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Gillian Forbes

@gillian-forbes.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral researcher in the Averof lab (Lyon, France), investigating whether chromatin accessibility dynamics during leg regeneration mirrors leg development.

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Michalis Averof @michalis-averof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A cost-effective method for finding cis-regulatory elements in a large genome (Parhyale, 3.6 Gb), combining info from chromatin accessibility (bulk & single-nucleus ATACseq) and cross-species sequence conservation (low coverage sequencing from 3 additional Parhyale species) Now published in eLife!
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Genome-wide discovery of cis-regulatory elements in a large genome
Integrating genome-wide maps of chromatin accessibility and sequence conservation provides an accessible low-cost approach for identifying cis-regulatory elements in large genomes, validated in the em...
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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Long Distance Information: cis-regulatory elements identified genome-wide using combo of bulk with single-nucleus sequencing 📷 @gillian-forbes.bsky.social, Emilia Skafida & Irene Karapidaki et al @ensdelyon.bsky.social in @elife.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...
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