Colin M. Hammond
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Biochemist of histone and chromatin biology. Group Leader. University of Liverpool.
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Colin M. Hammond
Brain Tumour Research
5 days ago
Less Survivable Cancers receive just 19% of research funding despite causing 40% of all cancer deaths. This glaring inequality is why we're calling for government to #CloseTheResearchGap.
@lesssurvivable.bsky.social
#CloseTheResearchGap
👉
https://bit.ly/3Ngg6qF
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Check out our recent update from the J domain protein community! Thanks to Janine Kirstein, Rina Rosenzweig, Paolo De Los Rios, Pierre Genevaux, Jaroslaw Marszalek and Harm H. Kampinga for leading this effort
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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J-domain proteins: from molecular mechanisms to diseases
J-domain proteins (JDPs) are known to drive the functional specificity of Hsp70 chaperone machines. Here we report on the latest findings presented at…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1355814525000872?via%3Dihub
5 days ago
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Colin M. Hammond
Mathieu M.J.E. Rebeaud
about 1 month ago
J-domain proteins: from molecular mechanisms to diseases We wrote a paper on the conference about JDPs in Gdansk and I have several of my latest research explained and presented in it.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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J-domain proteins: from molecular mechanisms to diseases
J-domain proteins (JDPs) are known to drive the functional specificity of Hsp70 chaperone machines. Here we report on the latest findings presented at…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1355814525000872?via%3Dihub
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Anja Groth
10 months ago
A few days left to apply for exciting PhD and Postdoc opportunities in wonderful Copenhagen and join our efforts in understanding Epigenetic Cell Memory.
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Great opportunity!
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2 months ago
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Natalia Sanchez-Soriano
2 months ago
Funded 4-year BBSRC NWD PhD to advance neuroscience through vCLEM techniques. 🧠 Are you passionate about EM, neurons, ageing, neurodegeneration? Come and join us! 🙏repost this project with
@ianprior.bsky.social
@natsansor.bsky.social
@aliemliv.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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(BBSRC NWD) Developing a vCLEM pipeline for high-resolution analysis of neurons of the Drosophila brain at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (BBSRC NWD) Developing a vCLEM pipeline for high-resolution analysis of neurons of the Drosophila brain at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/bbsrc-nwd-developing-a-vclem-pipeline-for-high-resolution-analysis-of-neurons-of-the-drosophila-brain/?p190380
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The caterpillar, an epigenetic wonder! Recent birthday celebrations in the lab.
2 months ago
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Colin M. Hammond
James Davies
2 months ago
Our latest paper has just been published in Cell!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
We developed a new method called MCC ultra, which allows 3D chromatin structure to be visualised with a 1 base pair pixel size.
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This is very cool!
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3 months ago
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12 and a bit 5km runs in October, challenge complete! Thanks for all the sponsorship. £585 raised for Cancer Research, and almost £1M nationally - which is amazing!
@cancerresearchuk.org
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3 months ago
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Another great opportunity for a PhD linking hypoxia to cell matrix mechanobiology!
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3 months ago
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Very excited to receive this Spatial Biology in Neuro-Oncology Grant to pump-prime our studies into histone supply biology in high grade glioma patient samples! Thanks to
@standardbiotools.bsky.social
and
@eanoassociation.bsky.social
for your generous support!🙂 🥳🧬🙌Exciting times ahead!! 🤸🧬🥳
3 months ago
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Great opportunities for chromatin transcription related PhDs or a postdoc, with a cool boss in Birmingham!
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3 months ago
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That's £10 per km. Thanks a lot for all the donations!
3 months ago
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Thats me finished my 10th 5k in October! My best time yet, 26 min 40s. Sponsorship goes to
@cancerresearchuk.org
£355 raised so far, please sponsor it all goes to a good cause.
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3 months ago
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www.thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk/news/walton-...
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Walton Centre Neurosurgeon receives prestigious award | News
https://www.thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk/news/walton-centre-neurosurgeon-receives-prestigious-award-1887
3 months ago
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Run 9/10 5ks in October and my first night run for a long time. I am surprised it wasnt faster. I tried to pick a flatter route, but I couldn't always see my feet! One to go!! 💸💸💸
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/colins-...
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A post from Colin's Giving Page
Run 9/10 5ks in october and my first night run for a long time. I am surprised it wasnt faster. I tried to pick a flatter route, but I couldn't always see my feet! One to go!! 💸💸💸
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/colins-giving-page-802?feed=57f0b4d7-1b37-4ef5-b6e5-9b74c0652009
3 months ago
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Run 7. Heart rate suggests my fitness is improving. Valiant sprint finish attempt to break 28 mins but denied by a whisker: 28m08s! 7/10 5ks during october! Am I becoming a runner again? Please send
@cancerresearchuk.org
some money on my behalf 💸💸💸
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/colins-...
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A post from Colin's Giving Page
Run 7! Heart rate suggests fitness is improving. Valiant sprint finish attempt to break 28 mins. 7/10 5ks during october! Am I becoming a runner again?
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/colins-giving-page-802?feed=9b2cbe91-eba8-45bd-8167-91bc759cc945
3 months ago
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Latest run is in....28m15s....6/10 5ks in October! £290 raised so far for
@cancerresearchuk.org
. Thanks for the support 🥳
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3 months ago
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27m20s. 5/10 5k runs for Cancer Research UK. Please sponsor me:
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/colins-..
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3 months ago
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Steadily improving my time. Run four complete as of yesterday morning! 10x 5k in October for Cancer Research UK
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A post from Colin's Giving Page
Steadily improving my time. Run four complete!
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/colins-giving-page-802?feed=52e4ef10-bb73-4225-bce3-448c60132672
3 months ago
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As of this lunch time, 3/10 5k runs in October are now complete and £200 raised for Cancer Research UK. Thanks for all of the donations, please sponsor my efforts!
@livunicancer.bsky.social
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3 months ago
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1st run complete, please donate to the cause.
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Colin's Giving Page
I am running this in memory of my aunty Mandy who passed away this year because of neuroendocrine cancer. Many happy memories to help me back to fitness! Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. I’m ...
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/colins-giving-page-802
4 months ago
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That was quick. I have reached the £50 mark - sufficient to buy enough glass slides for a scientist to examine 1,470 tumour samples through a microscope. A little goes a long way!!
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4 months ago
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I’m going to be taking on the 10 Days of 5k Challenge this October to help raise money for Cancer Research UK. Please show your support and help fund life-saving research by donating to my page.
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Colin's Giving Page
Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. I’m going to be taking on the 10 Days of 5k Challenge this October to help raise money for Cancer Research UK. Please show your support and help fund life-savi...
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/colins-giving-page-802
4 months ago
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Wendy Bickmore
4 months ago
Honoured to be in Birmingham to mark Bryan Turner’s retirement- a gentleman and giant of epigenetics.
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Debatably, the first red brick university. Thanks to the organisers for a great conference!
4 months ago
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4 months ago
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Landmark! Last week we had the inaugural new group leaders and lab members day out @ New Brighton's Championship Adventure Golf Course 😎. New annual tradition? I will try not to win every year 🫣😅
7 months ago
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RIP Diogo Jota and André Silva. Very sad. YWNWA ♥️
7 months ago
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Anne Carpenter
8 months ago
if you’re tired of Word/excel/PPT asking to save files to OneDrive and would rather default to your local computer, it’s in Preferences > Save - uncheck the top box (whose wording sounds nothing like having this functionality)
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Interested in the interplay between histone supply, epigenetics and cancer biology? This research intensive Masters (MRes) course at the University of Liverpool could be for you! Apply by 29th August 2025.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/biol...
8 months ago
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"Why do they call it a standard 'curve'?"
8 months ago
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If anyone would like to apply for an Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship to join my laboratory, please send me an email with your CV and cover letter detailing you experience and type of project you would have in mind. Please get in contact by the 6th June. Thanks!
8 months ago
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Congrats to Daisy and Jenny on completing their final year projects in my lab - it was a pleasure to have worked with you and good luck for the future! 🙌🍀
9 months ago
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Fantastic work! Congrats to all the authors
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9 months ago
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Just back from Sopot, Gdansk - the Polish Riviera. Fantastic conference and location. ⛱️ Thanks to all the organisers and sponsors for the invite. 50 years of J domain protein research highlighted with a keynote from Betty Craig, amazing! 🤩
@stresscell.bsky.social
10 months ago
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R script needs a bit of optimisation 😂
10 months ago
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Colin M. Hammond
British Society for Cell Biology
10 months ago
Congratulations to our 2025 Raff PhD medal winner
@impeiyee.bsky.social
from
@liverpooluni.bsky.social
bscb.org/bscb-phd-awa...
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Colin M. Hammond
10 months ago
Please repost! Post-doc studying novel mechanisms of post-replicative gap-filling available in my lab here in beautiful Snowdonia, between July 2025 to end Nov 2026. Generous travel budget. Lab is full of friendly and supportive colleagues. Link below, or DM me/email
[email protected]
for info
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12 months ago
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How nice is this? Stratech planted a tree for my placing an order with them for antibodies! 🌳
about 1 year ago
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Aga Gambus
about 1 year ago
A week left to apply for our MIBTP funded PhD program scholarship. DNA replication, structural biology, biochemistry… open to UK and international students. Supportive and international team 😀
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Visualisation of the steps in the replisome assembly process. at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Visualisation of the steps in the replisome assembly process. at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/visualisation-of-the-steps-in-the-replisome-assembly-process/?p177459
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When will
@bsky.app
get a bookmark button for posts? Tech savvy people, is there a work around for this?
about 1 year ago
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Several opportunities to join another great new lab here at the University of Liverpool. Contact Pari below 👇
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about 1 year ago
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Hi all, please see this PhD advert with my colleague Kirsty McMillan at UoL studying endosomal trafficking in neurodegeneration. Kirsty's a great new PI here at the University of Liverpool - and we share a lab space :)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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The Role of the Endosomal System in Alzheimer’s Disease. at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The Role of the Endosomal System in Alzheimer’s Disease. at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/the-role-of-the-endosomal-system-in-alzheimer-s-disease/?p180701
about 1 year ago
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As 2025 draws to a close, I am looking back on the first full year as a PI. It's fair to say it has been a year of incredible highs and crushing lows.
about 1 year ago
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Colin M. Hammond
Biochemical Society
about 1 year ago
We’re excited to join the Bluesky community! If you’re part of the molecular biosciences, follow us for updates on all our activities from across the Society and Portland Press. We will be posting about upcoming events, webinars, grants, published articles, and more.
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Me and a couple of legends at the Merseyside against blood cancers (Bloom appeal) winter ball. Bloom supports families DURING their treatments, and research for future cures🩸🤞 Cancer costs lives, and so does blood cancer. 💪 Never forget.
thebloomappeal.org.uk
about 1 year ago
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Best feedback ever received after another big grant rejection...from my PhD student 🚑
about 1 year ago
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