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New publication from the lab! We used a machine learning approach to predict chromatin loop dynamics during human spermatogenesis - and find these structures do not direct gene expression but may drive the positioning of recombination events
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
CTCF-anchored chromatin loop dynamics during human meiosis - BMC Biology
Background During meiosis, the mammalian genome is organised within chromatin loops, which facilitate synapsis, crossing over and chromosome segregation, setting the stage for recombination events and...
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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IGC's Kevin Myant is part of a world-leading research team, funded by £5.5m from @cancerresearchuk.org and partners, tasked with making personalised medicine a reality for people with bowel cancer: edin.ac/3QZgmsD
IGC researcher joins global team to transform bowel cancer care
Cancer Research UK and partners have committed £5.5m in funding to form a world-leading research team tasked with making personalised medicine a reality for people with bowel cancer.
edin.ac
April 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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🎉 Congratulations to the launch of @blackresearcher.bsky.social!

Led by Black researchers & Black-led orgs with support from 8 major partners incl. the Academy, this initiative is tackling the gap in support and representation of Black researchers in the UK.

🔗 blackresearcherconsortium.org
April 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Over the past 10 years, our #Springboard25 programme has invested £44m to support emerging research leaders 💡

Through funding, mentoring and career development, we're proud to support innovators in health and medical science 🚀

As our Vice President (Non-Clinical), @jhnaismith.bsky.social, says:
April 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Congratulations to Dr Rebecca Tillotson who has been awarded an @acmedsci.bsky.social Springboard grant of £125,000 to develop her research on rare diseases and the connection between chromatin regulation and neurological disorders. edin.ac/42jj8yh
£125,000 funding boost for IGC Chancellor's Fellow
Chancellor’s Fellow Rebekah Tillotson has been awarded £125,000 from the Academy of Medical Sciences' Springboard programme.
edin.ac
April 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Check out our latest OHGE newsletter for news, events and publications form the genomics community at the University of Edinburgh: mailings.ed.ac.uk/2MP1-21WFU-3...
Genomics Newsletter 15
mailings.ed.ac.uk
April 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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#GettingGenomeMe Genomics Researcher Profile

Click the link below to find out more about Dr Anamika Singh and her research into the regulatory networks controlling development in maize at the Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences.

onehealthgenomics.ed.ac.uk/anamika-singh
April 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
@onehealthgenomics.bsky.social Looking forward to your first post.
December 11, 2024 at 12:36 AM