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Wayo Matsushima

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EMBO/JSPS postdoctoral fellow in the Trono lab, EPFL. Studying regulatory evolution driven by transposable elements.

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Susanne Bornelöv @susbo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Delighted and very proud to see our study (and Anna-Maria's first first-author paper) recently out in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @cambiochem.bsky.social @cruk-ci.bsky.social 1/5
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Lifestyles of Gypsy-family transposons shape their regulatory mechanisms | PNAS
Transposable elements (TEs) are a highly diverse group of selfish genomic elements, prevalent across the tree of life, whose uncontrolled propagati...
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Tetsuya Yamada @tyamadat.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Our manuscript on the co-option of TEs as cerebellar CREs is now officially published in @natcomms.nature.com! Huge thanks to @kaessmannlab.bsky.social @marisepp.bsky.social, and @ioansarr.bsky.social for the fantastic collaboration throughout this project! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Gene regulatory innovations from transposable elements in primate cerebellum development - Nature Communications
The roles of transposable elements in primate brain development remain underexplored. Here, the authors identify transposable elements with ancestral regulatory potential that have been co-opted as ci...
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 01/08/2026
Japan has now joined Horizon Europe. Japan’s researchers can now partner with teams across the EU. Together, we will advance global research in health, digital technologies, and climate neutrality ↓ link.europa.eu/YP7MtB
Visual featuring Mount Fuji framed by pink cherry blossoms. At the centre are the overlapping flags of the European Union and Japan, with the text "EU-JAPAN HORIZON EUROPE" overlaid below.
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Peiwei Chen @peiwei-chen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
How do transposons jump when they’re released from host control? I babysat two chromosomes for 2 years, making sure they are ok without most piRNAs. Here’s what we found & excited to share my 1st postdoc paper: “piRNA loss unleashes episodic transposition bursts” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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piRNA loss unleashes episodic transposition bursts
In Metazoa, transposon expression is suppressed by the piRNA pathway, and disruption of this pathway leads to rampant transposon expression. However, it remains unclear whether increased transposon ex...
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Taro Kitazawa @kitazawa-taro.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Please RP! Excited to share our new preprint: “Single-cell chromatin tracing reveals multimodal molecular programs during memory formation” We built a single-cell multiomic atlas of aversive learning and used it to trace memory-linked molecular programs. doi.org/10.64898/202...
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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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Alejandro Burga @arburga.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🧬 New research from the Burga lab! We took a closer look at a rogue selfish protein and caught evolution in the act of turning something old into something radically new 💡 (a.k.a. neofunctionalization) @imbavienna.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Curious? Here’s a breakdown:
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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
👋 Transposon lovers: registration is now open for the CSHL TE meeting! We have a 🔥 lineup of invited speakers and many slots for short talks selected upon abstract across all areas of TE biology. 🧬➰🧬 #TEsky Abstract deadline: July 10 meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
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bioRxiv Bioinfo @biorxiv-bioinfo.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Recursive Repeat Extender (RRE): A recursive approach to automatically extend repeat element models www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Peiwei Chen @peiwei-chen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
plz repost 🙏 we are looking for a technician to start this summer/fall for 1-2 years to work with me at Cornell in the labs of @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social and Andy Clark, in collaboration with @corriemoreau.bsky.social on flies & termites 🪰🐜🧬🔬 Ithaca is gorges! jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...
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CALS- Technician I- Molecular Biology and Genetics in Ithaca, New York, United States of America | Research & Instructional Support at Cornell University
Apply for CALS- Technician I- Molecular Biology and Genetics job with Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States of America. Research & Instructional Support at Cornell University
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canaztekin.bsky.social @canaztekin.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
🚨 Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders? In our new paper in @science.org , we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #EvoDevo
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Species-specific oxygen sensing governs the initiation of vertebrate limb regeneration
Why mammals cannot regenerate limbs like amphibians do presents a long-standing puzzle in biology. To uncover the underlying differences, we compared amputation responses of embryonic mouse (Mus musculus) and Xenopus laevis tadpole limbs. Lowering ...
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Tetsuya Yamada @tyamadat.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Very happy to see this work finally published! I am truly grateful to all the collaborators who made this work possible, especially @ioansarr.bsky.social, @marisepp.bsky.social, and @kaessmannlab.bsky.social. It’s been a pleasure working with you!
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Anne Roulin @anneroulin.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Have we been overstating the role of transposable elements in adaptation to local or rapidly changing environmental conditions? Happy to share my (somewhat unpopular?) opinion paper on this matter: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Thanks to those who already shared the link!
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Blinded by the lights? Re-examining the adaptive role of transposable elements in plants with population genomics
Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous components of the genome whose mobility can be triggered by environmental stress and influenced by genotype…
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canaztekin.bsky.social @canaztekin.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
🚨We are recruiting two PhD students 🚨 1) Quantitative & dynamic analysis of limb-regenerative signaling centers w/ @osvaldo-chara.bsky.social 📶🧮💻 🔗https://www.phd.tuebingen.mpg.de/80704/Quantitative-and-dynamic-analysis-of-limb-regenerative-signaling-center-interactions
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Vivien Horvath @vivienhorvath.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
📣We are looking for a Project Assistant to join my group at the Wallenberg Center for Molecular Medicine at Umeå University. Join us if you are interested in transposable elements, epigenetics and human brain aging. 🧠🧬 Dont hesitate to reach out with any questions! 📣 umu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Project Assistant
The Department of Medical and Translational Biology at the Faculty of Medicine is now seeking a project assistant for a research project related to human brain aging. The position is full-time and lim
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Navin B. Ramakrishna @navinbr.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
High-quality mouse reference genomes [PacBio Long Read genomes of 17 strains] reveal the structural complexity of the murine protein-coding landscape, Cell Genomics. www.cell.com/cell-genomic... Genomes and annotations here: projects.ensembl.org/mouse_genomes/
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High-quality mouse reference genomes reveal the structural complexity of the murine protein-coding landscape
Helmy et al. provide a collection of high-quality mouse reference genomes. They were able to resolve some of the most complex regions among mouse genomes that are involved in immune defense. These fin...
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Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics @molgen.mpg.de · 25/11/2025
🔬 Hot #PhD topic: Single-molecule fluorescence and super-resolution microscopy! Use quantitative nanoscale imaging to map nuclear organization. Apply by Jan 7 to join Johannes Stein’s Lab @jmstein.bsky.social & #IMPRS-BAC #gradschool! 👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/5098010/stei...
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Raquel Fueyo @fueyoraquel.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
The IMPRS-BAC is an outstanding PhD program in Europe. And the endogenous retroviruses in development... what can I say? So much exciting biology to uncover! 🦠🧬#TEsky #StemCells Read the instructions and apply! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Alejandro Burga @arburga.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
🪱 Selfish genes are everywhere and drive some of biology’s biggest innovations (CRISPR, antibody recombination, epigenetics). Yet almost no one asks the obvious question: how does a selfish gene begin? Our new manuscript uncovers how selfishness can emerge directly from the host genome.
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Kaessmann Lab @kaessmannlab.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Did transposable elements shape brain evolution — and if so, which ones, and in which cell states and lineages? Led by @tyamadat.bsky.social, we explored this question in cerebellum development using sequence-based deep learning models! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of our founder, colleague, mentor and friend, Professor Sir John Gurdon. His vision and dedication will continue to inspire generations of scientists. 🔗 www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/nobel-laurea...
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
“For Gurdon to continue in biology would be a complete waste of time both for him and for those who would have to teach him” He proved them wrong! RIP John Gurdon www.cell.com/current-biol...
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John Gurdon
John Gurdon is at the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology in Cambridge. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he changed from classics to zoology. Dur...
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Raquel Fueyo @fueyoraquel.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
⚡⚡Excited to announce I'll be starting my lab at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Genetics (@molgen.mpg.de) in Berlin in December! Leaving sunny California to join a fantastic environment with colleagues who do super cool work. 🔬🦠I'm hiring at all levels! 🔬🦠Check: www.molgen.mpg.de/fueyo-lab
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Emma Harding @emma-harding.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Do you research endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) or want to learn more about them? 🧬🤔 Consider presenting at or attending AuusiERV - an inaugural online symposium for ERV research in Australia 🇦🇺 (and abroad) 🗺️ Abstracts due 1st October! events.humanitix.com/aussierv-2025 #ERV #retrovirus
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AussiERV 2025
AussiERV: Australia’s first symposium dedicated to endogenous retroviruses. Join us for this one-day virtual event on November 7th!
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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
📣 Our department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology to join the @weillinstitute.bsky.social PLS spread the word! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607
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Cornell University, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Job #AJO30607, WDR-00055221 Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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canaztekin.bsky.social @canaztekin.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🚀 Looking for a Bioinformatician / Data Scientist to join our crew and explore regeneration through single-cell genomics & evolutionary biology! @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social 📩 Questions? Contact us ✉️ 🔗 Apply here: www.mpg.de/25243280/bio...
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Bioinformatician / Data Scientist (m/f/d)
Bioinformatician / Data scientist position in the Aztekin Lab focusing on Structural Regeneration and support the working group together with the other members
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Julia Batki @juliabatki.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
I am excited to share that I will join the Friedrich Miescher Institute @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel as a group leader, starting my lab in March 2026 🎉 We will explore cell fate regulation during organogenesis, with a focus on how cell elimination underlies the emergence of functional tissues.
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Juliane Glaser @julianeg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Finally out! 🥳 Our paper showing how a transposable element (TE) insertion can cause developmental phenotypes is now published @natgenet.nature.com 🧬🦠🐁 Below is a brief description of the major findings. Check the full version of the paper for more details: www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02248-5
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Enhancer adoption by an LTR retrotransposon generates viral-like particles, causing developmental limb phenotypes - Nature Genetics
Activation of an LTR retrotransposon inserted upstream of the Fgf8 gene produces viral-like particles in the mouse developing limb, triggering apoptosis and causing limb malformation. This phenotype c...
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Molly Gale (Gale-Hammell Lab) @mollygale.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬 Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025
Barbara McClintock portrait
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Christopher Douse @chdouse.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Come to Lund! We are looking for a postdoc to join the team. #transposons #epigenetics
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Kristina Stapornwongkul @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Thrilled to announce that I am looking for a Research Technician/Assistant to join my lab @imbavienna.bsky.social. Please consider applying if you’re enthusiastic about #devbio #stemcells #teamwork and excited to help shaping a new lab! Thankful for any retweet! 🫶 imba.onlyfy.jobs/job/l6u2m980
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Research Technician
IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology is one of the leading biomedical research institutes in Europe focusing on cutting-edge functional genomics and stem cell technologies. IMBA is located at t...
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Wayo Matsushima @wayomayo.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
New preprint of my postdoc work! We found a novel group of zinc-finger proteins that rapidly evolved in a lineage-specific manner to repress regulatory activities of transposon-derived sequences through anchoring nucleosomes. #TEsky biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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Wayo Matsushima @wayomayo.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Thank you for this fantastic opportunity! Hope you’ll find the elements even stranger after my talk.
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Marlies Oomen @marliesoomen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Very excited to share our paper on Gene and Transposable Element expression in mammalian preimplantation development, online today! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... A short thread to highlight some of our findings 🧵
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canaztekin.bsky.social @canaztekin.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
🚨Why can’t mammals regenerate legs or arms like frog tadpoles or salamanders? Our preprint tackles (part of) this BIG question with surprising findings about oxygen sensing 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Happy New Year, everyone! 🎉 🐭 vs 🐸 #evodevo #regenerative #cellbio 🧵👇
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