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Aga Gambus @agagambus.bsky.social · 1d

We are looking for a senior technician (can undertake PhD) at Uni of Birmingham (UK) to study chromatin replication and ubiquitylation using Xenopus egg extract. Deadline 28/10/25. Get in touch with me or @m-saponaro.bsky.social for informal inquiries. Please share.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOW912/s...

Senior Research Technician at University of Birmingham

Explore an exciting academic career as a Senior Research Technician. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Mathew Garnett @mgarnett.bsky.social · 18d

The Garnett Lab is excited to launch DepMap Miner, a new tool to explore cancer dependency data!
Built on the Sanger DepMap, the DepMap Miner brings together multi-omic and functional datasets for over 1300 cancer cell models.

Start mining data now: dataminer.depmap.sanger.ac.uk

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Aga Gambus @agagambus.bsky.social · 19d

Congratulations 🙌 enjoy the future science 😀

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Alexis Barr @alexisbarr.bsky.social · 20d

@mariasecrier.bsky.social & I are looking for an enthusiastic & excellent data scientist for a 4-year postdoc to understand cell cycle dysregulation in cancer.

Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions.

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More details:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Description

Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

www.imperial.ac.uk

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Wendy Bickmore @wbickmor.bsky.social · 27d

Honoured to be in Birmingham to mark Bryan Turner’s retirement- a gentleman and giant of epigenetics.

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Jessica Blair @jessicamablair.bsky.social · Sep 4

Assistant Prof post in bacterial genomics @unibirmingham.bsky.social Come and join us!!

@imibirmingham.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...

Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics on jobs.ac.uk!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Jessica Blair @jessicamablair.bsky.social · Sep 1

A good way to think about institutional research culture!

Roger Kline @rogerkline.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thanks for sharing this Vijaya Nath

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Daniel Durocher @durocher1.bsky.social · Aug 28

JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto.

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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Aga Gambus @agagambus.bsky.social · Jul 14

Congratulations to Georgia on her graduation!!

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Aga Gambus @agagambus.bsky.social · Jul 11

Very exciting new technology manuscript from @alicepyne.bsky.social lab!
High-res AFM + AI pipeline quantifies complex DNA topology. t.co/qxD7o7ASl6
Very happy to contribute with @singlemoleculenev.bsky.social plasmids replicating past barriers in Xenopus egg extract.
Congratulation everyone!

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60559-x

t.co

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Aga Gambus @agagambus.bsky.social · Jul 11

Last days of early bird registration for BCGB conference with exciting international speakers - see below. The conference is 11-12 of September in Birmingham UK. Abstract submission extended until 20th of July! Many spots for talks uplifted from abstracts.
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Francesca Mattiroli @fmattiroli.bsky.social · Jul 10

Apply to our PhD program!!

Hubrecht Institute @hubrechtinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 10

🧬 Looking for a PhD position in molecular or developmental biology? 🔬

✉️ The Hubrecht Institute now has its very own PhD program! Applications are open and will be accepted until September 15th. Read more here 👉 www.hubrecht.eu/hipp/

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Jul 10

📣 ERC Synergy Grant 2026 call for proposals is now open!

Application deadline 5 November 2025.

📝 Groups of 2-4 researchers
📝 Jointly addressing ambitious problems & with different skills

Application portal 👉 europa.eu/!XpwptY
General info 👉 europa.eu/!PR6gt8

#ERCSyG #FrontierResearch

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Aga Gambus @agagambus.bsky.social · Jul 10

It is finally out 👍😀. Great job of the team (mostly absent from Bsky) and @m-saponaro.bsky.social

CDK-driven phosphorylation of TRAIP is essential for mitotic replisome disassembly and MiDAS url: academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

CDK-driven phosphorylation of TRAIP is essential for mitotic replisome disassembly and MiDAS

Abstract. Disassembly of the replication machinery (replisome) from chromatin is an active process driven by two ubiquitin ligases Cul2LRR1 and TRAIP, whic

academic.oup.com

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Jul 3

All about the 2026 ERC grant application and evaluation process! ✍️

Are you new to ERC grants?

Then join us for a live webinar on 10 July at 15:00 CEST, tailored for researchers who are just starting out in their attempt to get an ERC grant.

Watch 👉 europa.eu/!3rGdWB

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Aga Gambus @agagambus.bsky.social · Jun 25

Genome Biology conference in Birmingham UK in September. Check out our great invited speakers! Lots of slots for talks selected from abstracts too! Please repost 😀

Ferenc Mueller @ferencmueller.bsky.social · Jun 25

The Birmingham Centre for Genome Biology invites you
to join us at our 10th year anniversary conference!
Website and Registration here: shorturl.at/rvJSr
Fantastic speakers, and a very cost-efficient meeting for ECRs and all. Talk slots are available. See you in Brum on 11-12th September 2025!

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Aga Gambus @agagambus.bsky.social · Jul 1

Congratulations Paloma! Great work 😀👍

Paloma Garcia @pggarcialab.bsky.social · Jul 1

Delighted to announce that our paper showing the generation of iPSc from a MDS patient & how CEBPA drives disease progression is finally out in Nature Comms!

A big thanks to everybody involved & the great collaborators that have made it possible!

10.1038/s41467-025-60192-8

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Paloma Garcia @pggarcialab.bsky.social · Jul 1

Delighted to announce that our paper showing the generation of iPSc from a MDS patient & how CEBPA drives disease progression is finally out in Nature Comms!

A big thanks to everybody involved & the great collaborators that have made it possible!

10.1038/s41467-025-60192-8

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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · Jun 27

It’s too late on a Friday night for me to post sensibly about this work! But I’m super proud of Joanna’s determination to validate Parkin substrates and I love working with her robust and creative science!

Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · Jun 27

The E3 ligase Parkin ubiquitinates many proteins. Koszela, Walden (@hw1o9.bsky.social) et al. @uofglasgow.bsky.social‬ identify and biochemically validate a direct Parkin interaction with a substrate, Miro1. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

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Alex Radzisheuskaya @a-radzisheuskaya.bsky.social · Jun 26

Join us for the 2025 version of Transcription and Chromatin UK, this time in Manchester! Submit your abstract by July 17th.

Pradeepa Madapura @pradeepmadapura.bsky.social · Jun 26

Registration for Transcription and Chromatin UK is OPEN! Taking place from September 17 to 19, 2025, this conference will showcase cutting-edge research and is a ‘must-attend’ event for the UK transcription and chromatin community & both at home and abroad.
Pl register ow.ly/7QQb50W9Alo & share

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Aga Gambus @agagambus.bsky.social · Jun 25

We had an excellent lab away days last week! We talked science, revisited our lab mission statement, made pizza and aced ax throwing 😀. One to remember 👍

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Aga Gambus @agagambus.bsky.social · Jun 25

Genome Biology conference in Birmingham UK in September. Check out our great invited speakers! Lots of slots for talks selected from abstracts too! Please repost 😀

Ferenc Mueller @ferencmueller.bsky.social · Jun 25

The Birmingham Centre for Genome Biology invites you
to join us at our 10th year anniversary conference!
Website and Registration here: shorturl.at/rvJSr
Fantastic speakers, and a very cost-efficient meeting for ECRs and all. Talk slots are available. See you in Brum on 11-12th September 2025!

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Guillaume Jacquemet @guijacquemet.bsky.social · Jun 23

Are you looking for a postdoc?
I will be looking for 2-4 people after the summer to join the lab !!
Do not hesitate to reach out and disseminate !!

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Derivery Lab - MRC LMB @deriverylab.bsky.social · Jun 23

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
We're hiring a Research Assistant – no PhD needed!
Join us to explore the molecular mechanisms of receptor sorting in endosomes.
Experience in protein expression/purification, cloning & cell culture desired 🧫🔬
Apply now 👉 www.nature.com/naturecareer...

#STEMCareers #ResearchJobs

A picture of 3 rows of people on steps at the MRC LMB. From left to right - top row: Akaash, Vic, Lara - Middle row: Kerrie, Manu, Paddy - bottom row: Meg and Julie

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Alessandro Costa @costalaboratory.bsky.social · Jun 20

Postdoc positions open in my lab (Francis Crick Institute) to study

1. initiation of DNA replication.

2. chromatin replication/epigenetic inheritance.

Great for biochemists, biophysicists and cryo-EM/cryo-tomography scientists.

Deadline 3 August 2025.

crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...

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