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Vangeli Geshkovski
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Postdoc at The Sainsbury Lab | Nobori Group | chromatin & immunity 👨‍🔬🌱🧬🦠 PhD from CEA/LPCV Grenoble
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#RejoignezLeCNRS 🫵 Les concours chercheurs CNRS 2026 ouvrent le 8/12 !
Envie de faire avancer la science au sein d’un des plus grands organismes de recherche ?
👉 carrieres.cnrs.fr/concours-...

#ConcoursChercheurs #Science #Recherche #Icicarecrute #recrutement
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Some news 🎉
After five incredible years in Tübingen, it’s time to say goodbye.

Starting February, the Mutualisms Lab will relocate to the John Innes Centre, right next door to @berasymbionts.bsky.social and her group at The Sainsbury Laboratory 🪲🦠
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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PRESS RELEASE – Dr Hassan Salem to lead independent research group on plant-insect interactions

Following an international search, we are delighted to announce that Dr Hassan Salem @hassansalem.bsky.social will be joining us in early 2026: www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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We (Nordborg & Weigel labs) need input on the next generation of genome browsers & data download modes for the #Arabidopsis #1001GenomesPlus project. We have now a curated collection of over 500 long read genomes.

Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Next generation of 1001 Genomes Plus browser and data download
Please indicate all features you would like to see in a browser that displays features of completely sequenced Arabidopsis thaliana genomes
docs.google.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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📣NEWS: We are delighted to share that Dr Aileen Berasategui @berasymbionts.bsky.social will join us as a new group leader next year.

“Aileen is an exceptionally talented scientist and brings new expertise to TSL in plant-insect-fungal interactions” says @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social

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November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Unpause! I'm super happy to now be able to share the published version of our paper at Science Advances showing that:
1) active histone mods occur independently of transcription
2) transcription coordinates histone deacetylation at active promoters
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
RNA polymerase II coordinates histone deacetylation at active promoters
Transcription initiation limits histone acetylation and H2AZ incorporation at promoters.
www.science.org
February 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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When publication becomes a graduation requirement, the student’s fate depends far more on the efficiency of their environment than on their talent or effort. That’s not academic excellence, that’s structural luck.
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
What a nice coincidence to have Kelly Dawe present his work on karyotype engineering for todays seminar @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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And now we have Arabidopsis plants with 8 chromosomes instead of 10 and no obvious phenotypic differences, this week in @science.org
#PlantScience
Paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Perspective here:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis
The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana consists of 10 chromosomes. By inducing CRISPR-Cas–mediated breaks at subcentromeric and subtelomeric sequences, we fused entire chromosome arms, obtaining two eight...
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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BLOG - “Wow” moments in the life and career of young scientist Miguel

Dr @miguelmontez.bsky.social has had a memorable few months. From dual academic research publications, to winning a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Fellowship - and even finding the time to get married!

www.jic.ac.uk/blog/wow-mom...
“Wow” moments in the life and career of young scientist Miguel | John Innes Centre
The past few months have been a truly memorable time in the life and career of Dr Miguel Montez.
www.jic.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Phon is an icon! A well deserved recognition 👏
Congrats to all the @thesainsburylab.bsky.social prize winners this year! A special shoutout to our own Phon Green for her incredible research support, especially managing a HUGE number of plants, from Arabidopsis to crops 🤯
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Congrats to all the @thesainsburylab.bsky.social prize winners this year! A special shoutout to our own Phon Green for her incredible research support, especially managing a HUGE number of plants, from Arabidopsis to crops 🤯
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Fun week for DNA methylation research! Here is a thread of three cool papers that came out, all with an evolution angle. And a bonus 4th that examines DNAme/PcG interplay (certainly an interest for our lab!) #Epigenetics
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Out today, our take on 6-methyladenine #6mA evolution in Eukaryotes @natgenet.nature.com. We asked a simple question, is really DNA 6mA common across the eukaryotes? The answer is "yes" if you're a unicellular eukaryote 🦠, not so if you're multicellular 🐝🌱🍄. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/9
Adenine DNA methylation associated with transcriptionally permissive chromatin is widespread across eukaryotes - Nature Genetics
Long-read sequencing in 18 unicellular eukaryotes reveals that 6mA is widespread across eukaryotes and is enriched at transcriptionally permissive regions, which are also marked by H3K4me3.
www.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Our new lab logo (created by the amazing @hsuanpai.bsky.social)!
tatsuyanobori.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Great opportunity to join the Norwich science community 😉 #newPI
📣 Looking for a 3-Year Postdoc @johninnescentre.bsky.social to join my Wellcome project.

This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes

📅 Closes on 10 Dec.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr Miguel Montez) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Wellcome Trust project led by Dr Miguel Montez and hosted within the Dodd Group at the John Innes Centre.
www.jic.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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"Postdoc in the job market"
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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With Watson's death can we stop teaching his simplified version of the Central Dogma (DNA-RNA-protein) & instead teach what Crick actually proposed? It promotes understanding & critical thinking. wellcomecollection.org/works/xmscu3...
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Research question for the #epigenetics community: Anyone on here tested using NEB's EM conversion with Illumina Infinium microarrays and want to share there experiences? Please share 🙏
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Vertebrate rna directed dna methylation!
piRNA-directed DNA methylation may not be a mammalian invention, but can already be found in the germline of axolotl salamanders
Donal O’Carroll and coworkers
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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📣 Looking for a 3-Year Postdoc @johninnescentre.bsky.social to join my Wellcome project.

This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes

📅 Closes on 10 Dec.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr Miguel Montez) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Wellcome Trust project led by Dr Miguel Montez and hosted within the Dodd Group at the John Innes Centre.
www.jic.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Only two days left to register for the UK NonSeed meeting (Dec 12th, Norwich). We’re still accepting flash talks!! www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge...
4th Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant Group Meeting 2025 | John Innes Centre
Supported by the Genetics Society, the Non-Seed Plant Sectional Interest Group brings together UK researchers studying all aspects of plant biology using species outside of seed-bearing plants…
www.jic.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Consistently an absolutely fantastic meeting - don’t miss out on an opportunity to interact with an awesome bunch of non-seed enthusiasts 🌱 😃 🧬
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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The Matthew Effect is alive and well in academia - always makes me wary of programs aimed at identifying rising stars in an already highly talented pool...

elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
elifesciences.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM