Yiliang Ding
@yiliangding.bsky.social
Tenured Group Leader @JohnInnesCentre, Honorary Professor @uniofeastanglia, Honorary Group Leader @BabrahamInst. Working on RNA structure functionalities
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Yiliang Ding
@yiliangding.bsky.social
· Aug 28
NEWS - Professor Yiliang Ding awarded prestigious Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship
These long-term @royalsociety.org awards are worth £8m over 10 years to support exceptional mid-career research leaders in the UK. Congratulations @yiliangding.bsky.social 👏
👉 www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
These long-term @royalsociety.org awards are worth £8m over 10 years to support exceptional mid-career research leaders in the UK. Congratulations @yiliangding.bsky.social 👏
👉 www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
Super lucky to get the Faraday!Very grateful for the support from @johninnescentre.bsky.social @carolined2.bsky.social, my group and all the collaborators/friends🙏
Big congratulations @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social🥳👍👍👍
@kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social, Group Leader in the Structural Studies Division, has been announced as a Finalist in the 2026 Blavatnik Awards for her work on telomerase.
Congratulations to Kelly and to all the other Finalists!
Read more here: blavatnikawards.org/news/items/y...
#LMBintheNews
Congratulations to Kelly and to all the other Finalists!
Read more here: blavatnikawards.org/news/items/y...
#LMBintheNews
February 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Big congratulations @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social🥳👍👍👍
Big congratulations 🎉 👍👍👍
Exciting news: I've been selected as a Finalist for the Blavatnik Awards in the UK 🧬 🥳
This is an incredible honour and I'm thankful to all my past and present group members, whom I have had the privilege to work with, and my collaborators and mentors
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This is an incredible honour and I'm thankful to all my past and present group members, whom I have had the privilege to work with, and my collaborators and mentors
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Big congratulations 🎉 👍👍👍
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New paper out!
i-Motif, not G-quadruplex, stability regulates insulin expression - published in @narjournal.bsky.social
Team effort driven by Dr Dilek Guneri supported by Dr Chris Morris, @timcraggs.bsky.social, @yiliangding.bsky.social and Prof Steve Smith
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i-Motif, not G-quadruplex, stability regulates insulin expression - published in @narjournal.bsky.social
Team effort driven by Dr Dilek Guneri supported by Dr Chris Morris, @timcraggs.bsky.social, @yiliangding.bsky.social and Prof Steve Smith
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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February 3, 2026 at 12:48 PM
New paper out!
i-Motif, not G-quadruplex, stability regulates insulin expression - published in @narjournal.bsky.social
Team effort driven by Dr Dilek Guneri supported by Dr Chris Morris, @timcraggs.bsky.social, @yiliangding.bsky.social and Prof Steve Smith
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
i-Motif, not G-quadruplex, stability regulates insulin expression - published in @narjournal.bsky.social
Team effort driven by Dr Dilek Guneri supported by Dr Chris Morris, @timcraggs.bsky.social, @yiliangding.bsky.social and Prof Steve Smith
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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🧬🔬@science.org A genetically encoded device for #transcriptome storage in mammalian cells | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @broadinstitute.org
A genetically encoded device for transcriptome storage in mammalian cells
Understanding how cells make decisions over time requires the ability to link past molecular states to future phenotypic outcomes. We present TimeVault, a genetically encoded system that records and s...
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January 15, 2026 at 8:31 PM
🧬🔬@science.org A genetically encoded device for #transcriptome storage in mammalian cells | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @broadinstitute.org
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Loving this beautiful cover image in this week's @science.org illustrating the paper which came out online late last year
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Plantscience
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#Plantscience
January 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Loving this beautiful cover image in this week's @science.org illustrating the paper which came out online late last year
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Plantscience
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Proximity labeling users: check out this study by @zhixingchen2.bsky.social and Peng Zou, which establishes how much contact-dependence vs. diffusion is responsible for biotinylation — tl;dr TurboID has a much smaller effective radius! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/2
Spatial barcoding reveals reaction radii and contact-dependent mechanism of proximity labeling - Nature Chemical Biology
A DNA nanoruler platform enables precise measurement of the labeling radii of TurboID and APEX2, uncovering their contact-dependent mechanisms. These findings redefine the enzymology of proximity labe...
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December 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Proximity labeling users: check out this study by @zhixingchen2.bsky.social and Peng Zou, which establishes how much contact-dependence vs. diffusion is responsible for biotinylation — tl;dr TurboID has a much smaller effective radius! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/2
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🧬 @science.org A SWI/SNF-specific Ig-like domain, SWIFT, is a transcription factor binding platform | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @ckadoch.bsky.social @danafarber.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social @broadinstitute.org @hhmi-science.bsky.social 🔬 #chromatin #transcription #cancer 🧫
A SWI/SNF-specific Ig-like domain, SWIFT, is a transcription factor binding platform
Mammalian SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes modulate DNA accessibility and gene expression; however, their genomic targeting mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Here, we identify SWIFT (SW...
www.science.org
January 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
🧬 @science.org A SWI/SNF-specific Ig-like domain, SWIFT, is a transcription factor binding platform | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @ckadoch.bsky.social @danafarber.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social @broadinstitute.org @hhmi-science.bsky.social 🔬 #chromatin #transcription #cancer 🧫
The Ding lab wishes you a joyful Christmas and a New Year filled with happiness and discovery ❤️❤️❤️
December 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Ding lab wishes you a joyful Christmas and a New Year filled with happiness and discovery ❤️❤️❤️
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The work, recently published in the journal @science.org, was led by @weibingyang.bsky.social, with key contributions on RNA structure and localisation from @yiliangding.bsky.social: www.cepams.org/cepams-resea...
CEPAMS Research Unravels Key Mechanism Governing Plant Stem Cell Activity - CEPAMS
Left: the shoot apex of an Arabidopsis thaliana plant.Right: the shoot apical meristem. Actively dividing stem cells are shown in green, and the cell walls are labelled in magenta.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The work, recently published in the journal @science.org, was led by @weibingyang.bsky.social, with key contributions on RNA structure and localisation from @yiliangding.bsky.social: www.cepams.org/cepams-resea...
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@science.org Chromatin buffers torsional stress during transcription | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Chromatin buffers torsional stress during transcription
During eukaryotic transcription, Pol II must overcome nucleosome obstacles and, because of DNA’s helical structure, must also rotate relative to DNA, generating torsional stress. However, there is lim...
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December 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
@science.org Chromatin buffers torsional stress during transcription | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Exciting project!Great opportunity!
We are recruiting! PDRA to work on a BBSRC funded position with Prof. Yiliang Ding and Dr. Tim Craggs. We are looking for someone with experience with cell culture and gene expression analysis - Please do share. Happy to answer any questions. Details below:
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Exciting project!Great opportunity!
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New opportunity to join our #EvoMPMI group @johninnescentre.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the mechanistic basis of immunity in diverse plants. Please spread the word, reach out by email, and/or apply if interested! More details here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
December 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
New opportunity to join our #EvoMPMI group @johninnescentre.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the mechanistic basis of immunity in diverse plants. Please spread the word, reach out by email, and/or apply if interested! More details here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
@incarnatolab.bsky.social delivered an outstanding talk on RNA structural ensembles in living cells — a truly groundbreaking perspective that could reshape how we approach RNA-based drug discovery. @norwichrnaclub.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@incarnatolab.bsky.social delivered an outstanding talk on RNA structural ensembles in living cells — a truly groundbreaking perspective that could reshape how we approach RNA-based drug discovery. @norwichrnaclub.bsky.social
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We are pleased to host Prof Ying Wang on Wednesday 3rd December 2pm @johninnescentre.bsky.social . Please join us for this exciting talk. @yiliangding.bsky.social @whaerty.bsky.social @alperakay.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social @rnasociety.bsky.social Lexogen
November 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We are pleased to host Prof Ying Wang on Wednesday 3rd December 2pm @johninnescentre.bsky.social . Please join us for this exciting talk. @yiliangding.bsky.social @whaerty.bsky.social @alperakay.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social @rnasociety.bsky.social Lexogen
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We are pleased to host Prof Danny Incarnato @incarnatolab.bsky.social on 5th December 9:30am @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Please join us for. @yiliangding.bsky.social @whaerty.bsky.social @alperakay.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social @rnasociety.bsky.social Lexogen
November 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
We are pleased to host Prof Danny Incarnato @incarnatolab.bsky.social on 5th December 9:30am @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Please join us for. @yiliangding.bsky.social @whaerty.bsky.social @alperakay.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social @rnasociety.bsky.social Lexogen
Super interesting talk by Ying Wang on plant viroid! What a nice model for studying RNA structure😊
We are pleased to host Prof Ying Wang on Wednesday 3rd December 2pm @johninnescentre.bsky.social . Please join us for this exciting talk. @yiliangding.bsky.social @whaerty.bsky.social @alperakay.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social @rnasociety.bsky.social Lexogen
December 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Super interesting talk by Ying Wang on plant viroid! What a nice model for studying RNA structure😊
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Very excited to advertise 15 plant engineering biology PhD projects @biologyatyork.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social & University of Bristol. 🪴 🥬 🔧 🧬 Come join this new Plant BioDesign community!
www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Very excited to advertise 15 plant engineering biology PhD projects @biologyatyork.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social & University of Bristol. 🪴 🥬 🔧 🧬 Come join this new Plant BioDesign community!
www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
New PhD opportunity available in my lab, in collaboration with Betty Chung (Cambridge), focusing on plant RNA viruses and AI-driven design. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
AI RNA Design for Developing Antiviral Solutions in Sugar Beet (Plant BioDesign JIC project) at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - AI RNA Design for Developing Antiviral Solutions in Sugar Beet (Plant BioDesign JIC project) at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
New PhD opportunity available in my lab, in collaboration with Betty Chung (Cambridge), focusing on plant RNA viruses and AI-driven design. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Rather than a static database, we've built an AI plant scientist that could continuously learn new knowledge😃Hope it will help the plant science community!@haopengyu.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @universityofexeter.bsky.social #AIscientist
We’ve built this virtual plant scientist PlantScience.ai to grow alongside human researchers🌿. It thinks like an expert, cites like a scholar, and never stops learning. Come and have a chat with it! @yiliangding.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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PlantScience.ai
PlantScience.ai
October 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Rather than a static database, we've built an AI plant scientist that could continuously learn new knowledge😃Hope it will help the plant science community!@haopengyu.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @universityofexeter.bsky.social #AIscientist
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Our pan-gtranscriptome analysis delivers a detailed roadmap for gene expression and regulation promising to fuel innovations in crop improvement to face climate challenges.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@earlhaminst.bsky.social @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social @edithcowanuni.bsky.social
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@earlhaminst.bsky.social @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social @edithcowanuni.bsky.social
De novo annotation reveals transcriptomic complexity across the hexaploid wheat pan-genome - Nature Communications
Available wheat genomes are annotated by projecting Chinese Spring gene models across the new assemblies. Here, the authors generate de novo gene annotations for the 9 wheat genomes, identify core and dispensable transcriptome, and reveal conservation and divergence of gene expression balance across homoeologous subgenomes.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Our pan-gtranscriptome analysis delivers a detailed roadmap for gene expression and regulation promising to fuel innovations in crop improvement to face climate challenges.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@earlhaminst.bsky.social @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social @edithcowanuni.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@earlhaminst.bsky.social @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social @edithcowanuni.bsky.social
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Exciting news in wheat science!
A new study in @natcomms.nature.com shows the first wheat pan-transcriptome: uncovering hidden diversity across modern wheat lines 🌾
Congrats to @earlhaminst.bsky.social & @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social for this major advance!
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#WheatConnect
A new study in @natcomms.nature.com shows the first wheat pan-transcriptome: uncovering hidden diversity across modern wheat lines 🌾
Congrats to @earlhaminst.bsky.social & @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social for this major advance!
➡️ buff.ly/XEQlCnT
#WheatConnect
De novo annotation reveals transcriptomic complexity across the hexaploid wheat pan-genome - Nature Communications
Available wheat genomes are annotated by projecting Chinese Spring gene models across the new assemblies. Here, the authors generate de novo gene annotations for the 9 wheat genomes, identify core…
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October 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Exciting news in wheat science!
A new study in @natcomms.nature.com shows the first wheat pan-transcriptome: uncovering hidden diversity across modern wheat lines 🌾
Congrats to @earlhaminst.bsky.social & @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social for this major advance!
➡️ buff.ly/XEQlCnT
#WheatConnect
A new study in @natcomms.nature.com shows the first wheat pan-transcriptome: uncovering hidden diversity across modern wheat lines 🌾
Congrats to @earlhaminst.bsky.social & @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social for this major advance!
➡️ buff.ly/XEQlCnT
#WheatConnect
Congratulations! Very cool!
Lead by postdoc in the lab Ruiqi Ge and in collaboration with Bob Coffey’s lab, we are happy to share rPAL-seq for rapid and sensitive sequencing based profiling of glycoRNAs @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Congratulations! Very cool!
Super successful workshop! Thank you very much to all the speakers including all the talent postdocs and students! @norwichrnaclub.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @alperakay.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Super successful workshop! Thank you very much to all the speakers including all the talent postdocs and students! @norwichrnaclub.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @alperakay.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
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🌱Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position OPEN🌱
-Plant Interkingdom/Environment Interactions & Plant Immunity- at The Univ. Texas at Austin, Molecular BioSciences.
Deadline Nov 1st. Please spread the words and APPLY! Contact me if you have any questions.
apply.interfolio.com/175001
-Plant Interkingdom/Environment Interactions & Plant Immunity- at The Univ. Texas at Austin, Molecular BioSciences.
Deadline Nov 1st. Please spread the words and APPLY! Contact me if you have any questions.
apply.interfolio.com/175001
October 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🌱Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position OPEN🌱
-Plant Interkingdom/Environment Interactions & Plant Immunity- at The Univ. Texas at Austin, Molecular BioSciences.
Deadline Nov 1st. Please spread the words and APPLY! Contact me if you have any questions.
apply.interfolio.com/175001
-Plant Interkingdom/Environment Interactions & Plant Immunity- at The Univ. Texas at Austin, Molecular BioSciences.
Deadline Nov 1st. Please spread the words and APPLY! Contact me if you have any questions.
apply.interfolio.com/175001
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Reminder to register for “Cracking the Code: Nucleic Acid Medicines Coming of Age” a Nature Conferences here in Boston, December 8th - 10th! natureconferences.streamgo.live/cracking-the...
Great line of up RNA speakers covering basic and translational nucleic acid biology+recent clinical successes
Great line of up RNA speakers covering basic and translational nucleic acid biology+recent clinical successes
Cracking the Code: Nucleic Acid Medicines Coming of Age
The 2025 conference brings together leading academics and industry professionals to explore developments and challenges in the rapidly evolving field of nucleic acid medicines. By uniting researchers ...
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September 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reminder to register for “Cracking the Code: Nucleic Acid Medicines Coming of Age” a Nature Conferences here in Boston, December 8th - 10th! natureconferences.streamgo.live/cracking-the...
Great line of up RNA speakers covering basic and translational nucleic acid biology+recent clinical successes
Great line of up RNA speakers covering basic and translational nucleic acid biology+recent clinical successes