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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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Barbara Hernando @bhernando.bsky.social · 9d

Exciting 3 months ahead at the #AitkenLab @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social! 🤩

Huge thanks to @s-j-aitken.bsky.social for the warm welcome, and to @caixaresearch.bsky.social for supporting my research career at all levels ✨

Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · 9d

🥳 Today we welcome Dr Bárbara Hernando @bhernando.bsky.social to the #AitkenLab @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social

Bárbara joins us from #CNIO as part of her @caixaresearch.bsky.social Postdoctoral Junior Leader Fellowship

@yalepathology.bsky.social @yalecancer.bsky.social @cniostopcancer.bsky.social

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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · 9d

🥳 Today we welcome Dr Bárbara Hernando @bhernando.bsky.social to the #AitkenLab @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social

Bárbara joins us from #CNIO as part of her @caixaresearch.bsky.social Postdoctoral Junior Leader Fellowship

@yalepathology.bsky.social @yalecancer.bsky.social @cniostopcancer.bsky.social

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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · Sep 7

A fantastic (first) Closer to Free Ride: 100 miles with friends from #NHBC, colleagues from @yalecancer.bsky.social , and a #CycloPath we met along the way. Thank you for all the sponsorship - and the support on the road!

#CTFRide @ctfride.bsky.social

Yale Pathology @yalepathology.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Notorious CycloPaths cycling team from the Pathology Dept. @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social ruled the roads this morning at the Closer to Free ride while raising over $25K for research at @yalecancer.bsky.social & Smilow Cancer Hospital. It was great to see David Rimm, MD, PhD, leading the team.

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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you Coraline - having friendly, supportive neighbours certainly helps 😊

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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yesterday was our fourth lab-iversary 🥳

In the last year we moved to the US, welcomed new lab members at Yale and in Cambridge, mastered Transatlantic hybrid lab life, posted preprints, published others, submitted grants... Looking forward to what year five has in store!

@yalepathology.bsky.social

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Muzumdar Lab @muzumdarlab.bsky.social · Aug 26

💡 Cancer cells don’t just mutate—they reorganize their DNA in 3D space.
Our new study shows how the genome’s folding pattern shifts as tumors progress, cell by cell 🧩🧬.
It’s the first 3D genome atlas of cancer progression.
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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · Aug 22

Almost half way to our fundraising target - and only two weeks to go!

I'll be riding the 100 mile #CloserToFreeRide to raise money to support cancer research and patient care. Please consider donating - every penny counts!

➡️ www.rideclosertofree.org/participants...

#CTFRide @ctfride.bsky.social

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Wellcome Sanger Institute @sangerinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 23

The Sanger Excellence Fellowship is back for 2025!

Our 3 year fully funded postdoctoral position supports early-career researchers from Black heritage backgrounds.

📅 Apply by 7 Sept 2025
🔗 www.sanger.ac.uk/about/equali...

#BlackInSTEM #GenomicsResearch

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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · Jul 15

Congratulations Vinaya 🤩

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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · Jul 3

Congratulations @ailithewing.bsky.social and team! Great to see this work published 🥳

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Tim Coorens @timcoorens.bsky.social · Jul 3

Last but not least, if you're interested in somatic mutations, new technologies and computational genomics - we're hiring a postdoc in my brand new lab
@emblebi.bsky.social!

Reach out if interested or you have any questions, and apply here: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Coorens Group

We are looking for a motivated and talented postdoctoral-level researcher with experience in genomic analyses to join the newly established Coorens group at EMBL-EBI. We study how normal cells in diff...

embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com

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Tim Coorens @timcoorens.bsky.social · Jul 3

The cells in our bodies constantly acquire mutations. But what are the patterns of mutations across tissues? How do mutations in normal cells lead to cancer and disease? These are questions we will tackle within the Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues (SMaHT) Network, now described in @nature.com

The Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues Network - Nature

The Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues Network aims to create a reference catalogue of somatic mosaicism across different tissues and cells within individuals.

www.nature.com

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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · Jul 3

Congratulations Anna, Kiran, and team! Great to see this finally published 🥳

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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · Jul 3

Congrats to all of you 🤩

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Coraline Mlynarczyk @coraline-mly.bsky.social · Jun 29

On Sep 6 we are riding to raise funds for cancer research and patient care.
Join the #Cyclopaths team to ride with us! Can chose 10/25/40/65/100 miles 🚴

or support the effort with a donation :)

www.rideclosertofree.org/index.cfm?fu...

www.rideclosertofree.org/index.cfm?fu...

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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · Jun 27

100% of the funds we raise will go directly towards supporting cancer research and care for those who need it most - the families, patients and team at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center.

Thank you in advance for considering a generous donation!

@coraline-mly.bsky.social

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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · Jun 27

Together with friends and colleagues from #CMCO @yalecancer.bsky.social, @yalepathology.bsky.social, and further afield, we are the #CycloPaths

Closer to Free Ride
🚲06 September 2025
💪100 miles
#CTFRide

Join our team, spread the word, sponsor us if you can www.rideclosertofree.org/participants...

A fundraising page for Sarah Aitken

Join the Closer to Free Ride on Saturday, September 6th. Register or donate at RideCloserToFree.org.

www.rideclosertofree.org

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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · Jun 19

@yalepathology.bsky.social @yalecancer.bsky.social @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social

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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · Jun 19

A great week in Lisbon at the European Association for Cancer Research 2025 Congress. Thank you @helloeacr.bsky.social for the #WomenInLeadership Workshop, the opportunity to present our #ProfferedPaper, and to talk science with collaborators (and make new ones!)

#EACR2025

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Yale Cancer Center @yalecancer.bsky.social · May 23

@s-j-aitken.bsky.social comments on a live-cell tracking system that shows how DNA damage spreads unevenly through generations of cells, driving genome instability + heterogeneity potentially shaping #cancer evolution and resistance.
nature.com/articles/d41...
@yalepathology.bsky.social @nature.com

Under the microscope: DNA damage tracked through cell generations

An ingenious technique reveals how stressed cells divide to produce progeny that have different traits — a phenomenon that can initiate cancer.

nature.com

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Yale Pathology @yalepathology.bsky.social · May 22

Does #Genetic Background Set the Trajectory of #Cancer Evolution? @s-j-aitken.bsky.social Assistant Professor of #Pathology at @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social, covered that topic at today’s @yalecancer.bsky.social Translational Science Retreat. Dr. Aitken specializes in GI & molecular pathology.

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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · May 21

Multigenerational cell tracking of a single cell to its eight great-granddaughters: Watch PCNA foci accumulate during each S phase, and then decrease quickly in S-G2 transition
bsky.app/profile/altm...

altmeyerlab @altmeyerlab.bsky.social · May 21

Sharing our latest work tracking DNA damage inheritance by Live+QIBC www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Huge congrats to @apanagopoulos.bsky.social, M. Stout and all co-authors for this tour de force! Beautifully summarized by @s-j-aitken.bsky.social & E. Reilly www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · May 21

Read Andreas’ thread here:
bsky.app/profile/apan...

Andreas Panagopoulos @apanagopoulos.bsky.social · May 21

Delighted to share that the results of my main postdoc project are now published in @nature.com

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Multigenerational cell tracking of DNA replication and heritable DNA damage - Nature

A multigenerational single-cell tracking approach provides a framework to dissect phenotypic plasticity at the single-cell level, offering insights into cellular processes that may resemble early even...

doi.org

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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · May 21

It’s all about this cool paper from Andreas Panagopoulos @apanagopoulos.bsky.social, Merula Stout, Matthias Altmeyer @altmeyerlab.bsky.social and colleagues - out today @nature.com

Multigenerational cell tracking of DNA replication and heritable DNA damage
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Multigenerational cell tracking of DNA replication and heritable DNA damage - Nature

A multigenerational single-cell tracking approach provides a framework to dissect phenotypic plasticity at the single-cell level, offering insights into cellular processes that may resemble early even...

www.nature.com

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