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Sara Luzzi

@saraluzzi.bsky.social
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Faculty Fellow at Newcastle University, looking at RNA and steroid hormones in cardio-oncology. She/her. www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/peop…

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Sara Luzzi @saraluzzi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I’ve taken on the "Walk 30 Miles in September" Challenge to help raise money for @cancerresearchuk.org. I'm aiming to push and do much more than 30 miles by the end of the month. If you'd like to support and help fund cancer research you can do so here: fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/saras-g...
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Cancer has touched my family in many different ways. I've lost my grandfather, my aunt and family friends to different types of cancer, and I've seen how cancer completely changed the lives of aunts w...
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Sara Luzzi @saraluzzi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Two weeks left to submit your abstract and save £50 with early booking! Register now: www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f...
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Genetics Society UK @gensocuk.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Less than a month to go for our RNA in physiology and disease conference in Newcastle! Register now and join us next month to find all the latest RNA research: genetics.org.uk/events/rna-i...
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Sara Luzzi @saraluzzi.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🧬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐊 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 🧬 Join us in York 18–20 November! We have an exciting program, presentation opportunities available and super-early booking discounts if you register by 18th August! More information here: www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f...
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Sara Luzzi @saraluzzi.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Don't miss your chance to register and send your abstract!
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Sara Luzzi @saraluzzi.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Transcription and Chromatin UK is back! This time in Manchester, 17th-19th September. Send your abstract by 17th July for the opportunity to discuss your work with the UK RNA and epigenetics community, and with leading experts from abroad. Click the link below and spread the word!
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LEGEND: Leukaemia EpiGenomic & ENhancer Dysregulation group @ljrusselllab.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Lisa Russell just wrote an insightful article for #CancerNews from @cancerresearchuk.org where she takes us through the promise of super-enhancer biology and what it means for cancer. Read the whole article here: news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/05/21/b...
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Beyond the genome: Harnessing the power of super-enhancers for blood cancer - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News
The mysteries of the epiregulome need to be tackled head-on if we are to get new precision treatments for blood cancers
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Connor Rogerson @doctorconnor.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Transcription and Chromatin UK is back for 2025 in Manchester! Make sure you register your interest to be kept in the loop about registration and abstract submission. www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t...
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Transcription and Chromatin UK 2025
Transcription and Chromatin UK brings together the rich transcription and epigenetics community in the UK and leading experts from abroad, and will feature all aspects of transcription and chromatin r...
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Sara Luzzi @saraluzzi.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Excited to be at the #ProstateCancerUK #MakingProgress meeting. Loads of great research being showcased today @prostateukprofs.bsky.social @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social
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Wyatt Yue @wyattyue.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
**deadline Mar 30th** Passionate about #cryoEM? Interested in #PhD project on allosteric mechanism of a dynamic enzyme implicated in metabolic and neurological disorders? Join @allostericstate.bsky.social and me in NCL on a funded @mosmedcdt.bsky.social studentship. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Claudia Schneider @cschneiderncl.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
We have a 4 year PhD position available to study the impact of the RNA exosome on ribosome specialisation! Get in touch if you are interested or just apply. March 31st deadline. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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The impact of the RNA exosome on ribosome specialisation in different cell types at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The impact of the RNA exosome on ribosome specialisation in different cell types at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Sara Luzzi @saraluzzi.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Our Research Theme has joined the platform! Hit follow for updates on our work. 🧬🧫🧪🔬
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Carmofon Lab @carmofonlab.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
First: I apologize for never coming here and now doing so only to brag 😬 Second: I am very proud of the people in our lab. We are a small group in a Bio department and this work took an enormous amount of effort from every one here. rdcu.be/eaxEz
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Cooperative nutrient scavenging is an evolutionary advantage in cancer
Nature - Nutrient-starved tumour cells cooperate by secreting aminopeptidases that digest oligopeptides in the microenvironment, creating a shared pool of free amino acids.
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WHO @who.int · 11/02/2025
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.
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The EMBO Journal @embojournal.org · 10/02/2025
Proteogenomic analysis of evolved aneuploid cell lines & primary tumors reveals cancer adaptive strategies for alleviating aneuploidy consequences – including increased expression of DNA replication & repair factors & of FOXM1 targets Zuzana Storchova and coworkers www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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Faraz Mardakheh @handle.invalid · 05/02/2025
🚨Thanks to generous support from @cancerresearchuk.org, we have multiple postdoctoral positions available in our lab (www.mardakhehlab.info) @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social to study ribosomes synthesis in cancer. Get in touch if you’re interested + RT and spread the word! 📣 #cancer #RNA 🚨
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Teif lab @teiflab.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Here is a growing list of conferences and schools in gene regulation for 2025 generegulation.org/conferences-.... You can order/filter this list by the date, deadline, location. Please reply here to suggest new events* *should be specific to gene regulation
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Conferences & Schools – 2025 – Gene Regulation – Teif Lab
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coffeylabuk.bsky.social @coffeylabuk.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
PhD Position available in my lab. Interested in prostate cancer research and developing novel disease models to accelerate research impact then this is for you. Come and join of research community @nucancer.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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PhD studentship in Prostate Cancer - Refining human prostate tissue culture techniques for better in vivo mimicry and therapeutic insights at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - PhD studentship in Prostate Cancer - Refining human prostate tissue culture techniques for better in vivo mimicry and therapeutic insights at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Magda Kopczyńska @mgkopczynska.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Do you know where transcription of a gene actually stops? Hint: it is not the annotated gene end. In our new paper in Nucleic Acids Research we argue that phosphorylation on threonine 4 of RNA Pol II CTD is a marker of transcription termination in animals... 🧵 academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
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Mike Lee @theleelab.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
We just posted a preprint about a death mechanism that we find truly surprising. When you turn off transcription, cells die (duh!)... but did you know this happens due to loss of Pol II itself, not loss of Pol II activity!?! preprint here and a thread (1/n): www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧪
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Pol II degradation activates cell death independently from the loss of transcription
Pol II-mediated transcription is essential for eukaryotic life. While loss of transcription is thought to be universally lethal, the associated mechanisms promoting cell death are not yet known. Here,...
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Lucas Farnung @lucas.farnunglab.com · 12/12/2024
Ever wondered how transcription choreographs histone modifications? Our work reveals the basis of co-transcriptional H3K36me3 by SETD2. We visualize how a histone writer coordinates with the transcription machinery! This is the magnus opus of @jonmarkert.bsky.social! tinyurl.com/setd2
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Sam @ddr-sam.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Beware using FLAG tags in SUMOylation studies, as the lysines in the DYKDDDDK sequence can be SUMOylated according to this report... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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An Atypical Mechanism of SUMOylation of Neurofibromin SecPH Domain Provides New Insights into SUMOylation Site Selection
Neurofibromin (Nf1) is a giant multidomain protein encoded by the tumour-suppressor gene NF1. NF1 is mutated in a common genetic disease, neurofibroma…
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Sara Luzzi @saraluzzi.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Interested in RNA biology, cancer or vascular research? I have a position open for either a research assistant or a new postdoc to start expanding the fast-growing research area of cardio-oncology! Apply here: jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl... Happy to have informal chats! Please share 🧬.
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Research Assistant/Associate - Regulation of gene expression
Research Assistant/Associate - Regulation of gene expression
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Christine Mordstein @cmordstein.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Can anyone recommend a service provider offering nanopore direct RNA-seq? Looking for reasonable pricing and turnaround time; ideally based in UK or Europe. #RNA #RNAseq #ONT #RNAsky
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Andrew Holding @andrewholding.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Are you looking for PhD studentship? We're advertising a fully funded PhD project, get in touch if you're interested. The project focuses the effects of hypoxia in tumours on the oestrogen response in breast cancer. Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PhDLife #BCMS 🧪 Please Share.
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Elucidating the Mechanism of Hypoxic Reprogramming of the Estrogen Response. at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Elucidating the Mechanism of Hypoxic Reprogramming of the Estrogen Response. at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Simon Bamforth @simonbamforth.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
First post on Bluesky! I have been awarded a @thebhf.bsky.social 3 year #PhD Studentship so looking for enthusiastic people to apply who are interested in researching the #genetics of #cardiovascular development @newcastleuni.bsky.social. Apply here: tinyurl.com/yc6paa5w
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Andrew Holding @andrewholding.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
If you're here to reconnect with Nuclear Receptor biologists, I made a go at a starter pack of who I've found. If you want to be added or if you have suggestions of wonderful people I've missed - let me know. You're also welcome to follow me for StarTrek gifs and scicomm. 🧪 go.bsky.app/UeBP3kx
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Dr Zeinab Rekad 🔬🧬🧪 @zeinabrekad.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
#RNA researchers and afficionados: New to Bluesky or been here for a while? Check my #RNAsky starting pack and feel free to ask me to add you to the list. Or share with us your RNA starter pack ! 🧪 go.bsky.app/RN6HnZp
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Sara Luzzi @saraluzzi.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
First post on this platform with some exciting news: I'll be starting a position as Faculty Fellow here in Newcastle in January 2025! The lab will be studying #transcription and #RNA processing in #cardiooncology. More updates to come in the next few months so watch this space! 🦋
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