Reposted by Phillip GroteItai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 10/10/20261. CRISPR came from basic research on bacteria. 2. Optogenetics started with a discovery in algae. 3. The GFP protein comes from jellyfish. The biggest breakthroughs all trace to scientists following their curiosity, and this is one huge reason why we must keep funding basic research! 10624220 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteEMBL @embl.org · 05/10/2026How does an embryo switch from relying on maternal molecules to activating its own genome? Researchers at EMBL Rome reveal that this transition is driven by a flexible, coordinated process of genome activation rather than by a single molecular trigger. Read more: www.embl.org/news/science... 053 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteRhein-Main-Universitäten @rheinmainunis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🎉 WIR HABEN ES GESCHAFFT: Die Allianz der #RheinMainUniversitäten (RMU) aus @goetheuni.bsky.social, @unimainz.bsky.social & @tuda.bsky.social wird ab 2027 im Rahmen der #Exzellenzstrategie als #Exzellenzverbund gefördert: www.rhein-main-universitaeten.de/news/rhein-m... @dfg.de @wissenschaftsrat.de 23510 0
Reposted by Phillip GrotebioRxiv Genetics @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The strength of a gene's first 5' splice site is a key determinant of its expression www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 041 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteNature @nature.com · 28/09/2026Hearts from young donors age rapidly in the bodies of older recipients, and older hearts are rejuvenated inside young people go.nature.com/3TcB7G9go.nature.comTransplanted hearts adjust their biological age to that of their hostTracking the biological age of grafted organs suggests that donor pools could be expanded to boost organ availability. 35920 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteRory Johnson @roryjohnson1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026🧠🦋💫Please share! Ambitious young scientist? Multiple @ERC_Research #postdoc #opportunities in #RNA #DirectedEvolution #GenomeEditing #FitnessLandscapes #Bioengineering #MachineLearning at @GOLDLab_UCD. Full details here: www.gold-lab.org/we-are-hiringgold-lab.orgJoin us | goldlabHome 032 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteNick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Adapting to climate change without ending the fossil fuel industry. 5034251423 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteInternational Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) @transtechsociety.org · 16/09/2026🎉 TT2026 is officially underway! What a fantastic start to TT2026 Meeting in Leiden! It’s been a busy few days of insightful talks, great discussions, networking and plenty of opportunities to catch up with colleagues from around the world. We’re looking forward to an exciting few more days! 011 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteCell - a Cell Press journal @cp-cell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Now online! 4D spatiotemporal landscape of mitochondrial phenotypes across cellular states unlocked through representation learningdlvr.it4D spatiotemporal landscape of mitochondrial phenotypes across cellular states unlocked through representation learningAgarwal et al. introduce MitoSpace, a self-supervised model trained on 4D lattice light-sheet microscopy data. The model resolves drug-induced mitochondrial phenotypes without labels, predicts membrane potential from morphology and dynamics, generalizes to unseen perturbations and lung organoids, and shows that representation quality improves progressively from 2D to 4D. 022 0
Phillip Grote @phillipgrote.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Did you see pipetting scene with the barrier tips on the P1000? 110 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteKurianlab @kurianlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"It will not be the tyrants in pretty costumes, but our daughters and sons who will suffer and perish in the trenches of hatred and war. If we did not learn that from history and recent events, we will relearn it from experience." Anonymous 021 0
Phillip Grote @phillipgrote.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The Shimshek at al, Genesis, 2002 showing the codon-optimized iCre for mouse sees an increase of CRE protein of about 1.5x and other determine a nearly 2x increase in recombination frequency for iCre in mouse. So, it can make a difference, but the effects are most likely dispensable. 010 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteGabrijela Dumbović @gabrijelad.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Join us in Frankfurt on 20 November 2026 for an exciting meeting on spatial RNA regulation! Exciting topics, a fantastic lineup of speakers, and free registration 👇 052 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteKurianlab @kurianlab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgThe human RNA-DNA interactome is cell type-specific and dynamicMore than twenty years ago, the FANTOM consortium uncovered that mammalian genomes are pervasively transcribed, revealing multitudes of RNAs with unknown functions. A subset of these transcripts has s... 0198 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteNicolas Di-Poi @nicolasdipoi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Ever wondered why snake embryos coil?🐍 A beautifully simple question with a fascinating answer: a growth mismatch between body & gut shapes the coil Our study from @helsinki-biotech.bsky.social @helsinki.fi with T. Miyashita & R.E. Diaz in @currentbiology.bsky.social www.cell.com/current-biol...cell.comHow snake embryos coilSnake embryos coil, but how and why they corkscrew remains unexplored. Weber et al. find that the embryos wind up clockwise via buckling of the rapidly elongating axial body against the slow-growing, ... 06722 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteNeil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 29/06/2026Q: What is the only known planet in the Universe to be inhabited entirely by Alien Robots? A: Mars. 3981597 0
Reposted by Phillip GrotePLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 29/06/2026#Splicing dysfunction may represent a cryptic form of #genome erosion. This study shows that intron retention freq is much higher in #recombination -suppressed #MatingType regions in 4 #phytoplankton species, producing aberrant transcripts & functional decay @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/44vbDFI 021 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteFreiheitsrechte.org - GFF @freiheitsrechte.org · 26/06/2026Die AfD ist verfassungswidrig und könnte verboten werden – das ist das Ergebnis unseres umfassenden Rechtsgutachtens. Ein Grund dafür: Die AfD will politische Gegner\*innen unterdrücken. 🧵 12569187 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteFreiheitsrechte.org - GFF @freiheitsrechte.org · 25/06/2026"Sie ist wieder da - die Debatte um ein Verbotsverfahren gegen die AfD. Anlass ist ein Gutachten, das zu dem Schluss kommt: Die Partei ist klar verfassungsfeindlich." www.zdfheute.de/politik/afd-...zdfheute.deAfD-Verbotsverfahren: Gutachten löst eine neue Debatte ausSie ist wieder da - die Debatte um ein Verbotsverfahren gegen die AfD. Anlass ist ein Gutachten, das die AfD als verfassungsfeindlich einstuft. 12449145 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteElphege Nora Lab at UCSF @elphegenoralab.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Interested in hearing about mechanisms of cohesin-dependent vs. -independent enhancer regulation? @karissalhansen.bsky.social will be presenting her work **Tues June 23rd 8am CET** www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Thank you @genome-org-aus.bsky.social ! 👇 1209 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteDan Landau @landau.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Exciting breakthrough technology from the lab, now live in @cellcellpress.bsky.social ! Instead of cutting the genome where proteins bind (e.g., Cut&Tag), D&D-seq scars the DNA with a deaminase, allowing single cell genome mapping of TFs and chromatin remodellers! 212851 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteInternational Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) @transtechsociety.org · 09/06/2026Submit today!! Time is running short to present your work at #TT2026 tt2026.org 011 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteKurianlab @kurianlab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Seminar Alert: *Prof. Elena Conti* 'RNA exosome complex: Molecular Mechanisms of RNA degradation in health and disease' When: 18.06.2026, 14:00 Where: Haus 22-1 (lecture hall H22-1), Neiderad Campus (Uni KliniK), Goethe University RT🙏 @scale-cluster-ffm.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social 1157 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteDoris Kaltenecker @dorie00.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Super happy to see our work published in @nature.com last week 🤩 By combining whole-body tissue clearing, light-sheet microscopy and AI, we mapped obesity-associated remodeling across the entire mouse body in 3D at cellular resolution. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @erturklab.bsky.social 2236 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteInternational Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) @transtechsociety.org · 18/05/2026TWO WEEKS to go!!!!! Submit your abstract for TT2026 today #tt2026 #transgenic #GEMM tt2026.org/abstract-sub... 011 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteVijay G. Sankaran @bloodgenes.bsky.social · 01/05/2026🚨 Excited to share a new paper in Cell! Human genetics led us to HOTSCRAMBL, a HOXA-locus lncRNA that regulates 🩸#stemcell self-renewal and HOXA9 splicing, with implications for AML. Amazing work by @lvchosen1.bsky.social with many others! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 16121 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteNature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 28/04/2026The authors of a Comment artcle in Nature outline four key aspects of the drug development and approval process that need updating to make the production of personalized CRISPR therapies economically viable. #medsky 🧬🧪go.nature.comPersonalized CRISPR therapies could soon reach thousands — here’s howA fresh approach to trialling treatments for rare genetic diseases could make their production an economically viable prospect at last. 1174 0
Reposted by Phillip GrotebioRxiv Genetics @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Transcription termination safeguards quiescent chromatin for faithful cell-cycle re-entry www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 011 0
Phillip Grote @phillipgrote.bsky.social · 07/03/2026A nice opportunity to repost some great work from Mary Lyon. Transmission Ratio Distortion in Mice - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...annualreviews.orgTransmission Ratio Distortion in Mice▪ Abstract The most studied example of transmission ratio distortion (TRD) in mice is that of the t-complex. This is a variant region of Chromosome 17 which exists as a polymorphism in wild mice. Male... 000 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteJoanna W Jachowicz @jjachowicz.bsky.social · 02/03/2026If you want to explore ncRNA dynamics during mammalian development, love microscopy, and are not afaraid of transposons biology, apply‼️ We are looking for a postdoc to join our team at @imbavienna.bsky.social More details 👇🏻 02329 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteMike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social · 08/03/2025its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further 126187574572 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteCraig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 16/02/2026This is a fascinating paper that reveals defined and clear mechanism for a phenomenon that for some seemed unbelievable- the up regulation of genes paralogous to those with specific types of inactivating mutations. This is called transcriptional adaptation 1/ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgMechanisms linking cytoplasmic decay of translation-defective mRNA to transcriptional adaptationTranscriptional adaptation (TA) is a genetic robustness mechanism through which mutant messenger RNA (mRNA) decay induces sequence-dependent up-regulation of so-called adapting genes. How cytoplasmica... 411953 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteKinga Kamieniarz-Gdula @stoplab.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Attention RNA biology and antisense therapy folks: this is HUUUUUUGE!!! Termination windows as therapeutic opportunity! 153 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteInternational Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) @transtechsociety.org · 03/02/2026Be seen at TT2026 in Leiden! Sponsorship and exhibition opportunities are now available for TT2026. Put your brand in front of a global audience and be part of an exciting international conference. ✨ Sponsorship Packages ✨ High-impact Brand exposure 📩 Enquire now: tt2026@in-conference.org.uk 031 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteEleonora Leucci @leuccilrcb.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Our atlas of lncRNAs associated with M1 and M2-like phenotype in TAMs in lung cancer is out www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comAssociation of tumour-associated macrophage states with non-conserved lncrnas in lung cancer - Genes & ImmunityGenes & Immunity - Association of tumour-associated macrophage states with non-conserved lncrnas in lung cancer 162 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteMax-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 29/01/2026Wir sind bei der Kinotour von "BLAME" in Köln, München und Berlin mit dabei! Der erste Termin findet am 3.2. im Odeon Kino in #Köln statt. Nach der Filmvorführung spricht Regisseur Christian Frei mit Leon Wansleben. Er ist Forschungsgruppenleiter @mpifg.bsky.social 📽️ www.mpg.de/25990221/dok... 193 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteŽiga Avsec @avsecz.bsky.social · 28/01/2026AlphaGenome is out in @nature.com today along with model weights! 🧬 📄 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 💻 Weights: github.com/google-deepm... Getting here wasn’t a straight path. We discussed the story behind the model, paper & API in the following roundtable: youtu.be/V8lhUqKqzUc 48740 0
Reposted by Phillip GrotebioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Human heart organoids reveal a regenerative strategy for mitochondrial disease www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 021 0
Reposted by Phillip Grotemaasslab.bsky.social @maasslab.bsky.social · 16/12/2025CISTR-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.comtinyurl.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-67591-x 111 0
Reposted by Phillip GrotebioRxiv Genetics @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social · 15/12/2025A systems genetics approach to uncover mitochondrial drivers of heart failure reveals mitochondria-nuclear cross talk in genetically diverse mouse strains www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 011 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteFrankfurt Cancer Institute @loewe-fci.bsky.social · 03/12/2025First day of the #Microbiome Symposium at #Georg-Speyer-Haus organized by LOEWE-FCI professor Canan Arkan was a great success. Thanks to all speakers & supporters (Cathrin Schleussner from Schleussner Stiftung and Martin Zörnig, Else-Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung). Looking forward to the second day! 162 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteCell - a Cell Press journal @cp-cell.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Now online! RNA innate immunity constitutes a barrier for interspecies chimerismdlvr.itRNA innate immunity constitutes a barrier for interspecies chimerismInterspecies PSC co-culture induces horizontal RNA transfer that activates innate immunity in “winner” mouse cells, a response that is alleviated by Mavs deletion, thereby enhancing “loser” human PSC survival and chimerism. 042 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteProLOEWE @proloewe.bsky.social · 21/11/2025🍾🥂 @melanietichet.bsky.social of @loewe-fci.bsky.social is an awardee of the Metastasis Prize of the Beug Foundation 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣. We congratulate👏🏼 and look forward to the progress the research will bring to the treatment of metastatic melanoma in older patients➡️https://www.beugstiftung-metastase.de/tichet/melanietichet.bsky.socialMélanie Tichet (@melanietichet.bsky.social)Cancer biologist - Group Leader at the Georg-Speyer-Haus Institute (GSH) and FCI in Frankfurt - Passionate about tumor microenvironment & immunology 071 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteFrankfurt Cancer Institute @loewe-fci.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Happy to welcome Wael Mansour from MSNZ Hamburg / Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf on November 25 2025; 1:30 p.m. "From mutation to medication: Personalizing prostate cancer treatment via targeting DNA repair pathways" Venue: Georg-Speyer-Haus, Lecture Hall Hosts: Anne Fassl & Henning Reis 021 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteAnders H. Lund @andershlund.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Are you looking to establish yourself as a scientific group leader? BRIC is recruiting 1-2 junior group leaders to join our research centre in the heart of Copenhagen. See more at www.bric.ku.dk Please repost and get in touch if you are curious. 01210 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteKurianlab @kurianlab.bsky.social · 16/11/2025www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgNuclear-import receptors remodel the dilute phase to suppress phase transitions of RNA-binding proteins with prion-like domains.RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) with prion-like domains, including FUS, hnRNPA1, and hnRNPA2, assemble into functional, metastable condensates that organize ribostasis, but can also transition into self-t... 094 0
Reposted by Phillip GroteFragDenStaat @fragdenstaat.de · 15/11/20251 Milliarde Euro gehen der Allgemeinheit jedes Jahr durch Steueroasen verloren. Mit dem @zdfmagaz.in haben wir Gemeinden in Deutschland ausfindig gemacht, in denen Konzerne & Promis von einem extrem niedrigen Gewerbesteuerhebesatz profitieren. Klickt euch durch auf steueroasen.watch! 12523182 0