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Maria Christophorou

@mariachristophorou.bsky.social

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Group leader in #Epigenetics. Fascinated by how stem cells work and how our genes make us. Can’t wait to find out what #citrullination is all about. She/her.

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Maria Christophorou @mariachristophorou.bsky.social · Feb 6

Our new #preprint has:
✅ A KRAB Zinc Finger (the SCAN domain-containing kind)
✅ #transposon sequences (the SINE kind)
✅ #epigenetic regulation (the #enhancer kind)
✅ lineage specification (the neural kind)
❌ and NO heterochromatin!

All by PhD student Daniel Moore 🚀

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The KRAB-Zinc Finger protein ZKSCAN3 represses enhancers via embedded retrotransposons

Gene cis -regulatory sequences are increasingly recognised as containing “domesticated” transposable elements that impact their function. The KRAB Zinc Finger Protein (KZFP) family of transcription fa...

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delladavid-lab.bsky.social @delladavid-lab.bsky.social · 19d

🔬We have a fully funded Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD postion to study #Proteostasis and #Aging in colloboration with @jrkumita.bsky.social @Pharmacology. Details on the project ▶️https://tinyurl.com/2zhkjjhs + bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/how-apply . Please RT.

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Babraham Institute @babrahaminst.bsky.social · Jul 9

🥳Well deserved recognition of achievements and impacts across the Institute and internationally for Simon Andrews @babraham-bioinf.bsky.social who wins a #PapinPrizes for Contributions to Research!

The UK Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy @uk-itss.bsky.social · Jul 9

#HETS2025 #PapinPrizes

Contribution to Research Award

Congratulations to Simon Andrews @babrahaminst.bsky.social

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Michelle Percharde @mpercharde.bsky.social · Jun 26

The Chromatin And Development lab are hiring a postdoc!

Come join us; we are a happy and hard working team @mrc-lms.bsky.social in London UK. Projects span the intersection of chromatin and transposon biology in dev't and disease. Email/DM for more info. Pls RT!

lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...

MRC Postdoctoral Research Scientist - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences

The MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) is a biomedical research institute where scientists and clinicians collaborate to advance the understanding of biology and its application to medicine. LMS...

lms.mrc.ac.uk

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Louise Fets @louisefets.bsky.social · Jun 25

#JobAlert! We have an opening for a postdoctoral scientist in #CancerMetabolism in my lab @mrc-lms.bsky.social. If you're interested in the role of metabolism in drug response and resistance in cancer, and would like to work in a fun and friendly team, check it out: lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...

MRC Postdoctoral Research Scientist - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences

lms.mrc.ac.uk

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Susana Godinho @susanagodinho.bsky.social · Jun 3

👋 Are you looking for a postdoc position? Do you think microtubules are fascinating? Then we might have the job for you! 2-year funded postdoc to join our lab!
👉 deadline 20/06
👇 check it out

www.godinholab.com

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Maria Christophorou @mariachristophorou.bsky.social · Jun 3

Congratulations Stefan and all, great to see this beautiful work out!

Stefan Schoenfelder @stefanschoenfelder.bsky.social · Jun 2

Delighted & excited to share our latest preprint on non-canonical enhancers in human pluripotent stem cells, the result of a fantastic and fun collaboration with @guenesdoganlab.bsky.social‬:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Non-canonical enhancers control gene expression and cell fate in human pluripotent stem cells

Enhancers are key gene regulatory elements that ensure the precise spatiotemporal execution of developmental gene expression programmes. However recent findings indicate that approaches to identify en...

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Ian Henderson @hendersi.bsky.social · May 30

A three year postdoctoral position is available in my group, investigating plant centromere structure, function and evolution @camplantsci.bsky.social
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51488/

Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge.

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk

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Filipa Simões @simoesfilipa.bsky.social · May 16

🫀Job alert 🧬 come and be our colleague! Join a BBSRC-funded consortium aiming to understand how the human heart develops - you will be contributing multimodal single cell & spatial transcriptomics data using zebrafish and human cardiac organoids as models. Learn more: www.heartdevelopment.org (1/4)

CellTalk HHD | Human Heart Development Research

CellTalk-Human Heart Development is a BBSRC funded consortium established to find out more about how cells come together to build the heart as it grows inside the womb.

www.heartdevelopment.org

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Maria Christophorou @mariachristophorou.bsky.social · May 20

Congratulations Danica and all. Beautiful piece of work!

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Babraham Institute @babrahaminst.bsky.social · Apr 29

Ahead of our celebratory symposium on 1-2 May to mark Len Stephen's and Phill Hawkins’s pioneering contributions to the PI3K signalling field, you might enjoy this feature with Len and Phill reflecting on their decades-long friendship, partnership – and fishing.
www.babraham.ac.uk/blog/2021/11...

Len Stephens (shown left) and Phill Hawkins (shown right) with a background depicting colourful fish lures.

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Surfin' NuRD @surfinnurd.bsky.social · Apr 12

Funded PhD Studentship available in my lab at @lsiexeter.bsky.social.
Want to study how chromatin remodellers act on enhancers to facilitate cell fate decisions in human pluripotent cells? Want to work and live in a lively city by the sea? Get in touch/Apply!
lsi.exeter.ac.uk/groups/hendr...

Hendrich Group - Starting Sept 2025 - Living Systems Institute - University of Exeter

Opportunity for LSI PHD studentship – starting in September 2025 or January 2026 PhD Studentship applications will open on 1st...

lsi.exeter.ac.uk

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Erna Magnúsdóttir @e-rna.bsky.social · Apr 22

Join our lab to study transcriptional regulation in mouse germ cells and embryonic stem cells at @haskoliislands.bsky.social in beautiful Reykjavík!
Apply here: tinyurl.com/34y6jcrd
#epigenetics #TranscriptionFactors #transcriptomics #stemCells #pluripotency

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Maria Christophorou @mariachristophorou.bsky.social · Apr 21

Congratulations, nice work!

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Eva Frickel @frickellab.bsky.social · Apr 13

🔥 Open postdoc position in human inflammation-driven control of infection! 🔥
Join me at the University of Geneva, Switzerland this summer as I’m moving my Wellcome-funded research activity to the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine! (1/5)

Please share!

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Deborah Bourc’his @deborahbourchis.bsky.social · Apr 2

Do you have transposon-related research cooking, with some cool results you are exciting to share? Start thinking about registering to #EMBOMobileGenome workshop! Nov 4-7 2025 in Heidelberg. One of the historical TE meetings, with a diverse and welcoming community. www.embl.org/about/info/c...
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The mobile genome: genetic and physiological impacts of transposable elements

www.embl.org

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Maria Christophorou @mariachristophorou.bsky.social · Mar 29

Beautiful. Enjoy!

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Surfin' NuRD @surfinnurd.bsky.social · Mar 29

Fully funded (at UK home rate) #PhD studentships to start 2025/2026 at University of Exeter, UK. #Chromatin #StemCells #Signalling #ProteinStructure #LineageCommitment #Transcription

Please spread the word, and anyone interested please contact me.

lsi.exeter.ac.uk/groups/hendr...

Hendrich Group - Starting Sept 2025 - Living Systems Institute - University of Exeter

LSI PHD studentship – start September 2025 or January 2026 Project 1: Title of Project: Control of chromatin remodeller activity...

lsi.exeter.ac.uk

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Teresa Rayon @trayon.bsky.social · Mar 25

Deadline for abstract submission & registration approaching (April 1st)

The time is now!!!!

#EvoDevoTempo ⌛️⏳

Pierre Vanderhaeghen @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social · Mar 25

Join us in Paris in May 6-9 for an exciting EMBO Workshop on Developmental timing mechanisms and evolution. Slots still open for short talks - Registration deadline next [email protected] @trayon.bsky.social @mdiazcuadros.bsky.social

meetings.embo.org/event/25-dev...

Developmental timing across species: From mechanisms to evolutionary insights

Like choreography, development consists of a highly ordered suite of steps and transitions. Modifying developmental tempo can affect final size and composition of tissues, as well as their plasticity…

meetings.embo.org

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Maria Christophorou @mariachristophorou.bsky.social · Mar 26

Very nice!

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Maria Christophorou @mariachristophorou.bsky.social · Mar 20

The references are great too

Maria Christophorou @mariachristophorou.bsky.social · Mar 20

We are grateful to the BBSRC and Babraham
Research Campus for a Campus Innovation Award, allowing us to explore the translational potential of our research.

Very excited to be working with Axol Bioscience Ltd. @axolbio.bsky.social on this!

Babraham Institute @babrahaminst.bsky.social · Mar 19

NEWS | Excited to share that the @mariachristophorou.bsky.social lab and Axol Bioscience are joining forces! By combining expertise in epigenetics and cell biology with cutting-edge #StemCell technology the project will explore innovative approaches to faster and more efficient cell reprogramming.

New partnership looks to improve cell reprogramming methods for healthcare benefits | Babraham Institute

www.babraham.ac.uk

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Maria Christophorou @mariachristophorou.bsky.social · Mar 20

Join us to celebrate the careers and scientific contributions of our amazing colleagues and lipid signalling legends, Len Stephens and Phill Hawkins on May 1-2 at The Bahraham Institute
@babrahaminst.bsky.social

Babraham Institute @babrahaminst.bsky.social · Mar 20

Join us at the Institute on 1st & 2nd May for our Signalling Symposium to celebrate Phill Hawkins and Len Stephens.

🧪 Sessions on #proteostasis, #PI3K, #autophagy, #redox biology and #nuclear signalling.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cellular-s...

Cellular signals for health & disease

A symposium marking the contributions of Len Stephens and Phillip Hawkins

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Mikhail Spivakov @mspivakov.bsky.social · Mar 20

Postdoc position #1 is live! Please apply / spread the word!

lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...

MRC Postdoctoral Research Scientist - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences

Applications are invited for a 3-year post-doctoral research position at the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS) at Imperial College London (http://lms.mrc.ac.uk/).

lms.mrc.ac.uk

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Maria Christophorou @mariachristophorou.bsky.social · Mar 20

Submitted a paper review for a journal (can you guess which?) on Tuesday evening. Well within my expertise, was happy to do it.

On Wednesday morning there were 3 (THREE) review requests from the same journal.

This comes to mind (Fig.1 slays me every time)

www.scs.stanford.edu/~dm/home/pap...

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Maria Christophorou @mariachristophorou.bsky.social · Mar 3

Congrats!

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