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@maasslab.bsky.social
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Senior Scientist SickKids Research Institute - Associate Professor University of Toronto - We study lncRNAs and inter-chromosomal contacts! Non-coding for life!

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maasslab.bsky.social @maasslab.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
CISTR-ACT was the 1st lncRNA involved in inter-chromosomal contacts and in Mendelian disease (brachydactyly). We now revealed CISTR-ACT’s molecular mechanism: tinyurl.com/CISTR-ACT, @sickkidsto.bsky.social, @uoftpress.bsky.social, @natcomms.nature.com, @natureportfolio.nature.com
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-67591-x
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maasslab.bsky.social @maasslab.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
📢 Paper Alert: tinyurl.com/yzy2d864. We characterized tRNA-overlapping lncRNA loci = tROLs! tROL perturbations silence codon-biased genes in inter-chromosomal proximity. tROLs bridge the non-coding and coding genomes. @sickkidsto.bsky.social @uoftpress.bsky.social
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tRNA-overlapping long non-coding RNA loci repress codon-biased genes
Ahmed et al. define tRNA-overlapping lncRNAs (tROLs). tROLs in gene-dense regions interact between chromosomes and depend on each other’s transcription. tROL perturbations silence codon-biased genes i...
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maasslab.bsky.social @maasslab.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Register now and see you soon in Mexico for a great conference and speaker line up!
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maasslab.bsky.social @maasslab.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Finally, the Maass lab is on #Bluesky and seeks science skeets and news! More on lncRNAs and trans-chromosomal contacts (kissing chromosomes / non-homologous chromosomal contacts [NHCCs] soon. Refreshing some older news: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Inter-chromosomal contacts demarcate genome topology along a spatial gradient - Nature Communications
The authors develop a supervised and unsupervised learning algorithm Signature. Machine learning and network model analysis of Hi-C datasets across 62 2n genomes suggest that inter-chromosomal contact...
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