We just published a short conceptual review together with @angela-taddei.bsky.social on the spatial controls of homology search in both bacteria and eukaryotes. We discuss an emerging framework for homology search in cells with two main phases. Check it out: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mjyh,LqAZ...
Several people from our team are going to the 3R meeting this year (unfortunately, I cannot). I still have very fond memories of one of the previous editions.
Flyer for symposium: https://ctrlepiedit.sciencesconf.org/
Very excited to announce the FIRST symposium on epigenome editing! These tools are becoming widely used in mol bio, ag & therapy. It's time to bring leaders together to discuss this rapidly growing and exciting field. And why not in Paris! Please register & share! (1/2) ctrlepiedit.sciencesconf.org
On se prépare au pied du Panthéon et partout en France pour faire vivre l'espoir contre le cancer ! Dès demain et tout au long du mois de mars, l'Institut Curie vous donne rendez-vous pour soutenir la recherche et l’innovation médicale avec #UneJonquilleContreleCancer.
Journée mondiale de sensibilisation aux HPV : l'Institut Curie appelle à un sursaut de prévention ⏩ curie.fr/actualite/hp...
🔬 X chromosome inactivation: same function, different regulations depending on the species. A study led by @crougeulle.bsky.social with Université Lyon 1 and @embl.org shows that while humans, macaques and marmosets all inactivate one X chromosome, the regulatory mechanisms have evolved differently.
TODAY! 👇
The India | EMBO Lecture Course "AI-driven approaches in structural biology" in #Bangalore, IN, 26 Apr–2 May 2026 will give an overview of #AI advances and teach computational #skills.
Deadline: 30 Mar
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-ai-structural-bio
#EMBOAIInStructuralBiology #EMBOevents 🧪
🎓 Registrations are open for the next Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation international course at @institutcurie.bsky.social with international experts, until march 31st 2026.
📆 18-22 may
📍 Institut Curie, Paris
🗒️ More infos on training.institut-curie.org/courses/post...
Don't miss the EMBO Global Lecture "Building a minimal DNA segregation system for synthetic cells" by EMBO Global Investigator Prof. Marileen Dogterom (TU Delft, Universiteit Leiden) at the GITAM School of Science in #Bengaluru, India, 5 March 2026. 🧪 #LifeSciences #research #lecture
Outstanding keynote lectures by @rosschapmanlab.bsky.social , @karlsederlab.bsky.social , Sarah @lambertsarahlab.bsky.social, @loizoulab.bsky.social, KJ Patel, and @r-rahbari.bsky.social. Plus a lineup of fantastic speakers. Registration site: express.converia.de/frontend/ind...
Group Leader Call at the @cbitoulouse.bsky.social in
Genome biology, projects at the interface with devbio will be given particular attention. please share :)
cbi-toulouse.fr/wp-content/u...
Just finished reading this pre-print. A really nice computational exploration of RING_E3–E2 pairs, and whether AlphaFold might help to predict which RING E3s go with which E2s and model the structures of the resulting complexes.
🔬 Recruiting a Postdoc!!!!
I’m looking for a motivated postdoc to join my lab and work on characterizing the role of a heterochromatin protein involved in a sex-ratio meiotic drive system in Drosophila.
If you know someone who might be interested, please share widely!
Explore how genetics, evolution and ecology intertwine at EMBO Workshop "Evolving together: From genomics to biological interactions" in #Taipei, TW, 24–27 Apr 2026.
Abstract submission/Registration by 20 Jan/28 Feb
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-bio-interactions
#EMBOEvoGenBio #EMBOevents 🧪
Most genetic interaction studies measure gene relationships in one condition, but environment can reshape which genes depend on each other.
Today in Molecular Cell, Luke Gilbert & team deliver the first systematic, multi-condition map of genetic rewiring in human cells.
Explore SMC mechanism and regulation at EMBO Workshop "Threads of life: SMC complexes in #chromosome structure and dynamics" in #Bengaluru, IN, 13–18 Dec 2026.
Registration/Abstract submission by 1 Apr/1 May
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-smc-complexes
#EMBOThreadsOfLife #genesky #EMBOevents 🧪
Thanks so much for highlighting our study! The tool is versatile and ready to uncover so much new knowledge 😀
🌄 We'd like to suggest a great start into a new week with this highlighted study #Highlights2025
📕 A CRISPR-Cas9-based system for the dose-dependent study of DNA double-strand break sensing and repair
🧬 Discover the article, here ➡️ buff.ly/kDp40pZ
#CRISPR #DNAbreak #DNArepair
Happy to share our new pre-print on the dependency of ALT-positive tumors on the DNA translocase SMARCAL1. Outstanding work of @angelotaglialatela.bsky.social in collaboration with the Min, Lazzerini Denchi and @cejkalab.bsky.social laboratories! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Huge congrats to Paulo da Silva, Baptiste Ropert, Matthias Rieckher, Corvin Rive!
We go live!!!
Join us Munich July5-7th to hear exciting research on #Replication by leaders in the field
AND !! registration is FREE 🥳 (but mandatory) - we hope to see many in Munich 🍺 @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social
@replifate.bsky.social @epicrossborders.bsky.social
replifate.eu/event/meetin...
Our great collaboration with the lab of Wei Yang and Kaoru Sugasawa is now online in Nature. We’re glad we could contribute some cell biology to complement this beautiful structural and biochemical work.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Indeed! And this depiction is just of one... www.nature.com/articles/sre...
NOW LIVE!: PhD opening joint with @drjonbaxter.bsky.social at @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social
Get in touch and apply if you are interested in any and all of: Chromosomes, Genome Stability, Chromatin and DNA Topology in Mitosis and Meiosis.
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
Found myself sitting between the unlabelled epigenetics/chromatin faint subcloud of Molecular and Cell Biology Researchers (white circle) and Genomics and Bioinformatics Researchers which about sums up my research!
Happy to share the results from my PhD thesis, in which we uncovered a function for FANCD2 on maintaining fork stability upon re-replication, now out in Nat. Commun!
📖 Read the full story here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thanks to everyone who supported me along the way!
A woman by a flipchart during a course. Text highlighting the EMBO Lab Leadership for group leaders online course 23 – 25 March still has places available
Places still available on @embo.org lab leadership for group leaders online course 23–25 March. Take the time to master your interpersonal skills, unlock tools for team growth, and elevate your communication style. Sign up now: www.embolableadership.org/course/embol... #EMBOLabLead #PI #GroupLeader
Meet Karolin Luger @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social, 2026 Vilcek Prizewinner in Biomedical Science! Luger moved to the U.S. to join the country’s “amazing scientific enterprise.” Her groundbreaking research transformed how we understand DNA & diseases like cancer. Learn more: https://vilcek.co/45rAjQG
Happy to share our perspective on the DNA translocation mechanism by the CMG helicase.
DNA translocation by the CMG helicase: the helical inchworm model url: portlandpress.com/biochemsoctr...
