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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 16h

We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.

Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.

Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 1d

I adored writing this piece. It brings together several of the things preoccupying me right now, like chromatin organization and gene regulation. There's so much more to be said on that. Also, these marine critters look gorgeous.
www.quantamagazine.org/loops-of-dna...

Loops of DNA Equipped Ancient Life To Become Complex | Quanta Magazine

New work shows that physical folding of the genome to control genes located far away may have been an early evolutionary development.

www.quantamagazine.org

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Rob Klose @robklose.bsky.social · 1d

Wonderful opportunity to work with Martin Howard and my group trying to understand how chromatin influences gene transcription and expression. Integration of theory, modelling, and experimentation. Come and join the team!
Please repost!

jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?...

John Innes Centre

jobs.jic.ac.uk

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 2d

RIP John Gurdon

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Seema Grewal @seemagrewal.bsky.social · 2d

So sad to hear the news - John truly was an inspiration to so many, and one of a kind.

www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

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.

www.cam.ac.uk

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Marc A. Marti-Renom @mamartirenom.bsky.social · 2d

Working alongside with Fran, a no brainer 👇🏼

Fran Martínez-Jiménez @franmj88.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 International Postdoctoral Positions Open at VHIO! 🚨
The VHIO VIDA Postdoctoral Program is now open!
We’re a fully funded position for international postdocs to work on cutting-edge exciting projects, develop professionally, and pave the way toward independence.
👉 vhiovidaprogramme.eu

Home - VIDA

vhiovidaprogramme.eu

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Fran Martínez-Jiménez @franmj88.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 International Postdoctoral Positions Open at VHIO! 🚨
The VHIO VIDA Postdoctoral Program is now open!
We’re a fully funded position for international postdocs to work on cutting-edge exciting projects, develop professionally, and pave the way toward independence.
👉 vhiovidaprogramme.eu

Home - VIDA

vhiovidaprogramme.eu

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Marc A. Marti-Renom @mamartirenom.bsky.social · 15d

Felicitats Arnau and friends! 👏🏼

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Marc A. Marti-Renom @mamartirenom.bsky.social · 15d

Well deserved @ceesdekker.bsky.social 👏🏼

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Jase Gehring @skyjase.bsky.social · 18d

don't release preprints without a Methods section
don't release preprints with a Supplementary Materials section
don't release preprints without data
don't release preprints without code

use preprint servers to share your science, not advertisements

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Marc A. Marti-Renom @mamartirenom.bsky.social · 29d

It has been a blast to work with @davidlandeira.bsky.social and his team, specially Amador! Here are the results 👇🏼👏🏼

David Landeira @davidlandeira.bsky.social · 29d

Thrilled to share our story in its final form! nature.com/articles/s41... 💥 After ~10 years, we show that BMAL1 represses transposons via chromatin regulation in embryonic stem cells—rather than circadian rhythms as in adult tissues.

https://nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63778-4💥

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David Landeira @davidlandeira.bsky.social · 29d

Thrilled to share our story in its final form! nature.com/articles/s41... 💥 After ~10 years, we show that BMAL1 represses transposons via chromatin regulation in embryonic stem cells—rather than circadian rhythms as in adult tissues.

https://nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63778-4💥

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Marc A. Marti-Renom @mamartirenom.bsky.social · 29d

What a Team!! 👏🏼

CNAG @cnag-eu.bsky.social · Sep 9

📢 New paper out in @natgenet.nature.com!
✨ CNAG coordinates the Solvathons, a groundbreaking pan-European initiative for rare disease diagnosis

Solve-RD launched these interdisciplinary workshops, which have led to over 100 new diagnoses for rare disease families

🔗 www.cnag.eu/news/cnag-co...

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Fabian Theis @fabiantheis.bsky.social · Sep 8

New paper in @ScienceMagazine with Schoof & Porse labs: We chart early human hematopoiesis using single-cell proteomics, and amongst others developed a dynamic model linking RNA to protein levels, explaining more proteomic variation.

📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · Sep 7

🔖Last review from the lab👇

'Male meiosis at the helm: shaping genomes and sex chromosomes in emerging vertebrate models'

academic.oup.com/biolreprod/a...

Male meiosis at the helm: shaping genomes and sex chromosomes in emerging vertebrate models†

Abstract. The generation of haploid gametes is a hallmark of sexual reproduction achieved through a complex, albeit tightly regulated, reductional cell div

academic.oup.com

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Marc A. Marti-Renom @mamartirenom.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is a superb lab to do your PhD. 👇🏼

Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨 We are hiring!
🧬 PhD Position – Genomic Architecture & Evolution
Join our team at UAB (Barcelona) in an international project
🔬 4-year FPI contract
🎓 Biology/Genetics background + Master’s + English
📅 Apply by Sept 30, 2025
📧 [email protected]
🔗 grupsderecerca.uab.cat/evolgenom

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨 We are hiring!
🧬 PhD Position – Genomic Architecture & Evolution
Join our team at UAB (Barcelona) in an international project
🔬 4-year FPI contract
🎓 Biology/Genetics background + Master’s + English
📅 Apply by Sept 30, 2025
📧 [email protected]
🔗 grupsderecerca.uab.cat/evolgenom

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Beatriz Urda @beatrizurda.bsky.social · Sep 2

1/ Everything that could go wrong in paper publishing… did.
A story of patience, absurdity, and persistence 🌀 <1min

From Alfonso Valencia’s lab and a very stubborn PhD student (me).

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Marc A. Marti-Renom @mamartirenom.bsky.social · Sep 1

Super lab looking for postdoc ... do not miss it! 👇🏼

Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚨🚨🚨

Please RT!

We're looking for a postdoc to join an exciting joint project between our lab @upf.edu & @crg.eu (Barcelona) and the Sander lab @mdc-berlin.bsky.social (Berlin) investigating how alternative splicing and microexons influences the maturation of pancreatic islets.

Deadline: 30/09/25👇

www.upf.edu

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Marc A. Marti-Renom @mamartirenom.bsky.social · Aug 28

Hi Alexis, Would like to be included if possible. Thanks!

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Marc A. Marti-Renom @mamartirenom.bsky.social · Aug 26

From Berni's and Luciano's (@lucianodicroce.bsky.social) Labs! 👇🏼👏🏼

Ivano Mocavini @notquitesincere.bsky.social · Aug 25

Finally out on @devbiol.bsky.social‬: we find that Epop mutant mice have near-perfect Polycomb phenotype (orderly posterior shift of vertebral identity🩻) linked to accelerated HOX clock⏰.

Bonus: Epop has maternal effect!

Study co-led by the the labs of Bernie Payer and @lucianodicroce.bsky.social

The PRC2-associated factor EPOP is required for Hox gene regulation during axial development in mice

The Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is an essential modulator of gene repression. We previously reported that, in mouse embryonic stem cells, PRC…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Ivano Mocavini @notquitesincere.bsky.social · Aug 25

Finally out on @devbiol.bsky.social‬: we find that Epop mutant mice have near-perfect Polycomb phenotype (orderly posterior shift of vertebral identity🩻) linked to accelerated HOX clock⏰.

Bonus: Epop has maternal effect!

Study co-led by the the labs of Bernie Payer and @lucianodicroce.bsky.social

The PRC2-associated factor EPOP is required for Hox gene regulation during axial development in mice

The Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is an essential modulator of gene repression. We previously reported that, in mouse embryonic stem cells, PRC…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Cees Dekker @ceesdekker.bsky.social · Aug 22

WORK: 5 (!) openings in our #CDlab, check it out: ceesdekkerlab.nl/come-join-us/

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Societat Catalana de Biologia @scb.iec.cat · Aug 21

Arriba la XXIV #Jornada de Virologia amb conferències, resultats de recerca i debats! També hi haurà l’atorgament del Premi a la Millor Tesi Doctoral 🥇

Data límit presentació de resums: 30/9/25

🔗Per a més informació i inscripcions: tuit.cat/9KB7J

#Virologia #Premi

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · Jul 25

OPPORTUNITY for a CHEMIST to JOIN US

Are you interested in:

👍 Computer-aided ligand design
👍 Organic synthesis
👍 Biomedicine
👍 Drug development
👍 A multidisciplinary team
👍 And a PhD in Barcelona

Then check this out!
rb.gy/nc3lf3

VAC_61_2025 - CHEMISTRY RESEARCH ASSISTANT IN TRAINING - Institut de Recerca contra la Leucèmia Josep Carreras

Join the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute and contribute to our mission of innovating and advancing the fight against leukaemia and other hematologic diseases.

rb.gy

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Nuria Lopez-Bigas @nlbigas.bsky.social · Aug 14

New paper from our lab - ‪@bbglab.bsky.social‬.

Oncodrive3D: fast and accurate detection of structural clusters of somatic mutations under positive selection

academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Kudos to Stefano, Olivia, @fmuinos.bsky.social and Abel

Oncodrive3D: fast and accurate detection of structural clusters of somatic mutations under positive selection

Abstract. Identifying the genes capable of driving tumorigenesis in different tissues is one of the central goals of cancer genomics. Computational methods

academic.oup.com

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Marc A. Marti-Renom @mamartirenom.bsky.social · Aug 14

do not think twice. Apply. 👇🏼

Cees Dekker @ceesdekker.bsky.social · Aug 13

WORK!

I currently have 5 (!) open positions for postdocs/PhD students in our CDlab for projects:

- Nanopore protein sequencing
- Archaeal CDV cell division
- Microfluidics for synthetic cells
- Nuclear Pore Complex
- Origami mimics of peroxisomes

Please apply! ceesdekkerlab.nl/come-join-us/

RT=👍

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Marc A. Marti-Renom @mamartirenom.bsky.social · Aug 14

Felicitats Ana! 💪🏻

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