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WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Sep 9

Congratulations Yaser! We love to see any Wnt project funded!

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Yaser Atlasi @yatlasi.bsky.social · Jul 7

Very grateful to receive a new BBSRC grant and many thanks to #BBSRC panel, and reviewers for this generous support. This funding will enable us to address important unresolved questions in chromatin regulation downstream of WNT/GSK3 signalling in stem cells. @wntuk.bsky.social

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WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Jun 20

New posdoc position available in the Guettler lab @icr.ac.uk studying ADP-ribosylation in Wnt/B-catenin signalling and telomere maintenance 👇👇👇

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Postdoctoral Training Fellow: ADP-ribosylation in Wnt/β-catenin signalling and telomere maintenance in Chelsea | The Institute of Cancer Research

View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Training Fellow: ADP-ribosylation in Wnt/β-catenin signalling and telomere maintenance vacancy in Chelsea . Salary: Dependent on relevant Po...

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Steffen Scholpp @scholpplab.bsky.social · Jun 5

My next stop is CRUK Scotland in Glasgow. Thanks to Owen Sansom @cruk-si.bsky.social for hosting me. The @wntuk.bsky.social community is just awesome—great people, excellent research!

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Nadia Nasreddin @nadianasreddin.bsky.social · May 28

If you are interested in helping to organise and shape this event, I would love for you to join me!

WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · May 28

Calling all WntUK ECRs! As the vision for a 2026 Wnt meeting takes shape we're planning a one-day ECR event.

Interested in helping shape and organise it alongside our ECR rep @nadianasreddin.bsky.social?

A great opportunity to connect, contribute, and develop your career. Get in touch!

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WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · May 28

Calling all WntUK ECRs! As the vision for a 2026 Wnt meeting takes shape we're planning a one-day ECR event.

Interested in helping shape and organise it alongside our ECR rep @nadianasreddin.bsky.social?

A great opportunity to connect, contribute, and develop your career. Get in touch!

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Rhys Morgan @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social · Apr 30

Our latest work out now in Oncogene by Dr Megan Wagstaff at @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk @sussexcancer.org @sussexbcr.bsky.social @wntuk.bsky.social. We show the oncogene β-catenin interacts with a Wnt mRNA network in myeloid leukaemia cells

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β-Catenin interacts with canonical RBPs including MSI2 to associate with a Wnt signalling mRNA network in myeloid leukaemia cells - Oncogene

Oncogene - β-Catenin interacts with canonical RBPs including MSI2 to associate with a Wnt signalling mRNA network in myeloid leukaemia cells

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Rhys Morgan @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social · Apr 10

Major congrats to Dr#3 from our group Okan Sevim who passed his PhD viva yesterday.

A super talented researcher, it’s been a privilege to serve as Okan’s supervisor from MSc to PhD in @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk

Many thanks to examiners @mitchell.science & @mardakheh.bsky.social

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Nadia Nasreddin @nadianasreddin.bsky.social · Mar 25

Such an honour! Thank you to the organising committee for the opportunity and the great conference!!

WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

Many thanks WntUK ECR rep @nadianasreddin.bsky.social from @cruk-si.bsky.social for chairing the Future Generation session!

#WNTUK2025

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Michael Ranes @michaelranes.bsky.social · Mar 24

As the sun sets on a wonderful day of celebrating @wntuk.bsky.social research, we want to thank all attendees, presenters and sponsors for making this possible. @oxfordcancer.bsky.social, The Company of Biologists, Cambridge Biosciences, @thermofishersci.bsky.social

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eoghanjm.bsky.social @eoghanjm.bsky.social · Mar 24

Honoured and humbled to win Best Talk at #WNTUK2025! This work reflects years of dedication and a fantastic team effort, led by the amazing Hayley Belnoue-Davis and myself, under the brilliant Simon Leedham. Grateful to all—soon to be in press! 🚀

WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

Congratulations to @eoghanjm.bsky.social from @ox.ac.uk on winning best talk, and Kieran Hodson from the Toby Phesse group at @cardiffuni.bsky.social @ecscri.bsky.social on winning best poster!

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Yaser Atlasi @yatlasi.bsky.social · Mar 24

Thank you for the opportunity to contribute; what a fantastic meeting hosted at the inspiring Oxford, on the coolest signalling pathway.

WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

Many thanks to @yatlasi.bsky.social from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social for chairing the Disease and Translational Research session.

#WNTUK2025

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Rhys Morgan @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social · Mar 24

Really enjoyed #WNTUK2025 at @ox.ac.uk in beautiful Worcester College today. Excellent program of research talks and posters put together by @michaelranes.bsky.social and @oxfordcancer.bsky.social representing all themes, career stages and gender/diversity of @wntuk.bsky.social research. 👊

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WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

And that’s a wrap! @michaelranes.bsky.social draws a highly enjoyable, well organised and stimulating 2nd WNTUK meeting to a close, followed by drinks in the sun in front of a beautiful Worcester College lawn. See you next year!

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WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

Congratulations to @eoghanjm.bsky.social from @ox.ac.uk on winning best talk, and Kieran Hodson from the Toby Phesse group at @cardiffuni.bsky.social @ecscri.bsky.social on winning best poster!

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WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

The final talk of the day is our international keynote speaker @michaelboutros.bsky.social from @dkfz.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social presenting a past and present overview on mechanisms of Wnt signal transduction.

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WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

The penultimate talk of the day is our best selected PhD talk by Dr Ben Broadway from the Guettler lab at @icr.ac.uk presenting on CRISPR approaches to uncovering new tankyrase regulatory mechanisms in Wnt/B-catenin signalling.

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WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

Many thanks WntUK ECR rep @nadianasreddin.bsky.social from @cruk-si.bsky.social for chairing the Future Generation session!

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WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

The final session of the day is a Future Generation focus starting with invited ECR speaker Dr Yeonjoo Kim from the @ianmcgough.bsky.social group at @babrahaminst.bsky.social presenting on a novel RASopathy caused by hyperactive non-canonical Wnt signalling.

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WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

Final talk of the disease session is a selected abstract from Nico Mueller of the de la Roche group at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social @cruk-ci.bsky.social speaking about novel LGR5 immunotherapeutics against multiple cancer types.

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WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

Next up another selected abstract this time from Dr Nuray Gunduz at the Sansom group at @cruk-si.bsky.social presenting her research on LGR4 maintenance of intestinal homeostasis and protection from mutant-cell clonal expansion.

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WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

Many thanks to @yatlasi.bsky.social from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social for chairing the Disease and Translational Research session.

#WNTUK2025

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WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

The Disease & Translational Research session begins with invited speaker Dr @vivianlilab.bsky.social from @crick.ac.uk presenting on SOX2 driven fetal reprogramming and reversible dormancy in colorectal cancer.

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WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

Lunch break means it’s WntUK poster time!

We have 17 fabulous posters here today covering Wnt signalling across mechanisms, development and disease from all career stages.

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WntUK @wntuk.bsky.social · Mar 24

We’ve paused for a glorious lunch break!

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