A really nice Research Briefing on Miranda's @mrndhntr.bsky.social paper. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1038/d415...

Cancer cells are notoriously plastic, but what triggers the changes in cell state? In our new Nature (@nature.com)‬ paper, Miranda Hunter (@mrndhntr.bsky.social‬) found that mechanical pressure is a key to this switch. Check it out here: go.nature.com/47iwDm2

Hey everyone - the annual SMR #melanoma meeting in beautiful Amsterdam is coming up. Always a fantastic lineup of research spanning basic, translational and clinical. We also have a great trainee "pre-SMR" meeting, with top talks being selected for the main meeting. Join us! smrcongress.org

Zebrafish people! The @ZDMSociety annual meeting is in Boston this year, with a great lineup. Abstract submission is closing May 27th. Go register now for this always fun conference #zebrafish www.zdmsociety.org/zdm18-home

Spots still available for the Cancer epigenetics meeting hosted by @ludwigcancer.bsky.social at Oxford @ox.ac.uk. Amazing lineup of speakers including Craig Thompson, Scott Lowe, Caroline Bartman and many others. Info here - register soon!: ludwigoxfordepicancer2025.my.canva.site

For #zebrafish people - we have a joint @ZDMSociety @InfoIzfs webinar focused on single-cell tech coming up on February 20th. Featuring Yinan Wan, Jialin Liu and Loic Royer. Register here: www.izfs.org/education/we...

Synthetic biology meets Darwinian evolution. This new paper shows how you can do directed "evolution campaigns" using mutation of RNA rather than DNA: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Could we do this in vivo in #zebrafish ?

For my first ever post on @bsky.app, check out this piece about starting a new lab (one of the most bewildering experiences). See how my former postdoc
@shruthy_suresh describes her first year: nature.com/articles/s43.... Honest but optimistic, exactly how I have always known her to be!