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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · 20h

Adios and salut to a pioneer!

Sir John Gurdon studied the requirements and barriers of #reprogramming.

Highly relevant for us, with his PhD student Vincent Pasque he showed that macroH2A is part of the epigenetic barrier inhibiting reprogramming.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

Manuel Collado @manuel-collado.bsky.social · 21h

Sad to hear about the passing of John Gurdon, a titan and pioneer of developmental biology and much more. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology, shared with Shinya Yamanaka, who actually was inspired by his work
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92

It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.

www.cam.ac.uk

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · 5d

NEW TEAM MEMBER!

We welcome Bedri Batuhan Yaman to the group. Bedri will study the role of nuclear metabolism in #AML. He is co-supervised by @florherbstein.bsky.social and fellow of the MSCA @nucleardn.bsky.social.

Bedri is alumnus of @viblifesciences.bsky.social (Belgium) and NeuroBM (Turkey).

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Ana Conesa @anaconesa.bsky.social · 5d

Looking for scientists working with long-read transcriptomics technologies to join a COST action proposal. Contact us!!! @nanoporetech.com @pacbio.bsky.social

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Transposon and Cancer Epigenetics Group @deniz-lab.bsky.social · 5d

We have a new PhD studentship in the lab on the immunogenic roles of transposable elements in paediatric acute myeloid leukaemia! Come and work with us! www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-cyp-phd...

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · 6d

FAREWELL!

After 6 month of Master research, Francesco B. Ciriscioli is returning to his home university in Triest, Italy.
Thank you, Francesco, for your interesting results and for having enriched our group with your kind personality. We wish you all the best!

Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · 7d

Great weather at daytime and northern lights at night time illuminate the scientific kick-off of the #HubMOL #MSCA doctoral network. On Someroy, a small island at the Artic Coast of Norway, we learn about the dual role of molecules such as NAD and SAM in signalling and metabolism.

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · 8d

MEET THE LAB!

During the next 3 days, I am in northern Norway at the kick-off workshop of the HubMOL consortium. This MSCA doctoral network coordinated by Ines Heiland, University of Tromsø, aims to gain a better understanding of the dual role of NAD, CoA and co. in metabolism and signalling.

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Gesellschaft für Genetik @gfgenetik.bsky.social · 13d

What a great first day at the GfG symposium on epigenetics & chromatin. Fantastic talks by @akispapantonis.bsky.social , @apombo1.bsky.social, @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social and Philipp Korber. And Peter Becker giving the Max-Delbrueck lecture. A real treat for the audience!

Juri Kazakevych @juri-epigenomics.bsky.social · 14d

Looking forward to exciting talks at the GfG Symposium in Gießen.

Already found a poster, featuring my favourite gene: SMARCAD1, by Jacqueline Mermoud

#epigenomics @diagenode.bsky.social @gfgenetik.bsky.social

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · 28d

NEW DOCTOR IN TOWN!

Congratulations to Lejuan Shi from Sonia Forcales' lab who has defended her thesis today.

As chair of her defense committee with Concepcio Soler and @tanyavavouri.bsky.social, I had the opportunity to discuss with Lejuan about the role of lncRNAs in cancer.

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · Aug 27

NEW LAB MEMBER!

We welcome ‪@florherbstein.bsky.social who is joining us as a‬ ‪@carrerasleaders.bsky.social‬ Postdoctoral Fellow. She is alumni of #IBioBA-MPSP and the University of Buenos Aires.‬‬
She will study how nuclear metabolism influences proliferation and therapy resistance in AML.

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thank you, Manfred.

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · Aug 20

Last 10 days to apply for this PhD position in medicinal chemistry!

Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · Jul 25

OPPORTUNITY for a CHEMIST to JOIN US

Are you interested in:

👍 Computer-aided ligand design
👍 Organic synthesis
👍 Biomedicine
👍 Drug development
👍 A multidisciplinary team
👍 And a PhD in Barcelona

Then check this out!
rb.gy/nc3lf3

VAC_61_2025 - CHEMISTRY RESEARCH ASSISTANT IN TRAINING - Institut de Recerca contra la Leucèmia Josep Carreras

Join the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute and contribute to our mission of innovating and advancing the fight against leukaemia and other hematologic diseases.

rb.gy

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · Jul 25

OPPORTUNITY for a CHEMIST to JOIN US

Are you interested in:

👍 Computer-aided ligand design
👍 Organic synthesis
👍 Biomedicine
👍 Drug development
👍 A multidisciplinary team
👍 And a PhD in Barcelona

Then check this out!
rb.gy/nc3lf3

VAC_61_2025 - CHEMISTRY RESEARCH ASSISTANT IN TRAINING - Institut de Recerca contra la Leucèmia Josep Carreras

Join the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute and contribute to our mission of innovating and advancing the fight against leukaemia and other hematologic diseases.

rb.gy

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · Jul 23

'NEW' LAB MEMBER!

Our 2022 technician trainee Julia Ledesma is back. Julia is using the summer break of her biology studies at the University of Barcelona to help us advancing our projects as auxiliary technician. Thanks a lot, Julia.

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · Jul 8

Poster presentations by professors and group leaders for politicians.

Maybe something we scientists should do in every country to make sure our elected representatives know what we are aiming to do.

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jul 8

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jul 8

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

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Tugce Aktas @aktast.bsky.social · Jun 30

We wrote a review on Transposable Elements (TEs) and almost all aspects of TE silencing and their roles in biological processes & disease.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of transposable elements and their roles in development and disease - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Transposable elements (TEs) comprise nearly half of the human genome. This Review discusses transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms that repress TE activity, how TEs escape this suppressio...

www.nature.com

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · Jun 26

3 PhD opportunities in nuclear metabolism.

Check it out!

NUCLEAR-DN @nucleardn.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 2nd Recruitment call is now open! 🚨

⚠️There are still 3 Doctoral Candidate positions available in NUCLEAR! Don't miss this oportunity!

If you're ready to dive into innovative research in metabolic regulation of genome, join our international program.

📩Apply now: nuclear-dn.eu/recruitment/

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · Jun 15

It is a great honor and greater responsibility to take over the chair of the #EHA research committee from Brian Huntly and Ruud Delwel.

Together with Dominique Bonnet I will lead the committee dealing with all aspects of research at #EHA.

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · Jun 14

Today at #EHA2025
For the first time in a decade
And maybe the last time for the next
I will present a poster.

If you are interested in what cohesin mutations do in MDS, then join me at poster #PS1606.

Work led by PhD candidate Shubhrs Bhattacharya.

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · Jun 14

The @carrerasijc.bsky.social delegation is more active than ever at #EHA2025!

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · Jun 12

Meet me there!

Sylvia Erhardt @erhardtlab.bsky.social · Jun 12

🧪 Symposium of the German Society for Genetics, a very special event this year! Max Delbrück Lecture by Peter Becker and with a focus on Epigenetics and Chromatin.
Sept 24 – 26, 2025 | JLU Giessen, Germany
Abstract deadline: July 15, 2025

Poster announcing the symposium of the German society of Genetics in 2025 on epigenetics and chromatin. Abstract deadline July 15th.

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Sylvia Erhardt @erhardtlab.bsky.social · Jun 12

🧪 Symposium of the German Society for Genetics, a very special event this year! Max Delbrück Lecture by Peter Becker and with a focus on Epigenetics and Chromatin.
Sept 24 – 26, 2025 | JLU Giessen, Germany
Abstract deadline: July 15, 2025

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · Jun 11

MEET THE TEAM.

René Winkler and Marcus Buschbeck will attend #EHA2025 congress in Milan.

Find us at:
JUN 12 - Mol Hemato workshop, Brown 3
JUN 13 - EHA-ISEH Joint Symposium, Amber 7
JUN 14 - YoungEHA, Brown Hall 2 + Poster 1606
JUN 15 - Myeloid Neoplasia, Brown 1

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Marcus Buschbeck and Lab @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social · Jun 7

MEET THE LAB

Did you know that we have also one project in Ewing's Sarcoma?

IF
✅ you share this interest,
✅ you are at #EUSARC2025 in Venice,

THEN
👉 reach out to Jonathan and learn more about what we do.

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