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Aga Gambus @agagambus.bsky.social · 1d

We are looking for a senior technician (can undertake PhD) at Uni of Birmingham (UK) to study chromatin replication and ubiquitylation using Xenopus egg extract. Deadline 28/10/25. Get in touch with me or @m-saponaro.bsky.social for informal inquiries. Please share.
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Senior Research Technician at University of Birmingham

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Marco Saponaro @m-saponaro.bsky.social · 1d

3-year technician position with a possibility of doing a PhD available to study chromatin replication and ubiquitylation using cell free system of Xenopus laevis egg extract. Closing date 28/10/25. Get in touch @agagambus.bsky.social or @m-saponaro.bsky.social for informal inquiries
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 5d

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026.

Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.

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Independent Research Fellowships Leading to Tenured Faculty Positions | John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre (JIC), is a world leading centre of excellence in plant and microbial sciences based on the Norwich Research Park, UK. We are inviting applications from outstanding researchers…

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Dr Tanya Soliman @drtanyasoliman.bsky.social · 6d

Are you a future black leader in cancer? Come join @mirazrahman.bsky.social and my labs @qmbci.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social to work on turning defective cell cycle checkpoints into innovative cancer therapies! Get in touch for more details www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-blic-ph...

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Mcclelland lab @mcclellandlab.bsky.social · 6d

We are looking for our next PhD student to join us 🤩 www.mcclellandlab.com to understand cancer radiation therapy's impact on DNA damage repair and chromosomal instability. Prestigious funding from CRUK RadNet. Please contact me informally - deadline 5th Nov! crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/phd-students...

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Francesca Ciccarelli @ciccarellilab.bsky.social · 7d

Our first Centre for Cancer Evolution PI retreat! A wonderful day at Goodenough House discussing science, strategy and forging new collaborations @qmbci.bsky.social

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Audrey Lumeau @audreylumeau.bsky.social · 7d

Last day of the @theaacr.bsky.social Advances in Pancreatic Cancer Research Conference in Boston!
Yesterday I presented my poster on genome evolution & chemoresistance in PDAC, from @mcclellandlab.bsky.social. Thanks for the great feedback — and to @pancreaticcanuk.bsky.social for the opportunity!

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Mcclelland lab @mcclellandlab.bsky.social · 7d

Come and join us at the Barts Cancer Institute @qmbci.bsky.social ! Our medical school, part of Queen Mary University of London @qmulfmd.bsky.social is hiring 10 professors!! www.veredus.co.uk/job/job-747a/. Contact me for a chat if interested.

Professors x 10, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry | Veredus

QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Professors x 10, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry London Competitive Remuneration Package Queen Mary University of London seeks up to 10 world-leading translational re...

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Mcclelland lab @mcclellandlab.bsky.social · 7d

congrats! But how do you tell each other apart??

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bioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · 18d

Dosage responses of aneuploid autosomal chromosomes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.18.677044v1

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Alexis Barr @alexisbarr.bsky.social · 20d

@mariasecrier.bsky.social & I are looking for an enthusiastic & excellent data scientist for a 4-year postdoc to understand cell cycle dysregulation in cancer.

Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions.

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Mcclelland lab @mcclellandlab.bsky.social · 20d

Please visit our newly refreshed and updated website mcclellandlab.com We seem to be hard to find on Google for some reason, any tips from website savvy people?? 🙏

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Mathew Jones @jonesmjk.bsky.social · Sep 1

Checkout our latest research in @natcomms.nature.com
rdcu.be/eBqBI A high-resolution, nanopore-based artificial intelligence assay for DNA replication stress in human cancer cells. A collaboration with Mike Boemo’s team

A high-resolution, nanopore-based artificial intelligence assay for DNA replication stress in human cancer cells

Nature Communications - Determining how replication forks move across the human genome is critical for the effective use of agents that target replication stress. Here, the authors present...

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The Downs Lab @thedownslab.bsky.social · 22d

Now out! Led by @susana-sousa.bsky.social and Noa Amin, and thanks to our collaborators in the Harrington @icr.ac.uk and Stucki and Choudhary @jc4-jyoti.bsky.social labs

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Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 21d

Alex's highly complementary study and fantastic story here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Learning the cellular origins across cancers using single-cell chromatin landscapes - Nature Communications

Understanding the cellular origins of cancers is crucial for improving diagnosis and treatment. Here, the authors utilize single cell chromatin accessibility data, patient whole-genome sequencing muta...

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Mcclelland lab @mcclellandlab.bsky.social · 21d

The ‘surprise baby’ of papers, we trained visiting lecturer from Thailand 🇹🇭 Raksawan, who co-led by @nadeemshaikh.bsky.social and @mollyguscott.bsky.social produced our first work investigating CIN in Cholangiocarcinoma (prevalent in Northern🇹🇭 ). Congrats to co-corr author @nadeemshaikh.bsky.social!

nadeemshaikh.bsky.social @nadeemshaikh.bsky.social · 22d

@mcclellandlab.bsky.social hosted Prof Raksawan Deenonpoe from Thailand so she could collaborate with @mollyguscott.bsky.social & I to look for evidence of chromosomal instability in cholangiocarcinoma. Our work is now published in Journal of Pathology.

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Barts Cancer Institute (Queen Mary University of London) @qmbci.bsky.social · 28d

🎉 Join us in congratulating four BCI researchers who have been promoted!

Promoted to Professor:
🔹Professor Angus Cameron
🔹Professor Jun Wang

Promoted to Senior Lecturer:
🔹Dr Diu Nguyen

Promoted to Reder:
🔹Dr Miguel Ganuza

@qmul.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social

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Mcclelland lab @mcclellandlab.bsky.social · Sep 8

Exciting work from my colleague Ben @benjaminwerner.bsky.social and others!

Barts Cancer Institute (Queen Mary University of London) @qmbci.bsky.social · Sep 8

📰Rogue DNA rings could provide early clues to brain cancer’s growth, according to new results co-led by Dr @benjaminwerner.bsky.social, as part of international @cancergrand.bsky.social collaboration

@qmul.bsky.social | @crick.ac.uk | @stanford.edu | @aacrjournals.bsky.social | #medsky #oncosky 🧪

Rogue’ DNA rings reveal earliest clues to deadly brain cancer’s growth - Barts Cancer Institute - Queen Mary University of London

An international team of scientists has revealed how rogue rings of DNA that float outside of our chromosomes – known as extrachromosomal DNA, or ecDNA – can drive the growth of a large proportion of ...

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Mcclelland lab @mcclellandlab.bsky.social · Sep 8

Congrats Elsa that’s fantastic and well-deserved!

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Mcclelland lab @mcclellandlab.bsky.social · Sep 8

Calling all non-scientists interested in asking questions about cancer research for our new podcast-in-making!!! Please message your questions or contact me for more details 🤩

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Natanael Spisak @natanaels.bsky.social · Sep 3

Very happy to share our work on signature SBS5. See Molly's thread for a short summary

Molly Przeworski @mollyprz.bsky.social · Sep 2

In these dark times, it comes as a rare pleasure to highlight @natanaels.bsky.social ‬ & @marcdemanuel.bsky.social's work on germline and somatic mutations in humans. 1/n
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Collateral mutagenesis funnels multiple sources of DNA damage into a ubiquitous mutational signature

Mutations reflect the net effects of myriad types of damage, replication errors, and repair mechanisms, and thus are expected to differ across cell types with distinct exposures to mutagens, division ...

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dfachinetti.bsky.social @dfachinetti.bsky.social · Sep 4

#1 Centromeres are epigenetic loci defined by CENP-A, positioned in unmethylated DNA flanked by highly methylated regions. Our work, published in @natgenet.nature.com in collaboration with @naltemose.bsky.social investigates the role of DNAme at human centromeres www.nature.com/articles/s41...

DNA methylation influences human centromere positioning and function - Nature Genetics

Genome-wide and targeted perturbation of DNA methylation at centromeres affects CENP-A positioning and centromere structure, resulting in aneuploidy and reduced cell viability.

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Uli Rass @u-rass.bsky.social · Sep 3

My first post on bsky to share our latest research in @nature.com: “DNA2 enables growth by restricting recombination-restarted replication” - defines DNA2’s essential function & elucidates links with primordial dwarfism and cancer. Thanks to the lab, collaborators & @ukri.org @acmedsci.bsky.social

DNA2 enables growth by restricting recombination-restarted replication - Nature

DNA2 suppresses recombination-restarted replication and checkpoint activation at stalled forks, and its loss triggers recombination-dependent synthesis, checkpoint signalling and cell-cycle exit, high...

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Wei-Ting Lu @weitinglu.bsky.social · Aug 19

I am delighted to announce that I am starting my lab next month in @oncology.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk It is such a privilege to be a part of this storied institution!
Also, we are hiring - if chromosomal instability and cancer biology excite you, come join the fun!
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · Aug 13

Narozna et al @gorbskylab.bsky.social uncover a high-frequency, chromosome 12-specific mis-segregation error in iPSCs. Eroded 12p arms lead to bridging & micronucleation, enabling widespread trisomy 12. A slight growth advantage allows trisomic cells to persist & dominate rupress.org/jcb/article/...

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