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Ronan Broderick @brodericklab.bsky.social · Jun 25

Upcoming genome biology conference in Birmingham featuring some excellent speakers- give it a look!

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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Ronan Broderick @brodericklab.bsky.social · Mar 12

Congratulations 🎊

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themorrislab.bsky.social @themorrislab.bsky.social · Mar 11

We are delighted to announce our first-ever BlueSky post – and the latest paper from our lab. with the Leney Lab @leneyms.bsky.social
dlvr.it/TJN3yl
@cp-molcell.bsky.social
@unibirmingham.bsky.social

SUMO4 promotes SUMO deconjugation required for DNA double-strand-break repair

Garvin et al. find that the poorly explored SUMO isoform, SUMO4, enhances the deSUMOylation activity of the SUMO protease SENP1. Consequently, SUMO4 acts to restrain excessive cellular SUMOylation. In...

dlvr.it

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Ronan Broderick @brodericklab.bsky.social · Mar 5

Congratulations - really nice work!

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Ronan Broderick @brodericklab.bsky.social · Mar 5

Great work- congrats to all involved!

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Ronan Broderick @brodericklab.bsky.social · Mar 5

Congratulations to all involved!

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Ronan Broderick @brodericklab.bsky.social · Mar 5

Congratulations! Great to see this story published!

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postdockatie.bsky.social @postdockatie.bsky.social · Feb 26

Happy to finally share this paper from our lab! First authors @kezlane.bsky.social @alison-harrod.bsky.social and the team worked so hard on it, I'm proud to be on it too!

PBAF as the protector of centromere and pericentromere integrity🧬🔬

@thedownslab.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

PBRM1 directs PBAF to pericentromeres and protects centromere integrity - Nature Communications

Centromere fragility can drive tumourigenesis, so protective mechanisms are important. Here, the authors suggest that the PBAF chromatin remodelling complex, which is frequently misregulated in cancer...

www.nature.com

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Ronan Broderick @brodericklab.bsky.social · Feb 21

Still a few days left to apply! I'm recruiting for two Postdoc positions in my lab at the University of Birmingham, investigating the Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres.

Ronan Broderick @brodericklab.bsky.social · Jan 31

My lab is #hiring!

I am recruiting for two #Postdoc positions investigating the Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres mechanism.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLO693/r...

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLP016/r...

#Telomere #DNAreplication #DNArepair #cancer #glioma #UKRI #MRC #universityofbirmingham #NGS

Research Fellow at University of Birmingham

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Research Fellow at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Ronan Broderick @brodericklab.bsky.social · Jan 31

My lab is #hiring!

I am recruiting for two #Postdoc positions investigating the Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres mechanism.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLO693/r...

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLP016/r...

#Telomere #DNAreplication #DNArepair #cancer #glioma #UKRI #MRC #universityofbirmingham #NGS

Research Fellow at University of Birmingham

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Research Fellow at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Miguel Godinho Ferreira @miguelgf.bsky.social · Jan 18

We are looking for a #Postdoc to join our team to work on a funded project by La Ligue investigating the role of #gut permeability as a cause of #cancer with #age. 🐟🐟🐟
#zebrafish #telomerase #microbiome DEADLINE: 29/Jan/2025
Please help us spread the word! 🙏

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Ronan Broderick @brodericklab.bsky.social · Jan 15

Delighted to join the University of Birmingham as a Research Fellow, supported by an MRC Career Development Award, establishing my own lab studying the Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres.

Watch this space for opportunities for post-doc positions in my lab!
#telomere #cancer #mrc #dnarepair #uob

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