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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · 19d

😂 exactly what I thought when I enjoyed the Black Forest view from the rectorate, which previously was only a promise behind the fog and rain

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · 20d

#Jobalert 🚨: looking for a #computationalbiology expert with track record in analysis, integration and interpretation of #omics datasets, in particular #epigenomics, #singlecellgenomics, #proteomics data. uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb... short deadline 30th September!

Universität Freiburg

uni-freiburg.de

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · 20d

And now off to the 5th Liquid Biopsy Meeting @uniklinik-fr.bsky.social

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · 20d

Today I have been officially appointed to full Professor at @uni-freiburg.de 🎉.

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Dr. Peter Walentek (Walentek Lab) @walenteklab.bsky.social · Jun 16

Save the date 📅! Our TriNational #devbio #stemcell Meeting 2025 will be held in Freiburg on Sept. 19th. As always, participation is free and talks will be selected from early career scientists. Joun us 😊
Info: devstemcell.org/home

@biozentrum.unibas.ch @uni-freiburg.de @igbmc.bsky.social

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Jun 16

Congratulations Koichi Sato and @puckknipscheer.bsky.social for a biochemistry tour de force! Sooo many in vitro experiments, pinning down step by step a mechanism to resolve G4 structures. We used KOs and quantitative G4 CUT&Tag to corroborate mechanism in mouse ESC.
www.science.org/doi/full/10....

www.science.org

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Jun 16

Fantastic collaboration with @puckknipscheer.bsky.social 👏! Congrats to all!

Hubrecht Institute @hubrechtinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 13

New work from the Knipscheer group published in @science.org reveals a mechanism involving RNA and DNA repair proteins that helps cells remove G-quadruplex structures. G4 structures are knot-like formations in DNA that can cause damage if left unresolved. www.hubrecht.eu/cells-untie-dna-knots/

Knot good: How cells untie DNA to protect the genome

New work from the Knipscheer group reveals a mechanism involving RNA and DNA repair proteins that helps cells safely remove G-quadruplex (G4) structures.

www.hubrecht.eu

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Jun 15

i was hoping Bsky would understand *markdown* 🙄

Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Jun 15

PhD or Postdoc interested working on your own or collaborative project at @uni-freiburg.de? Apply to [Freiburg Rising Star Academy](uni-freiburg.de/frsa/). [Info Session](forms.office.com/e/G9LSAsFuWU) on June 23. Get in touch if you'd like to join us at [CIBSS](uni-freiburg.de/frsa/applica...)

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uni-freiburg.de

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Jun 15

PhD or Postdoc interested working on your own or collaborative project at @uni-freiburg.de? Apply to [Freiburg Rising Star Academy](uni-freiburg.de/frsa/). [Info Session](forms.office.com/e/G9LSAsFuWU) on June 23. Get in touch if you'd like to join us at [CIBSS](uni-freiburg.de/frsa/applica...)

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Jun 11

Finally found it! researchagora.com, very interesting development, will try it out

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Jun 11

I found DeCci Labs desci.com, looks interesting, but exactly what I am remembering

Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Jun 6

❤️

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Jun 5

also anyone with an apt/house for rent in #freiburg, 4+ rooms, preferably Herdern, Güterbahnhof, Wiehre, ANY time, ANY price, SEND IT MY WAY

Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Jun 5

Incredibly grateful for this tremendous recognition by @humboldt-foundation.de and not possible without the strongest support from @uni-freiburg.de and many previous funding bodies that made our research possible

www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/explore/n...

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Jun 5

Incredibly grateful for this tremendous recognition by @humboldt-foundation.de and not possible without the strongest support from @uni-freiburg.de and many previous funding bodies that made our research possible

www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/explore/n...

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Jun 5

This is a joint achievement by everyone who contributed to the elsaesserlab.wordpress.com over the past 10 years and I am so looking forward to our big 10-year reunion next week ❤️

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Jun 5

📣 I will take up a Professorship at @uni-freiburg.de, Faculty of Biology. With amazing funding news coming in, we'll be in a position to establish a major research program around Epigenetics, Signaling and Synthetic Biology at the Signalhaus @cibss.bsky.social. More news and job ads to come soon!

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · May 31

Do you have to cut the top to get flowers? Or is it just the right climate? Stockholm = no flowers

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · May 31

Do you sometimes feel research is 🎶 on step forward and two steps back 🎶? Well the good thing about a marathon is that no matter how slow you go, you are always getting closer to the finish line 😅. #stockholmmarathon ✌️

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · May 19

We are looking for MSc students interested in joining us for a bioinformatics thesis project. The task is to analyze existing epigenomics datasets, explore data from different technical and biological angles, generate reproducible code and figures to be incorporated into manuscripts #jobalert

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · May 16

a bit like www.micropublication.org but much more advanced features and slick design! If only I had asked for her number 💔#openscience

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · May 16

hoping for swarm intelligence: came across a new publishing platform that allowed to publish small experiment units or attach new experiments to existing publications (e.g. 'this result confirms figure 3A in paper X'), together community peer review. Problem: I can't find the website anymore. HELP!

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · Apr 6

Climate-change deniers use Grok AI to write a climate-change denier article, and published that in a climate-change denial journal.
They even had to 'steer' Grok a couple of times, because its text was not climate-change denier enough.

Manon Jacob @manonjacob.bsky.social · Apr 4

🌎 Climate change deniers are pushing an AI-generated paper questioning human-induced warming, leading experts to warn against the rise of research that is inherently flawed but marketed as neutral and scrupulously logical. My latest with AFP: www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Experts warn 'AI-written' paper is latest spin on climate change denial

Climate change deniers are pushing an AI-generated paper questioning human-induced warming, leading experts to warn against the rise of research that is inherently flawed but marketed as neutral and…

www.france24.com

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Mar 28

www.theguardian.com/environment/... wow never new what that came through the pipes in our basement :)

‘The heat you need at a reasonable price’: how district heating can speed the switch to clean energy

In Sweden, most residential heating and hot water comes from heating networks – helping to pool resources and innovation

www.theguardian.com

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Universität Freiburg @uni-freiburg.de · Mar 28

Von Infektionen, Symbiosen und Tumorzellen: Wie interdisziplinäre Grundlagenforschung im Freiburger Exzellenzcluster @cibss.bsky.social Innovationen in #Biomedizin und #Pflanzenforschung hervorbringt:
ufr.link/cibss-forschungsansaetze

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Mar 9

Beautiful work!!

Dirk Remus @dirkremus.bsky.social · Mar 7

Shout out to Sloan Kettering @mskcancercenter.bsky.social for supporting basic science / foundational biology...

www.mskcc.org/news/cryo-el...

Cryo-Electron Microscopy Reveals Hidden Mechanics of DNA Replication, Sheds New Light on Cancer Target

MSK researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer.

www.mskcc.org