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Aleksander Szczurek @aleksszczurek.bsky.social · 11h

If you are a computational biologist come, apply and join Howard & Klose lab in a joint Norwich-Oxford collaboration on chromatin dynamics!

John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 2d

VACANCY - We have an opportunity for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Howard Group, working to develop computational models of epigenetic dynamics in the Polycomb system.

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Closing date - 9 November 2025
Salary - £37,500 - £45,350
Contract - 36 months, full-time

Postdoctoral Researcher (Howard Group) | John Innes Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Howard Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of Computational and Systems Biology.

www.jic.ac.uk

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Emilia Dimitrova @edimitrova.bsky.social · 2d

If you are a computational biologist interested in how chromatin states are established and maintained to regulate transcription, this is the dream job for you! This will be in close collaboration with the Klose lab in Oxford and we have a lot of cool projects you can get involved in. Apply!

John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 2d

VACANCY - We have an opportunity for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Howard Group, working to develop computational models of epigenetic dynamics in the Polycomb system.

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Closing date - 9 November 2025
Salary - £37,500 - £45,350
Contract - 36 months, full-time

Postdoctoral Researcher (Howard Group) | John Innes Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Howard Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of Computational and Systems Biology.

www.jic.ac.uk

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Artemy Kolchinsky @artemyte.bsky.social · 1d

After a long time in the making, my paper on nonequilibrium thermodynamics of Darwinian evolution has been published in Philosophical Transactions B. Updated version: arxiv.org/abs/2112.02809

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Ander Movilla @andermovilla.bsky.social · 1d

Very exciting opportunity for those with a quantitative background and interested in epigenetics / gene regulation. Highly collaborative environment!

John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 2d

VACANCY - We have an opportunity for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Howard Group, working to develop computational models of epigenetic dynamics in the Polycomb system.

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Closing date - 9 November 2025
Salary - £37,500 - £45,350
Contract - 36 months, full-time

Postdoctoral Researcher (Howard Group) | John Innes Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Howard Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of Computational and Systems Biology.

www.jic.ac.uk

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Daniel Jost - Physical Biology of Chromatin group @djost-physbiol.bsky.social · 9d

New preprint from the lab !! Loop extrusion may provide mechanical robustness to chromatin. Great work by Hossein Salari. @cnrs.fr @lbmcinlyon.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Loop extrusion provides mechanical robustness to chromatin

Chromosomes are complex biopolymers folded into dynamic loops via a loop extrusion process and may experience various mechanical forces in vivo . We develop a force-dependent model of chromatin loop e...

www.biorxiv.org

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 28d

I'm really looking forward to visiting Norwich again and sharing my perspective on why plants are the most amazing and important organisms in the universe! 🌱💚

John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 28d

EVENT - Calling all teachers, A-level science classes and colleges! Registration is now open for the NBI Accessible Science Talks 2025

🗓️ Tuesday 7 October 2025

💻 Register here: jic.link/NBIAST2025

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Miguel Montez @miguelmontez.bsky.social · 29d

Delighted to share that I’ve been awarded the Wellcome Trust Early-Career Award 🙏 £1.4m over 5 years.
The start of an exciting new journey 🚀

John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 29d

NEWS - Talented early-career researcher receives major @wellcometrust.bsky.social funding

The innovative research project of JIC early-career plant scientist, Dr @miguelmontez.bsky.social, has attracted a prestigious funding award from a global health charity.

www.jic.ac.uk/news/talente...

Talented early-career researcher receives major Wellcome Trust funding | John Innes Centre

The innovative research project of an early-career plant scientist at the John Innes Centre has attracted a prestigious funding award from a global health charity…

www.jic.ac.uk

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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 29d

NEWS - Talented early-career researcher receives major @wellcometrust.bsky.social funding

The innovative research project of JIC early-career plant scientist, Dr @miguelmontez.bsky.social, has attracted a prestigious funding award from a global health charity.

www.jic.ac.uk/news/talente...

Talented early-career researcher receives major Wellcome Trust funding | John Innes Centre

The innovative research project of an early-career plant scientist at the John Innes Centre has attracted a prestigious funding award from a global health charity…

www.jic.ac.uk

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Anna Schulten @sulteavn.bsky.social · Aug 26

Excited to share the paper from my work in the Dean lab @johninnescentre.bsky.social out now in @cp-molcell.bsky.social. Huge thanks to all the co-authors - it was a great collaborative effort! Watch out for the associated cover artwork coming out next week 🎉 www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

VEL-dependent polymerization maintains the chromatin association of Polycomb proteins for the switch to epigenetic silencing

Schulten et al. show that VEL polymerization domains produce higher-order protein assemblies to maintain chromatin association of Polycomb proteins, enabling a stable epigenetic switch at the floral r...

www.cell.com

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Gemma Noviello @gemnov.bsky.social · Aug 6

I wrote an "Open Questions" piece last year, trying to sum up things I have been thinking about on gene tuning and TFs dosage. In my view, much we don't know is cause we are lacking the tools - but maybe I'm biased as I was a tech developer. THX to the reviewer! :) doi.org/10.1098/rsob...

Transcriptional regulation as a dose-dependent process: insights from transcription factor tuning | Open Biology

Several biological processes, including transcriptional regulation by transcription factors (TFs), are dose-dependent. At the mathematical level, dose-dependent processes can be modelled by fitting dose–response curves, for istance, employing Hill-type ...

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Stefan Schoenfelder @stefanschoenfelder.bsky.social · Jul 22

🚨 New paper alert 🚨
I am excited to share our new work on epigenetic enhancer priming in early mammalian development
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Fantastic collaboration with Wolf Reik’s team, with key contributions from many others, led by the excellent Chris Todd.
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Epigenetic priming of mammalian embryonic enhancer elements coordinates developmental gene networks - Genome Biology

Background Embryonic development requires the accurate spatiotemporal execution of cell lineage-specific gene expression programs, which are controlled by transcriptional enhancers. Developmental enha...

genomebiology.biomedcentral.com

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · Jul 17

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Today, the Republic of Korea joins Horizon Europe. It is the first Asian country to take part.

Korean entities can now join and lead research consortia with some of the world’s best research organisations to tackle global challenges together.

More info ↓
europa.eu/!QFHCnC

An image featuring the flags of the European Union and South Korea superimposed over a traditional Korean street scene. The text "EU-KOREA" is prominently displayed, with "HORIZON EUROPE" below it.

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Jul 11

Save the Date!

Development has teamed up with the Wellcome-funded consortium the Human Developmental Biology Initiative to co-organise a meeting on #HumanDevelopment.

📅7 - 9 Sep 2026
📍University of Warwick, UK

Register your interest for #HumanDev26: www.biologists.com/meetings/dev...

Human Development: Stem Cells, Models, Embryos. 7 - 9 September 2026 University of Warwick, UK. Resgiter your interest. #HumanDev26. Image credit: Susanna Narkilahti, Tampere University, Finland

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Yiliang Ding @yiliangding.bsky.social · Jul 3

The functional importance of RNA structure in plant domestication😊

John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · Jul 3

NEWS - How cucumbers got longer - and why it's a big deal for farming

A collaboration between the JIC and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) has probed the differences between wild cucumbers and their domestic relatives at a molecular level.

www.jic.ac.uk/news/how-cuc...

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Jo Hepworth @coolcabbage.bsky.social · Jul 2

Super pleased our @jxbotany.bsky.social review with Pablo González-Suárez @pablidopsis.bsky.social (now with Margot Smit), Tom Lock @txmlock.bsky.social and Steve Penfield (@johninnescentre.bsky.social) on plant architecture responses to seasonal temperature is out!
academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...

Seasons and shape: Inflorescences from autumn to summer

Abstract. Flowering plants organize their reproductive organs within specialized structures named inflorescences. Plasticity in the architecture of these i

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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · Jun 26

We have a @royalsociety.org funded PhD studentship available in the Morgan group: ‘Investigating the influence of temperature on meiotic recombination’: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🗓️ Closing date: 21 July 2025

Investigating the influence of temperature on meiotic recombination (MORGAN_J26RS) at John Innes Centre on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Investigating the influence of temperature on meiotic recombination (MORGAN_J26RS) at John Innes Centre, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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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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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Jun 18

UK media is so wild. It is tough to properly convey how shockingly deceptive this article is. It's desperate I guess but a lot of people will still read this, and trust it bc it's coming from what looks to be a reputable media outlet.

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Renewable energy to blame for Spain’s blackouts
Glut of solar power sent prices plunging, triggering a mass switch-off, official report says

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Spain’s disastrous national blackout was triggered by solar farms switching off in response to plummeting power prices, an official investigation has found.
A government report into Europe’s biggest power cut found that Spain’s solar farms were generating so much power on April 28, a particularly sunny day, that prices became “negative” – meaning there were no profits to be made in operating them.
Plunging prices triggered a mass switch-off, which sent voltage and frequency fluctuations cascading across the national grids of both Spain and Portugal. Back-up systems meant to guard against such fluctuations were not in effect.
This caused blackouts that left more than 60m people across the Iberian peninsula without power, the Spanish government report concluded.
The power cut caused massive gridlock in cities and left thousands stranded on trains and in elevators across the Iberian peninsula. Several deaths were also linked to the incident.

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Rob Schneider @robertife.bsky.social · Jun 17

Please RT ! 5️⃣ days left to register. Gordon Conference “Histone and DNA modifications” Tuscany 🇮🇹 20.-25. July 25 🗓️ Regulation of genome function by histone and nucleic acid modifications. Great speaker lineup !!! >25 talks will be chosen from abstracts. Submit yours ➡️ shorturl.at/hBjyT

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Ander Movilla @andermovilla.bsky.social · Jun 6

Very enjoyable event indeed! Thanks a lot to the organisers for such a wonderful meeting!

QMUL Centre for Epigenetics @qmulepigenetics.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thank you everyone for participating in the QMUL epigenetics centre launch event. It was a great success. Special thanks to SAB @deborahbourchis.bsky.social @lab-turner.bsky.social
Bas Heijmans and @elisaoricchio.bsky.social for interaction with our centre.

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Stefan Schoenfelder @stefanschoenfelder.bsky.social · Jun 4

Really looking forward to @radaiglesiaslab.bsky.social's talk on "Gaining mechanistic insights into long-range gene regulation through synthetic biology approaches" in @enhancedgenomics.bsky.social's seminar series.

📅 June 5th 2025 tomorrow
⏰ 4pm GMT

Please join us:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The 3D Regulatory Genome: Gaining mechanistic insights into long-range gene regulation through synthetic biology approaches. After registering, you will rec...

Join our guest speaker, Dr. Alvaro Rada-Iglesias, in this exciting seminar on the 3D Regulatory Genome, sponsored by Enhanced Genomics.

us02web.zoom.us

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Stefan Schoenfelder @stefanschoenfelder.bsky.social · Jun 2

Delighted & excited to share our latest preprint on non-canonical enhancers in human pluripotent stem cells, the result of a fantastic and fun collaboration with @guenesdoganlab.bsky.social‬:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Non-canonical enhancers control gene expression and cell fate in human pluripotent stem cells

Enhancers are key gene regulatory elements that ensure the precise spatiotemporal execution of developmental gene expression programmes. However recent findings indicate that approaches to identify en...

www.biorxiv.org

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Ander Movilla @andermovilla.bsky.social · Jun 1

The cloud is a wonderful concept

Blanca Pijuan-Sala @bpijuansala.bsky.social · Jun 1

'Why truly innovative science demands a leap into the unknown' Highly recommended talk by Uri Alon, especially for junior scientists. Failure is part of research and negative emotions can arise. Surround yourself by supportive people to help you navigate the cloud.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1U2...

Uri Alon: Why truly innovative science demands a leap into the unknown

YouTube video by TED

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Ander Movilla @andermovilla.bsky.social · May 30

Congrats Marek! Looking forward to reading it

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Marek Glombik @glombikm.bsky.social · May 29

Happy to share that our study of inheritance of homoeolog expression bias in wheat biparental populations is out in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Genome Biology! 🧬

Many thanks to all co-authors and @philippaborrill.bsky.social for great leadership on the project!
#PlantScience #Botany

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Rapid reprogramming and stabilization of homoeolog expression bias in hexaploid wheat biparental populations

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