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We are an RNA biology lab @JLU Giessen interested in RNA quality control, RNP remodelling and post-transcriptional gene regulation m in fission yeast - branching into chromatin

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Kilchert lab @kilchertlab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Now out in @narjournal.bsky.social – members of @rtg2355.bsky.social joined forces to profile RNA-dependent proteins of fission and budding yeast using R-DeeP 🧪 🧬 @pombase.bsky.social & @yeastgenome.bsky.social #RNASky (1/2) academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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Cross-species R-DeeP profiling reveals a conserved core of RNA-dependent proteins in yeast
Abstract. Delineating the constituents and structural composition of RNA-associated protein complexes is essential to mapping the molecular machinery drivi
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Ylva Ivarsson @ivarssonlab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Excited to share our preprint introducing ASHI: the Atlas of SLiM-mediated Human protein-protein Interactions. By screening 800+ domains against the human intrinsically disordered regions, we map 20,000 SLiM-mediated interactions. Many thanks to everyone involved! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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An Atlas of Short Linear Motif-Mediated Human Protein-Protein Interactions
Short linear motifs (SLiMs) within intrinsically disordered protein regions mediate transient interactions crucial for cell physiology. However, the global interaction landscape of human SLiMs remains...
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Mark Pownall @mpownall.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
First preprint from the lab 🚨 We asked when and how global chromatin organization emerges during early development 🐟
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Dr. Roberta Dollinger @robertadolling1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Check out our new paper! We did Cryo-EM on native Pol II elongation complexes isolated from Drosophila embryos. This was an incredible collaboration across multiple labs and is now available for your perusal. 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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PomBase: The S. pombe knowledgebase @pombase.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41... We're quietly defunding the infrastructure modern biology runs on. PomBase, FlyBase, HGNC. have faced, or facing, existential funding crises since 2024. Curation expertise, once lost, is difficult to rebuild.
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Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects
Letter to the Editor
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Helmholtz Institute Würzburg @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🧬 @rnamed.bsky.social is hiring! Apply for one of six fully funded #PhD positions in RNA biology and RNA therapeutics, and work with leading RNA experts in an international, interdisciplinary environment. 📅 Application deadline: September 17, 2026 More info: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...
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RNAmed - Future Leaders in RNA-based Medicine
RNAmed takes a holistic approach to endow doctoral students with the necessary knowledge and skills in the fast-growing area of RNA-based medicine.
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Shicheng Guo @shihcheng.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Over 2,700 human mRNA 3' UTRs with conserved nucleotides regulate protein activity by influencing IDR folding, enhancing functions in proteins like JMJD3. PMID:42259285, Cell 2026, @Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-86… #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪
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Janusz M. Bujnicki @jmbujnicki.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Nucleic Acids Research is looking for a new Executive Editor! If you're an established researcher in RNA biology, translation, RNA virology, or related fields, apply! As a current Executive Editor, I highly recommend it. 📅 Deadline: 30 September 2026 academic.oup.com/nar/pages/ex...
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NAR seeks a new Executive Editor
Overview of the Journal Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) is a leading open access molecular biology journal published by Oxford University Press. It provides rapid
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Sharma Lab @sharmalab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🚨😀We are recruiting PhD and postdoctoral researchers at the Würzburg site of our Cluster of Excellence #NUCLEATE @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social on Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies🧬.👉 nucleate-cluster.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/2026-08_NUCLEATE_PhD-Postdoc_final_V02.pdf nucleate-cluster.de
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Di Jiang @dijiang319.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Why is the X chromosome rich in L1 mobile elements? @science.org X-chromosome inactivation draws L1 mutagenesis to the human X chromosome | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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X-chromosome inactivation draws L1 mutagenesis to the human X chromosome
X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) enables gene dosage compensation in XX eutherians. Long interspersed element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) retrotransposons are unusually abundant on the human X chromosome and are ...
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Lisa Hansen @lisanhansen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
So excited to share my first preprint of grad school! Check out this thread to learn more about a cool new technique we are using to learn more about hidden layers of RNA regulation! Thank you so much to my coauthors, mentors, and lab for helping us get this story up!
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Douglas Weidemann, Silke Hauf @silkehauflab.bsky.social and colleagues @virginiatech.bsky.social establish MS2–MCP-based single-molecule RNA visualisation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Kat Toropova @kattoropova.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is a fantastic opportunity, I started my lab through this scheme and the support throughout is phenomenal, please share.
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SourjikLab @sourjik-lab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Together with @thanbichlerlab.bsky.social, we are looking for an ambitious PhD student to develop fluorescence imaging for anaerobic bacteria. Check out this and other positions that are announced as a part of the M4C Excellence cluster here: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/2...
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Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researcher Positions in the Cluster of Excellence ‘Microbes for Climate’
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Kathrin Fröhlich @microberna.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The Bacterial RNA Biology Group in Jena is hiring a new PhD student! 🔬🧫🧬 We are looking for a motivated candidate to study bacteriophages of the opportunistic pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae. 🔥 Apply by July 26, 2026 🔥 Details on the position and application: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/9...
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Doctoral Researcher in Molecular Microbiology (m/f/d)
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Shiv Grewal @grewalsh.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Introns have a hidden regulatory role! 🧬🎉 Delighted to share our latest paper showing that inefficiently spliced introns and spliceosomal proteins direct RNA methylation, engaging RNAi to silence retrotransposons and regulate gene expression nature.com/articles/s41...
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Schlundt lab @lab-nmr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Interested in RNA and proteins? Perfect! 😀 We seek to fill a fully funded 3+ years PhD position for a project on pre-mRNA splicing regulation using structural biochemistry in combination with cell biology and bioinformatics. Find more information on our lab's homepage and get in contact via e-mail!
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Analytische Biochemie - Fakultät - Universität Greifswald
Universität Greifswald
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Kinga Kamieniarz-Gdula @stoplab.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
There is more to transcriptional readthrough than meets the eye, and it could even provide a therapeutic opportunity in cancer. Check out our new perspective, inspired by recent work from Neugebauer and Grzechnik labs! #RNABiology #RNASky #Epigenetics
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Milo B. Fasken, Ph.D. @milofasken.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Nice work! #RNAExosome #RNA link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Cellular assembly and functional resilience of the mammalian RNA exosome - The EMBO Journal
Most eukaryotic proteins assemble into multisubunit complexes that coordinate essential cellular functions, yet the principles governing their assembly and proteostatic control remain largely undefine...
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Olivier Duss @olivierduss.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Abstract submission deadline is approaching for "The complex life of RNA" @embl.org in Heidelberg 13-16. October 2026! There will be almost 30 selected talks! Submission deadline: 7. July 2026!
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Eugene Valkov @eugenevalkov.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Happy to share the latest work on a bacterial protein that inhibits human mRNA decay machinery, in collaboration with @smlea.bsky.social #RNAsky www.nature.com/articles/s41... Intracellular pathogen effector reprograms host gene expression by inhibiting mRNA decay | Nature Communications
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Intracellular pathogen effector reprograms host gene expression by inhibiting mRNA decay - Nature Communications
Intracellular pathogens hijack host gene expression to subvert cellular processes. Here, the authors show that Legionella pneumophila’s PieF effector inhibits the human CCR4-NOT deadenylation machiner...
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Diepold Lab @diepold-lab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Exciting PhD position available in the Diepold lab @kit.edu ! We're especially interested in international students with expertise in molecular biology and ready to lead a cutting-edge research project in molecular machines and infection biology. Find out more at diepoldlab.com.
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RTG 2355 @rtg2355.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Deadline alert ⏰⌛- if you want to present a poster or short talk at our conference in September, please submit your abstract by next Sunday, June 14! The template is available for download on the conference website 👉tinyurl.com/rtg2355conf
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Alex Palazzo @ribonucleicacids.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
www.nature.com/articles/s41... - from @igorulitsky.bsky.social - "most chromatin regions reported as bound by trans-acting RNAs in recent studies in mammalian cells appear to be technical artifacts"
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Widespread DNA off-targeting confounds RNA chromatin occupancy studies - Nature Biotechnology
Many long noncoding RNA–DNA binding peaks detected using common assays arise from technical artifacts.
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Milo B. Fasken, Ph.D. @milofasken.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
#RNAExosome www.cell.com/trends/cell-...
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Precision in RNA degradation: helicases, ribosome and RNA polymerase stalling, and RNA modifications
Errors in transcription and RNA processing generate aberrant transcripts that can produce truncated, nonfunctional, or dominant-negative proteins. RNA surveillance pathways, centered on the RNA exosom...
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Madalena M. Reimão Pinto @madalenamrp.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Last call for this awesome opportunity: www.czbiohub.org/program-mpi-.... If you hold a US-PhD degree and want to join one of the labs at the @mpi-cbg.de or @mpipks.bsky.social for a fully-funded postdoc, apply! Deadline is May 20.
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Global Science Scholars - Max Planck Society
Learn about the international postdoctoral fellowship program from Biohub and the Max Planck Society.
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Pauli Group (posts by Andi Pauli) @pauligroup.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Join us at our special anniversary Symposium on RNA biology at the @vbcscitraining.bsky.social campus! We promise 3 days of interesting science, discussions and hopefully new ideas and learnings for everyone - plus a symposium dinner at the Vienna city hall!
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Markus Höpfler @markushopfler.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
We're hiring! Join our growing team at the @crg.eu as a postdoc. Curious about how mRNA translation and decay cross-talk? We're looking for a postdoctoral researcher to lead a project in the field of RNA biology and gene regulation. Apply here: recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs... Please share!
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Postdoc in the Dynamics of Protein Synthesis and RNA Decay Lab | CRG Online Recruitment Portal
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RTG 2355 @rtg2355.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
🎉Now OPEN FOR REGISTRATION - join us Sep 14-16 in Giessen for the RTG 2355 International Conference as we explore RNA’s critical functions! Register 👉tinyurl.com/rtg2355conf We have slots for short talks and a poster session in the "Palmenhaus", so submit an abstract to present your own work!
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Claudia Schneider @cschneiderncl.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
We have a 4 year PhD position available to study the impact of the RNA exosome on ribosome specialisation in different cell types! Get in touch if you are interested or just apply (UK students only). Deadline Wednesday, May 20, 2026 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Understanding the pathology of cardiac complications in a rare neurodevelopmental disease at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Understanding the pathology of cardiac complications in a rare neurodevelopmental disease at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Torben Heick Jensen @heick.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Final call for postdoctoral positions in my lab in wonderful Århus. You may apply using this link: mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...
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Postdoc positions in Nuclear RNA Biology - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - RNA Biology and Innovation, Aarhus University
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RNA Society @rnasociety.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
A limited number of poster presentation slots remain for RNA 2026 in Montréal, Canada from May 26th – 31st. We encourage you to register and submit your poster abstract by April 24th to secure one of the remaining spots! www.rnasociety.org/conferences/
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RNA 2026 - RNA Society
Welcome The 31st Annual Meeting of the RNA Society will be held at the Palais des Congrès in Montréal, Canada from May 26 – 31, 2026. Organizers: Julie Claycomb, University of Toronto Eric Lécuyer, In...
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Kilchert lab @kilchertlab.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
If after reading the article you are still hungry for more about alternative TREX-2 complexes, also check out the recent preprints from the labs of Torben Heick Jensen @heick.bsky.social and Mary Dasso 😉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Kilchert lab @kilchertlab.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Very thankful to @embo.org for generously supporting Jan’s research stay at David Tollervey’s lab @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social with a Scientific Exchange Grant! - @rtg2355.bsky.social research
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Torben Heick Jensen @heick.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
2nd call for postdoc positions in the lab. Get in touch for more information or simply apply here: mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...
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Postdoc positions in Nuclear RNA Biology - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - RNA Biology and Innovation, Aarhus University
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RNA Society @rnasociety.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Poster abstracts and early bird registrations for the 31st Annual Meeting of the RNA Society are due by March 31st! RNA 2026 website: rnasociety.org/conferences/ #RNA26
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Justin Mabin @mabinjw.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Excited to be part of this collaborative work on telomere biology in pluripotent cells. We found that nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) becomes essential for cell survival in the absence of TRF2, by preventing production of a dominant-negative TRF1 isoform. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay safeguards telomeres in pluripotent stem cells - Nature Cell Biology
Markiewicz-Potoczny et al. report that the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay pathway protects telomeres in the absence of core Shelterin component TRF2 by regulating the stability and abundance of TRF1 at ...
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Minni Änkö @rnaminni.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Check out the latest RNA Salon feature highlighting the importance of local community meetings! @rnasociety.bsky.social #RNA www.rnasociety.org/featured-sal...
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RNA Confluence: a grassroots model for community-driven scientific meetings - RNA Society
Science moves forward through ideas, experiments, and data. But just as often, it advances through conversations. The fleeting discussions at a poster, the hallway chat after a talk, the shared coffee...
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Rob Klose @robklose.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
We are excited to be recruiting into 3 Associate Professorship's in @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social. Come join us as a colleague and benefit from our vibrant and multidisciplinary environment. Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! (tinyurl.com/48deybuu) (tinyurl.com/4pdvjaft).
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 12/03/2026
The #DFG will in future permit the use of #AI in peer review under clearly defined conditions. The basis for this is a newly published guideline and the white paper “Artificial Intelligence in the Review Process”. The new regulations will apply as of 16 April. 1/4 www.dfg.de/en/news/news...
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Artificial Intelligence in the Review Process
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Michaela Müller-McNicoll @mixmue.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
We are excited to share our new preprint: iCLIP3 — an improved protocol for transcriptome-wide mapping of protein–RNA interactions at single-nucleotide resolution.
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Torben Heick Jensen @heick.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Postdoc positions available in my lab in Aarhus, Denmark on 'Mammalian Nuclear RNA Production and Turnover Systems'. Please get in touch for further information or simply apply here: mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...
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Postdoc positions in Nuclear RNA Biology - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - RNA Biology and Innovation, Aarhus University
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meisterlab.bsky.social @meisterlab.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Exciting news: Our RNA community in @uniregensburg.bsky.social is set to grow! We are opening a Junior Group Leader position in RNA biochemistry / ribonucleases / RNA stability. A great opportunity to start your own team within our collaborative RNA network. Details & application 👇
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EMBO @embo.org · 11/02/2026
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧪 Don't forget to send in your nominations for the FEBS | EMBO #WomenInScience Award. Deadline: 15 May Read more: www.embo.org/the-embo-communities/f… #award
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Junior RNA scientists @jrrnascientists.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Junior RNA Scientsts - the @rnasociety.bsky.social Mentoring Program deadline is now Feb 20, 2026 ⏰ Get 1-1 guidance on career decisions, research planning, and academia vs industry. More mentors than mentees apply, so do not miss this opportunity. Details are in the email from the RNA Society 📧
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Marie Winz @mariewinz.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
#PhDPosition open — #RibosomeBiology & #Translation QC 📍 JGU Mainz, Germany 🗓️ Apply by 10 Mar 2026 (or until filled) 🔗 Full details + project options: 👉 ak-winz.pharmazie.uni-mainz.de/jobs/
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Jobs/internships/theses | Winz Lab - AK Winz
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Sylvia Erhardt @erhardtlab.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🧪 My lab has an opening for a postdoc position soon! Please share/get in touch!
Ad for a postdoc position in centromere biology with colorful chromosomes and centromeres made out of FIMO.
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Kilchert lab @kilchertlab.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
📣NuQuest consortium update: Our first joint publication is out!Review on quiescence—A milestone for our initiative laying out the scientific groundwork & collaborative vision for our MSCA-DN application coordinated by @jlugiessen.bsky.social 1/n www.mdpi.com/3700996 #NuQuest #MSCA #DoctoralNetwork
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RTG 2355 @rtg2355.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Happy to announce our RTG 2355 International Conference “Regulatory landscapes of RNA: From code to control”, Sept 14-16, 2026 in Giessen, Germany. Topics cover #RNA as messenger, recruiting platform, sponge, regulator & sensor. 👉tinyurl.com/rtg2355conf Save the date – registration opens May 1!
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Kilchert lab @kilchertlab.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Congrats to Fabienne and co-workers!
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