Reposted by Lori PassmoreUC Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026MCB is hiring Assistant Professors across 3 divisions!: 🧪BBS: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05483 🧬GGED: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481 🦠IMM: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05486 🗓️ Application Deadline: October 19, 2026 🔗 Click the links or scan the QR codes to learn more and apply 03566
Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Ben Nicholson at the CRUK Cambridge Institute is recruiting a new postdoc to investigate piRNA biology. This is a collaborative project with my group at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB). Interested? Apply or get in touch to discuss! tinyurl.com/y25z8wkncam.ac.ukPostdoctoral Research Associate (piRNA Team) (Fixed Term)The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute is situated on the Biomedical Campus in Cambridge, UK. As part of the University of Cambridge, the institute's research ranges from basic biology through tra... 0126
Reposted by Lori PassmoreCRC1678 @crc1678.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The #CRC1678 Summer Symposium is underway! A day of exciting talks from CRC members and guest speakers @lapassmore.bsky.social, Joshua Arribere and @pelechanolab.bsky.social, bringing together perspectives on mRNA and protein biosynthesis fidelity, aging, and cellular stress responses! 🧪🧬🧫 021
Reposted by Lori PassmoreBiochemical Society @biochemsoc.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Thanks to everyone who joined us at 94th Harden Conference: Machines on Genes! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and look forward to seeing you again soon! Huge thanks to our programme coordinators for making the event a success! @lapassmore.bsky.social, Alessandro Costa, and Dana Branzei 0195
Reposted by Lori PassmoreExciting Instruments @ei-science.bsky.social · 08/06/2026👋 Hands up who's at #MachinesonGenes this week! Find Roman to learn how our easy-to-use tools allow you to assess the conformational dynamics and interactions of individual molecular machines. In solution, on the benchtop. Don't miss his talk on Tuesday morning (10:20 am). #smFRET #FCS 062
Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Well it's a wrap! Alessandro Costa @costalaboratory.bsky.social , Dana Branzei and I hosted the @biochemsoc.bsky.social Harden Conference Machines on Genes this week in beautiful Crete. www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f... 1353
Reposted by Lori PassmoreLUMICKS @lumicks.bsky.social · 09/06/2026LUMICKS is excited to sponsor and attend Machines on Genes in Crete June 8-11. Connect with us to explore real-time, single-molecule insights with the C-Trap! #BiochemEvent @biochemsoc.bsky.social 052
Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Super excited to begin the Harden Machines on Genes meeting in beautiful Crete! #BiochemEvent @biochemsoc.bsky.social www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f...eventsforce.net 0172
Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 27/04/2026It is the final week to register for the EMBO Workshop on RNA 3' ends and beyond. This will take place 07 – 11 September 2026 in Oxford. There is a fantastic lineup of speakers. Join us!! @xrnchew.bsky.social @christinemayr.bsky.social #RNA meetings.embo.org/event/26-rna3meetings.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… 1123
Reposted by Lori Passmorelouiseatkin.bsky.social @louiseatkin.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Been away from scientific research for over a year and want to get back to the bench? LMB's new Career Returner Fellowship bridges the gap for those who want to re-enter lab-based research. Applications open 13 April More info mrclmb.ac.uk/careers-and-... PLEASE SHARE THIS! @mrclmb.ac.uk 0915
Reposted by Lori PassmoreAlessandro Costa @costalaboratory.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Machines on Genes 2026 8–11 June 2026 | 📍 Heraklion, Crete 🇬🇷 Two deadlines coming up on 8 April 2026 i. abstract submission ii. early bird submission (save €50) Four days of 🧑🔬🧬👩🔬☀️👨🔬🔬❄️🧪🧫 94th Harden Conference by @lapassmore.bsky.social, Dana Branzei, me with @biochemsoc.bsky.social. 0117
Reposted by Lori PassmoreElodie Carmen Leroy @ecleroy.bsky.social · 19/03/2026🚨 Preprint alert! We solved the structure of human NSUN2 bound to Asp tRNA, revealing how it installs m⁵C and recognizes RNAs #CryoEM #RNABiology A collab between Casañal & Gullerova labs, with @miclass.bsky.social and me working side by side as co-first authors 🔗 doi.org/10.64898/202... (0/7🧵) 86222
Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Do you work on DNA or RNA protein complexes? 🧬 Come to Machines on Genes this June in Crete! ☀️ Super early discount is ending this Sunday so register now! 😃 02314
Reposted by Lori PassmoreFusion Conferences @fusionconf.bsky.social · 28/02/2026And that’s a wrap! 🎉 Our first conference of 2026 is complete, and what a fantastic way to start the year! We hope to see both familiar and new faces at the next #DRRSC meeting in 2028. Click here to Sign up for updates on the conference series: bit.ly/4bceiZb 252
Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 25/02/2026We are excited to be recruiting a new tenure track group leader in the Structural Studies Division at MRC LMB! It is an amazing place to start your own lab. @mrclmb.bsky.social Please get in touch if you have any questions. www.nature.com/naturecareer...nature.comResearch Group Leader Tenure Track - Structural Studies - LMB 2775 - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (GB) job with MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) | 12854636Research Group Leader Tenure Track Starting Salary £67,979 to £76,868 per annum MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK The MRC Laborato... 15254
Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 24/02/2026The most important #RNA conference of the year with lots of amazing science and a really friendly atmosphere. This year in beautiful Montreal 🇨🇦 ! www2.rnasociety.orgwww2.rnasociety.orgRNA Society 02113
Reposted by Lori PassmoreJulian Sale @juliansalelab.bsky.social · 12/02/2026A beautifully crafted summary of the extraordinary discovery in the lab of my @mrclmb.bsky.social colleague @philholliger.bsky.social of a tiny RNA that can replicate RNA. 0199
Reposted by Lori PassmoreJulian Sale @juliansalelab.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Just posted our latest, led by Consuelo Perez and Pierre Murat, showing the intimate relationship between transcription, DNA supercoiling and chromatin architecture during human stem cell differentiation. Thanks to all at @mrclmb.bsky.social doi.org/10.64898/202...doi.org 1103
Reposted by Lori PassmoreAlessandro Costa @costalaboratory.bsky.social · 09/01/2026plus ... Ana Casañal Claudio Ciferri Hitoshi Kurumizaka Meindert Lamers David Rueda Yuanling Zhai Xiaodong Zhang 🧬🔬✨❄️ 🧫⚗️🧑🔬🏖️ 011
Reposted by Lori PassmoreAlessandro Costa @costalaboratory.bsky.social · 09/01/2026🌞✈️🇬🇷🏝️ 🧬 Machines on Genes 2026 🧬 🌞✈️🇬🇷🏝️ What an amazing list of speakers 🤩 @nynkedekkerlab.bsky.social @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social @yuanhejhu.bsky.social @uwmadisonrna.bsky.social @kowaeva.bsky.social @fmattiroli.bsky.social @aliciakmichael.bsky.social @lisaracki.bsky.social @yeeles-lab.bsky.social 123
Reposted by Lori PassmoreAlessandro Costa @costalaboratory.bsky.social · 09/01/2026🔔 Register now and send an abstract! Lots of opportunities to talk! 👉 www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f...eventsforce.net 175
Reposted by Lori PassmoreAlessandro Costa @costalaboratory.bsky.social · 09/01/20268–11 June 2026 | 📍 Heraklion, Crete 🇬🇷 Get ready for Machines on Genes 2026, the 94th Harden Conference by the @biochemsoc.bsky.social — four days of molecular mechanisms and friendly discussions! 🧬☀️🔬❄️ Organised by @lapassmore.bsky.social, Dana Branzei, me. 12213
Reposted by Lori PassmoreAlicia Michael @aliciakmichael.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Summer plans? Come join us in Crete to talk about “machines on genes” this June - what could be better?! ❤️ 🧬 094
Reposted by Lori PassmoreAaron and the Hoskins Lab at UW Madison @uwmadisonrna.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Can't wait for this meeting! Lots of exciting, macromolecular science lined up! 062
Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Alessandro Costa @costalaboratory.bsky.social, Dana Branzei and myself are co-organising the 2026 Machines on Genes meeting in beautiful Crete as the 94th Harden Conference hosted by @biochemsoc.bsky.social Register now - lots of opportunities for selected talks www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f...eventsforce.net 13917
Reposted by Lori PassmoreChris H. Hill @chillzaa.bsky.social · 13/11/2025🚨Attention prospective PhD students🚨 Are you interested in molecular mechanisms, RNA viruses, structural biology or biophysics? 🧬🦠🧪 We have THREE fully-funded PhD projects available for October 2026 entry: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor... Please share/repost, and get in touch if you're interestedfindaphd.comchris hill PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships - 3 PhDs ListedFindAPhD. Search Funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in chris hill. Search for PhD funding, scholarships & studentships in the UK, Europe and around the world. 01213
Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 15/11/2025This work is now officially published @natsmb.nature.com with some fun new analyses included in the revised version. Congratulations to all the authors! @connyyu.bsky.social @rappsilber.bsky.social @lrsinn.bsky.social @fjoreilly.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.com 05014
Reposted by Lori PassmoreMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.ac.uk · 09/10/2025Join us on Monday 13th October at 11am for an #LMBSeminar from Bonnie Bassler on ‘Quorum sensing across domains: From viruses to bacteria to eukaryotes’ Visit our website for more info: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve... 073
Reposted by Lori PassmoreJörg Vogel @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria. 17080
Reposted by Lori PassmoreMichael Webster @michaelwebster.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Start independent research at the JIC with us 👇. Really interested in finding those with an interest in structural biology and biochemistry of plants and microbes. Please do get in touch by email if you'd like to know more 👍 01718
Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 27/09/2025We have an open post-doc position in my group to study mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation using biochemical reconstitution and cryoEM. Please get in touch if you are interested in joining this amazing team! 🔬🧬🤩 #RNA #cryoEM 05952
Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Just a reminder that August is peak school holidays in the UK, but also more broadly in Europe and in Canada. If you schedule conferences during August you exclude a large proportion of people from these regions who have family obligations. 1222
Reposted by Lori PassmoreMathew Garnett @mgarnett.bsky.social · 20/09/2025The Garnett Lab is excited to launch DepMap Miner, a new tool to explore cancer dependency data! Built on the Sanger DepMap, the DepMap Miner brings together multi-omic and functional datasets for over 1300 cancer cell models. Start mining data now: dataminer.depmap.sanger.ac.uk 25623
Reposted by Lori PassmoreMarc Bühler @marcbuhler.bsky.social · 08/09/2025We are hiring-join us! 02425
Reposted by Lori PassmoreChrista Buecker @chribue.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Just one more week left to get an application in! Starting my lab at the Perutz and the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social has been a fantastic opportunity that shaped me as a scientist! 02827
Reposted by Lori PassmoreBrian Carrick @bcarrick.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Great start to the EMBL translation control meeting with a keynote from @lapassmore.bsky.social. Excited for all the science to come. #EMBLProtein 0122
Reposted by Lori PassmoreMatthew Freeman @mjafreeman.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Are you a postdoc interested in the mechanisms of disease? Do you have a great record and an exciting vision? Come and start your own lab @dunnschool.bsky.social by applying for sponsorship for early career fellowships. Deadline 30th September...pass it on! www.path.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...path.ox.ac.ukGroup Leader Career Development Fellowships - Dunn SchoolAre you an early career researcher interested in the cell or molecular mechanisms underlying disease? Do you have an outstanding record and an innovative research plan? 06767
Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Unprompted, the 14yo told me she has a deep hatred for Comic Sans. I love that kid so much. 2285
Reposted by Lori PassmoreAaron and the Hoskins Lab at UW Madison @uwmadisonrna.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Fantastic talk by Ethan showcasing our work with @lapassmore.bsky.social lab at @cshlmeetings.bsky.social #RNAPR25! Hurray Ethan! 0101
Reposted by Lori PassmoreFusion Conferences @fusionconf.bsky.social · 19/08/2025⏰Early Bird and Talk Submission Deadline closing soon - Tuesday 26th August 2025 📣Don’t miss your chance to be part of the amazing #DRRSC26 meeting. 👉 Click here for further details & registration: bit.ly/46YQZjW 104
Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Congratulations to @bcarrick.bsky.social on his Shurl and Kay Curci Fellowship through the Life Sciences Research Foundation! Looking forward to the work to come! 0161
Reposted by Lori PassmoreSuyang Zhang @suyangzhang.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Excited to share our latest work! We found transcription factor SPT6 and phosphorylated Pol II CTD help recruit U1 snRNP to elongating Pol II, allowing efficient co-transcriptional splicing. Glad to be featured in the Editors’ Highlights! www.nature.com/articles/s41... #splicing #cryoEM 27222
Reposted by Lori PassmoreKelly Nguyen @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Proud to share our work where we resolved a longstanding question regarding the existence of a human telomerase dimer and provided insights into its function. Led by 3 amazing lab members in collaboration with @yiliangding.bsky.social and @rdaslab.bsky.social. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgCryo-EM structure of human telomerase dimer reveals H/ACA RNP-mediated dimerizationTelomerase ribonucleoprotein (RNP) synthesizes telomeric repeats at chromosome ends using a telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and a telomerase RNA (hTR in humans). Previous structural work showe... 714647
Reposted by Lori PassmoreMax Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 07/07/2025📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Full Professorship in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease. More information ➡️ tinyurl.com/3yn883b8 01520
Reposted by Lori PassmoreMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.ac.uk · 20/05/2025Congratulations to LMB Group Leaders Leo James, Greg Jefferis & Marta Zlatic who have been elected Fellows of the @royalsociety.org! Congratulations also to the #LMBAlumni joining them: John Briggs, Graham Hatfull & Baljit Khakh. Read more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/leo-james-gr... #LMBNews 0426
Reposted by Lori PassmoreUniversity of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 20/05/2025Congratulations to the nine outstanding Cambridge scientists who have been elected as Fellows of the @royalsociety.org, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science academy in continuous existence. Explore their research 👉 www.cam.ac.uk/research/new... #CambridgeUniversity 0141
Reposted by Lori PassmoreBen Lehner @benlehner.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Come and join us! We’re hiring a new Group Leader in Generative Biology at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Building AI models or the data to train them? Core funding of >$130M a year for a faculty of ~30. www.nature.com/naturecareer... acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:... pls RT! 14566
Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 02/05/2025New work from Matti Turtola showing that mRNA poly(A) tail length is controlled by a kinetic ruler. A real pleasure to work with him! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgA kinetic ruler controls mRNA poly(A) tail lengthPoly(A) tails of newly synthesized mRNAs have uniform lengths, arising through cooperation between the cleavage and polyadenylation complex (CPAC) and poly(A) binding proteins (PABPs). In the budding ... 05226
Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 18/04/2025New abstract deadline May 8, 2025. Should be a great meeting!! 061
Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Canadians 🇨🇦 abroad - you can register to vote in the election! You need to do it soon. www.elections.ca/content2.asp...elections.caVoting by mail – Elections CanadaApply to vote by mail, Eligible electors can apply to vote by special ballot. With a special ballot, you can vote by mail from anywhere in the world, 2025. 12613