Reposted by Eric ConwayEric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We are looking for a new postdoc to join our vibrant Chromatin Mechanisms in Disease team at University College Dublin. Interested in how histone modifications shape gene regulation & impact disease? Want to learn cutting-edge methods in epigenomics & proteomics? 🧬👩💻 Details below 👇 143
Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We are looking for a new postdoc to join our vibrant Chromatin Mechanisms in Disease team at University College Dublin. Interested in how histone modifications shape gene regulation & impact disease? Want to learn cutting-edge methods in epigenomics & proteomics? 🧬👩💻 Details below 👇 143
Reposted by Eric ConwayAlex Radzisheuskaya @a-radzisheuskaya.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We’re hiring! 🧬 We're looking for a Postdoctoral Training Fellow to join our group at the ICR in London and work on chromatin biology, transcription regulation and AML. Curious about how histone modifications shape gene regulation and cell identity? Come join us! jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/15...jobs.icr.ac.ukPostdoctoral Training Fellow - Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics in Chelsea | The Institute of Cancer ResearchView details and apply for this Postdoctoral Training Fellow - Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics vacancy in Chelsea . Salary: Salary range £45,600 - £51,450 per annum. Dependent on re... 11414
Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Preprint alert! 🚨 We are very excited to share our new manuscript on Bohring-Opitz syndrome, a devastating rare monogenic disorder driven by truncating variants in ASXL1. This project was led by PhD student Emma Doyle, one of the OG Conway lab members 💪. 1/6 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgDivergent Pathogenic PR-DUB Complex Variants Converge Functionally Via PRC2 Displacement From ChromatinThe PR-DUB complex is responsible for erasing the repressive histone modification, H2AK119ub1. ASXL1-3 proteins are mutually exclusive catalytic partners of BAP1 in the PR-DUB complex. Somatic heteroz... 41512
Reposted by Eric ConwayJames Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Very saddened to learn that @wellcometrust.bsky.social has decided to no longer fund Irish researchers through their discovery grants. This is a major blow for those who do truly blue skies research in Ireland as the ecosystem (i.e. @researchireland.ie) only funds research with perceived "impact"! 3189
Reposted by Eric ConwayDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 28/05/2026Research Ireland’s 2026-2030 plan to distribute €4.55 billion public funds is structurally, rhetorically & materially focused on commercially translatable research rather than supporting bedrock, fundamental, discovery & public good research. Sign to demand reversal openletter.earth/concern-abou...openletter.earthConcern about Research Ireland’s Strategy and Programme Plan 11810
Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Great to host the @aicc-ireland.bsky.social symposium in @ucddublin.bsky.social yesterday! Super day and looking forward to next years event already! Thanks to all who made the trip and congrats to our prize winners! 030
Reposted by Eric ConwayOded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Academia feels increasingly like playing Monkey Island, if you miss something as absurd as picking up a rubber chicken with a pulley in the first scene, you only realize much later that you’re stuck and can’t pass to the next stage (👇 see below 1/3) www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgAbrupt change to European funder’s rules leaves researchers shut outFlood of proposals to European Research Council—perhaps unleashed by AI—means unsuccessful applicants must wait longer to reapply 44212
Reposted by Eric ConwayJohanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 22/04/2026What should Europe do when demand for #ERC funding keeps rising? Restrict access or invest in excellence? Please read our open letter calling for reconsideration of the ERC 2027 resubmission restrictions & for constructive alternatives that preserve openness Consider to share & sign - see below 🧪linkedin.com#erc | Johanna JoyceWhat should Europe do when demand for its most successful frontier research programme keeps rising? Restrict access, or invest in the excellence it has created? A new open letter, spearheaded by Sara... 46155
Reposted by Eric ConwayAll-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · 20/04/2026📅 Webinar reminder! Join us this Friday for @kjarmache.bsky.social webinar. More details below, or you can register here for free: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @activemotifusa.bsky.social 043
Reposted by Eric ConwayAndré Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026That is one way to get funding rates up, I guess. erc.europa.eu/news-events/...erc.europa.euApplying for an ERC grant in the 2027 competitions: what you need to knowThe ERC plans to launch the grant competitions under its 2027 Work Programme between July 2026 and June 2027, with the calls for proposals introducing several changes to the eligibility rules for appl... 2176
Reposted by Eric ConwayAll-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Hands up if you love chromatin & structural biology 🙋♂️ On Friday April 24th we will be joined by @kjarmache.bsky.social from NYU for his webinar 'Chromatin-Modifying Complexes in Gene Activation and Silencing'. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @activemotifusa.bsky.social 1169
Reposted by Eric ConwayAll-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Are you chromat-in or chromat-out? 🧬 Less than 2-weeks left to submit your abstract for this years @aicc-ireland.bsky.social symposium in @ucddublin.bsky.social ! We will be choosing talks & posters from these abstracts to present - with some fantastic prizes available. Registration link below 👇 053
Reposted by Eric ConwayAll-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Reminder about this exciting webinar from Karen Adelman on later today! 🍿 Registration details below 👇 @activemotifusa.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Eric ConwayAll-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Only 3 weeks left to get your abstract submitted for this years AICC symposium in @ucddublin.bsky.social Conway Institute! 🧬 We will be selecting speakers and posters from these abstracts with prizes up for grabs thanks to our generous sponsors! 🏆 allirelandchromatinconsortium.ie/annual-meeti... 132
Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Very excited for this webinar on Friday from Karen! Join us for the free @aicc-ireland.bsky.social webinar by following the registration details below. 010
Reposted by Eric ConwayAll-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · 10/03/2026⏰ Calling all chromatin aficionados! We we will be joined by @adelmanlab.bsky.social from @harvardmed.bsky.social for our March 27th webinar 📅 Karen will be sharing her groups work on 'Transcription & RNA Quality Control in Health & Disease' 😷🧬 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 0157
Reposted by Eric ConwayChen Davidovich @davidovichlab.bsky.social · 04/03/20261/ 🧵 In our new paper, we show that JARID2 and PALI1 mimic H3K27me3 to antagonise PRC2. www.cell.com/molecular-ce...cell.comAccessory subunits of PRC2 mimic H3K27me3 to restrict the spread of Polycomb domainsSome proteins mimic the repressive mark H3K27me3, but the physiological relevance of this phenomenon was unclear. Agius et al. show that the PRC2 subunits JARID2 and PALI1 mimic H3K27me3 to antagonize... 16025
Reposted by Eric ConwayAll-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Webinar reminder ⏰ Next Friday join us for @brianstrahl.bsky.social - from @uncchapelhill.bsky.social - webinar on 'Chromatin at the Crossroads of Gene Regulation and Genome Integrity'. Don't miss out! See registration details below! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @activemotifusa.bsky.social 045
Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Please join us for this free @aicc-ireland.bsky.social event in @ucddublin.bsky.social, Dublin! Great chance to build the Irish nuclear and chromatin biology network and share your research! 🧬 allirelandchromatinconsortium.ie/annual-meeti...allirelandchromatinconsortium.ieAnnual Meeting – All Ireland Chromatin Consortium 000
Reposted by Eric ConwayAll-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · 09/02/2026We are excited to be bringing you two webinars from world leaders in epigenetics this month! 🧬 📅Feb 13th- Edith Heard from @crick.ac.uk 📅Feb 27th- @brianstrahl.bsky.social from @uncchapelhill.bsky.social Don't miss out! See registration details below! @activemotifusa.bsky.social 164
Reposted by Eric ConwayAll-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Just one week to go until Edith Heard will be joining us for the All-Ireland Chromatin Consortium webinar on 'The Epigenetic Dynamics of X Inactivation in Development and Disease' 🧬 Registration link: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...us06web.zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a webinar: All Ireland Chromatin Consortium February 2026 - Edith Heard. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.The All-Ireland Chromatin Consortium was established in 2021 to foster collaborations between researchers located across the whole of Ireland, promote scientific exchange, and to facilitate networking... 044
Reposted by Eric ConwayAll-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Webinar reminder ⏰ Our first All-Ireland Chromatin Consortium webinar of the year, presented by Dr Lucas Farnung, is coming up this Friday at 4pm 📅 . Free registration details below, as well as links to download our new webinar calendar 👇 032
Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Super line-up of chromatin, epigenetics and gene regulation speakers coming your way from @aicc-ireland.bsky.social over the next 5 months! 051
Reposted by Eric ConwayDuncan Sproul @sproullab.bsky.social · 25/11/2025🚨 Multiple #PhD opportunities for lab or computational applicants. Do you want to understand the molecular basis of #epigenetic dysfunction in human disease? Come work with our group at the fantastic, collaborative @uoe-igc.bsky.social in a beautiful, liveable city. 🧵 1/4 Please repost 🙏 11916
Reposted by Eric ConwayGenes & Development @genesdev.bsky.social · 10/11/2025RESEARCH PAPER: Dominant-negative effects of Weaver syndrome-associated EZH2 variants By Deevy et al., Eric Conway and Adrian Bracken ➡️ genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/21-22… Eric Conway Adrian Bracken #weaversyndrome #ezh2 #polycomb #mutation #congenitaldisorder #onthecover 062
Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 03/11/2025We are delighted that @genesdev.bsky.social have selected our (w/ @adrianbracken.bsky.social) Weaver syndrome paper artwork as the November cover! This piece was made by my incredibly talented niece, Gina 'Dna Vinci' Ronan. @ucddublin.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social 1155
Reposted by Eric ConwayChris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Paul Nurse describing the main job of a PI (From ‘The Thinking Game’, 2024) 218153
Reposted by Eric ConwayAdrian Bracken @adrianbracken.bsky.social · 31/10/20251/ 🚀 AEBP2 isn’t what we thought. You were told that AEBP2 promotes PRC2 activity on chromatin. We found the opposite: the most prevalent AEBP2 isoform inhibits PRC2 activity. 👉 surl.li/cgwqcq A thread 🧵 64116
Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Second annual Conway/ Coughlan lab pumpkin carving competition this morning with plenty of coffee and treats to keep us going! Skills getting better every year. Can anyone spot the nucleosomes? @coughlan-lab.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social 041
Reposted by Eric ConwayDan Angelov @dr-chromatin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Absolutely delighted to share our preprint, using functional genomics to uncover a novel dependency in lymphoma that can overcome resistance to targeted therapy. Grateful to co-first author @jamesnolan.bsky.social and co-senior authors @conwayer1.bsky.social and @adrianbracken.bsky.social see👇 053
Reposted by Eric ConwayJames Nolan @jamesnolan.bsky.social · 17/10/2025🧵1/Exciting news in cancer epigenetics! Our latest research, "AEBP2-Directed H3K27me2 Defines a Specific Vulnerability in EZH2-mutant Lymphoma", is now available on www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Here's a thread summarizing our findings!👇 #CancerResearch #Epigenetics #Chromatin #Lymphomabiorxiv.orgAEBP2-Directed H3K27me2 Defines a Specific Vulnerability in EZH2-mutant LymphomaThe catalytic subunit of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2), EZH2, is recurrently mutated in 25% of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL), causing increased H3K27me3 and decreased H3K27me2 levels. ... 12310
Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Our very own Evan Matthews, from @coughlan-lab.bsky.social, will be running the Dublin Marathon this month in aid of the Irish Cancer Society! If you want to show Evan and the ICS your support you can donate through the link below! eventmaster.ie/fundraising/... @ucddublin.bsky.social 🏃💨 031
Reposted by Eric ConwayAll-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · 14/10/2025There's a super line up next March for the Keystone meeting in Geneva for anyone interested in chromatin and epigenetics! Not a bad spot for a Spring trip! 🧬👇🇨🇭 #KSEpigenetics26 #epigenetics #chromatin #KeystoneSymposia 095
Reposted by Eric ConwayArnau Sebé-Pedrós @arnausebe.bsky.social · 15/07/2025We are looking for a student to continue our work on chromatin evolution: www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... The project with @seanamontgomery.bsky.social will focus on chromatin state readers across eukaryotes. More info: recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs... 02838
Reposted by Eric ConwayUCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 27/08/2025👏 Congrats to @conwayer1.bsky.social on a major @genesdev.bsky.social publication! In collab with @adrianbracken.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social & Dr Orla Deevy @ucdscience.bsky.social, the team showed how EZH2 mutations disrupt PRC2, driving Weaver syndrome🧬 📖 Read more here ▶️bit.ly/3HL0YiIbit.lyUCD co-lead breakthrough discovering genetic mechanism driving Weaver syndrome 031
Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Delighted that our work on EZH2 dominant negativity in Weaver syndrome is now out in Genes & Development! This exciting work on chromatinopathies 🧬 was in collab with @adrianbracken.bsky.social and spearheaded by Orla Deevy. @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...ucd.ieUCD co-lead breakthrough discovering genetic mechanism driving Weaver syndrome 0113
Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Really excited to share the line up for this years @arrefoundation.bsky.social research symposium. It was a pleasure to contribute to putting the program together this year. Looking forward to seeing everyone in Boston in October! More details can be found here: asxlconference.org 110
Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Amazing new initiative with a seriously impressive budget (€2.25M to 3.25M) to attract researchers to Ireland! Would be great to get some more chromatin biologists here! 👀🧬 000
Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Great to enjoy the last of the Irish summer with a lab BBQ to celebrate paper acceptance 🎉 and individual grant/ travel/ poster prizes over the last few months! ☀️ 🍖 🍻 @coughlan-lab.bsky.social 161
Reposted by Eric ConwayUri Frank @thecocodium.bsky.social · 20/06/2025I am looking for a new postdoc to join the lab. Interested in pluripotency, germ cells, and in investigating these in a genetically tractable cnidarian? Get in touch! We offer a long-term contract, excellent research environment, and a lovely city #Galway. www.urifranklab.org 15335
Reposted by Eric ConwayAll-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Big congratulations to best poster and best talk award winners @samrustichelli.bsky.social (Diego Pasini lab,IEO) and Mike Rainey (Corrado Santocanale lab) @uniofgalway.bsky.social 🏆🏆 011
Reposted by Eric ConwayAll-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Looking back on a super day at the AICC symposium one week on 🤩 many thanks to @tcddublin.bsky.social micro department for hosting and to our sponsors @epicypher.bsky.social & @novogene-europe.bsky.social. Thanks to all attendees, we hope to see again in May next year🌞 161
Reposted by Eric ConwaySteveStockdale.bsky.social @stevestockdale.bsky.social · 26/05/2025New Novogene freebies 🥰 I am going to be at the All-Ireland Chromatin Consortium #AICC25 in Trinity College Dublin this Wednesday. @tcddublin.bsky.social Please come by and say hi, and pick up some of these new freebies. @aicc-ireland.bsky.social @novogene-europe.bsky.social 032
Reposted by Eric ConwayAll-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Only 5 days to go until our flagship event of the year!media.tenor.coma man in a green elf costume is standing in a room with his mouth open .ALT: a man in a green elf costume is standing in a room with his mouth open . 021
Reposted by Eric ConwayUCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 02/05/2025🎉 Huge congrats to our 3 #PhD students ⭐Grace Ruddin ⭐ ⭐Rhys Orimaco⭐ ⭐Molly Davies⭐ who each won a prize for their presentations at yesterday’s SBBS Research Day 2025 🏆🧪 🔗 lnkd.in/e2-WFaug @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #SBBSRD2025 #UCDResearch 132
Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Awesome to be able to share our work on PAX8 in high-grade serous ovarian cancer, super job @daviesmolly13.bsky.social! Thanks for the opportunity to share @gensocuk.bsky.social @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social 052
Reposted by Eric ConwayAll-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · 24/03/2025We are very excited to launch the registration for our 2025 symposium on 'Chromatin, Epigenetics and Transcription' today! Join us at @tcddublin.bsky.social on May 28th for this event featuring keynote, new PI and PhD/postdoc talks and posters! allirelandchromatinconsortium.ie/annual-meeti... 11513
Reposted by Eric ConwayUCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 10/04/2025🎉ENGAGE Finalist Spotlight! ⭐ 📢Introducing Finalist #4: Emma Doyle 🧬 🔬 Emma explains CRISPR gene editing and how it’s unlocking powerful discoveries in biomedical research 📅 Catch her live in UCD or online at 5pm Wed April 16👇 www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsand... #AccessibleScience @conwayer1.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Eric ConwayUCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · 10/04/2025🎉ENGAGE Finalist Spotlight!⭐ 📢Introducing Finalist #3: Molly Davies 🎗️ 🧬 Molly investigates how ovarian cancer rewires DNA structure—giving new insights into tumour behaviour🧫 📅 Don’t miss her talk at the ENGAGE Final, 5pm April 16 at UCD or online👇 www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsand... #AccessibleScience 002