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Rebecca Drummond 🍄 @therad-lab.bsky.social · 12d

Had a great time today with the lab team raising money for Macmillan cancer charity with our coffee morning! We raised over £300 with lots of tasty home bakes 😋 thanks to student Alanoud for making the video!

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Wendy Bickmore @wbickmor.bsky.social · 27d

Honoured to be in Birmingham to mark Bryan Turner’s retirement- a gentleman and giant of epigenetics.

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Paloma Garcia @pggarcialab.bsky.social · Jul 1

Delighted to announce that our paper showing the generation of iPSc from a MDS patient & how CEBPA drives disease progression is finally out in Nature Comms!

A big thanks to everybody involved & the great collaborators that have made it possible!

10.1038/s41467-025-60192-8

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Ferenc Mueller @ferencmueller.bsky.social · Jun 25

The Birmingham Centre for Genome Biology invites you
to join us at our 10th year anniversary conference!
Website and Registration here: shorturl.at/rvJSr
Fantastic speakers, and a very cost-efficient meeting for ECRs and all. Talk slots are available. See you in Brum on 11-12th September 2025!

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Eva Petermann @petermannlab.bsky.social · Jun 24

Birmingham Centre for Genome Biology 2025 Anniversary Conference, 11-12 September! This symposium covers DDR and gene regulation. Register here:
uobevents.eventsair.com/birmingham-c...

Home - Birmingham Centre for Genome Biology 2025

BCGB 2025, Birmingham Centre for Genome Biology Conference 2025

uobevents.eventsair.com

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Paloma Garcia @pggarcialab.bsky.social · May 8

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Paloma Garcia @pggarcialab.bsky.social · Apr 19

Our last work on triple negative breast cancer stem cells now in BiorXiv!! Let's hope for a smooth reviewing process!! @m-saponaro.bsky.social @breastcancernow.bsky.social @davieslab-ch3.bsky.social @robclarkelab.bsky.social 😃
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

MYBL2 maintains stemness and promotes theta-mediated end joining in triple negative breast cancer

Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) has a poor prognosis due to limited treatment options and high metastasis risk. Breast cancer (BC) stem/progenitor cells, also known as tumour initiating cells, ar...

www.biorxiv.org

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Paloma Garcia @pggarcialab.bsky.social · May 8

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Paloma Garcia @pggarcialab.bsky.social · Apr 19

Our last work on triple negative breast cancer stem cells now in BiorXiv!! Let's hope for a smooth reviewing process!! @m-saponaro.bsky.social @breastcancernow.bsky.social @davieslab-ch3.bsky.social @robclarkelab.bsky.social 😃
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

MYBL2 maintains stemness and promotes theta-mediated end joining in triple negative breast cancer

Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) has a poor prognosis due to limited treatment options and high metastasis risk. Breast cancer (BC) stem/progenitor cells, also known as tumour initiating cells, ar...

www.biorxiv.org

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David Kent @kentlab.bsky.social · Mar 11

Great to see such fantastic scientists (and people!) recognised by @isehsociety.bsky.social. Well done to all!

ISEH - International Society for Experimental Hematology @isehsociety.bsky.social · Mar 11

ISEH is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2025 Society Awards, which will be presented at the ISEH 54th Annual Scientific Meeting. Read more about each award recipient on www.simplyblood.org

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Madeline Mayday @mymayday.bsky.social · Mar 11

Congratulations to Dr. @vanessascanlon.bsky.social on her @isehsociety.bsky.social Leadership in DEI Award! A very fitting recognition for a very deserving advocate, mentor, role model, PI.

ISEH - International Society for Experimental Hematology @isehsociety.bsky.social · Mar 11

ISEH is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2025 Society Awards, which will be presented at the ISEH 54th Annual Scientific Meeting. Read more about each award recipient on www.simplyblood.org

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Andi Roy @roylab-oxford.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy International Women’s Day to all the great women in science I have been fortunate to know and work with!

Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science

To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.

www.nature.com

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Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com · Feb 12

Loss of Brd7 promotes an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment that drives breast cancer metastatic reawakening from dormancy in the lung www.nature.com/articles/s41... #CancerResearch

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Andrew Beggs @adbeggs.bsky.social · Feb 9

Please, get in touch with me if you'd like to consider a move to Birmingham (especially those of you in the US who are suffering from NIH cuts).

More information on the scheme is here:

fellowsandchairs.birmingham.ac.uk

125th Anniversary Fellows and Chairs | University of Birmingham

This is 125 years of NobelPrize-winning research.This is your opportunity to become one of our 125th Anniversary Fellows and Chairs.

fellowsandchairs.birmingham.ac.uk

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · Feb 8

NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately

The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · Jan 30

Here is a flyer to print or email. Thank you very much!

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Ronan Broderick @brodericklab.bsky.social · Jan 31

My lab is #hiring!

I am recruiting for two #Postdoc positions investigating the Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres mechanism.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLO693/r...

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLP016/r...

#Telomere #DNAreplication #DNArepair #cancer #glioma #UKRI #MRC #universityofbirmingham #NGS

Research Fellow at University of Birmingham

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Research Fellow at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Rob Klose @robklose.bsky.social · Jan 31

Great opportunity with one of the leaders in the field!

Lucas Farnung @lucas.farnunglab.com · Jan 31

Excited about mechanistic biology and processes in the cell's nucleus? Join our lab as a post-doctoral researcher! We have a state-of-the-art cryo-EM facility (new microscopes coming!), a brand-new lab space, and a vibrant community at HMS!
DM/email me or check farnunglab.com for more info.

Farnung Lab

farnunglab.com

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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · Jan 29

What is cancer and why is it so difficult to treat?

Crick group leader Gerard Evan explains why we get cancer and how he and other scientists are working to unravel this complex disease.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8gP...

How Does Cancer Hack Our Cells? - with Gerard Evan

YouTube video by Francis Crick Institute

www.youtube.com

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Nick van Gastel @nickvangastel.bsky.social · Jan 27

We are hiring at different levels!

- Lab technician for mouse experiments
- Postdoctoral fellow with experience in mass spectrometry-based metabolomics

For more information:
www.deduveinstitute.be/jobs
&
www.deduveinstitute.be/research-gro...

Come join our team and contribute to exciting science!

www.deduveinstitute.be

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