Boek
michielboekhout.bsky.social
Boek
@michielboekhout.bsky.social
Molecular cell biologist, cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis, targeted protein degradation.
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🥳Just published @nature.com. Over 25 years after the discovery of SPO11 as the enzyme responsible for initiating meiotic recombination, we finally succeeded in reconstituting its DNA cleavage activity.🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
SPO11 dimers are sufficient to catalyse DNA double-strand breaks in vitro - Nature
A biochemical system recapitulates the hallmarks of meiotic double-strand break formation, with mouse SPO11 catalysing break formation in the absence of any partners and remaining covalently atta...
www.nature.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Our Center for Molecular Medicine (cmmutrecht.eu) at UMC Utrecht, NL, is looking for a Principal Investigator in the field of fundamental Cancer Biology! The vacancy states tenure track level, but candidates with a more advanced career are very welcome to apply. shorturl.at/KZeYQ. Please repost!
Center for Molecular Medicine
cmmutrecht.eu
February 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Pre-print Alert! 📢
Proud to share our insights on WNT7B driving pancreatic cancer progression. Sprangers et al uses organoids to show that WNT7B employs short-range signaling driving tumor growth and mediate a shift of PDAC cells towards a more aggressive phenotype

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
WNT7B drives a program for pancreatic cancer subtype switching and progression
Hyperactivation of WNT signaling is a well-established hallmark of cancer. Various epithelial cancers express high levels of WNT7B and WNT10A that are not commonly expressed during tissue homeostasis,...
www.biorxiv.org
December 22, 2024 at 8:30 PM