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altmeyerlab @altmeyerlab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New Postdoc & PhD openings coming up. Very grateful to the @snsf.ch for continuous research funding! PhD students will be recruited through @lifesciencezurich.bsky.social, postdoc candidates are encouraged to get in touch by email (contact details on www.altmeyerlab.org/). Thanks for sharing!
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Altmeyer Lab
Research group headed by Matthias Altmeyer, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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Craig MacLean @craigmaclean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Postdoc position available in my group to work on ERC funded project on evolutionary biology of antibiotic resistance. Looking for someone with expertise in bacterial genetics, AMR, and evolutionary biology. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSZ416/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Oxford
Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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annadumitriu.bsky.social @annadumitriu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The wonderful symposium keynote for the opening of “Shimmer: Dreaming the Posthuman” at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville with Mark Scala, Christiane Paul + Tina Rivers Ryan and great to see our “ArchaeaBot: A Post Singularity and Post Climate Change Lifeform” here. #sciart
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Michael Hiller @hillermich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy to share results of the @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social phase 1, providing reference genomes covering 21 bat families. New insights into bat phylogeny, ancestral genome reconstruction, European origin & ancestral echolocation. Great work by a team of 100+ colleagues www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography - Nature
An updated phylogeny of bats is presented, based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils and including all known bat families.
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Helmholtz Institute Würzburg @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🚨 Last chance to apply for the @rnamed.bsky.social graduate program! 🧬 🗓️ Applications close tomorrow, so don’t miss out: www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/imib/rnam...
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annadumitriu.bsky.social @annadumitriu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In London installing my artwork “Manna: Epigenetics, Conflict and Intergenerational Trauma” at an event celebrating the legacy of the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy at King's College London, thanks to collaborators Prof Rachel Kerr (pictured with me) and curator Cecile Bourne-Farrell.
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Come be our colleague. I have been in this Division for 27 years (4 as a postdoc and 23 as a PI). It is an amazing place to work, collaborate, and be inspired. If you are applying to be an Assistant or Associate Professor this Fall, don't miss this deadline.
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Epigenetics at Helmholtz Munich @epihmgu.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A great weekend at our Summer School! On Saturday, we enjoyed a seminar by Alexander Stark (IMP Vienna) on Decoding transcriptional regulation. On Sunday, students went on a scenic hike to Andechs, combining science, networking, and Bavarian views. 🌿🥾🧬 #Helmholtz #SummerSchool #Abcam #Epigenetics
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Cornelia Schwayer @cschwayer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I will be opening my research group at the Max Delbrück Center later this year to unravel the principles governing the unique context sensing capacity of the liver www.mdc-berlin.de/schwayer and am looking for enthusiastic PhD applicants.
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Schwayer Lab
The mammalian liver possesses a regenerative capacity that is unmatched by any other organ. Following injury, liver epithelial cells can proliferate or even change their identity, enabling the organ t...
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Darío Lupiáñez @dariloops.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🚨 Job Alert - Please share 🙏 Interested in 3D gene regulation in development & evolution? 🤓🧬 💥 Our lab at @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social is expanding! ✅ 4 years fully funded PhD position 💻🧪 Experimental or computational backgrounds welcome 👇 Details below #PhDPosition #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Deadline in less than two weeks!
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ME Torres-Padilla @metorrespadilla.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
In Formation - 4 artists - one goal: Art & Science Vernissage 5.07 at 17h00 @Muffatwerk
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4R: R-loop Regulation in Robustness and Resilience @4r-rtg.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Registration for the 18th RNase H meeting is open! Join us at IMB Mainz from 04–06 November 2026 for the “RNase H 2026”, organized by 4R RTG and IMB Mainz. Don't miss this conference and register now via: 4r-rtg.de/rnase-h-2026/ #IMB #RNASEH2026 #4R-RTG
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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Come join the new Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Design as a group leader Cool science in a great scientific environment in wonderful and very family friendly Copenhagen There are two positions that can either be at TT assistant or associate prof level employment.ku.dk/tenure-track...
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Tenure-track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of De novo Protein Design
The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Design at the University of Copenhagen seeks to appoint two new group leaders in de novo protein design from 1 February 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter. These positions will be at the Assistant or Associate Professor level and associated with the Department of Biology (Faculty of Science) or the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology (Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences).
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Jonathan Göke @jonathangoeke.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Nanopore sequencing provides not just long reads, but the the raw signal data can also be used to identify RNA and DNA modifications. This repository (and the associated review) lists some of the great tools that have been developed www.cell.com/trends/genet...
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Beyond sequencing: machine learning algorithms extract biology hidden in Nanopore signal data
Nanopore sequencing provides signal data corresponding to the nucleotide motifs sequenced. Through machine learning-based methods, these signals are translated into long-read sequences that overcome t...
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Wellcome Sanger Institute @sangerinstitute.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Sloths are the slowest mammals on the planet and now we know why. Scientists have sequenced the two-toed sloth genome and found ‘jumping genes’ linked to their extremely slow metabolism 🦥 Read more here ⤵️ www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/why-are-…
Photo: Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus). Photo courtesy of Berlin Zoo.
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Rob Klose @robklose.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Help please! We need to do some large(ish) cell culture inhibiting E-cadherin with a monoclonal antibody. Does anyone have the DECMA-1 hybridoma cell line so we could purify our own antibody? or a similar monoclonal that would do the job. Any help greatly appreciated, just DM me. Please repost!
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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
📣 POSTDOC position available in the Feschotte Lab at Cornell to work on #TRANSPOSONS! More details below. Pls send informal application or inquiry ASAP by DM or email to cf458_at_cornell.edu. Pls spread the word 🙏 #TEsky www.thefeschottelabatcornell.com
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The Feschotte Lab at Cornell
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Phuc Vo @homyphucvo.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
There's also a chance for YOU to share your science. 🔬 Registration closes 5 June 2026. 👉 Details + registration link: replifate.eu/event/meetin... #DNAReplication #GenomeStability #Chromatin #MolecularBiology #MSCA #HorizonEurope #RepliFate
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Events for May 2026
06-07 July 2026 | Munich, GermanyDNA Replication and Its Impact on Genome and Chromatin MaintenanceWe are RepliFate, a European Training Doctoral Network dedicated to understanding how DNA replication...
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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Wrote a short piece on Transposable Elements as catalysts of evolutionary innovation for a forthcoming special issue of @naturerevgenet.bsky.social on, duh, Evolutionary Innovation! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Transposable elements as catalysts of evolutionary innovation - Nature Reviews Genetics
In this Comment, Cedric Feschotte highlights evidence from diverse lineages showing that transposable elements are key drivers of evolutionary innovation, repeatedly introducing regulatory and coding ...
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Goeke Lab @goekelab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
We are thrilled to release Bambu-pipe 🧬 🚀 A Nextflow pipeline built for speed, scalability, and precision — unlocking isoform-level insights from long-read single-cell and spatial RNA-seq data💡 🔗 GitHub: github.com/GoekeLab/bambu-pipe 📄 Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.30.630828
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GitHub - GoekeLab/bambu-pipe: Transcript discovery and quantification for long read single cell and spatial transcriptomics data using Bambu
Transcript discovery and quantification for long read single cell and spatial transcriptomics data using Bambu - GoekeLab/bambu-pipe
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Emilio Lecona @emlecona.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Salimos, salimos.
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ME Torres-Padilla @metorrespadilla.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Visionary Inspirational These are two of the words that come to mind when i think of Pierre, whom I had the privilege to know and work at the Institute he founded. He led a field and he led the people.
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Alexis Verger 🧬🧫🧪 @alexis-verger.cpesr.fr · 07/05/2026
#RIP Pierre Chambon (1931-2026) 1963 PARP 1970 RNA Pol II 1975 Nucleosome 1977 Split genes 1980 Promoter 1983 enhancer 1986 Nuclear receptor
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Nicolas Rivron @nicolasrivron.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Hi all! 👋 leeboratory.bsky.social and I are recruiting a VIP³ postdoc to join our teams and decode the genetic logic of how blastoids transit to the post-implantation stage. MolBio, genetics and computational approaches. If this sounds like you (or someone you know), we’d love to hear from you! 🚀
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IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · 06/04/2026
📢 We are #hiring! #GroupLeader positions open at #IRBBarcelona in #ChemicalBiology and #StructuralBiology. Application deadline: May 22, 2026 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 ➡️ shorturl.at/1tE3n 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 ➡️ shorturl.at/eKiJn #IRBJobs #Jobs #AcademicSky
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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 30/03/2026
Crick evolutionary biologist @margaridamcm.bsky.social is working with conservation charity ZSL to investigate an enduring mystery: how the placenta has evolved with incredible variation across species. Read the full story: www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03...
A person stands outdoors in front of a giraffe, looking up at it.A newborn giraffe and an adult giraffe in an enclosure.Two people examine a sample of giraffe placenta on a metal bench.A person in a white lab coat loads samples into a machine in a lab.
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Epigenetics at Helmholtz Munich @epihmgu.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Summer School on Chromatin Biology. Transform your knowledge and skills with this 2 week course focusing on ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, ChIC/CUT&RUN, CUT&Tag, and bioinformatics analyses. Aug 17 - 29 Interested? Apply by April 18 bit.ly/4bZwHHR #abcam #summerschool #phd #helmholtzmunich
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Summary - Summer School on Chromatin Biology: A Hands-On Expedition
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Epigenetics at Helmholtz Munich @epihmgu.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Time is almost up! Get your application in now for the Chromatin Summer School 2026. ✅Summer in Munich ✅Immersive lectures ✅Hands on training ✅Networking with leading scientists in the field including @metorrespadilla.bsky.social and @robertife.bsky.social Apply before March 29: bit.ly/4t3Tbyx
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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 23/03/2026
“I think it’s a real mistake to forget where the pipeline for all this begins.” John Diffley reflects on the importance of basic research, his mission to decode DNA replication and recreate it in the lab, and the scientific optimism of the 1960s that helped shape it. www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03...
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The EMBO Journal @embojournal.org · 23/03/2026
Which transcription factors control transposable element expression during zygotic genome activation? Gain-of-function screen by @metorrespadilla.bsky.social and coworkers identifies TBP as direct regulator of mouse endogenous retrovirus-like elements link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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TBP regulates transposable element expression in early mouse embryos - The EMBO Journal
The activation of the embryonic genome is a crucial step in development. In addition to thousands of genes, many transposable elements (TEs) are robustly transcribed during early mammalian development...
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Epigenetics at Helmholtz Munich @epihmgu.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
⏰ Deadline approaching! Apply now for the Chromatin Biology Summer School 2024 and join an inspiring week of science, learning, and community. Submit before March 29th to be considered for this exciting opportunity: bit.ly/4oGDR8f #chromatin #summerschool
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ME Torres-Padilla @metorrespadilla.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Just out! 👀 for TFs that regulate TEs.Clara's work with @tamas-schauer.bsky.social @marliesoomen.bsky.social @palmrinmoy.bsky.social and bluesky-less lab members 🌎 identifies TBP as a regulator of specific ERVL class: MaLRs in 🐭embryos -as always -feedback welcome👍 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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ME Torres-Padilla @metorrespadilla.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Congratulations Melina !!!@schuhlab.bsky.social !! Very nice to read this news. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
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ME Torres-Padilla @metorrespadilla.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
We go live!!! Join us Munich July5-7th to hear exciting research on #Replication by leaders in the field AND !! registration is FREE 🥳 (but mandatory) - we hope to see many in Munich 🍺 @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social @replifate.bsky.social @epicrossborders.bsky.social replifate.eu/event/meetin...
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Events for February 2026
06-07 July 2026 | Munich, GermanyDNA Replication and Its Impact on Genome and Chromatin MaintenanceWe are RepliFate, a European Training Doctoral Network dedicated to understanding how DNA replication...
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Stefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The CiM-IMPRS PhD program in #Münster is offering 16 #PhD positions in Life and Natural Sciences! Perform cutting-edge resesearch in a vibrant international setting and lively city! Apply by May 1st, 2026 - see www.uni-muenster.de/CiM-IMPRS/ap... @uni-muenster.de @mpi-muenster.bsky.social
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Nadine Vastenhouw @nvastenhouw.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
What an opportunity! Don’t miss it!!
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ME Torres-Padilla @metorrespadilla.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Don't forget to sign up - outstanding speakers, great discussions - join us in Munich in *July* 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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Veronica Finazzi @veronicafin.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Happy to share our new preprint! 📊 We benchmarked methods for locus-level transposable element quantification in short-read scRNA-seq, using both real datasets and simulations with read-level ground truth. Huge thanks to @catavallejos.bsky.social and @antonio-scialdone.bsky.social! #TEsky
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Claudia Keller Valsecchi @kellervalsecchi.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Our Lab is searching a postdoc for an exciting ERC-funded project that will start this summer. Apply if you’re passionate about multi-omics, cutting-edge computational approaches, and exploring biological questions across the animal 🪼 🪱 🐞 🦎 🦋 🕷️ tree of life www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
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Postdoctoral Researcher (ERC-funded project)
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Joaquina Delas @joadelas.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
📣 We are looking for new colleagues 🔬🧬🧪 The @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at University College London @ucllifesciences.bsky.social are looking for outstanding candidates to sponsor for career development fellowships. Fellows would then be assessed for tenured positions at the end of the fellowship term.
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · 02/03/2026
Fantastic news! 🙌 The Perutz is excited to welcome Danny Nedialkova as a new group leader starting this April! 🎉 She will strengthen the institute's research on the fundamental mechanisms that shape cellular physiology and disease ➡️ www.maxperutzlabs.ac.at/research/res...
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michael-imbeault.bsky.social @michael-imbeault.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Find our latest Perspective article in Nature Genetics on "The role of KRAB zinc-finger proteins in expanding the domestication potential of transposable elements" at www.nature.com/articles/s41..., with implications for the future of research on the cause of human disease.
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The role of KRAB zinc-finger proteins in expanding the domestication potential of transposable elements - Nature Genetics
This Perspective explores the co-evolution of transposable elements and KRAB zinc-finger proteins in relation to their integration into human gene regulatory networks, highlighting their potential eff...
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ME Torres-Padilla @metorrespadilla.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Check this out ! 👇👇work from @martingroth.bsky.social & Valentin (bluesky-less) on new findings of DNA methylation &photorespiration - interesting consequences for our environmental 'check' and epigenetic regulation in beautiful plant systems 🪴-which continue to teach us a lot as epigeneticists 😱🐀💻
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Guillermina Ramirez-SanJuan @guille-rochelle.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Excited to share our new preprint exploring how Paramecium achieves diverse flow functions, i.e. feeding and swimming, simultaneously. This work was spearheaded by our ExM expert, PhD student Daphne Laan @daphnelaan.bsky.social : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Rob Schneider @robertife.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Fellowship application dealdine for students from low income countries 🌐will be in 1️⃣ week. Dont miss out on this opportunity ! Hands on Summer School. Cut&Run, Cut@Tag, ChIP, ATACseq and analyse your own data ! ➡️Unique opportunity ! 15 exiting days ➕ Daily high profile lectures. 👉 bit.ly/4oGDR8f
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Sylvie Noordermeer @sylvie-noordermeer.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Science meets art! Our first artistic experience as a lab working together with amazing artist Pei-Ying Lin. Very much looking forward to the final exhibition in Munich early July. @replifate.bsky.social
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EpiCrossBorders @epicrossborders.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Exchange update! In 2025, EpiCrossBorders PhD Daniele Scarcella joined a research exchange in Edinburgh, advancing his work on lineage bias in hematopoiesis. “Informal scientific exchanges really accelerated my thinking.” 🔗Find out more: bit.ly/3Mr1wfV #Epigenetics #PhD #Scientificexchange
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Lena Kutscher @lenakutscher.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
We hope our data can be useful to you, and to increase its usability, we've generated an exploratory web app as a resource and starting point to examine our data on the @kaessmannlab.bsky.social website apps.kaessmannlab.org/HindbrainExp...
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Hindbrain Explorer: A multi-omics atlas of human hindbrain development.
This app accompanies the paper: A multi-omics atlas of human hindbrain development. This interactive application allows users to explore the data presented in the study and use the machine learning mo...
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ME Torres-Padilla @metorrespadilla.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Particularly excited to announce "In Formation" 👉Vernissage 17h00 Munich *5th of July* @Muffatwerk 1st exhibition of Art&Science work from 4 artists, including annadumitriu.co.uk + @replifate.bsky.social Helen Pynor,Solveig Lill & Pei-Ying Lin replifate.eu/event/in-for... 😇STAY TUNED 4more info
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Events for February 2026
We are thrilled to announce In Formation, the first exhibition featuring work from four artist-in-residence projects that bring art into the heart of scientific stem cell and epigenetics research. ...
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