Mark Dawson
@mafdawson.bsky.social
Haematologist & Scientist @petermaccc.bsky.social and University of Melbourne - Group Leader @thedawsonlab.bsky.social - views expressed are my own
Science has lost a GIANT and the world has lost one of the kindest most inspiring people I had the pleasure of knowing. Just an extraordinary man whose curiosity was infectious and whose dry wit will always be memorable- RIP John
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Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92
It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Science has lost a GIANT and the world has lost one of the kindest most inspiring people I had the pleasure of knowing. Just an extraordinary man whose curiosity was infectious and whose dry wit will always be memorable- RIP John
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
This is such a wonderful perspective from the amazing @fendtlab.bsky.social - in so many ways it was an incredible experience for both myself and @thedawsonlab.bsky.social to have Sarah share her time & brilliant intellect with us - I will always be grateful for the opportunity to host her 🙏🏿
Will it be a turning point? I recently came back from a research sabbatical funded by @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social & #KULeuven in the lab of @mafdawson.bsky.social @petermaccc.bsky.social and I am happy to share my experience @natcancer.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s43... @vib-ccb.bsky.social
Will it be a turning point? - Nature Cancer
Sarah-Maria Fendt received her doctoral degree from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and she conducted her postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. She is currently a principal...
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July 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is such a wonderful perspective from the amazing @fendtlab.bsky.social - in so many ways it was an incredible experience for both myself and @thedawsonlab.bsky.social to have Sarah share her time & brilliant intellect with us - I will always be grateful for the opportunity to host her 🙏🏿
Australia completely lacks a dedicated training program for clinician scientists. With the vision and support of VMIAL
@petermaccc.bsky.social is extremely proud to announce the first clinician-scientist fellowship. If you meet the eligibility criteria PLEASE APPLY!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
@petermaccc.bsky.social is extremely proud to announce the first clinician-scientist fellowship. If you meet the eligibility criteria PLEASE APPLY!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Clinician Scientist Fellowship - Parkville, Melbourne (AU) job with Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre – Parkville | 12839522
Peter Mac is launching Australia’s first clinician-scientist fellowship to advance cancer care, fostering innovation and global collaboration.
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May 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Australia completely lacks a dedicated training program for clinician scientists. With the vision and support of VMIAL
@petermaccc.bsky.social is extremely proud to announce the first clinician-scientist fellowship. If you meet the eligibility criteria PLEASE APPLY!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
@petermaccc.bsky.social is extremely proud to announce the first clinician-scientist fellowship. If you meet the eligibility criteria PLEASE APPLY!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
We are looking for a talented postdoctoral bioinformatician @thedawsonlab.bsky.social to work with us on single cell multiomics incorporating lineage tracing and spatial technologies- we specifically want someone curious, fearless with a licence to innovate!! Come join us!!
Postdoctoral Fellow (Bioinformatics & Computational Biology) - Parkville, Melbourne (AU) job with Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre – Parkville | 12837684
Applicants are invited to join an exciting multi-discliplinary research program within Mark Dawson’s Laboratory at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
www.nature.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
We are looking for a talented postdoctoral bioinformatician @thedawsonlab.bsky.social to work with us on single cell multiomics incorporating lineage tracing and spatial technologies- we specifically want someone curious, fearless with a licence to innovate!! Come join us!!
A huge pleasure to host Safia Danovi from @naturegenet.bsky.social @petermaccc.bsky.social - great advice for the students, postdocs & faculty
February 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A huge pleasure to host Safia Danovi from @naturegenet.bsky.social @petermaccc.bsky.social - great advice for the students, postdocs & faculty
Where have I heard this before? 🤔 “Let’s cancel grant review panels as they don’t facilitate accountable peer review or education of the next generation” - Ah Yes! that’s the SHAMBOLIC MESS we have where submitting a grant is like buying a lottery ticket! If Trump says it’s a good idea it must be 🤦🏽
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
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January 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Where have I heard this before? 🤔 “Let’s cancel grant review panels as they don’t facilitate accountable peer review or education of the next generation” - Ah Yes! that’s the SHAMBOLIC MESS we have where submitting a grant is like buying a lottery ticket! If Trump says it’s a good idea it must be 🤦🏽
Awesome day at the tennis with @sj-dawson.bsky.social - Melbourne at its summer best!
January 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Awesome day at the tennis with @sj-dawson.bsky.social - Melbourne at its summer best!
A huge congratulations to @fendtlab.bsky.social on this amazing body of work!
Did you ever wonder why metastatic cancers often spread to the lungs? Amazing research from @ginevradoglioni.bsky.social! Many thanks to all collaborators, funders and patients. Wishing you all an enjoyable read and a happy new year and Ginevra a great next endeavor @salkinstitute.bsky.social
Beyond excited to share that the main work of my PhD on how aspartate signaling drives metastasis is finally out in @nature.com ✨
-> go.nature.com/4gCYtuL
A huge thank to the @fendtlab.bsky.social and all our collaborators for the terrific team work 🙏
A brief 🧵
-> go.nature.com/4gCYtuL
A huge thank to the @fendtlab.bsky.social and all our collaborators for the terrific team work 🙏
A brief 🧵
January 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A huge congratulations to @fendtlab.bsky.social on this amazing body of work!
Why can a human tolerate a drug that globally inhibits transcription? Why do transcription inhibitors not cure cancer? Our first paper of 2025 may help explain (some) of this!
So incredibly proud of @tobiaswilliams.bsky.social & Ewa Michalak who led the work!
www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
So incredibly proud of @tobiaswilliams.bsky.social & Ewa Michalak who led the work!
www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
mRNA export factors store nascent transcripts within nuclear speckles as an adaptive response to transient global inhibition of transcription
Transcription inhibitors also disrupt nuclear export. Here, Williams et al. reveal that mRNA export factors sense transcription inhibition and adapt by storing mature export-competent mRNA in nuclear speckles. This enables rapid release when transcription resumes and ensures retention of cellular identity and viability during a transient global transcription insult.
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January 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Why can a human tolerate a drug that globally inhibits transcription? Why do transcription inhibitors not cure cancer? Our first paper of 2025 may help explain (some) of this!
So incredibly proud of @tobiaswilliams.bsky.social & Ewa Michalak who led the work!
www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
So incredibly proud of @tobiaswilliams.bsky.social & Ewa Michalak who led the work!
www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
Happy holidays from everyone @thedawsonlab.bsky.social
December 24, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Happy holidays from everyone @thedawsonlab.bsky.social
Reposted by Mark Dawson
Looking for an enthusiastic bioinformatician (long-term postdoctoral follow or staff scientist) interested in cancer/melanoma biology and therapy resistance. Data Science (single-cell, spatial multiomics integration), Machine learning, R, Pyhthon... jobso.id/ik9e
Bioinformatician Postdoctoral Level - VIB
Position summary
The Chris Marine lab at the VIB Center for Cancer Biology (https://ccb.sites.vib.be/en) is actively seeking a skilled bioinformatician proficient in analyzing and integrating single-...
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December 17, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Looking for an enthusiastic bioinformatician (long-term postdoctoral follow or staff scientist) interested in cancer/melanoma biology and therapy resistance. Data Science (single-cell, spatial multiomics integration), Machine learning, R, Pyhthon... jobso.id/ik9e
Thrilled to share a wonderful collaboration with Scott Armstrong, Florian Perner & Shellaina Gordon - exciting times ahead!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Catalytic inhibition of KAT6/KAT7 enhances the efficacy and overcomes primary and acquired resistance to Menin inhibitors in MLL leukaemia
Understanding the molecular pathogenesis of MLL fusion oncoprotein (MLL-FP) leukaemia has spawned epigenetic therapies that have improved clinical outcomes in this often-incurable disease. Using genet...
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December 13, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Thrilled to share a wonderful collaboration with Scott Armstrong, Florian Perner & Shellaina Gordon - exciting times ahead!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Mark Dawson
Hello to my small Bsky community. We have postdoc positions open to study epigenetic mechanisms contributing to resistance to chemo+immuno in TNBC, and projects related to epigenetic determinants of neurodevelopmental disorders. Feel free to reach out to me here/via email. Please like and repost!
December 11, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Hello to my small Bsky community. We have postdoc positions open to study epigenetic mechanisms contributing to resistance to chemo+immuno in TNBC, and projects related to epigenetic determinants of neurodevelopmental disorders. Feel free to reach out to me here/via email. Please like and repost!
Great to see the ARCHIVE Study continuing to deliver great insights into Clonal Haematopoeis and HIV outcomes - congratulations to all !!
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www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Age-related clonal hematopoiesis and HIV infection are associated with geriatric outcomes: The ARCHIVE study
Han et al. examine the relationship between clonal hematopoiesis (CH), HIV, and geriatric syndromes in the ARCHIVE study, including adults with and without HIV. Findings suggest that HIV is associated with increased biological age, while CH may independently predict adverse geriatric outcomes, such as frailty and reduced quality of life.
www.cell.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Great to see the ARCHIVE Study continuing to deliver great insights into Clonal Haematopoeis and HIV outcomes - congratulations to all !!
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
The entrance door at work - 🤔 the lab has taken Christmas Spirit to a new level!
December 8, 2024 at 9:37 PM
The entrance door at work - 🤔 the lab has taken Christmas Spirit to a new level!
My favourite time of year has just begun!! It always brings back wonderful memories of years past & excitement for family time ahead and new memories to be created.
Wherever you are and whatever you celebrate- I hope you have sometime
over the next month filled with love & laughter!
Wherever you are and whatever you celebrate- I hope you have sometime
over the next month filled with love & laughter!
December 1, 2024 at 2:04 AM
My favourite time of year has just begun!! It always brings back wonderful memories of years past & excitement for family time ahead and new memories to be created.
Wherever you are and whatever you celebrate- I hope you have sometime
over the next month filled with love & laughter!
Wherever you are and whatever you celebrate- I hope you have sometime
over the next month filled with love & laughter!
Reposted by Mark Dawson
We are seeking a motivated postdoc to join our lab! Our research focuses on live-cell imaging/analysis to reveal how chromatin behaves in living cells and how its behavior contributes to cellular functions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Interested? Please DM me!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Interested? Please DM me!
November 30, 2024 at 12:32 PM
We are seeking a motivated postdoc to join our lab! Our research focuses on live-cell imaging/analysis to reveal how chromatin behaves in living cells and how its behavior contributes to cellular functions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Interested? Please DM me!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Interested? Please DM me!
Congratulations Anna and team!
1/23 Big news for the #ObenaufLab! So excited to finally share our new study providing another puzzle piece, why immunotherapy fails in many tumors, now out in @Nature 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 28, 2024 at 7:40 AM
Congratulations Anna and team!
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A big thankyou to Nature Communications for highlighting our recent work unravelling mutational signatures from ctDNA analysis - the start of some exciting work to come….
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cancer
On this page we provide a snapshot of some of the most exciting works recently published in Nature Communications in cancer research. We cover all aspects of ...
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November 28, 2024 at 1:11 AM
A big thankyou to Nature Communications for highlighting our recent work unravelling mutational signatures from ctDNA analysis - the start of some exciting work to come….
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Mark Dawson
Come and join the team @sj-dawson.bsky.social @petermaccc.bsky.social
We have a new position for a bioinformatician / computational biologist exploring genomic and epigenomic features of #cfDNA to uncover new cancer biology.
careers.petermac.org/job/MELBOURN...
careers.petermac.org/job/MELBOURN...
Bioinformatics Post Doctoral Researcher - SJ Dawson
Bioinformatics Post Doctoral Researcher - SJ Dawson
careers.petermac.org
November 22, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Come and join the team @sj-dawson.bsky.social @petermaccc.bsky.social
Exciting times ahead with Minister Thomas launching the joint Collaborative Centre for Genomic Cancer Medicine @petermaccc.bsky.social & University of Melbourne
November 21, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Exciting times ahead with Minister Thomas launching the joint Collaborative Centre for Genomic Cancer Medicine @petermaccc.bsky.social & University of Melbourne
@sj-dawson.bsky.social and I are very excited to be hosting the amazing Sarah Maria Fendt for a sabbatical in The Dawson Lab - one of the great joys of science is to share and spend time with amazing colleagues
November 20, 2024 at 2:29 AM
@sj-dawson.bsky.social and I are very excited to be hosting the amazing Sarah Maria Fendt for a sabbatical in The Dawson Lab - one of the great joys of science is to share and spend time with amazing colleagues
Reposted by Mark Dawson
Looking forward to joining the Bluesky community- glad to have made the move!
November 18, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Looking forward to joining the Bluesky community- glad to have made the move!
A social media platform where likeminded individuals (not trolls or imbeciles) interact to share their latest ideas, discoveries and news - Looking forward to this!
November 18, 2024 at 9:01 AM
A social media platform where likeminded individuals (not trolls or imbeciles) interact to share their latest ideas, discoveries and news - Looking forward to this!