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Danica Milovanović

@1995dana.bsky.social
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scientist | pacifist | transposable elements | evo-devo Postdoc @ Jachowicz lab @imbavienna.bsky.social VIP3 fellow with Rivron and Knoblich groups Former PhD @trono-lab.bsky.social @ EPFL

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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thrilled to see this published today! Truly special because we made the initial discovery >15 yrs ago! We found two copies of a human gene called BC200 embedded in a human poxvirus. BC200 blurs the line between gene & transposon—both functional & mutagenic! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵1/n
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Escape of the BC200 gene to a human poxvirus reveals its persistent transposition in primates
Transposable elements mobilize within and occasionally between genomes, including from host to virus. We identified two insertions of the human BC200 noncoding RNA gene in the poxvirus molluscum conta...
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 21/08/2026
Bonsai reconstructs tree representations for distortion-free visualization and exploration of high-dimensional data - @erikvannimwegen.bsky.social @dhdegroot.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Bonsai reconstructs tree representations for distortion-free visualization and exploration of high-dimensional data - Nature Biotechnology
High-dimensional data are visualized through representation on tree structures.
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Arnau Sebé-Pedrós @arnausebe.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Happy to share the final version of our study on the evolution of chromatin states across eukaryotes, out today in @natgenet.nature.com Led by @crisnava.bsky.social and @seanamontgomery.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... Some highlights below
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Diversity and evolution of chromatin regulatory states across eukaryotes - Nature Genetics
This study introduces iChIP2, a low-input chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing method that profiles histone post-translational modifications (hPTMs) simultaneously across diverse eukar...
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McCabe Lab @mccabelab.org · 08/06/2026
Minis, aka spontaneous synaptic neurotransmitter vesicle release, was long dismissed as noise. Our new 📄 using optical electrophysiology shows minis are not spontaneous at all. They're an independent release modality regulated by Unc-5 & critical for synapse preservation 👉 doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
📣 POSTDOC position available in the Feschotte Lab at Cornell to work on #TRANSPOSONS! More details below. Pls send informal application or inquiry ASAP by DM or email to cf458_at_cornell.edu. Pls spread the word 🙏 #TEsky www.thefeschottelabatcornell.com
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The Feschotte Lab at Cornell
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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Wrote a short piece on Transposable Elements as catalysts of evolutionary innovation for a forthcoming special issue of @naturerevgenet.bsky.social on, duh, Evolutionary Innovation! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Transposable elements as catalysts of evolutionary innovation - Nature Reviews Genetics
In this Comment, Cedric Feschotte highlights evidence from diverse lineages showing that transposable elements are key drivers of evolutionary innovation, repeatedly introducing regulatory and coding ...
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Schubeler Lab @schubelerlab.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Excited to share our new study on CpG islands (CGIs) regulation by transcription factors (TFs)! CGIs drive most transcription initiation with unclear regulation. We find that chromatin-opening TFs are key players—following a surprisingly simple rule. 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/9
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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Transposable elements—or “jumping genes”—are emerging as key regulators of development. In a new review in Advances in Genetics, researchers from the Jachowicz lab at IMBA show how these mobile DNA sequences act as a dynamic layer of gene regulation: www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...
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Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Thrilled to present our comparative study on the evolution of zygotic genome activation (ZGA)!! 🥚🧬 Amazing PhD work of @campobes.bsky.social together with @fedemantica.bsky.social and many collaborators! @melisupf.bsky.social @crg.eu. Thread below 1/15 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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David Suter @davidsuter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
How do the H2A.Z histone variant and its dedicated chromatin remodeller SRCAP regulate gene expression ? Beautiful work from @armelletollenaere.bsky.social now published @ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Mechanisms of gene regulation by SRCAP and H2A.Z - Nature Communications
SRCAP depletion causes rapid replacement of H2A.Z by H2A, leading to upregulation of lineage-specific transcription factors. SRCAP also prevents pioneer transcription factor binding by steric hindranc...
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Margarida Cardoso Moreira @margaridamcm.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Our internal organs are evolutionary marvels. New technologies are transforming our understanding of the evolution of vertebrate organs. You can find more by reading here: rdcu.be/e5EgU #EvoBio #EvoDevo 🐟🦎🐢🦇🐊🦜
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The molecular evolution of vertebrate organs
Nature Ecology & Evolution - This Review discusses recent advances in the molecular evolution of vertebrate organs, including rates of evolution of organs and cell types, molecular mechanisms...
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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Nicolas Rivron, Group Leader at IMBA, received an Honorable Mention for the 2026 ISSCR Early Career Impact Award. The award recognizes his joint work with Naomi Moris on stem cell–based embryo models and their ethical governance: imba.science/4rQrqcq
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Joanna W Jachowicz @jjachowicz.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
If you want to explore ncRNA dynamics during mammalian development, love microscopy, and are not afaraid of transposons biology, apply‼️ We are looking for a postdoc to join our team at @imbavienna.bsky.social More details 👇🏻
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Danica Milovanović @1995dana.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Great program for anyone considering a postdoc at VBC 🍃
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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Congratulations to the brilliant scientists shortlisted for the auditions @cnrs.fr for cell bio dev bio and evo-devo #section24! Looking forward to hearing you in a few weeks. Many other amazing candidates were no less deserving and we hope to see them next year. sncs.fr/2025/12/11/c...
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Concours CNRS 2026
Le SNCS-FSU s'engage à publier les classements d'admissibilité des concours chercheur-euses CNRS 2026.
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Danica Milovanović @1995dana.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
An amazing opportunity and a really cool project to work on! :D
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 23/02/2026
Transposable elements in the dark genome go.nature.com/4tQ1zTn
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Transposable elements in the dark genome - Nature Biotechnology
Transposable elements (TEs), such as retrotransposons and endogenous retroviruses, are increasingly recognized for their important roles in genome function and impact on disease development. Residing ...
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Danica Milovanović @1995dana.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
It is finally out! If you are interested in TE-derived CREs, and newly described, but evolutionary old KZFP-TE mechanistic modalities, read it at www.cell.com/cell-reports.... Thankful to everyone who took part in this work, namely @orpsf.bsky.social and other @trono-lab.bsky.social members. 🫀🧬✨
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Tissue-specific restriction of transposon-derived regulatory elements safeguards cell-type identity
Milovanović et al. uncover a mechanism by which KZFPs restrict the activity of transposon-derived cis-regulatory elements to safeguard cardiomyocyte functionality. This work extends the classical TE-K...
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FragileNucleosome @fnucleosome.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Do you have an exciting new chromatin/transcription story that you'd like to share with the #FN community? Fill out this form to be considered for a talk in our Jan-June 2026 schedule! forms.gle/TBi38UgYxPAB... Please repost and share!
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Application to speak in the Fragile Nucleosome series
Thank you for your interest in our seminar series! We use a variety of different session formats but, in general, trainees can plan for a ~15 min talk + 5min Q/A and PIs can plan for a ~25min talk +...
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Danica Milovanović @1995dana.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I was waiting for this 🤟
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Vincent Pasque @pasquelab.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
We are excited to share our new preprint: SMARCA2/4-Dependent Chromatin Remodelling Establishes Gene Regulatory Programs in Early Human Embryos and Blastoids. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.01.691499v1
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 06/11/2025
Welcome to Day 3 of #EMBOMobileGenome 🙌🏼 While this morning's session is already underway, here's a few snaps from yesterday's 🔸last minute breakthrough talk 🔸 ➡️ 'Transposable element co-option drives transcription factor neofunctionalization' presented by Olga Rosspopoff (EPFL, Switzerland)
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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Lab’s first paper is out!! We show the first structures of #Asgard #chromatin by #cryo-EM 🧬❄️ Asgard histones form closed and open hypernucleosomes. Closed are conserved across #Archaea, while open resemble eukaryotic H3–H4 octasomes and are Asgard-specific. More here: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
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Vivien Horvath @vivienhorvath.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
🌟Im happy to share that this winter I'll be starting my lab at the Wallenberg Center for Molecular Medicine at Umeå University! Excited to join the Department of Medical and Translational Biology as a Wallenberg Fellow and looking forward to new collaborations and cool transposon research 🤩 🧬
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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
"Our study reveals that the current understanding of chromatin states is extensively incomplete, and newer in situ chromatin fragmentation-based techniques are preferred for investigating repetitive elements and retrotransposons" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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CUT&Tag Overcomes Biases of ChIP and Establishes Chromatin Patterns for Repetitive Genomic Loci
New in situ chromatin profiling methods, such as CUT&Tag, have streamlined studies of chromatin features by eliminating the need for up-front purifica…
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Danica Milovanović @1995dana.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Beautiful 🦋
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Guillaume Andrey @guandrey.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Our work bridging enhancer-promoter proximity to phenotypic outcomes in vivo is out! Shout out to @olimpiabompadre.bsky.social, to Marie Kmita's lab, and to all the co-authors. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Liebenberg syndrome severity arises from variations in Pitx1 locus topology and proportion of ectopically transcribing cells - Nature Communications
Here the authors show that reducing enhancer-promoter distance at the Pitx1 locus increases proportion of Pitx1 forelimb expressing cells, worsening skeletal defects in Liebenberg syndrome. They also ...
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Olga Rosspopoff @orpsf.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🚨 Check out the latest from @trono-lab.bsky.social showing how evolutionarily young transcription factors contribute to human cell cycle regulation! Brilliant work led by Romain Forey and Cyril Pulver, now published in Cell Genomics. Check it out ! www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
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Evolutionarily recent transcription factors partake in human cell cycle regulation
Pulver and Forey et al. generated a novel atlas reporting (1) gene expression over the cell cycle and (2) how systematic gene depletion affects cell cycle progression. They thereby identified evolutio...
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FragileNucleosome @fnucleosome.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
🔔Upcoming Wednesday, June 4th! Join us for another #FragileNucleosome series! Two amazing talks by @1995dana.bsky.social & @chrishsiung.bsky.social! If you haven’t jooned for any of 2025 talks, register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Danica Milovanović @1995dana.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
New preprint of @trono-lab.bsky.social and my PhD work! By modulating SWI/SNF remodeling at ancient transposable elements - LINE/L2s and SINE/MIRs, a "noncanonical" KZFP called ZNF436 protects cardiomyocytes from losing their identity. 🫀heartbeat on 🔁 repeat www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #TEsky
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bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Tissue-specific restriction of TE-derived regulatory elements safeguards cell-type identity www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
And with that the afternoon of @gensocuk.bsky.social short talks is done! We've had: 1) KRABs binding L2/MIR elements, which would effect cardiovascular development; 2) DGCR8 prevents the accumulation of TE-made double-stranded RNA; 1/3 🧵
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