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David Suter

@davidsuter.bsky.social

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PI at EPFL / gene regulation / chromatin / epigenetics / genomics / stem cells / transcription factors / single molecule / protein turnover https://www.epfl.ch/labs/suter-lab/ - and 🎹 https://www.youtube.com/@davidsuter594 / https://soundcloud.com/suterd7

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David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks Juan !

David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · 13d

In flux, balance holds,
Through storm of concentration,
Stem cell self remains.

Congratulations to former very talented PhD student Romane Mizeret, with help from @armelletollenaere.bsky.social and Cédric Deluz, +
big thanks to EPFL genomics (GECF) and flow cytometry (FCCF) facilities.

David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · 13d

OCT4 drifts, unsure,
SOX2 holds steady, unmoved,
NANOG climbs with strength.

Mass-action falters,
Binding bends to hidden rules,
Genes choose subtler paths.

Core regions endure,
Three voices sing constant truth,
Pluripotent flame.

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David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · 13d

📣 New preprint from the lab - Endogenous fluctuations of transcription factor levels shape their occupancy in unexpected ways
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Endogenous variability in transcription factor concentrations shapes their genome-wide occupancy

The control of transcription factor (TF) concentrations is crucial for the precise regulation of gene expression and cell fate decisions during development. Yet, TF concentrations can display substant...

www.biorxiv.org

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David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · Sep 1

Big congrats Ueli ! Such an amazing mentor, person and scientist

Biology-UNIGE @biology-unige.bsky.social · Sep 1

🏅Congratulations to Emeritus Prof. Ueli #Schibler for receiving the #Kappers Medal from the #EBRS: the Society’s highest honor, awarded for outstanding contributions to biological rhythms research @sciencesunige.bsky.social @mocel.bsky.social #UNIGE
ebrs-online.org/index.php/abou

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David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · Sep 1

Nice ! This one from Elowitz lab is also along the same line www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Genome-wide chromatin recording resolves dynamic cell state changes

Understanding how the chromatin state of a cell influences its future behavior is a major challenge throughout biology. However, most chromatin profiling methods are limited to endpoint assays. Here, ...

www.biorxiv.org

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David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · Aug 20

I love the exquisitely targeted ads on linkedin 😂

David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · Aug 7

If someone you know buys into claims about "genetic optimization" of embryos using polygenic scores of cognition, just send them our 2024 paper on Beethoven & musicality. We wrote it to help communicate limits of individual-level genetic predictions & complexity of links between DNA & behaviour. 🧪👇

Notes from Beethoven’s genome

Wesseldijk et al. compare the genomic information collected from Ludwig van Beethoven with population-based datasets used to quantify musical achievement.

www.cell.com

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Alex Gould Lab @alexgouldlab.bsky.social · Aug 14

Drosophila research without FlyBase would be untenable. Time for all labs who can afford it to step up.

Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Aug 14

A reminder you/your lab can support FlyBase at Cambridge through the following link. Every bit helps. Please share if you yourself can't donate.

www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

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David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · Aug 14

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TanentzapfLab @tanentzapflab.bsky.social · Aug 13

The goal of a PhD is not to learn some facts or read a few papers or learn a bunch of techniques. The goal of a PhD is to learn independence, problem solving, how to finish things you start, resilience, & gain the ability to adapt & think creatively. Learning these things is hard.

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David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · Aug 14

Special prize for "how to finish things you start" 💯

David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · Aug 13

Rejoice ! They are probably implementing the 3-factor authentification 🤓

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Milena Schuhmacher @mschuhmacher.bsky.social · Aug 12

We are hiring!

If you are looking for a postdoc position and you are interested in signaling lipids and proteomics, come join us in beautiful Switzerland!

More information on www.epfl.ch/labs/gr-schu...

Open positions

GR-SCHUHMACHER

www.epfl.ch

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David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · Aug 7

Yeah sure in that case sounds a bit crazy...basing authorship on career impact sounds like weaponizing authorship (or lack thereof) for career advancement, which IMO amounts to fraud

David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · Aug 7

individual credit when very few people were involved compared to studies with zillions of authors.

David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · Aug 7

cases is another one. I do think it is relatively obvious that when less people are involved, this means more work per person which I think should also be recognized differently. So I would say this argument can never be used to play around with authorship, but I feel it natural to give more

David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · Aug 7

I feel like this has to be contextualized a bit to answer properly. Authorship should always be attributed when work has been done, full stop. Now the question of whether an author deserves more credit in a two-author paper than in a 50-author paper (where credit was attributed properly in both

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Der Führer hat immer recht! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · Aug 3

British information campaign: Know Your Parasites

#UK #Britain #parasites #politics #GreedyBastards #tyranny #elites #ObsceneWealth

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David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · Aug 5

💯 - always had a deep gut aversion to both extremes - hypothesis vs data-worshipers

David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · Jul 30

So AA, AB, etc. ?

David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · Jul 30

🤯 Thinking what to do when having > 26 panels in a supp figure...label AA, AB, AC ? Cannot split it, journal limits number of supp figures...

David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · Jul 13

Rare sight of an ERC-super grantee at the crack of dawn

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David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · Jul 11

Prompting ChatGPT ?

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Martin Weigert @maweigert.bsky.social · Jul 10

Do you like developing new AI vision methods for microscopy image analysis? You love theory & implementation? 1 week left to apply for a fully funded PhD position in our lab in Dresden 🇩🇪! Topics: object detection/tracking, multimodal models & more. DM/email for details! #PhD #AcademicJobs #GPUsgoBrr

Vacancy ID 12244

www.verw.tu-dresden.de

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · Jul 10

For many people (me included) writing is thinking

If you're not thinking you're just the pretty front (wo)man in the band

Do you want to be Noel or Liam?

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Lab drowning in paperwork? Hire an in-house writer

Hiring a postdoc to take over writing tasks makes good sense, argues Béla Z. Schmidt.

www.nature.com

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