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Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge
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The Department of Genetics, @uniofcam.bsky.social : One of the few genetics departments in the UK.
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Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge @geneticscam.bsky.social · Jan 6
Hello Bluesky!
Here is a handy list, which we will keep updated, to easily find all of our group leaders that have Bluesky accounts 👋
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Why don’t whales, elephants, or naked mole-rats get more cancer? 🐋🐘🐀
Evolution may already have cracked the code — and we’re learning from it.

🔗 “Animal instincts: Exploring nature’s oncologist” by @atjcagan.bsky.social → news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/10/27/a...
Animal instincts: Exploring nature’s oncologist - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News
Can we pick apart how evolution has suppressed cancer in some species? Alex Cagen is attempting exactly that by going beyond mouse models… way beyond.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Come and join us here in Cambridge! Applications open for a new faculty position, for a researcher in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here.

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/faculty...
Faculty Position in Computational Biology
Applications are invited for an Assistant/ Associate Professorship in Computational Biology to commence on 1 April 2026 or shortly thereafter. This is a joint post between the Department of Applied
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November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Next, Dr. Erik Clark, @wellcometrust.bsky.social CDA Fellow from @geneticscam.bsky.social, shared insights on how the ideas behind the anteroposterior patterning in Drosophila are evolving with the newer and fascinating advancements with multiplex imaging and interdisciplinary approaches.
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Julie Ahringer from @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social @geneticscam.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk gives talk on decoding genome regulation during development. Exploring how chromatin accessibility changes throughout development enable single cells to become multicellular organisms.
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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🎉 Exciting news! 3 Department members have won @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grants:
• Richard Durbin & Felipe Karam-Teixeira — studying metazoan genomes & transposable elements
• Eva Paluch (PDN) & Daniel St Johnston — exploring epithelial cell robustness

➡️www.gen.cam.ac.uk/news/erc-synergy-grant-success
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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This summer, the Research Informatics Training Team hosted 19 students from Saudi Arabia for a 6-week bioinformatics summer school 🧬

Covering RNA-seq, proteomics, genomics & modelling, the programme got fantastic feedback ⭐Huge thanks to our team for making it a success!
October 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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We were thrilled to host students and staff from two Reykjavík Gymnasiums visiting to explore life science research.

They toured our labs, heard from our Head Steve, and discovered the excitement of modern genetics—an inspiring day of science and curiosity! 🧬✨
October 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Our final leadership team to reintroduce are the brilliant leads of the Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Theme. New lead John shares his thoughts on research across the School. Learn more on our website: www.bio.cam.ac.uk @camvetschool.bsky.social @geneticscam.bsky.social #BiologicalSciences
Dark blue graphic with white Functional and Evolutionary Genomics logo (DNA inside a cog wheel). Profile photos of Theme Leads Alex Almeida, Kate S. Baker, and John Welch. Quote from Dr John Welch reads: "Cambridge is full of great researchers working on different parts of complex problems. A real benefit of the Research Themes is bringing these researchers together, showing how apparently different research programmes can illuminate and energise one another."
October 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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We’re hiring! ✨

Love keeping things organised, planning events, and making things run like clockwork? We are looking for an enthusiastic and reliable administrator to support our Head of Department and coordinate key activities — from research events to departmental celebrations! 🎉
October 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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It's World Mental Health Day. Here's a reminder that if you need support at Cambridge, you are not alone.

Reach out for what you need at our student support page: www.studentsupport.cam.ac.uk/get-support
It's World Mental Health Day. Here’s your reminder that if you need support at Cambridge, you are not alone. If you're not sure who to reach out to at Cambridge, swipe across to read our guide. A person with a green speech bubble which says "I'm OK, but would like some advice." Text on the rest of the graphic says: You can reach out to your College Tutor, College Health and Wellbeing Team and the Postgraduate Wellbeing Service. A drawing of a person wearing a headset at a desktop computer with a purple speech bubble that says: "Things are challenging or stressful, and my usual ways of helping myself aren’t always working." Below the drawing are the words: You can reach out to the University Counselling or Postgraduate Wellbeing Service, and your College Health and Wellbeing Team. A drawing of a person looking anxious and unsure with a dark green speech bubble that says: "The way I’m feeling is often impacting my day to day life." Undernead that are the words: You can reach out to the University Counselling Service, your NHS GP, your College Health and Wellbeing Team and the University Mental Health Advice Service.
October 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Meet our Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Theme Leads. New Lead Sumru shares her hopes for the Theme. Learn more on our website: www.bio.cam.ac.uk

@gurdoninstitute.bsky.social @geneticscam.bsky.social @pdncambridge.bsky.social @scicambridge.bsky.social
Teal graphic with white Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health logo (three people behind health cross). Headshots of Theme Leads Sumru Bayin, Alex Cagan, Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri, Mekayla Storer. Quote from Dr Sumru Bayin says: 'As Theme Leads, we look forward to enabling new connections that inspire transformative interdisciplinary research. Building on my experience with the Complex Tissue Regeneration Grand Challenge, I aim to uncover new synergies and unlock new opportunities across the School of Biological Sciences.'
October 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Fully-funded 4-year PhD Opportunities available at the @crick.ac.uk , including a project in our lab on human #embryomodels Feel free to share with anyone interested, and apply through the online portal before 5th November! 👏

www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Moris Lab | Investigating human trunk development using stem cell-based embryo models
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October 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Need plans for next Saturday? We are back at Big Biology Day 2025! 🧬

Explore why some species live longer, peer at tissue samples under the microscope, play our lifespan game 🐋🐭 & meet mutant fruit flies 🦟✨ From whales to tiny DNA-unlocking flies, discoveries await for all ages.
October 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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The Sawarkar lab is looking for a Research Assistant to investigate transcriptional changes in the context of stress and neurodegeneration with the goal of developing novel therapeutics.

Sawarkar lab research: buff.ly/kk3P5ia
Apply here: buff.ly/oSlJ5J4
Closes 31st August 2025
August 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Interested in lactation?🤱

Are you a researcher, clinician or lactation consultant working in Cambridge and around with an interest in the science, health, and societal dimensions of lactation?

Join us for the Cambridge Lactation Network 2025 Summer Symposium!
🗓 Thursday 11 September 2025
August 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Join today at 1pm in the Biffen Lecture Theatre, Downing Site!
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Posting my talk tomorrow at @geneticscam.bsky.social on AI for Brain Disorders lectures.gersteinlab.org/summary/Mode... Lots of new slides on characterizing brain developmental time series with sigmoids
July 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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🚨 I’m looking for two enthusiastic scientists to join our team at Cambridge to explore the molecular mechanisms of lactation, early nutrition, and their long-term impact on health.

Apply here:
👉 RA: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51988/
👉 Postdoc: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51984/

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Research Assistant (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge.
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July 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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🧬 25 years since the Human Genome Project — a milestone that reshaped biology and medicine.

Richard Durbin joins the latest Naked Scientist episode to explore the history of genomics

www.gen.cam.ac.uk/news/25-years-human-genome-project
July 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Are you a scientist with an interest in molecular cell #biology & quantitative systems biology? Join four leading molecular biologists as they conduct a residential scientific meeting in Cambridge on the topic of protein homeostasis: royalsociety.org/science-even... @geneticscam.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Can genetics grow a better garden? 🌻🪴

In this Naked Scientists episode, @aylwyn-scally.bsky.social digs into the roots of genetics and how it could help gardens face climate threats like drought and pests.

www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked-scientists-podcast/can-genetics-grow-better-garden
July 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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“These infections didn’t just cause illness – they may have contributed to population collapse, migration, and genetic adaptation.”
- Eske Willerslev

www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/large-scale-dna-study-maps-37000-years-of-human-disease-history
Large-scale DNA study maps 37,000 years of human disease history
Researchers have mapped the spread of infectious diseases in humans across millennia, to reveal how human-animal interactions permanently transformed our
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July 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Next Tuesday at 11:00 CEST: Talk by @piosierra.bsky.social from @geneticscam.bsky.social - Faster identification of Transposable Elements in full #genome assemblies 🧬

➡️ www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/faster-...

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Faster identification of Transposable Elements in full genome assemblies
This month's ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar will feature a talk by speaker Pío Sierra about a new tool, pantera, which allows faster identification of Transposable Elements in genome a...
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July 2, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Incredible images created by our scientists using advanced microscopes are helping to drive biological discovery 🔬

Read more about our Microscopy Bioscience Platform⬇️
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...

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June 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Ever wonder how nature got so diverse? The secret might lie in these colorful cichlid fish 🐠

Cambridge scientists discovered that ‘flipped’ segments of DNA act like evolutionary turbo boosts — helping species adapt fast and evolve into new ones. 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr9961
June 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Are you a scientist with an interest in molecular cell #biology & quantitative systems biology? Join four leading molecular biologists as they conduct a residential scientific meeting in Cambridge on the topic of protein homeostasis: royalsociety.org/science-even... @geneticscam.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM