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Dr Kate Giles

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Post doc 🧬👩🏻‍🔬👩🏻‍💻 in @thecesarelab.bsky.social at @cmri.bsky.social | using insights from epigenetics and genome stability to improve peadiatric cancer treatment | Optimist 😊 | Runner 🏃🏻‍♀️ | Wife & Mum 💛🌻

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Australasian Epigenetic Alliance (AEpiA) @aepia.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Tomorrow is the deadline for AEpiA 2026 early bird registration and abstract submission! AEpiA 2026 will be held from 14–16 Sept 2026 at the National Wine Centre, Adelaide, bringing everyone together for 3 days of outstanding science, discussion and networking #AEpiA2026 #Epigenetics #Adelaide
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Excited to be at ISPNO 2026 and hearing all the latest research in paediatric neuro-oncology
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
🎓 Congratulations Dr Sophie 👏 It’s been a genuine privilege to be part of Sophie’s supervisory team and to watch her grow into a thoughtful, resilient, and accomplished scientist. Wishing you every success as you take the next step in your career, you have so much ahead of you 🌟
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Very excites and looking forward to working on this project!
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I had a fantastic few days at the 🧬 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲, 𝗗𝗡𝗔 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 at the Melbourne Museum, which I attended with many colleagues from @cmri.bsky.social It was an excellent meeting filled with inspiring science and engaging talks. Looking forward to the next one in 2027!
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Australasian Epigenetic Alliance (AEpiA) @aepia.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🌟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐑 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 – 𝐃𝐫 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐣 We’re delighted to feature Dr Dhanya Sooraj, one of our career development panellists for the upcoming 𝐀𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐀 𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐑 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦! Dhanya brings a wealth of experience in advanced genomics and epigenetics. #AEpiA #EMCRsymposium
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Australasian Epigenetic Alliance (AEpiA) @aepia.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
🌟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐑 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 – 𝐃𝐫 𝐋𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐥 🌟 We’re excited to spotlight Dr Luke Isbel, one of our inspiring career development panellists for the upcoming Australasian Epigenetics Alliance 𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐑 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦! aepia.org.au/emcr-symposium
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Looking forward to it!
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Australasian Epigenetic Alliance (AEpiA) @aepia.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🧬 𝐀𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐀'𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐑 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦! 🧬 ✅ Registration is open to all and FREE - but essential ✍️ Abstract Deadline (for AEpiA EMCR members only): 31st Oct 👉 Find out more: aepia.org.au/emcr-symposium
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Australasian Epigenetic Alliance (AEpiA) @aepia.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
🧬 Have your say in the future of AEpiA! 🧬 🗓️ Join us this Thursday at 12pm AEST (via Zoom) for the Australasian Epigenetics Alliance Annual General Meeting.
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Australasian Epigenetic Alliance (AEpiA) @aepia.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
🧬 The 2025 Emma Whitelaw ECR publication award is now open! Full T&Cs and application form are on the AEpiA website www.aepia.org.au/emma-whitela... We can't wait to see the exciting research that has been published over the last year! #epigenetics #ECR #research #AEpiA
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Emma Whitelaw Publication Award — Australasian Epigenetics Alliance
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
This yea, I’m running City2Surf to raise money for Children’s Medical Research Institute 🏃‍♀️💙 👉 city2surf25.grassrootz.com/cmri/kate-g I’m already over halfway to my $5K goal! Every dollar counts 🙌 And today is EOFY – a great time for an extra tax deduction while supporting kids’ health 💛
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Kate G in 2025 Voltaren City2Surf
Hi Friends! I am a Postdoc Researcher at CMRI and this year I'm participating in C2S to raise funds for the research we do here. I am trying to fundraise $5000 and would be so grateful for any donati...
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Australasian Epigenetic Alliance (AEpiA) @aepia.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Only 2 days left to apply for our ECR travel awards!! 🛬 Applications close at 5pm AEST Friday 13th June. Note: You must be an ECR member to apply. T&Cs and application form are on our website www.aepia.org.au/conference-t...
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Conference Travel & Presentation Awards — Australasian Epigenetics Alliance
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I want to give a shout out to my friends and family who have donated to my #C2S fundraising campaign for @cmri.bsky.social. To be over halfway to my goal in less than a week is beyond amazing and I am so grateful!
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
This August, I’m running the City2Surf — not just for the challenge of completing the hilly 14 kilometres, but to raise funds for the Children's Medical Research Institute @cmri.bsky.social, where I also work as a scientist 💙 city2surf25.grassrootz.com/cmri/kate-g
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Kate G in 2025 Voltaren City2Surf
Hi Friends! I am a Postdoc Researcher at CMRI and this year I'm participating in C2S to raise funds for the research we do here. I am trying to fundraise $5000 and would be so grateful for any donati...
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Ready to for some amazing single cell science @ozsinglecell.bsky.social!
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Australasian Epigenetic Alliance (AEpiA) @aepia.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
📣 ECR Travel Awards are open! ✈️ The awards are open to post-doctoral ECRs and students who are looking to travel to attend a conference or other relevant event. Application form and T&Cs can be found here: aepia.org.au/conference-t... Applications close 13th June!
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Mel Eckersley-Maslin @meleckmas.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Delighted to share the latest preprint from the lab led by Janith Seneviratne We reveal novel roles for #embryonic regulators DPPA2/4 in facilitating a H2AK119Ub primed #chromatin state when aberrantly up-regulated in non-small cell lung #cancers 🧬🔬 (1/6) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Mark Dawson @mafdawson.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
We are looking for a talented postdoctoral bioinformatician @thedawsonlab.bsky.social to work with us on single cell multiomics incorporating lineage tracing and spatial technologies- we specifically want someone curious, fearless with a licence to innovate!! Come join us!!
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Postdoctoral Fellow (Bioinformatics & Computational Biology) - Parkville, Melbourne (AU) job with Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre – Parkville | 12837684
Applicants are invited to join an exciting multi-discliplinary research program within Mark Dawson’s Laboratory at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
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Mel Eckersley-Maslin @meleckmas.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Join us @petermaccc.bsky.social !
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Excited to see our review on the 3D genome in the cell cycle, DNA repair and DNA replication out today! #3Dgenome #replication #DNArepair #cellcycle #epigenetics #chromatinstructure #chromatinbiology www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...
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Frontiers | Roles for the 3D genome in the cell cycle, DNA replication, and double strand break repair
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The Groth lab @grothlab.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
🚨𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭!🚨The Groth @groth-anja.bsky.social, Mailand, Nilsson @nilssonlab.bsky.social & Krietenstein @nilskrietenstein.bsky.social labs are hiring 𝟔 𝐏𝐡𝐃&𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐬 to join the new Center for Epigenetic Cell Memory (EpiC) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Apply here: tinyurl.com/yvd93na2 & please share!
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6 Postdoctoral and PhD positions in Center for Epigenetic Cell Memory (EpiC)
The Center for Epigenetic Cell Memory (EpiC) is a new Center of Excellence that will be established based on funding by the Danish National Research Foundation.
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The Groth lab @grothlab.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐍𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? Our new study “Disabling leading and lagging strand histone transmission results in parental histones loss and reduced cell plasticity and viability” is out in 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. Led by @lleonie.bsky.social @biranalva.bsky.social 🧵 More below👇
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Disabling leading and lagging strand histone transmission results in parental histones loss and reduced cell plasticity and viability
Losing parental histones during DNA replication fork passage challenges differentiation competence and cell viability.
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Kazuhiro Maeshima @kazu-maeshima.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Our new review on how the #chromatin domain is formed in the cell is now available @Curr Opin Struct Biol.📄✨ We critically discuss the domain formation mechanism from a physical perspective, including #phase-separation and #condensation. 📥 Free-download link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1keGn,LqAr...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 19/02/2025
Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend. The ultracompetitive, 2-year program, which trains Ph.D. scientists in the intricacies of public health laboratory work. scim.ag/4gPy0te
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Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs
Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Huge congratulations to Sophie for delivering her final PhD talk today at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research! 🎉🎉🎉 She has done an incredible job. Supervised by @piptaberlay.bsky.social, Alex and myself, we are so proud of your work! Well done! #phd #epigenetics
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Congrats @thecesarelab.bsky.social, @szmyd-radoslaw.bsky.social, @radoncdocgee.bsky.social and all involved!
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Happy holidays 🎄
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Happy to have contributed to this work and excited to see the preprint is out. Congrats Elyssa, @aachinger.bsky.social and team!
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Karolin Luger @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
this is important! (work from David Clark) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... "..the human genome is globally accessible in living cells, unlike in isolated nuclei.... all nucleosomes in euchromatin and heterochromatin are highly dynamic in living cell...' 🧪 #chromatin #generegulation. Discussion?
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Congratulations @nireynon.bsky.social!
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Feeling grateful for the recognition of my work at the recent #AEpiA2024 conference!
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Australasian Epigenetic Alliance (AEpiA) @aepia.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🌟 Recognising our Early-Career Researchers (ECRs) 🌟 The recent AEpiA 2024 Conference, held in beautiful Dunedin, New Zealand, showcased the excellent work of our AEpiA members including many ECRs. It highlighted the dedication, talent, and innovation that ECRs bring to the field of epigenetics.
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FragileNucleosome @fnucleosome.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
🎄🔔Ho Ho ho!😆 Our final #FragileNucleosome seminar of the year! We are excited to host Julia and Nithya, two amazing ECR scientists! 🗓️Don't forget to register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Finished up our time in New Zealand for #AEpiA2024 with Queenstown #parkrun. Was an absolutely stunning course!
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Grateful to have won a runner up ECR oral presentation prize at #AEpiA2024
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
#AEpiA2024 is wrapping up today. It’s been an amazing few days of science with many excellent talks. So good to see all the work that is being done by our epigenetics community. #epigeneticsresearch #AEpiA
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Well done Pragathi Masamsetti from the Children’s Medical Research Institute for an excellent talk at #AEpiA2024 #epigenentics #chromatinremodelling #developmentalbiology
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Congratulations to @nireynon.bsky.social who was awarded the inaugural Susan Clark Medal at #AEpiA2024 This award recognises an outstanding researcher for their contribution to epigenetics research, leadership and advocacy for the epigenetics community. #AEpiA #epigeneticsresearch #susanclarkmedal
Nir Eynon receiving the Susan Clark Medal at the AEpiA conference
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
On route to AEpiA 2024! Some exciting days of epigenetics research are ahead! #epigenetics #AEpiA
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Daniel Ibrahim @danielibrahim.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
🔺🔺🔺RED TRIANGLE ALERT 🔺🔺🔺 Ever wonder how #TADs compare across the tree of life?Look no further & read our Review!!! Find out what genes & 3D chromatin can & can't do in Bacteria! Archeae! Yeast! Plants! Animals! SMCs & RNA-Pol are the only thing they have in common www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Evolution and function of chromatin domains across the tree of life - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Szalay et al. discuss cross-kingdom similarities and differences in 3D chromatin folding in relation to gene regulation, including in bacteria, archaea, mammals and plants. This comparison reveals cer...
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The Groth lab @grothlab.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Please join this starter pack for everyone working from chromatin replication to epigenetic inheritance and cell fate! Now still small, but we hope to gather everyone interested in joining. Please message us to be added, go.bsky.app/ALFFRUN
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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 26/11/2024
Scientific Journals on 🦋: microbiology, molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, generalist and other 🧪 🧬🖥️ 🦠
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Dr Kate Giles @scientistkate.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Excited to present an update on my work investigating chromatin 🧬 and replication stress ⚡️ at the Australasian Epigenetics Alliance Conference next month in New Zealand🇳🇿! Conference programme is now live! www.aepia.org.au/conferences #epigenetics #chromatin #replication #genomestability #AEpiA
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Conferences — Australasian Epigenetics Alliance
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