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Rob Illingworth

@illingworth-lab.bsky.social
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Group leader at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine (IRR), University of Edinburgh. Exploring the epigenetic mechanisms the control neurodevelopment. Scientist, Dad and lover of all things outdoors!

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Wendy Bickmore @wbickmor.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Delighted to see this published: H3K115 acetylation is associated with fragile nucleosomes at CpG island promoters and active regulatory sites. Great work from all contributors; Yatendra Kumar, @illingworth-lab.bsky.social @eliasfriman.bsky.social @helink.bsky.social doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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Carmelo Ferrai @carmeloferrai.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Paper accepted!!!! Congratultions to @lizebonaaugust.bsky.social Blanca del Rosal and Leslie Yeo it was a pleasure to work together on this amazing project! 🎊🎊🎊🎊
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Pradeepa Madapura @pradeepmadapura.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Handsup 🙌, who is coming to @blizardinstitute.bsky.social to attend the @illingworth-lab.bsky.social seminar this Friday on "polycomb repression in development and disease"? Also, who is joining online for this @qmulepigenetics.bsky.social seminar.
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FragileNucleosome @fnucleosome.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
We're super excited to announce the entire lineup for the Fall season of Fragile Nucleosome Seminars, starting on Sept 10th at 1200 EDT / 1600 UTC with @gracebower.bsky.social and @creminslab.bsky.social! register here for the entire series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Fragile Nucleosome Fall Seminars:
September 10    Grace Bower, Kvon Lab @ UC Irvine, USA
    Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, UPenn, USA

September 24    Ali Wilkening, Sanulli Lab @ Stanford, USA
    Juanma Schvartzman, Columbia University, USA

October 8    Sanim Rahman, Greenberg Lab @ UPenn, USA
    Alex Federation, Talus Bio, USA

October 22    Alice Laigle, Croll Lab @ University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    Seungsoo Kim, UC Irvine, USA

November 5    Hannah Long, University of Edinburgh, UK
    Jeff Vierstra, Altius Institute, USA

November 19    Ishtiaque Hossain, Pastor Lab @ McGill, Canada
    Sarah Teichmann, University of Cambridge, UK

December 3    María Mariner Faulí, Rada Iglesias Lab @ IBBTEC, Spain
    Jonathan Henninger, Carnegie Mellon, USA

December 17    Rebecca Berrens, Oxford University, UK
    Jean-Benoit Lalanne, University of Montreal, Canada
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Maxim Greenberg @maxvcg.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
"Honey, wake up. New CUT protocol just dropped" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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CUT&TIME captures the history of open chromatin in developing neurons
Chromatin structure plays a central role in defining cell identity by regulating gene expression. During development, shifts in chromatin structure facilitate changes in gene expression needed to spec...
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Elphege Nora Lab at UCSF @elphegenoralab.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
New preprint with @gfudenberg.bsky.social We find the rate of cohesin loop extrusion in cells is set by NIPBL dosage and tunes many aspects of chromosome folding. This provides a molecular basis for NIPBL haploinsufficiency in humans. 🧵👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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NIPBL dosage shapes genome folding by tuning the rate of cohesin loop extrusion
Cohesin loop extrusion is a major driver of chromosome folding, but how its dynamics are controlled to shape the genome remains elusive. Here we disentangle the contributions of the cohesin cofactors ...
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QMUL Centre for Epigenetics @qmulepigenetics.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Our next guest speaker webinar is happening on Friday, September 12th at 15:30 GMT. Robert Illingworth will give a talk on 'Passive Yet Essential, Polycomb Repression in Development and Disease’​. To join, please follow this link: qmul.ac.uk/epigenetics/...
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Rob Illingworth @illingworth-lab.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Terrific to be involved in Edinburgh's 2025 line-up. Thanks to all of the organisers of @pintofscience.uk and the Monkey Barrel for making this such a great event.
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Schubeler Lab @schubelerlab.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Excited to see this published with additional data following our preprint a while back. Cool combination (in our biased view) of controlled TF expression and machine learning to decode chromatin sensitivity. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
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Sarah Marzi @sj-marzi.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
☣️🐀 Pesticide exposure in rats changes epigenetic signatures in different brain regions! Latest paper from our fruitful collaboration with Emily Rocha and Tim Greenamyre, linking epigenetic signatures of exposure to toxicants to Parkinson's disease: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Unique nigral and cortical pathways implicated by epigenomic and transcriptional analyses in rotenone Parkinson’s model - npj Parkinson's Disease
npj Parkinson's Disease - Unique nigral and cortical pathways implicated by epigenomic and transcriptional analyses in rotenone Parkinson’s model
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The Lewis Lab @peterlewislab.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
We are excited to share our new preprint demonstrating that nucleic acid interactions with SUZ12 constrain PRC2 activity, establishing a kinetic buffer essential for targeted gene silencing and revealing vulnerabilities in diffuse midline gliomas. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Rob Illingworth @illingworth-lab.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Excited to share our hot-off-the-press @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social that explores how PRC1-mediated H2AK119ub deposition safeguards lineage fidelity during forebrain development. Fantastic work by @lucyadoyle.bsky.social and our colleagues & collaborators. 🥳🧬🧠🔬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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H2AK119ub Safeguards Against Ectopic Transcription Factor Mediated Gene Activation in the Developing Forebrain
The PRC1 complex regulates developmental gene expression in mammals by ubiquitinating histones (H2AK119ub) and nucleating repressive chromatin interactions. Human genetic data and functional experimen...
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