Cells, Genes and Molecules - Newcastle
@cgm-newcastle.bsky.social
Bioscientists investigating life at the cellular, genetic, epigenetic, and molecular levels in health and disease. Research Theme in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University.
Long telomere inheritance through budding yeast sexual cycles. Blog article based on Theme research from Vasilisa Sidarava, Sarah Mearns and David Lydall. Congratulations team. genestogenomes.org/telomeres-ou...
Telomeres outside the Goldilocks zone cause problems for yeast and humans
A new study in GENETICS investigates the role of generational inheritance of long telomeres in yeast cells.
genestogenomes.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Long telomere inheritance through budding yeast sexual cycles. Blog article based on Theme research from Vasilisa Sidarava, Sarah Mearns and David Lydall. Congratulations team. genestogenomes.org/telomeres-ou...
Very pleased to share 4 exciting new PhD opportunities offered by our Cells, Genes and Molecules Theme in the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University. Applications are open until the 4th of December. Please share and see below for project titles and links
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Very pleased to share 4 exciting new PhD opportunities offered by our Cells, Genes and Molecules Theme in the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University. Applications are open until the 4th of December. Please share and see below for project titles and links
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We recently welcomed Dr Nicholas Brittain to the
LEGEND group, who has joined as a Research
Associate to investigate mechanisms driving
super-enhancers in paediatric leukaemia as part
of a research project funded by @cancerresearchuk.org
LEGEND group, who has joined as a Research
Associate to investigate mechanisms driving
super-enhancers in paediatric leukaemia as part
of a research project funded by @cancerresearchuk.org
August 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We recently welcomed Dr Nicholas Brittain to the
LEGEND group, who has joined as a Research
Associate to investigate mechanisms driving
super-enhancers in paediatric leukaemia as part
of a research project funded by @cancerresearchuk.org
LEGEND group, who has joined as a Research
Associate to investigate mechanisms driving
super-enhancers in paediatric leukaemia as part
of a research project funded by @cancerresearchuk.org
Want to know which kinase phosphorylates your site of interest in cells, go to kipik.dundee.ac.uk. The patented KiPIK screening method developed in Jon Higgins’ group @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social is now available as a new service from @mrcppu.bsky.social in Dundee. #kinase #molbiol #chembiol.
July 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Want to know which kinase phosphorylates your site of interest in cells, go to kipik.dundee.ac.uk. The patented KiPIK screening method developed in Jon Higgins’ group @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social is now available as a new service from @mrcppu.bsky.social in Dundee. #kinase #molbiol #chembiol.
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We have a Dr!!! 🎉 Well done Marc on defending your @nc3rs.bsky.social funded PhD! 👏👏👏 And thank you to James Henstock from @northumbriauni.bsky.social and Priscila Melo from @nclengineering.bsky.social for acting as Marc's examiners. #piroglab @cgm-newcastle.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We have a Dr!!! 🎉 Well done Marc on defending your @nc3rs.bsky.social funded PhD! 👏👏👏 And thank you to James Henstock from @northumbriauni.bsky.social and Priscila Melo from @nclengineering.bsky.social for acting as Marc's examiners. #piroglab @cgm-newcastle.bsky.social
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Taking place on 17-19 September 2025, Transcription and Chromatin UK will showcase cutting-edge research and is a ‘mustattend’ for anyone within the transcription and epigenetics community🧪. Register now: www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/2...
June 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Taking place on 17-19 September 2025, Transcription and Chromatin UK will showcase cutting-edge research and is a ‘mustattend’ for anyone within the transcription and epigenetics community🧪. Register now: www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/2...
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Our new paper is out! Well done Marc, Thais, Fran et al @cgm-newcastle.bsky.social! And thank you to @nc3rs.bsky.social
and the #JGWPattersonFoundation for funding and support.
analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
and the #JGWPattersonFoundation for funding and support.
analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Dynamic Compression Improves Chondrogenesis in the Tissue Engineered Model of Cartilage
Hyaline cartilage is a dense avascular tissue with low regenerative potential, present at the ends of the diarthrodial joints and in the cartilage growth plate. Skeletal diseases often result from ex...
analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Our new paper is out! Well done Marc, Thais, Fran et al @cgm-newcastle.bsky.social! And thank you to @nc3rs.bsky.social
and the #JGWPattersonFoundation for funding and support.
analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
and the #JGWPattersonFoundation for funding and support.
analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Lisa Russell just wrote an insightful article for #CancerNews from @cancerresearchuk.org where she takes us through the promise of super-enhancer biology and what it means for cancer. Read the whole article here:
news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/05/21/b...
news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/05/21/b...
Beyond the genome: Harnessing the power of super-enhancers for blood cancer - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News
The mysteries of the epiregulome need to be tackled head-on if we are to get new precision treatments for blood cancers
news.cancerresearchuk.org
May 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Lisa Russell just wrote an insightful article for #CancerNews from @cancerresearchuk.org where she takes us through the promise of super-enhancer biology and what it means for cancer. Read the whole article here:
news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/05/21/b...
news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/05/21/b...
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Second chance to apply for the #bioinformaticspost funded by @cancerresearchuk.org to join our Leukaemia EpiGenomic and ENhancer Dysregulation group at @newcastleuni.bsky.social @nucancer.bsky.social, don't miss the opportunity! Closing date 1st May 2025! jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
Second chance to apply for the #bioinformaticspost funded by @cancerresearchuk.org to join our Leukaemia EpiGenomic and ENhancer Dysregulation group at @newcastleuni.bsky.social @nucancer.bsky.social, don't miss the opportunity! Closing date 1st May 2025! jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
Research Assistant/Associate: Leukaemia Research
Research Assistant/Associate: Leukaemia Research
jobs.ncl.ac.uk
April 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
RE-POST ALERT
Second chance to apply for the #bioinformaticspost funded by @cancerresearchuk.org to join our Leukaemia EpiGenomic and ENhancer Dysregulation group at @newcastleuni.bsky.social @nucancer.bsky.social, don't miss the opportunity! Closing date 1st May 2025! jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
Second chance to apply for the #bioinformaticspost funded by @cancerresearchuk.org to join our Leukaemia EpiGenomic and ENhancer Dysregulation group at @newcastleuni.bsky.social @nucancer.bsky.social, don't miss the opportunity! Closing date 1st May 2025! jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
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Well done to my PhD Student Abby Brumwell on delivering a great talk to a full room at the @mosmedcdt.bsky.social annual conference this afternoon! #ProudPI @cgm-newcastle.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Well done to my PhD Student Abby Brumwell on delivering a great talk to a full room at the @mosmedcdt.bsky.social annual conference this afternoon! #ProudPI @cgm-newcastle.bsky.social
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Transcription and Chromatin UK is back for 2025 in Manchester! Make sure you register your interest to be kept in the loop about registration and abstract submission. www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t...
Transcription and Chromatin UK 2025
Transcription and Chromatin UK brings together the rich transcription and epigenetics community in the UK and leading experts from abroad, and will feature all aspects of transcription and chromatin r...
www.biochemistry.org
April 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Transcription and Chromatin UK is back for 2025 in Manchester! Make sure you register your interest to be kept in the loop about registration and abstract submission. www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t...
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We're delighted to have Dr Kelly Coffey @coffeylabuk.bsky.social with us to share the story of her development as a researcher.
💬 She told us: "I hope by sharing my story, I can support the next generation of prostate cancer researchers to advance their own careers."
#ProstateCancerUK
💬 She told us: "I hope by sharing my story, I can support the next generation of prostate cancer researchers to advance their own careers."
#ProstateCancerUK
April 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We're delighted to have Dr Kelly Coffey @coffeylabuk.bsky.social with us to share the story of her development as a researcher.
💬 She told us: "I hope by sharing my story, I can support the next generation of prostate cancer researchers to advance their own careers."
#ProstateCancerUK
💬 She told us: "I hope by sharing my story, I can support the next generation of prostate cancer researchers to advance their own careers."
#ProstateCancerUK
Still time to apply for BBSRC PhD studentships in our Cells Genes and Molecules Theme @newcastleuni.bsky.social . Deadline 31st of March. An excellent range of project adverts to follow! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
FindAPhD : BBSRC North East England BBSRC Doctoral Landscape at Newcastle University
Apply for a PhD: BBSRC North East England BBSRC Doctoral Landscape at Newcastle University
www.findaphd.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Still time to apply for BBSRC PhD studentships in our Cells Genes and Molecules Theme @newcastleuni.bsky.social . Deadline 31st of March. An excellent range of project adverts to follow! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
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Excited to share with you the story that enabled me to start my own lab: what happens when the bacterial DNA replication machinery encounters single-strand discontinuities on template DNA? What is required for break repair and replication restart?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Rescuing bacterial genome replication: essential functions to repair a double-strand break and restart DNA synthesis
Many antibiotics indirectly generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) that can damage bacterial genomes. Oxidised nucleobases become genotoxic when they are targeted for repair through excision, generati...
www.biorxiv.org
March 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Excited to share with you the story that enabled me to start my own lab: what happens when the bacterial DNA replication machinery encounters single-strand discontinuities on template DNA? What is required for break repair and replication restart?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Two postdoc posts currently advailable to work with Dr Lisa Russell on an exciting new project funded by CRUK - looking for a laboratory and a bioinformatic PDRA. Apply here: jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl... and here: jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
@nucancer.bsky.social
@nucancer.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Two postdoc posts currently advailable to work with Dr Lisa Russell on an exciting new project funded by CRUK - looking for a laboratory and a bioinformatic PDRA. Apply here: jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl... and here: jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
@nucancer.bsky.social
@nucancer.bsky.social
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We have a 4 year PhD position available to study the impact of the RNA exosome on ribosome specialisation! Get in touch if you are interested or just apply. March 31st deadline.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The impact of the RNA exosome on ribosome specialisation in different cell types at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The impact of the RNA exosome on ribosome specialisation in different cell types at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We have a 4 year PhD position available to study the impact of the RNA exosome on ribosome specialisation! Get in touch if you are interested or just apply. March 31st deadline.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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We're advertising a fully-funded BBSRC PhD studentship @newcastleuni.bsky.social to work on understanding the biology of COLGALT2 in cartilage using/developing cool model systems w/ Dr James Henstock at @northumbriauni.bsky.social. Pls reach out if you are interested in applying! bit.ly/3DiqHN9
Investigating the role of collagen glycosylation in joint development and homeostasis using stem cell models of neocartilage at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Investigating the role of collagen glycosylation in joint development and homeostasis using stem cell models of neocartilage at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
bit.ly
March 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We're advertising a fully-funded BBSRC PhD studentship @newcastleuni.bsky.social to work on understanding the biology of COLGALT2 in cartilage using/developing cool model systems w/ Dr James Henstock at @northumbriauni.bsky.social. Pls reach out if you are interested in applying! bit.ly/3DiqHN9
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🍾Bursting with pride and joy! Watching you grow as a scientist and individual has been incredible. Congrats, Jon, on truly earning your 🎓PhD! Thanks to all the amazing support @taylorlabncl.bsky.social
@cgm-newcastle.bsky.social
@mitonewcastle.bsky.social and examiners Ray O’Keefe and Tom Nicholls!
@cgm-newcastle.bsky.social
@mitonewcastle.bsky.social and examiners Ray O’Keefe and Tom Nicholls!
March 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🍾Bursting with pride and joy! Watching you grow as a scientist and individual has been incredible. Congrats, Jon, on truly earning your 🎓PhD! Thanks to all the amazing support @taylorlabncl.bsky.social
@cgm-newcastle.bsky.social
@mitonewcastle.bsky.social and examiners Ray O’Keefe and Tom Nicholls!
@cgm-newcastle.bsky.social
@mitonewcastle.bsky.social and examiners Ray O’Keefe and Tom Nicholls!
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#GeneticsMatters is 10 years old today! Thank you all for supporting Rare Disease Day. Great atmosphere, presentations and discussions this morning. Looking forward to the round tables! @rarediseases.bsky.social @rarediseasepatient.bsky.social @cgm-newcastle.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
#GeneticsMatters is 10 years old today! Thank you all for supporting Rare Disease Day. Great atmosphere, presentations and discussions this morning. Looking forward to the round tables! @rarediseases.bsky.social @rarediseasepatient.bsky.social @cgm-newcastle.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social
The Cells Genes and Molecules Theme @newcastleuni.bsky.social is very pleased to have joined Bluesky 🙂
February 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Cells Genes and Molecules Theme @newcastleuni.bsky.social is very pleased to have joined Bluesky 🙂