FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...

Curious about epigenetics, gene regulation, and developmental biology? Apply for the PhD position in Mannervik lab at Stockholm University! We use single-cell genomics and genetic approaches to uncover how cells acquire their identities during development. Explore the chromatin landscape with us!

Excited to share our new paper in @cp-molcell.bsky.social Molecular Cell: "Catalytic-dependent and independent functions of the histone acetyltransferase CBP promote pioneer-factor-mediated zygotic genome activation" — the big part of my PhD! www.cell.com/molecular-ce...