Reposted by Cameron BerryJunior RNA scientists @jrrnascientists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026🚀 Planning your next career move as a junior scientist in Asia/Europe? Join the RNA Society Junior Scientist Representatives for a virtual panel with scientists who recently navigated the job market and landed new roles. 📅 Oct 29, 2026 🕔 5 PM Tokyo (GMT+9) 💻 Zoom 111
Reposted by Cameron BerryJunior RNA scientists @jrrnascientists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026🚀 Junior scientist planning your next career move in the Americas or Europe? Join the RNA Society Junior Scientist Representatives for a virtual panel with scientists who recently navigated the job market and landed new roles. 111
Reposted by Cameron BerryJunior RNA scientists @jrrnascientists.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🚨🚀 Save the date! Applications for two @rnasociety.bsky.social Junior Representative positions open October 16, 2026. Stay tuned for how to apply! #RNASociety #RNA 063
Reposted by Cameron BerryRNA Society @rnasociety.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The deadline for @RNASociety awards for graduate students, postdocs, PIs and others is Oct 5th! Awards include a cash prize, complimentary attendance at the RNA Society Meeting in Strasbourg and other benefits! www.rnasociety.org/awards 068
Reposted by Cameron BerryEmma R Andersson @anderssonlab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🧬 Preprint! 🧵 Our goal is to genetically manipulate every embryonic germ layer to enable high throughput in vivo studies. We previously showed mouse ectoderm can be targeted by amniotic injection, enabling cell-specific manipulation, lineage tracing, and knockouts. But how to reach mesoderm? 86631
Reposted by Cameron BerrySusanna Brantley @drsusanna.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The Brantley Lab is hiring a Research Technician/Lab Manager! Looking for someone with a strong foundation in molecular biology, a team player, and excited about basic science. If you know someone who would be a great fit, please share! spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/35995spartantalent.uncg.eduResearch Lab TechnicianThe Brantley Lab is seeking a Research Technician who is passionate about basic science and being a reliable, collaborative member of an academic research team. Research in the Brantley Lab uses quant... 1118
Reposted by Cameron BerryStowers Grad School @stowersgrad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Applications are now open! 🎓🔬 #StowersGrad is now accepting applications for our fully funded PhD program. No tuition. No application fee. No standardized test requirement. Just world-class mentorship in the heart of Kansas City. 📅 Deadline: Dec 1, 2026 👉 Apply now: bit.ly/44VM6DI 121
Reposted by Cameron BerryMatthew Taliaferro @jmtali.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Excited to share our newest work! We asked whether RNA molecules need to be in a specific place in the cell to do their job. We found that a single RNA must reach the midbody, the structure that pinches two dividing cells apart, for cell division to finish efficiently. 🧵⬇️ 612143
Cameron Berry @cameronwberry.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Woohooo! Those are gonna be some lucky students :D 030
Reposted by Cameron BerryJames Gagnon @james-gagnon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026In a new (ish) preprint, we used CRISPR barcodes to label germline stem cell clones in zebrafish, then tracked their contributions to sperm production for 2 years. Instead of staying stable, individual clones rose, fell, and disappeared over time. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgClonal dynamics deviate from neutral drift in zebrafish spermatogenesisSpermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) maintain male fertility, but how their clonal dynamics change with age remains poorly understood. Here, we use in vivo CRISPR barcoding in zebrafish to label SSCs and ... 25821
Reposted by Cameron BerryMartin Steinegger 🇺🇦 @martinsteinegger.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Riboseek is a fast RNA/DNA search. More sensitive than nhmmer at 250x speed. Structure-aware realignment produces MSAs approaching rMSA quality. Plus 1.7M precomputed RNA MSAs, and an API to search your own 📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 💾 github.com/steineggerla... 🌐 search.foldseek.com/riboseek 218075
Reposted by Cameron BerryJunior RNA scientists @jrrnascientists.bsky.social · 01/08/2026🎉 Happy #RNADay! Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 @rnasociety.bsky.social RNA Day Art & Baking Contests! Special thanks to Lexogen, the exclusive industry sponsor of the 2026 RNA Society RNA Day Art & Baking Contests, for supporting this initiative. 1177
Reposted by Cameron BerryBardin Lab @bardinlab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026A huge congratulations to Zheng and the entire Guo lab for this beautiful story! Very cool mechanism! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comIntestinal stem cells count self-renewal divisions to switch multipotency - NatureIn Drosophila, cell fate switching in adult intestinal stem cells is determined through an epigenetic mechanism in which these cells count divisions, switching from producing enterocytes to producing ... 03818
Reposted by Cameron BerryPeiwei Chen @peiwei-chen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026How do transposons jump when they’re released from host control? I babysat two chromosomes for 2 years, making sure they are ok without most piRNAs. Here’s what we found & excited to share my 1st postdoc paper: “piRNA loss unleashes episodic transposition bursts” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgpiRNA loss unleashes episodic transposition burstsIn Metazoa, transposon expression is suppressed by the piRNA pathway, and disruption of this pathway leads to rampant transposon expression. However, it remains unclear whether increased transposon ex... 715369
Reposted by Cameron BerryStowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 15/07/2026From specialized #ribosomes to translational control, the 2026 Stowers Research Conference will explore the latest discoveries shaping our understanding of protein synthesis across #biology. #SRCKC26 🗓 October 21–23, 2026 📍 Kansas City, Missouri Register now: bit.ly/43Vb9so 054
Reposted by Cameron BerryJunior RNA scientists @jrrnascientists.bsky.social · 10/07/2026 Friendly reminder! There’s still time to enter the 2026 @rnasociety.bsky.social Art & Baking Contests, proudly sponsored by lexogen. 🎨 RNA-inspired art 🧁 RNA-inspired baking 🏆 Up to $500 USD in prizes (per category) 131
Reposted by Cameron BerryJunior RNA scientists @jrrnascientists.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Celebrate RNA Day 2026 with creativity! The @rnasociety.bsky.social Junior Scientists are excited to announce the 2026 RNA Society Society Art & Baking Contests, proudly sponsored by Lexogen. Showcase your RNA-inspired visual art or culinary creations for a chance to win cash prizes! 165
Reposted by Cameron BerryMatthew Taliaferro @jmtali.bsky.social · 11/06/2026New paper! How do RNAs "know" where to go inside a cell? We dug into the sequence elements that route RNAs to the right place. It turns out that, in mammals, they're surprisingly massive (>200 nt), multipartite, and wonderfully complicated. 🧵 816565
Reposted by Cameron BerryLeading Edge Fellows Program @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social · 09/06/2026We are thrilled to announce the 2026 Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Fellows! 40 remarkable postdocs pursuing transformative research in biological/biomedical sciences. This is the 7th Leading Edge cohort and we are so excited to welcome them! www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/ 011855
Reposted by Cameron BerrySarah Keane @keanelab.bsky.social · 08/06/2026My lab is currently recruiting 2(!!) postdocs in RNA structural biology/biochemistry! Full details can be found below and on our website (sites.lsa.umich.edu/keane-lab/op...). 01115
Reposted by Cameron BerryChristine Mayr @christinemayr.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Finally out in @Cellcellpress! Proteins with long IDRs are prone to misfolding during protein synthesis. This is prevented by mRNA 3′UTRs that act as mRNA-based IDR chaperones. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...cell.commRNA 3′ UTRs chaperone intrinsically disordered regions to control protein activityHighly conserved mRNA 3′ UTRs act as co-translational chaperones for intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs), preventing inter-domain misfolding and enabling biogenesis of fully active proteins. 522597
Reposted by Cameron BerryJunior RNA scientists @jrrnascientists.bsky.social · 04/06/2026One of the major highlights of the RNA Society Conference last week was the hike that JR Scientists took to Mount Royal. It was a great opportunity to stay active, connect with fellow scientists, and enjoy the outdoors. Read more. 153
Reposted by Cameron BerryTjian + Darzacq Lab, UC Berkeley @tjiandarzacq.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Out now in Science! Our study challenges long-standing assumptions about transcription factor specificity in eukaryotes. Novel single-molecule measurements of TF behavior in living cells reveal an independence of locus-specific binding from DNA sequence recognition.🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgUnstructured transcription factor interactions enable emergent specificityHow intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) shape chromatin binding and nuclear organization of transcription factors (TFs) remains unclear. We used proximity-assisted photoactivation (PAPA), a single... 17835
Reposted by Cameron BerryStefano Di Talia @ditalialab.bsky.social · 26/05/2026@drsusanna.bsky.social paper is now out in its final form. Relative to the original preprint, we now show additional mutant data and a better way to display heat maps of gene activation. www.cell.com/current-biol...cell.comRapid transcriptional response to a dynamic morphogen by time integrationUsing quantitative live imaging, Brantley et al. reveal that cells decode dynamic BMP signaling during dorsal patterning of the Drosophila embryo by integrating activity over time. These results advan... 0248
Reposted by Cameron BerryJonathan Weissman Lab @weissmanlab.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Excited to share a new preprint from the lab led by @lukekoblan.bsky.social and William Colgan in which we describe our efforts to define a quantitative cell fate map of mouse embryogenesis! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 14620
Reposted by Cameron BerryChristine Mayr @christinemayr.bsky.social · 08/05/2026If you want to know what 3′UTRs with long conserved sequence stretches do, check out our BioRxiv preprint doi.org/10.64898/202.... They form functional intermolecular 3′UTR-3′UTR interactions that enable co-folding of proteins to rapidly induce transcriptional programs. 513956
Reposted by Cameron BerryJohn Prensner @johnprensner.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Major new work by the #TransCODE Consortium out today in @nature.com. Read all about our efforts to shed light onto the forgotten areas of the human proteome. #Microproteins #Peptideins #DarkProteome This was a huge global collaboration, in part funded via #NIH www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/nature.comExpanding the human proteome with microproteins and peptideins - NatureA large-scale proteomics analysis of the dark proteome by the TransCODE Consortium reveals many translated non-canonical open reading frames to encode microproteins and peptideins. 23314
Reposted by Cameron BerryErik Sontheimer 🇺🇸💙🇺🇦 @eriksontheimer.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Site-specific, multi-kilobase insertions and over-writes in mammalian cells, without DSBs, HDR, recombinases, integrases, transposases, or active cell cycling? Using fully or predominantly single-stranded DNA donors? 1/15 14926
Reposted by Cameron BerryJunior RNA scientists @jrrnascientists.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Junior RNA Scientists, tomorrow April 22nd at 10AM ET is the RNA Collaborative Seminar Series hosted by the EMBL & Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia - RNA Technologies Flagship! Join us to hear about emerging RNA research. Sign up for zoom registration here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...us02web.zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a webinar: RNA Collaborative - European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - RNA Technologies Flagship (IIT). After registering, y...Wednesday, April 22nd at 10 am ET (Eastern, US/Canada) Hosted by: European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - RNA Technologies Flagship (IIT) Zoom Registration:... 112
Reposted by Cameron BerryTessa Montague @tessamontague.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Excited to share a new review by @kocherlab.bsky.social and me: Nature-inspired neuroscience We discuss diverse sensory systems and behaviors across the animal kingdom and argue for their integration into neuroscience. New tools in diverse systems are making this possible ✨ tinyurl.com/y5y9du27 121075
Reposted by Cameron BerryNat Clarke @natclarke.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I'm hiring! I have 2 open positions: 🔬 Postdoc 🧪 Research associate We study how animal multicellularity evolved by exploring the molecular logic of cell adhesion using cell biology, 'omics, and tool-building in non-model organisms. Come join us! Details and application links 👇 Please repost 27267
Reposted by Cameron BerryJunior RNA scientists @jrrnascientists.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Heads up all Junior RNA Scientists - March 31st is the deadline for poster abstract submission and early bird registration for the 2026 Annual RNA Society Meeting in Montreal! Don't miss out, we have an exciting panel and fun events planned! 0811
Reposted by Cameron BerryKonrad @konradjk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Excited to share our new preprint on gnomAD v4! We present the full analysis of 730,947 exomes — new constraint metrics, improved LoF annotation (LOFTEE-2), LLM-based literature curation, and a unified framework for gene discovery and rare disease diagnosis. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...medrxiv.orgIntegrating 730,947 exome sequences with clinical literature improves gene discoveryAccurate estimates of allele frequencies aid in genetic discovery, including rare disease diagnosis, common disease investigations, and population genetics. Here, we present the Genome Aggregation Dat... 23717
Reposted by Cameron BerryGenes & Development @genesdev.bsky.social · 26/03/2026🆕 ADVANCE ONLINE 🆕 RESEARCH PAPER: A brain-specific microRNA, miR-1000, regulates lipid homeostasis via neuropeptide-like precursor 1 in Drosophila melanogaster By Verma et al. and David Van Vactor ➡️ ow.ly/sCFM50YyTsG Harvard Medical School #Drosophila #lipid #metabolism #lifespan #miRNA 021
Reposted by Cameron BerrySean Ryder @seanryderphd.bsky.social · 26/03/2026My lab released a new preprint today. The work is the culmination of a long term project led by Peren Coskun, Ph.D., who investigated the biological role of the C. elegans glp-1 3'UTR in its endogenous context. Please join me in congratulating Peren! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 02411
Reposted by Cameron BerryRNA Society Journal @rnajournal.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Modulating the cleavage and polyadenylation site: from research tools to therapeutic opportunities #RNAbiology #CRISPR bit.ly/4cwUlxf 022
Reposted by Cameron BerryAlex Schier @schierlab.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Very happy to see this out. 👏 @yinanwan.bsky.social Bogdan Bintu and team. Whole-embryo spatial transcriptomics at subcellular resolution from gastrulation to organogenesis | free link Science www.science.org/eprint/5MHTM...science.orgWhole-embryo spatial transcriptomics at subcellular resolution from gastrulation to organogenesisGene expression patterns underlie development, but their systematic detection in whole embryos has remained elusive. We introduce a whole-embryo imaging platform using multiplexed error-robust fluores... 618780
Cameron Berry @cameronwberry.bsky.social · 11/03/2026👏👏👏 Great defense!! Congratulations, Dr. Amruta!! 020
Reposted by Cameron BerryAriel Bazzini @bazzinilab.bsky.social · 10/03/2026🐟 We are hiring a postdoc! Interested in RNA regulation, gene expression, and zebrafish embryogenesis? Join the Bazzini Lab at @stowersinstitute.bsky.social www.stowers.org/labs/bazzini... Please share! Details below 👇 #Postdoc #RNAbiology #zebrafish #devbio #Genomics 0149
Reposted by Cameron BerryRNA Society Journal @rnajournal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Segar et al. explore the diversity and distribution of a type of Internal Ribosome Entry Site (IRES) RNA, uncovering examples that may reveal mechanistic variation and host species adaptation bit.ly/3OhYlaW 031
Reposted by Cameron BerryJunior RNA scientists @jrrnascientists.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Join us on Wed March 11 by 10am EST/9am CST for the RNA Collaborative Seminar. The RNA Junior Scientist Reps will share how they can better support trainees. Register through this link - bit.ly/RNAJRegister Submit questions or suggestions here - forms.gle/aM5BNzvRWPNW... 022
Reposted by Cameron BerryAmruta Swaminathan, PhD @amruta-sn.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Are you or anyone you know looking for a #postdoc to study #metabolism and metabolic disease? I am a newly minted #biology PhD looking for #postdoc positions in the European Union and the United Kingdom. I defended my thesis in #circadian biology and metabolism earlier this week. 164
Reposted by Cameron BerrySteve West @xrnchew.bsky.social · 05/03/2026meetings.embo.org/event/26-rna3 To all 3' end (and RNA, in general) enthusiasts. I'm organising a great conference in Oxford 7th-11th Sept with @lapassmore.bsky.social and Christine Mayr. The lineup of speakers is brilliant! Registration closes 4th May. Please consider it!meetings.embo.orgRNA 3' ends and beyondPrecisely defining transcription unit boundaries across eukaryotic genomes is fundamental to understanding individual gene function and regulation. The multifaceted process of RNA 3' end formation es… 01911
Reposted by Cameron BerryEva Maria Novoa @evamarianovoa.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Please check out our latest #preprint to study #ACTIVELY TRANSLATING #tRNA populations and their dynamics upon #stress :) This was an wonderful collaborative effort between @novoalab.bsky.social @immagina.bsky.social and #Soares teams - thank you for making this possible! 0247
Reposted by Cameron BerryJunior RNA scientists @jrrnascientists.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Calling all Junior RNA Scientists. On March 11, the RNA Society Junior Scientist Representatives are hosting a Town Hall as part of the RNA Collaborative Seminar. Join the conversation and share how we can better support trainees. Register through this link - bit.ly/RNAJRegister 111
Reposted by Cameron BerryLeah Greenspan @ljgreenspan.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Excited to have started my new lab in Human Genetics at Pitt Public Health! We study wound healing in diabetes & aging using adult zebrafish. Check out this movie showing neutrophil dynamics after injury. Now recruiting research staff, grad students, and postdocs. DM me if interested. 55015
Reposted by Cameron BerryJunior RNA scientists @jrrnascientists.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Reminder, today is the deadline for signing up for the RNA Society Mentoring Program! This is a wonderful opportunity to take advantage of as a trainee in the RNA Society @rnasociety.bsky.social 032
Reposted by Cameron BerryMara Mueller @muellermara.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Mammalian cells form hibernating disomes akin to those in bacterial cells - but connected via ribosomal RNA www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... co-first with: @andschwarz.bsky.social with: @lea-dietrich.bsky.social, @sgiando.bsky.social, @erin-schuman.bsky.social and many more 🧵 0/6 #MolBio 🧪 510036