Isaac Wakiro
@isaac-wakiro.bsky.social
RNA Biology | Epitranscriptomics | Epigenetics | Stem Cells | PhD Candidate | HHMI Gilliam Fellow | Michael Kharas Laboratory at MSKCC
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Applications for faculty positions at Rockefeller are now open! We are seeking exceptional, creative scientists to join our faculty.
Learn more below:
Learn more below:
Faculty recruitment - Our Scientists
Applications for faculty positions are currently being accepted. Application deadline is October 6, 2025.
www.rockefeller.edu
August 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Applications for faculty positions at Rockefeller are now open! We are seeking exceptional, creative scientists to join our faculty.
Learn more below:
Learn more below:
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www.hhmi.org/programs/gil... The 2025 Gilliam Fellows | HHMI
The 2025 Gilliam Fellows & Advisors | HHMI
The Gilliam Fellows Program launches promising PhD students into impactful scientific research careers while fostering inclusive training environments.
www.hhmi.org
August 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
www.hhmi.org/programs/gil... The 2025 Gilliam Fellows | HHMI
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Great faculty opportunities within the Cellular Genomics Programme @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Please share with your networks and do contact me if you would like to find out more
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Please share with your networks and do contact me if you would like to find out more
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Group Leaders- Cellular Genomics
Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenge...
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July 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Great faculty opportunities within the Cellular Genomics Programme @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Please share with your networks and do contact me if you would like to find out more
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Please share with your networks and do contact me if you would like to find out more
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
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Check it out, a great opportunity for people looking to start their own lab in Japan 👇
www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/careers-e...
www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/careers-e...
Open Positions｜Careers｜Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology
Open Positions
www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp
July 2, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Check it out, a great opportunity for people looking to start their own lab in Japan 👇
www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/careers-e...
www.ccii.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/careers-e...
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Excited for this summer’s NYC Chromatin Club!
Grad students & postdocs: submit your abstracts for a chance to present a poster or talk. Come connect w/ fellow epigenetic New Yorkers!
#NYCChromatinClub
@dshechter.bsky.social @vivrisca.bsky.social @epicypher.bsky.social
@kjarmache.bsky.social
Grad students & postdocs: submit your abstracts for a chance to present a poster or talk. Come connect w/ fellow epigenetic New Yorkers!
#NYCChromatinClub
@dshechter.bsky.social @vivrisca.bsky.social @epicypher.bsky.social
@kjarmache.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Excited for this summer’s NYC Chromatin Club!
Grad students & postdocs: submit your abstracts for a chance to present a poster or talk. Come connect w/ fellow epigenetic New Yorkers!
#NYCChromatinClub
@dshechter.bsky.social @vivrisca.bsky.social @epicypher.bsky.social
@kjarmache.bsky.social
Grad students & postdocs: submit your abstracts for a chance to present a poster or talk. Come connect w/ fellow epigenetic New Yorkers!
#NYCChromatinClub
@dshechter.bsky.social @vivrisca.bsky.social @epicypher.bsky.social
@kjarmache.bsky.social
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We are seeking to hire a lab tech, this is an HHMI funded position, please share the job posting:
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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Lab Administration Research Technician- Bertozzi Lab
Primary Work Address: Beckman Center, Stanford, CA, 94305-5323 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. We are currently looking for a highly motivated Lab Administration ...
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March 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
We are seeking to hire a lab tech, this is an HHMI funded position, please share the job posting:
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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HHMI Science Department is hiring! We are looking for an outstanding immunologist/ cancer biologist to join our senior leadership team. Remote work eligible, 24 weeks a year onsite, possibility of running a small lab with HHMI support
@hhmi.bsky.social
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@hhmi.bsky.social
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Senior Director - Scientific Officer
Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) advances the discovery and sharing of scientific knowledge to benefit us all. As a biom...
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
HHMI Science Department is hiring! We are looking for an outstanding immunologist/ cancer biologist to join our senior leadership team. Remote work eligible, 24 weeks a year onsite, possibility of running a small lab with HHMI support
@hhmi.bsky.social
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
@hhmi.bsky.social
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
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Academic workers across NYC are taking action in coordination with researchers across the country to defend our work and research on Wednesday, *February 19th, at 4pm* in Washington Square Park ✊
RSVP here to join us: forms.gle/Nrsoe3pcjg7r...
RSVP here to join us: forms.gle/Nrsoe3pcjg7r...
Fund Don't Freeze: Fight Back for Healthcare, Education, & Jobs
Date: Wednesday, February 19th
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Washington Square Park
The new administration is putting our research and our jobs at risk.
The Trump administration is mounting these attacks...
forms.gle
February 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Academic workers across NYC are taking action in coordination with researchers across the country to defend our work and research on Wednesday, *February 19th, at 4pm* in Washington Square Park ✊
RSVP here to join us: forms.gle/Nrsoe3pcjg7r...
RSVP here to join us: forms.gle/Nrsoe3pcjg7r...
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Looking for 2 or more highly motivated PhD students to join our quest to understand the interplay between gene expression, genome instability, and human disease
jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Deadline: March 6, 2025
Please share
jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Deadline: March 6, 2025
Please share
PhD fellowships at the Center for Gene Expression
jobportal.ku.dk
February 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Looking for 2 or more highly motivated PhD students to join our quest to understand the interplay between gene expression, genome instability, and human disease
jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Deadline: March 6, 2025
Please share
jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Deadline: March 6, 2025
Please share
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We are looking for PhD students and/or postdocs that want to join us to study the metabolism of metastasizing cancer cells with cutting-edge spatial and single cell technologies.
fendtlab.sites.vib.be/en
fendtlab.sites.vib.be/en
February 3, 2025 at 6:28 AM
We are looking for PhD students and/or postdocs that want to join us to study the metabolism of metastasizing cancer cells with cutting-edge spatial and single cell technologies.
fendtlab.sites.vib.be/en
fendtlab.sites.vib.be/en
Several weeks late but such an insightful episode - open.spotify.com/episode/6KMh...
66 | Michael Fischbach and the scientific decision tree
Night Science · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Several weeks late but such an insightful episode - open.spotify.com/episode/6KMh...
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If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
January 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
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Today we're thrilled to announce our 2024 #HannaGrayFellows! Please join us in welcoming and celebrating these outstanding early career scientists!
January 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Today we're thrilled to announce our 2024 #HannaGrayFellows! Please join us in welcoming and celebrating these outstanding early career scientists!
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🧪1/ 🚨New paper on ecDNAs from our lab!
We reveal a strategy to engineer extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) amplifications in cells & mice. Let's dive in! Let’s dive in! 🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We reveal a strategy to engineer extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) amplifications in cells & mice. Let's dive in! Let’s dive in! 🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Engineered extrachromosomal oncogene amplifications promote tumorigenesis - Nature
Large extrachromosomal DNAs are engineered using a CRISPR- and Cre–loxP-based approach and shown to drive cancer in mouse models, with potential applications in determining the role of oncogene a...
www.nature.com
December 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM
🧪1/ 🚨New paper on ecDNAs from our lab!
We reveal a strategy to engineer extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) amplifications in cells & mice. Let's dive in! Let’s dive in! 🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We reveal a strategy to engineer extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) amplifications in cells & mice. Let's dive in! Let’s dive in! 🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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#50ScientistsThatInspire 🧪
A collection created by @cellpress.bsky.social for #Cell50 🎉
Including inspiring #scientists and committed #advocates in their communities 🙌
In this 🧵 I'll share some of the interviews - including this Q&A we did 👇
Its an honor to be part of this incredible list 🙏 🙏
A collection created by @cellpress.bsky.social for #Cell50 🎉
Including inspiring #scientists and committed #advocates in their communities 🙌
In this 🧵 I'll share some of the interviews - including this Q&A we did 👇
Its an honor to be part of this incredible list 🙏 🙏
For cancer biologist Johanna Joyce, teaching is essential to being a well-rounded scientist
Advice on finding a supportive academic environment, building inclusivity in science, tackling scientific problems with an open mind, and more from Dr. Joyce.
www.cell.com
December 11, 2024 at 2:11 PM
#50ScientistsThatInspire 🧪
A collection created by @cellpress.bsky.social for #Cell50 🎉
Including inspiring #scientists and committed #advocates in their communities 🙌
In this 🧵 I'll share some of the interviews - including this Q&A we did 👇
Its an honor to be part of this incredible list 🙏 🙏
A collection created by @cellpress.bsky.social for #Cell50 🎉
Including inspiring #scientists and committed #advocates in their communities 🙌
In this 🧵 I'll share some of the interviews - including this Q&A we did 👇
Its an honor to be part of this incredible list 🙏 🙏
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Really interesting paper on how aging limits lung cancer progression by the Tammela lab www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ageing limits stemness and tumorigenesis by reprogramming iron homeostasis - Nature
Studies using mouse models of lung adenocarcinoma identify an association between age, iron homeostasis and tumour initiation potential that involves NUPR1 and lipocalin-2.
www.nature.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Really interesting paper on how aging limits lung cancer progression by the Tammela lab www.nature.com/articles/s41...