes VII. We’re looking forward to bringing together the community in York #BiochemEvent #BioPhyChrom2025
September 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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What a great 1st session @biochemsoc.bsky.social #BioPhyChrom2025. A great mix of talks & discussion points from all speakers

I am looking forward to sharing my work showing that genome structure variation can influence #virulence & #AMR. Come see me at poster 009
September 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Finally in York! Tomorrow is D-Day #BioPhyChrom2025 kicks off with a great program and posters!

@danielabarilla.bsky.social
@damelab.bsky.social
@graingerlab.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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This week we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the I2BC — very proud of what we have accomplished together! www.i2bc.paris-saclay.fr
September 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM