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Australasian Epigenetic Alliance (AEpiA) @aepia.bsky.social · 2d

🧬 𝐀𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐀'𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐑 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦! 🧬

✅ Registration is open to all and FREE - but essential
✍️ Abstract Deadline (for AEpiA EMCR members only): 31st Oct
👉 Find out more: aepia.org.au/emcr-symposium

Event post with links to website that has the event details

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Australasian Epigenetic Alliance (AEpiA) @aepia.bsky.social · 17d

🧬 Have your say in the future of AEpiA! 🧬

🗓️ Join us this Thursday at 12pm AEST (via Zoom) for the Australasian Epigenetics Alliance Annual General Meeting.

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Australasian Epigenetic Alliance (AEpiA) @aepia.bsky.social · Aug 25

🧬 The 2025 Emma Whitelaw ECR publication award is now open!

Full T&Cs and application form are on the AEpiA website www.aepia.org.au/emma-whitela...

We can't wait to see the exciting research that has been published over the last year!

#epigenetics #ECR #research #AEpiA

Emma Whitelaw Publication Award — Australasian Epigenetics Alliance

www.aepia.org.au

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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · Jun 30

@cmri.bsky.social #medicalresearch #CMRI #fundraiser #C2S

Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · Jun 29

I am so grateful for your support and thrilled if you can share my page with anyone else who might help 💛🏃‍♀️

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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · Jun 29

As a scientist at CMRI, I see firsthand how tough funding is. So much good science just doesn’t get funded. Your support really does make a difference.

As a mum, especially of a child with disabilities, I know the impact genetic conditions have on family life. This research truly changes lives.

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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · Jun 29

This yea, I’m running City2Surf to raise money for Children’s Medical Research Institute 🏃‍♀️💙
👉 city2surf25.grassrootz.com/cmri/kate-g

I’m already over halfway to my $5K goal! Every dollar counts 🙌 And today is EOFY – a great time for an extra tax deduction while supporting kids’ health 💛

Kate G in 2025 Voltaren City2Surf

Hi Friends! I am a Postdoc Researcher at CMRI and this year I'm participating in C2S to raise funds for the research we do here. I am trying to fundraise $5000 and would be so grateful for any donati...

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Australasian Epigenetic Alliance (AEpiA) @aepia.bsky.social · Jun 10

Only 2 days left to apply for our ECR travel awards!! 🛬

Applications close at 5pm AEST Friday 13th June.

Note: You must be an ECR member to apply. T&Cs and application form are on our website www.aepia.org.au/conference-t...

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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · Jun 8

There is still lots of time to donate. every $$ counts and contributes to the essential medical research being done at @cmri.bsky.social

city2surf25.grassrootz.com/cmri/kate-g

Kate G in 2025 Voltaren City2Surf

Hi Friends! I am a Postdoc Researcher at CMRI and this year I'm participating in C2S to raise funds for the research we do here. I am trying to fundraise $5000 and would be so grateful for any donati...

city2surf25.grassrootz.com

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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · Jun 8

I want to give a shout out to my friends and family who have donated to my #C2S fundraising campaign for @cmri.bsky.social.

To be over halfway to my goal in less than a week is beyond amazing and I am so grateful!

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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · Jun 2

Please consider donating to my fundraiser to support medical research. Your support fuels the research that will make all the difference. 🙏 city2surf25.grassrootz.com/cmri/kate-g
#City2Surf #CMRI #MedicalResearch #GeneticDisorders #DisabilityAwareness #ScienceForKids #Fundraiser

Kate G in 2025 Voltaren City2Surf

Hi Friends! I am a Postdoc Researcher at CMRI and this year I'm participating in C2S to raise funds for the research we do here. I am trying to fundraise $5000 and would be so grateful for any donati...

city2surf25.grassrootz.com

Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · Jun 2

Medical research gives us hope. It leads to better diagnostics, more effective treatments, and ultimately, less suffering. Every dollar raised helps us move closer to breakthroughs that can change lives. 🧪

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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · Jun 2

I know this firsthand, not just as a scientist, but as a mum. My child lives with disabilities, and I’m very aware the impact these conditions have on families. The uncertainty, the constant medical appointments, and the hope for a better future. This is why I run and why I'm fundraising. 🧬

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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · Jun 2

The research at CMRI, like mine, is to help the 1 in 20 children that are born with a birth defect or genetic disease. These aren’t just numbers — they’re real kids, real families. 💔

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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · Jun 2

At CMRI, I study chromatin biology and genome stability — that is, I want to understand how the 3D structure of our DNA protects its integrity. When DNA integrity is lost and damage persists in the DNA, this is a major driving force disease development particularly for cancer.

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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · Jun 2

This August, I’m running the City2Surf — not just for the challenge of completing the hilly 14 kilometres, but to raise funds for the Children's Medical Research Institute @cmri.bsky.social, where I also work as a scientist 💙

city2surf25.grassrootz.com/cmri/kate-g

Kate G in 2025 Voltaren City2Surf

Hi Friends! I am a Postdoc Researcher at CMRI and this year I'm participating in C2S to raise funds for the research we do here. I am trying to fundraise $5000 and would be so grateful for any donati...

city2surf25.grassrootz.com

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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · May 21

Ready to for some amazing single cell science @ozsinglecell.bsky.social!

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Australasian Epigenetic Alliance (AEpiA) @aepia.bsky.social · May 13

📣 ECR Travel Awards are open! ✈️

The awards are open to post-doctoral ECRs and students who are looking to travel to attend a conference or other relevant event.

Application form and T&Cs can be found here: aepia.org.au/conference-t...

Applications close 13th June!

aepia.org.au

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Mel Eckersley-Maslin @meleckmas.bsky.social · Apr 28

Delighted to share the latest preprint from the lab led by Janith Seneviratne

We reveal novel roles for #embryonic regulators DPPA2/4 in facilitating a H2AK119Ub primed #chromatin state when aberrantly up-regulated in non-small cell lung #cancers 🧬🔬 (1/6)

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

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Mark Dawson @mafdawson.bsky.social · Mar 12

We are looking for a talented postdoctoral bioinformatician @thedawsonlab.bsky.social to work with us on single cell multiomics incorporating lineage tracing and spatial technologies- we specifically want someone curious, fearless with a licence to innovate!! Come join us!!

Postdoctoral Fellow (Bioinformatics & Computational Biology) - Parkville, Melbourne (AU) job with Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre – Parkville | 12837684

Applicants are invited to join an exciting multi-discliplinary research program within Mark Dawson’s Laboratory at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

www.nature.com

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Mel Eckersley-Maslin @meleckmas.bsky.social · Mar 6

Join us @petermaccc.bsky.social !

Ben Hogan @benjhogan.bsky.social · Mar 5

We are recruiting a group leader in laboratory research at Peter Mac Cancer Centre in
Melbourne, Australia 🔬🦘💥

Work in a cutting edge research environment in a vibrant world city!

We value research excellence, creativity and diversity.

Join us!

careers.petermac.org/job/MELBOURN...

Group Leader

careers.petermac.org

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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · Mar 5

Excited to see our review on the 3D genome in the cell cycle, DNA repair and DNA replication out today!
#3Dgenome #replication #DNArepair #cellcycle #epigenetics #chromatinstructure #chromatinbiology

www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...

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The Groth lab @grothlab.bsky.social · Feb 12

🚨𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭!🚨The Groth @groth-anja.bsky.social, Mailand, Nilsson @nilssonlab.bsky.social & Krietenstein @nilskrietenstein.bsky.social labs are hiring 𝟔 𝐏𝐡𝐃&𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐬 to join the new Center for Epigenetic Cell Memory (EpiC) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Apply here: tinyurl.com/yvd93na2 & please share!

6 Postdoctoral and PhD positions in Center for Epigenetic Cell Memory (EpiC)

The Center for Epigenetic Cell Memory (EpiC) is a new Center of Excellence that will be established based on funding by the Danish National Research Foundation.

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The Groth lab @grothlab.bsky.social · Feb 19

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐍𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? Our new study “Disabling leading and lagging strand histone transmission results in parental histones loss and reduced cell plasticity and viability” is out in 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. Led by @lleonie.bsky.social @biranalva.bsky.social 🧵 More below👇

Disabling leading and lagging strand histone transmission results in parental histones loss and reduced cell plasticity and viability

Losing parental histones during DNA replication fork passage challenges differentiation competence and cell viability.

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Kazuhiro Maeshima @kazu-maeshima.bsky.social · Feb 20

Our new review on how the #chromatin domain is formed in the cell is now available @Curr Opin Struct Biol.📄✨
We critically discuss the domain formation mechanism from a physical perspective, including #phase-separation and #condensation.
📥 Free-download link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1keGn,LqAr...

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