WntUK
@wntuk.bsky.social
A network of UK based research groups with interests in the structural, molecular and cellular mechanisms of Wnt signalling in development and disease.
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WntUK
@wntuk.bsky.social
· Dec 4
Please welcome us to BlueSky and give us a follow!
We are newly formed UK scientific society with interests in the structural, molecular and cellular mechanisms of Wnt signalling in development and disease.
We are represented by all four corners of the UK and cover all aspects of Wnt signalling!
We are newly formed UK scientific society with interests in the structural, molecular and cellular mechanisms of Wnt signalling in development and disease.
We are represented by all four corners of the UK and cover all aspects of Wnt signalling!
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Very grateful to receive a new BBSRC grant and many thanks to #BBSRC panel, and reviewers for this generous support. This funding will enable us to address important unresolved questions in chromatin regulation downstream of WNT/GSK3 signalling in stem cells. @wntuk.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Very grateful to receive a new BBSRC grant and many thanks to #BBSRC panel, and reviewers for this generous support. This funding will enable us to address important unresolved questions in chromatin regulation downstream of WNT/GSK3 signalling in stem cells. @wntuk.bsky.social
New posdoc position available in the Guettler lab @icr.ac.uk studying ADP-ribosylation in Wnt/B-catenin signalling and telomere maintenance 👇👇👇
jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
Postdoctoral Training Fellow: ADP-ribosylation in Wnt/β-catenin signalling and telomere maintenance in Chelsea | The Institute of Cancer Research
View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Training Fellow: ADP-ribosylation in Wnt/β-catenin signalling and telomere maintenance vacancy in Chelsea .
Salary: Dependent on relevant Po...
jobs.icr.ac.uk
June 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
New posdoc position available in the Guettler lab @icr.ac.uk studying ADP-ribosylation in Wnt/B-catenin signalling and telomere maintenance 👇👇👇
jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
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My next stop is CRUK Scotland in Glasgow. Thanks to Owen Sansom @cruk-si.bsky.social for hosting me. The @wntuk.bsky.social community is just awesome—great people, excellent research!
June 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My next stop is CRUK Scotland in Glasgow. Thanks to Owen Sansom @cruk-si.bsky.social for hosting me. The @wntuk.bsky.social community is just awesome—great people, excellent research!
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If you are interested in helping to organise and shape this event, I would love for you to join me!
Calling all WntUK ECRs! As the vision for a 2026 Wnt meeting takes shape we're planning a one-day ECR event.
Interested in helping shape and organise it alongside our ECR rep @nadianasreddin.bsky.social?
A great opportunity to connect, contribute, and develop your career. Get in touch!
Interested in helping shape and organise it alongside our ECR rep @nadianasreddin.bsky.social?
A great opportunity to connect, contribute, and develop your career. Get in touch!
May 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
If you are interested in helping to organise and shape this event, I would love for you to join me!
Calling all WntUK ECRs! As the vision for a 2026 Wnt meeting takes shape we're planning a one-day ECR event.
Interested in helping shape and organise it alongside our ECR rep @nadianasreddin.bsky.social?
A great opportunity to connect, contribute, and develop your career. Get in touch!
Interested in helping shape and organise it alongside our ECR rep @nadianasreddin.bsky.social?
A great opportunity to connect, contribute, and develop your career. Get in touch!
May 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Calling all WntUK ECRs! As the vision for a 2026 Wnt meeting takes shape we're planning a one-day ECR event.
Interested in helping shape and organise it alongside our ECR rep @nadianasreddin.bsky.social?
A great opportunity to connect, contribute, and develop your career. Get in touch!
Interested in helping shape and organise it alongside our ECR rep @nadianasreddin.bsky.social?
A great opportunity to connect, contribute, and develop your career. Get in touch!
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Our latest work out now in Oncogene by Dr Megan Wagstaff at @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk @sussexcancer.org @sussexbcr.bsky.social @wntuk.bsky.social. We show the oncogene β-catenin interacts with a Wnt mRNA network in myeloid leukaemia cells
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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β-Catenin interacts with canonical RBPs including MSI2 to associate with a Wnt signalling mRNA network in myeloid leukaemia cells - Oncogene
Oncogene - β-Catenin interacts with canonical RBPs including MSI2 to associate with a Wnt signalling mRNA network in myeloid leukaemia cells
www.nature.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Our latest work out now in Oncogene by Dr Megan Wagstaff at @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk @sussexcancer.org @sussexbcr.bsky.social @wntuk.bsky.social. We show the oncogene β-catenin interacts with a Wnt mRNA network in myeloid leukaemia cells
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Major congrats to Dr#3 from our group Okan Sevim who passed his PhD viva yesterday.
A super talented researcher, it’s been a privilege to serve as Okan’s supervisor from MSc to PhD in @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk
Many thanks to examiners @mitchell.science & @mardakheh.bsky.social
A super talented researcher, it’s been a privilege to serve as Okan’s supervisor from MSc to PhD in @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk
Many thanks to examiners @mitchell.science & @mardakheh.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Major congrats to Dr#3 from our group Okan Sevim who passed his PhD viva yesterday.
A super talented researcher, it’s been a privilege to serve as Okan’s supervisor from MSc to PhD in @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk
Many thanks to examiners @mitchell.science & @mardakheh.bsky.social
A super talented researcher, it’s been a privilege to serve as Okan’s supervisor from MSc to PhD in @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk
Many thanks to examiners @mitchell.science & @mardakheh.bsky.social
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Such an honour! Thank you to the organising committee for the opportunity and the great conference!!
Many thanks WntUK ECR rep @nadianasreddin.bsky.social from @cruk-si.bsky.social for chairing the Future Generation session!
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
March 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Such an honour! Thank you to the organising committee for the opportunity and the great conference!!
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As the sun sets on a wonderful day of celebrating @wntuk.bsky.social research, we want to thank all attendees, presenters and sponsors for making this possible. @oxfordcancer.bsky.social, The Company of Biologists, Cambridge Biosciences, @thermofishersci.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
As the sun sets on a wonderful day of celebrating @wntuk.bsky.social research, we want to thank all attendees, presenters and sponsors for making this possible. @oxfordcancer.bsky.social, The Company of Biologists, Cambridge Biosciences, @thermofishersci.bsky.social
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Honoured and humbled to win Best Talk at #WNTUK2025! This work reflects years of dedication and a fantastic team effort, led by the amazing Hayley Belnoue-Davis and myself, under the brilliant Simon Leedham. Grateful to all—soon to be in press! 🚀
Congratulations to @eoghanjm.bsky.social from @ox.ac.uk on winning best talk, and Kieran Hodson from the Toby Phesse group at @cardiffuni.bsky.social @ecscri.bsky.social on winning best poster!
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
March 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Honoured and humbled to win Best Talk at #WNTUK2025! This work reflects years of dedication and a fantastic team effort, led by the amazing Hayley Belnoue-Davis and myself, under the brilliant Simon Leedham. Grateful to all—soon to be in press! 🚀
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Thank you for the opportunity to contribute; what a fantastic meeting hosted at the inspiring Oxford, on the coolest signalling pathway.
Many thanks to @yatlasi.bsky.social from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social for chairing the Disease and Translational Research session.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
March 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Thank you for the opportunity to contribute; what a fantastic meeting hosted at the inspiring Oxford, on the coolest signalling pathway.
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Really enjoyed #WNTUK2025 at @ox.ac.uk in beautiful Worcester College today. Excellent program of research talks and posters put together by @michaelranes.bsky.social and @oxfordcancer.bsky.social representing all themes, career stages and gender/diversity of @wntuk.bsky.social research. 👊
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Really enjoyed #WNTUK2025 at @ox.ac.uk in beautiful Worcester College today. Excellent program of research talks and posters put together by @michaelranes.bsky.social and @oxfordcancer.bsky.social representing all themes, career stages and gender/diversity of @wntuk.bsky.social research. 👊
And that’s a wrap! @michaelranes.bsky.social draws a highly enjoyable, well organised and stimulating 2nd WNTUK meeting to a close, followed by drinks in the sun in front of a beautiful Worcester College lawn. See you next year!
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
March 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
And that’s a wrap! @michaelranes.bsky.social draws a highly enjoyable, well organised and stimulating 2nd WNTUK meeting to a close, followed by drinks in the sun in front of a beautiful Worcester College lawn. See you next year!
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
Congratulations to @eoghanjm.bsky.social from @ox.ac.uk on winning best talk, and Kieran Hodson from the Toby Phesse group at @cardiffuni.bsky.social @ecscri.bsky.social on winning best poster!
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
March 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Congratulations to @eoghanjm.bsky.social from @ox.ac.uk on winning best talk, and Kieran Hodson from the Toby Phesse group at @cardiffuni.bsky.social @ecscri.bsky.social on winning best poster!
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
The final talk of the day is our international keynote speaker @michaelboutros.bsky.social from @dkfz.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social presenting a past and present overview on mechanisms of Wnt signal transduction.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
March 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The final talk of the day is our international keynote speaker @michaelboutros.bsky.social from @dkfz.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social presenting a past and present overview on mechanisms of Wnt signal transduction.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
The penultimate talk of the day is our best selected PhD talk by Dr Ben Broadway from the Guettler lab at @icr.ac.uk presenting on CRISPR approaches to uncovering new tankyrase regulatory mechanisms in Wnt/B-catenin signalling.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
March 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The penultimate talk of the day is our best selected PhD talk by Dr Ben Broadway from the Guettler lab at @icr.ac.uk presenting on CRISPR approaches to uncovering new tankyrase regulatory mechanisms in Wnt/B-catenin signalling.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
Many thanks WntUK ECR rep @nadianasreddin.bsky.social from @cruk-si.bsky.social for chairing the Future Generation session!
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
March 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Many thanks WntUK ECR rep @nadianasreddin.bsky.social from @cruk-si.bsky.social for chairing the Future Generation session!
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
The final session of the day is a Future Generation focus starting with invited ECR speaker Dr Yeonjoo Kim from the @ianmcgough.bsky.social group at @babrahaminst.bsky.social presenting on a novel RASopathy caused by hyperactive non-canonical Wnt signalling.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
March 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The final session of the day is a Future Generation focus starting with invited ECR speaker Dr Yeonjoo Kim from the @ianmcgough.bsky.social group at @babrahaminst.bsky.social presenting on a novel RASopathy caused by hyperactive non-canonical Wnt signalling.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
Final talk of the disease session is a selected abstract from Nico Mueller of the de la Roche group at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social @cruk-ci.bsky.social speaking about novel LGR5 immunotherapeutics against multiple cancer types.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
March 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Final talk of the disease session is a selected abstract from Nico Mueller of the de la Roche group at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social @cruk-ci.bsky.social speaking about novel LGR5 immunotherapeutics against multiple cancer types.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
Next up another selected abstract this time from Dr Nuray Gunduz at the Sansom group at @cruk-si.bsky.social presenting her research on LGR4 maintenance of intestinal homeostasis and protection from mutant-cell clonal expansion.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
March 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Next up another selected abstract this time from Dr Nuray Gunduz at the Sansom group at @cruk-si.bsky.social presenting her research on LGR4 maintenance of intestinal homeostasis and protection from mutant-cell clonal expansion.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
Many thanks to @yatlasi.bsky.social from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social for chairing the Disease and Translational Research session.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
March 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Many thanks to @yatlasi.bsky.social from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social for chairing the Disease and Translational Research session.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
The Disease & Translational Research session begins with invited speaker Dr @vivianlilab.bsky.social from @crick.ac.uk presenting on SOX2 driven fetal reprogramming and reversible dormancy in colorectal cancer.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The Disease & Translational Research session begins with invited speaker Dr @vivianlilab.bsky.social from @crick.ac.uk presenting on SOX2 driven fetal reprogramming and reversible dormancy in colorectal cancer.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
Lunch break means it’s WntUK poster time!
We have 17 fabulous posters here today covering Wnt signalling across mechanisms, development and disease from all career stages.
#WNTUK2025
We have 17 fabulous posters here today covering Wnt signalling across mechanisms, development and disease from all career stages.
#WNTUK2025
March 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Lunch break means it’s WntUK poster time!
We have 17 fabulous posters here today covering Wnt signalling across mechanisms, development and disease from all career stages.
#WNTUK2025
We have 17 fabulous posters here today covering Wnt signalling across mechanisms, development and disease from all career stages.
#WNTUK2025
We’ve paused for a glorious lunch break!
March 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We’ve paused for a glorious lunch break!
The final session before lunch is a selected abstract from Lee Placito Fellow of GI Cancer @eoghanjm.bsky.social from the @leedham-simon.bsky.social group at @ox.ac.uk speaking about GREMLIN1 role in stromal remodelling of Wnt-dependent ectopic stem niches in the intestine.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025
March 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The final session before lunch is a selected abstract from Lee Placito Fellow of GI Cancer @eoghanjm.bsky.social from the @leedham-simon.bsky.social group at @ox.ac.uk speaking about GREMLIN1 role in stromal remodelling of Wnt-dependent ectopic stem niches in the intestine.
#WNTUK2025
#WNTUK2025