Wayo Matsushima
@wayomayo.bsky.social
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EMBO/JSPS postdoctoral fellow in the Trono lab, EPFL. Studying regulatory evolution driven by transposable elements.
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New preprint of my postdoc work! We found a novel group of zinc-finger proteins that rapidly evolved in a lineage-specific manner to repress regulatory activities of transposon-derived sequences through anchoring nucleosomes. #TEsky

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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gurdoninstitute.bsky.social
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of our founder, colleague, mentor and friend, Professor Sir John Gurdon. His vision and dedication will continue to inspire generations of scientists.
🔗 www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/nobel-laurea...
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fueyoraquel.bsky.social
⚡⚡Excited to announce I'll be starting my lab at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Genetics (@molgen.mpg.de) in Berlin in December! Leaving sunny California to join a fantastic environment with colleagues who do super cool work.
🔬🦠I'm hiring at all levels! 🔬🦠Check: www.molgen.mpg.de/fueyo-lab
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emma-harding.bsky.social
Do you research endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) or want to learn more about them? 🧬🤔

Consider presenting at or attending AuusiERV - an inaugural online symposium for ERV research in Australia 🇦🇺 (and abroad) 🗺️

Abstracts due 1st October!

events.humanitix.com/aussierv-2025

#ERV #retrovirus
AussiERV 2025
AussiERV: Australia’s first symposium dedicated to endogenous retroviruses. Join us for this one-day virtual event on November 7th!
events.humanitix.com
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juliabatki.bsky.social
I am excited to share that I will join the Friedrich Miescher Institute @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel as a group leader, starting my lab in March 2026 🎉

We will explore cell fate regulation during organogenesis, with a focus on how cell elimination underlies the emergence of functional tissues.
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mollygale.bsky.social
🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬

Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025
Barbara McClintock portrait
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chdouse.bsky.social
Come to Lund! We are looking for a postdoc to join the team. #transposons #epigenetics
wayomayo.bsky.social
Huge congrats, Diego!
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kstapornwongkul.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce that I am looking for a Research Technician/Assistant to join my lab @imbavienna.bsky.social. Please consider applying if you’re enthusiastic about #devbio #stemcells #teamwork and excited to help shaping a new lab!

Thankful for any retweet! 🫶

imba.onlyfy.jobs/job/l6u2m980
wayomayo.bsky.social
Thank you, Miguel! Any feedback is welcome.
wayomayo.bsky.social
Thank you, just updated!🙏
wayomayo.bsky.social
New preprint of my postdoc work! We found a novel group of zinc-finger proteins that rapidly evolved in a lineage-specific manner to repress regulatory activities of transposon-derived sequences through anchoring nucleosomes. #TEsky

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
wayomayo.bsky.social
Thank you for this fantastic opportunity! Hope you’ll find the elements even stranger after my talk.
mpi-ie.bsky.social
Next week on March 6th, we welcome @wayomayo.bsky.social as the latest guest in our Max Planck Seminar Series.

Wayo is @embo.org Postdoc in the Trono Lab, EPFL and we look forward to an interesting talk in which he opens up the (human) genome and its treasure trove of strange features: TEs.
Sharepicto advertise Wayo Matsushimas talk on “ Wayo Matsushima – Gene regulatory evolution driven by transposable elements and their controllers” at the MPI-IE in March 2025.
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marliesoomen.bsky.social
Very excited to share our paper on Gene and Transposable Element expression in mammalian preimplantation development, online today! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
A short thread to highlight some of our findings 🧵
wayomayo.bsky.social
Huge congrats, Marlies!
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canaztekin.bsky.social
🚨Why can’t mammals regenerate legs or arms like frog tadpoles or salamanders?
Our preprint tackles (part of) this BIG question with surprising findings about oxygen sensing
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Happy New Year, everyone! 🎉
🐭 vs 🐸 #evodevo #regenerative #cellbio 🧵👇