Damir Baranasic
@da-bar.bsky.social
Research Associate at @institutrb π§¬. Researching into #ComputationalBiology & #Bioinformatics. Passionate about #RegulatoryGenomics & #ComparativeGenomics π§ͺ. Opinions are my own π.
Glad to have contributed to this work, and big thanks to @amathelier.bsky.social, @damlaob.bsky.social, and @ievarau.bsky.social (and the whole JASPAR crew) for this great effort.
#JASPAR #TFmotifs #DeepLearning #Genomics
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#JASPAR #TFmotifs #DeepLearning #Genomics
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December 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Glad to have contributed to this work, and big thanks to @amathelier.bsky.social, @damlaob.bsky.social, and @ievarau.bsky.social (and the whole JASPAR crew) for this great effort.
#JASPAR #TFmotifs #DeepLearning #Genomics
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#JASPAR #TFmotifs #DeepLearning #Genomics
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JASPAR 2026 is out π
The new release massively expands the TF motif collections and adds a dedicated DeepLearning collection of motifs learned from deep learning models.
Database: jaspar.elixir.no
Paper (NAR): doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
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The new release massively expands the TF motif collections and adds a dedicated DeepLearning collection of motifs learned from deep learning models.
Database: jaspar.elixir.no
Paper (NAR): doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
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JASPAR: An open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles
JASPAR is the largest open-access database of curated and non-redundant transcription factor (TF) binding profiles from six different taxonomic groups.
jaspar.elixir.no
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
JASPAR 2026 is out π
The new release massively expands the TF motif collections and adds a dedicated DeepLearning collection of motifs learned from deep learning models.
Database: jaspar.elixir.no
Paper (NAR): doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
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The new release massively expands the TF motif collections and adds a dedicated DeepLearning collection of motifs learned from deep learning models.
Database: jaspar.elixir.no
Paper (NAR): doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
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How do new centromeres evolve while staying compatible with the division machinery?
Discover it in our new Nature paper! We show centromeres transition gradually via a mix of drift, selection, and sex, reaching new states that still work with the kinetochore.
π doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09779-1
Discover it in our new Nature paper! We show centromeres transition gradually via a mix of drift, selection, and sex, reaching new states that still work with the kinetochore.
π doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09779-1
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
How do new centromeres evolve while staying compatible with the division machinery?
Discover it in our new Nature paper! We show centromeres transition gradually via a mix of drift, selection, and sex, reaching new states that still work with the kinetochore.
π doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09779-1
Discover it in our new Nature paper! We show centromeres transition gradually via a mix of drift, selection, and sex, reaching new states that still work with the kinetochore.
π doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09779-1
Congrats on the amazing work @jgahan.bsky.social and the team!
Very happy to see our paper published online natcomms.nature.com. Thank you to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for funding this work during my time with @robklose.bsky.social and David Booth! Thanks also to collaborators @garcialabms.bsky.social @alexdemendoza.bsky.social and the other authors!
Chromatin profiling identifies putative dual roles for H3K27me3 in regulating cell type-specific genes and transposable elements in choanoflagellates
Nature Communications - Here, the authors investigate chromatin-based gene regulation in the closest relative of animal, choanoflagellates. They uncover a putative dual role for the histone...
rdcu.be
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Congrats on the amazing work @jgahan.bsky.social and the team!
I am very proud to see @kkajan.bsky.social and Marta Bosnjakovic from my group presenting their exciting results obtained from #CAGE data!
#CroAGE #nextGenerationEU
#CroAGE #nextGenerationEU
π Exciting update!
Proud to share that our team members @kkajan.bsky.social and Marta BoΕ‘njakoviΔ presented their research at the Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Transcription at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Aug 26β30! #cshlmoet π€π§¬
Thank you #nextGenerationEU for the opportunity!
Proud to share that our team members @kkajan.bsky.social and Marta BoΕ‘njakoviΔ presented their research at the Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Transcription at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Aug 26β30! #cshlmoet π€π§¬
Thank you #nextGenerationEU for the opportunity!
September 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I am very proud to see @kkajan.bsky.social and Marta Bosnjakovic from my group presenting their exciting results obtained from #CAGE data!
#CroAGE #nextGenerationEU
#CroAGE #nextGenerationEU
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To recognise and celebrate @svobodalab.bsky.social's pivotal contribution to Woodstock Bio2 + Night Science, #TCTeAC, I am starting this "What Petr Svoboda did at Woodstock?" thread. If you were there - #contribute and #retweet.
"Petr Didnβt Submit an Abstract. #TCTeAC Submitted to Him."
"Petr Didnβt Submit an Abstract. #TCTeAC Submitted to Him."
August 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
To recognise and celebrate @svobodalab.bsky.social's pivotal contribution to Woodstock Bio2 + Night Science, #TCTeAC, I am starting this "What Petr Svoboda did at Woodstock?" thread. If you were there - #contribute and #retweet.
"Petr Didnβt Submit an Abstract. #TCTeAC Submitted to Him."
"Petr Didnβt Submit an Abstract. #TCTeAC Submitted to Him."
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π¦ @kkajan.bsky.social is exploring promoter usage during early avian development in #EvolCompGen. #ISMBECCB2025
July 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
π¦ @kkajan.bsky.social is exploring promoter usage during early avian development in #EvolCompGen. #ISMBECCB2025
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π Scaling CAGE analysis across tens of #DANIO-CODE samples with the @nf-co.re inspired CAGEflow pipeline βbig data meets promoters. Catch Ira's poster D-515! π¦π
July 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
π Scaling CAGE analysis across tens of #DANIO-CODE samples with the @nf-co.re inspired CAGEflow pipeline βbig data meets promoters. Catch Ira's poster D-515! π¦π
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π¦π Building the first promoter atlas of adult zebrafish organsβexpanding #DANIO-CODE. Visit Marta at poster C-514. #zebrafish #CAGE
July 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
π¦π Building the first promoter atlas of adult zebrafish organsβexpanding #DANIO-CODE. Visit Marta at poster C-514. #zebrafish #CAGE
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π€ @da-bar.bsky.social is exploring AI-driven promoter architecture characterisation from CAGE! Come chat at poster D-507 at #ISMBECCB2025 @iscb-regsys.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
π€ @da-bar.bsky.social is exploring AI-driven promoter architecture characterisation from CAGE! Come chat at poster D-507 at #ISMBECCB2025 @iscb-regsys.bsky.social
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π The CroAGE team is attending to Liverpool for #ISMBECCB2025! Catch our CAGE & promoter research posters all week at ACC Liverpool. Thank you #nextGenerationEU for the opportunityπ§΅
July 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
π The CroAGE team is attending to Liverpool for #ISMBECCB2025! Catch our CAGE & promoter research posters all week at ACC Liverpool. Thank you #nextGenerationEU for the opportunityπ§΅
Do we really need large language models to tell us that the germline residue is the optimal one? One of the questions Charlotte Dean tackled in her talk at #ISMBECCB2025, and how she and her team addressed the problem of germline bias in antibody target prediction π§¬π¬π»π€
July 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Do we really need large language models to tell us that the germline residue is the optimal one? One of the questions Charlotte Dean tackled in her talk at #ISMBECCB2025, and how she and her team addressed the problem of germline bias in antibody target prediction π§¬π¬π»π€
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Today marks the start of the #RegSys @iscb-regsys.bsky.social track at ##ISMBECCB2025! Very much looking forward to listening to the exciting science that will be presented.
Join us in room 11BC today and tomorrow.
Join us in room 11BC today and tomorrow.
July 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Today marks the start of the #RegSys @iscb-regsys.bsky.social track at ##ISMBECCB2025! Very much looking forward to listening to the exciting science that will be presented.
Join us in room 11BC today and tomorrow.
Join us in room 11BC today and tomorrow.
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π¨ We're hiring! NCMBM @ncmbm.bsky.social is looking for 2 new group leaders to join our vibrant research community. Ready to build your own group with strong support and a solid startup package?
Interested and attending #ISMBECCB2025? Letβs connect!
π www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Interested and attending #ISMBECCB2025? Letβs connect!
π www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Group Leader (282908) | University of Oslo
Job title: Group Leader (282908), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, September 8, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
July 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
π¨ We're hiring! NCMBM @ncmbm.bsky.social is looking for 2 new group leaders to join our vibrant research community. Ready to build your own group with strong support and a solid startup package?
Interested and attending #ISMBECCB2025? Letβs connect!
π www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Interested and attending #ISMBECCB2025? Letβs connect!
π www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Day 3 of #ISMBECCB2025 started with an excellent talk from @jameszou.bsky.social which presented how AI can form virtual labs to discuss problems, how can AI reanalyse research data to get new biological results, and how we can interpret complex AI predictions π»π€
July 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Day 3 of #ISMBECCB2025 started with an excellent talk from @jameszou.bsky.social which presented how AI can form virtual labs to discuss problems, how can AI reanalyse research data to get new biological results, and how we can interpret complex AI predictions π»π€
Today's keynote at #ISMBECCB2025 Amos Bairoch talking about 45 years of data curation #swissProt #cellosaurus
July 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Today's keynote at #ISMBECCB2025 Amos Bairoch talking about 45 years of data curation #swissProt #cellosaurus
Eagerly waiting for the start of #ISMBECCB2025 with @croage.bsky.social team, @kkajan.bsky.social, Marta and Ira, with the great company of @damlaob.bsky.social and @ferenckata.bsky.social for a keynote talk from John Jumper π§¬π¬
July 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Eagerly waiting for the start of #ISMBECCB2025 with @croage.bsky.social team, @kkajan.bsky.social, Marta and Ira, with the great company of @damlaob.bsky.social and @ferenckata.bsky.social for a keynote talk from John Jumper π§¬π¬
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Meet our team!
π¨βπ¬ Dr. Damir BaranaΕ‘iΔ β Project Leader @da-bar.bsky.social
π¬ Dr. Matija PiΕ‘korc β Research Associate
π©βπ¬ Dr. Katarina Kajan β Postdoc @kkajan.bsky.social
𧬠Marta BoΕ‘njakoviΔ & Ira Renko β PhD candidates
π¨βπ¬ Dr. Damir BaranaΕ‘iΔ β Project Leader @da-bar.bsky.social
π¬ Dr. Matija PiΕ‘korc β Research Associate
π©βπ¬ Dr. Katarina Kajan β Postdoc @kkajan.bsky.social
𧬠Marta BoΕ‘njakoviΔ & Ira Renko β PhD candidates
July 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Meet our team!
π¨βπ¬ Dr. Damir BaranaΕ‘iΔ β Project Leader @da-bar.bsky.social
π¬ Dr. Matija PiΕ‘korc β Research Associate
π©βπ¬ Dr. Katarina Kajan β Postdoc @kkajan.bsky.social
𧬠Marta BoΕ‘njakoviΔ & Ira Renko β PhD candidates
π¨βπ¬ Dr. Damir BaranaΕ‘iΔ β Project Leader @da-bar.bsky.social
π¬ Dr. Matija PiΕ‘korc β Research Associate
π©βπ¬ Dr. Katarina Kajan β Postdoc @kkajan.bsky.social
𧬠Marta BoΕ‘njakoviΔ & Ira Renko β PhD candidates
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Using cutting-edge technologies like CAGE (Cap Analysis of Gene Expression) and AI-driven algorithms, we aim to develop tools to explore promoter architecture & identify novel antitumor targets.
July 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Using cutting-edge technologies like CAGE (Cap Analysis of Gene Expression) and AI-driven algorithms, we aim to develop tools to explore promoter architecture & identify novel antitumor targets.
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π Introducing CroAGE β a #NextGenerationEU project advancing regulatory & comparative genomics in ππ· Croatia! We study gene promoters to understand how they control development & how tumours disrupt transcription.
π croage.eu/en
π croage.eu/en
CroAGE
CroAge Project, Founded by the Europe Union
croage.eu
July 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
π Introducing CroAGE β a #NextGenerationEU project advancing regulatory & comparative genomics in ππ· Croatia! We study gene promoters to understand how they control development & how tumours disrupt transcription.
π croage.eu/en
π croage.eu/en
Now, I hope to see you at #ISMBECCB2025! Please make sure to come to poster D-507 to say "Hi"! ππ§¬π¬
July 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Now, I hope to see you at #ISMBECCB2025! Please make sure to come to poster D-507 to say "Hi"! ππ§¬π¬
Then, at the Origin of Metazoans in @sbroscoff.bsky.social I presented the promoter features of a Metazoan relative, Creolimax fragrantissima. The result of collaboration with @alexdemendoza.bsky.social, @borislenhard.bsky.social and @bzunar.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Then, at the Origin of Metazoans in @sbroscoff.bsky.social I presented the promoter features of a Metazoan relative, Creolimax fragrantissima. The result of collaboration with @alexdemendoza.bsky.social, @borislenhard.bsky.social and @bzunar.bsky.social
Oh boy, what an intensive and exciting June is behind me!! After three excellent meetings, including #TCTeAC, the Origin of Metazoans at @sbroscoff.bsky.social, and finally the @embo.org YIP annual meeting, #ISMBECCB2025 you are next!!! π§΅
July 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Oh boy, what an intensive and exciting June is behind me!! After three excellent meetings, including #TCTeAC, the Origin of Metazoans at @sbroscoff.bsky.social, and finally the @embo.org YIP annual meeting, #ISMBECCB2025 you are next!!! π§΅