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James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing work by @thibautbrunet.bsky.social and his lab! I can’t stress enough how significant a development this is for Choanoflagellate research and it has been revolutionary for our work!

Thibaut Brunet @thibautbrunet.bsky.social · 3d

Latest from ours: www.cell.com/cell-reports...

This is two stories in one: a case study/cautionary tale on developing genetic tools in new organisms, and the first hint at a gene regulatory network for choanoflagellate multicellular development (which turn out to involve a Hippo/YAP/ECM loop!) A 🧵

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 New from our lab in #ScienceAdvances!

RAD21L cohesin acts as both a 3D genome architect and a transcriptional gatekeeper in the male germline. Its loss disrupts both structure and function—highlighting the tight link between genome folding and gene regulation

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Meiotic cohesin RAD21L shapes 3D genome structure and transcription in the male germline

Deletion of the meiotic subunit RAD21L alters 3D chromatin structure and transcription in the mammalian male germ line.

www.science.org

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Arnau Sebé-Pedrós @arnausebe.bsky.social · 24d

Registration deadline for @embo.org workshop EvoChromo extended until September 30.

meetings.embo.org/event/24-evo...

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Sanjay Narayanaswamy @sanjay-n.bsky.social · 13d

Happy to be presenting our story on Nematostella self-organization :) tune in if you like to hear what organizes the organizer in cnidarian gastruloids!

www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 13d

Fantastic presentation by @malinkjosavik.bsky.social at the Tutzing basal metazoan workshop 👏 She shared her work on starvation and metabolism in Nematostella, conducted in collaboration between the @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social lab and the Dept of Biomedicine @unibergen.bsky.social ✨

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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 15d

Explaining sea squirt development to the public? Challenge accepted! Our team had a great time at the #forskningsdagene science fair over the weekend. We met visitors of all ages who shared our excitement for science, and went back to the lab inspired and energized 🤩✨

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James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · 21d

Amazing, congratulations @guillaumeponcelet.bsky.social !

Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 21d

Huge congratulations to postdoc Guillaume Poncelet @guillaumeponcelet.bsky.social who was awarded a UiB Early Idea innovation grant 🤩🎉 Inspired by his work in the @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social lab, he will be developing a new product derived from naturally occurring compounds 🔬 Read more below ⤵️

Michael Sars Centre researcher awarded UiB Idé innovation grant

Guillaume Poncelet, postdoctoral researcher in the Christiaen group, will receive funding from the UiB Idé innovation program to develop a novel product inspired by marine life.

tinyurl.com

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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · Sep 4

We're hiring a tech for a project focused on the impact of genetic background on genetics and evolution. If you like doing lots of microbial evolution experiments and are good at bioinformatics/computation, this might be for you. aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05782

Madhani Lab – Junior/Assistant Specialist

University of California, San Francisco is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.ucsf.edu

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James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congrats to all those getting an ~ERCStG today! Also a small reminder that the University of Galway offers a permanent academic position to ERC StG holders so if anyone in the area of Chromosome Biology (broadly defined) is still looking for a home then please reach out!

European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Sep 4

📣 The ERC Starting Grant call results are out!

Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025!

➡️ buff.ly/IsafuFh

#FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope

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María Mariner @mariamafau.bsky.social · Sep 2

Honoured to be part of this awesome lineup 😍! @fnucleosome.bsky.social thanks for the opportunity! A very exciting Fall Season is about to start, I wouldn't miss it 😌🧬

FragileNucleosome @fnucleosome.bsky.social · Sep 1

We're super excited to announce the entire lineup for the Fall season of Fragile Nucleosome Seminars, starting on Sept 10th at 1200 EDT / 1600 UTC with @gracebower.bsky.social and @creminslab.bsky.social!

register here for the entire series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Fragile Nucleosome Fall Seminars:
September 10 Grace Bower, Kvon Lab @ UC Irvine, USA
Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, UPenn, USA

September 24 Ali Wilkening, Sanulli Lab @ Stanford, USA
Juanma Schvartzman, Columbia University, USA

October 8 Sanim Rahman, Greenberg Lab @ UPenn, USA
Alex Federation, Talus Bio, USA

October 22 Alice Laigle, Croll Lab @ University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Seungsoo Kim, UC Irvine, USA

November 5 Hannah Long, University of Edinburgh, UK
Jeff Vierstra, Altius Institute, USA

November 19 Ishtiaque Hossain, Pastor Lab @ McGill, Canada
Sarah Teichmann, University of Cambridge, UK

December 3 María Mariner Faulí, Rada Iglesias Lab @ IBBTEC, Spain
Jonathan Henninger, Carnegie Mellon, USA

December 17 Rebecca Berrens, Oxford University, UK
Jean-Benoit Lalanne, University of Montreal, Canada

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Evgeny Kvon @evgenykvon.bsky.social · Sep 1

Join the Fragile Nucleosome Seminar featuring @gracebower.bsky.social, who will discuss our recent discovery of the Range Extender Element. (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)

FragileNucleosome @fnucleosome.bsky.social · Sep 1

We're super excited to announce the entire lineup for the Fall season of Fragile Nucleosome Seminars, starting on Sept 10th at 1200 EDT / 1600 UTC with @gracebower.bsky.social and @creminslab.bsky.social!

register here for the entire series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Joaquina Delas @joadelas.bsky.social · Sep 1

What an excellent fall program! Don't miss these talks!

FragileNucleosome @fnucleosome.bsky.social · Sep 1

We're super excited to announce the entire lineup for the Fall season of Fragile Nucleosome Seminars, starting on Sept 10th at 1200 EDT / 1600 UTC with @gracebower.bsky.social and @creminslab.bsky.social!

register here for the entire series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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FragileNucleosome @fnucleosome.bsky.social · Sep 1

We're super excited to announce the entire lineup for the Fall season of Fragile Nucleosome Seminars, starting on Sept 10th at 1200 EDT / 1600 UTC with @gracebower.bsky.social and @creminslab.bsky.social!

register here for the entire series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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ulrichtechnau.bsky.social @ulrichtechnau.bsky.social · Aug 29

Finally, the excellent postdoc work of Emmanuel Haillot is out, where he dissected the integration of Wnt, MAPK and Notch signaling in defining mesoderm and endoderm identities in the diploblast Nematostella. Strikingly similar to sea urchins. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Eve Seuntjens @eveseuntjens.bsky.social · May 15

We're hiring! Our lab is looking for a postdoc to investigate the #evodevo of #cephalopod brains. Did you recently graduate, and do you want to join our EU #WEAVE project with the Simakov and @simon-sprecher.bsky.social labs? Find the application form👇Thanks for RT 🐙🦑
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Postdoctoral researcher in evolutionary developmental neurobiology

Come join our EU cephalopod consortium to discover how octopuses and other coleoids developed their large nervous system. Postdoc position available in the Seuntjens Lab in Leuven, Belgium.

www.kuleuven.be

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Marlies Oomen @marliesoomen.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thank you for the interview @dev-journal.bsky.social! Very excited to be part of the Pathway to Independence program

Interested in my research? I'll be presenting my postdoc work at the 'Development presents' webinar, tomorrow afternoon: thenode.biologists.com/development-...

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Aug 26

Pathway to Independence – an interview with Marlies Oomen

In this interview, @marliesoomen.bsky.social talks about her plans for her future lab and her hopes for the Pathway to Independence (PI) programme

journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

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James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · Aug 26

Just a few more days left to apply!

James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · Jul 16

We are looking for new colleagues to come join us in Galway as group leaders (Junior and Senior). The Centre for Chromosome Biology is a great place and it is a good time to join. Please reach out if you want to chat about the opportunity!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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Ragnhild Eskeland @ragnhildes.bsky.social · Aug 18

Two days left to apply for a 3-year postdoc in #Chromatin #Cancer #Epigenetics at University of Oslo, Norway, co-supervised by @amathelier.bsky.social You will be part of @cancelluio.bosky.social. We focus on #Sarcoma #Epigenome #CRISPR and Drug screen studies. Find out more here: shorturl.at/DtLHM

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Chromatin Biology and Cancer Epigenetics (283381) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Chromatin Biology and Cancer Epigenetics (283381), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, August 20, 2025

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James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · Aug 14

Very happy to be hosting this webinar!

Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Aug 14

Our next #DevPres webinar focusses on gene regulation with talks from 2025 Development PI fellows Anzy Miller @anzymiller.bsky.social and Marlies Oomen @marliesoomen.bsky.social, chaired by James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social.
📆 27 August, 15:00 BST (UTC+1)
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Aug 14

Our next #DevPres webinar focusses on gene regulation with talks from 2025 Development PI fellows Anzy Miller @anzymiller.bsky.social and Marlies Oomen @marliesoomen.bsky.social, chaired by James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social.
📆 27 August, 15:00 BST (UTC+1)
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Ragnhild Eskeland @ragnhildes.bsky.social · Aug 12

We are hiring! A 3-year postdoc in #Chromatin #Cancer #Epigenetics at University of Oslo, Norway and co-supervised by @amathelier.bsky.social You will be part of @cancelluio.bosky.social. We focus on #Sarcoma #Epigenome #CRISPR and Drug screen studies. Find out more and apply here: shorturl.at/DtLHM

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Chromatin Biology and Cancer Epigenetics (283381) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Chromatin Biology and Cancer Epigenetics (283381), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, August 20, 2025

shorturl.at

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James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · Aug 11

Still some time to apply to join us in Galway.
PS: we are very strongly encouraging female applicants to apply!

Reach out if you have questions!

James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · Jul 16

We are looking for new colleagues to come join us in Galway as group leaders (Junior and Senior). The Centre for Chromosome Biology is a great place and it is a good time to join. Please reach out if you want to chat about the opportunity!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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Gautam Dey @gautamdey.bsky.social · Aug 7

Want to acquire #ExM images like this and help us understand the true extent of cytoskeletal diversity across the tree of life? This position might be for you!

embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

With @dudinlab.bsky.social
@embl.org @biology-unige.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social

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