My first post on bsky to share our latest research in @nature.com: “DNA2 enables growth by restricting recombination-restarted replication” - defines DNA2’s essential function & elucidates links with primordial dwarfism and cancer. Thanks to the lab, collaborators & @ukri.org @acmedsci.bsky.social

#NEW_PAPER In this study, the Chan Lab uncover the molecular mechanisms by which human cells safeguard centromeric chromatin during mitosis, via tight dynamic control of the Bloom Syndrome complex (BTRR). rdcu.be/eCGxF

#NEW_PAPER The Hochegger laboratory + collaborators investigate the sensitivity of cancer cells to a highly selective inhibitor of human Greatwall kinase (GWL) + the BB5alpha-to-GWL expression ratio is a predictive biomarker for the cellular reponse to Greatwall-targeted therapeutics. rdcu.be/eC4Hf

#New-Paper Rass laboratory reveal DNA2 to be a gatekeeper to homologous recombination at stalled DNA replication forks, rrequired to stave off cellular senescence. Their findings provide a molecular explanation for the association of DNA2 with primordial dwarfism and cancer. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Absolute pleasure to be invited back on the @agentsoftech.bsky.social podcast to join Stephen Horn and Laila Rizvi and talk with #Nobel winner John Jumper about #AlphaFold and research at Google DeepMind. We also touch on needing experimentalists, and what he & AI will tackle next in biology

Published online now in @annualreviews.bsky.social Annual Review of Biochemistry, Prof Zhang @crick.ac.uk and Prof Burgers @washu.bsky.social and I summarise current mechanistic understanding of DNA damage checkpoints, which act as a barrier to cancer in humans. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Dear all, Postdoc positions are available to work on (1) the role of DNA strand break repair proteins during DNA replication and (2) the molecular/structural biology of XRCC1 protein complexes, as part of our work on genetic diseases & cancer. Contact me if interested: [email protected]

I have a funded PhD position in my lab in @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social (UK fees only). This is an exciting new project using structural biology to investigate proteins involved in ovarian cancer, with opportunities for drug discovery and collaborations with clinicians. Application link below.

I have received a Wellcome Discovery Award to study the initiation of eukaryotic DNA replication, with 8 years of funding at the Francis Crick Institute. Looking for a postdoc in molecular mechanisms, cryo-EM, cryo-FIB and in situ structure? Contact me now! 3 postdoc positions advertised soon.

The Genome Damage and Stability Centre at the University of Sussex has now joined BlueSky! Follow us here, for news, views and publications.

Online today @science.org 👀Molecular basis of FIGNL1 in dissociating RAD51 from #DNA and #chromatin by @alexcarver.bsky.social @layates.bsky.social et al. in @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The Equal Dose podcast by @websedgetv.bsky.social covered a topic very close to my heart - organ donation. And it was wonderful to share my story and very humbling to hear about Billy Moon’s legacy. Episode available here: youtu.be/9UAruhx2vk0?...

It was a pleasure to be invited on the ‘Agents of Tech’ podcast from @websedgetv.bsky.social to talk about how AlphaFold3 is transforming structural biology and biomedical research. Link to the episode below: youtu.be/ohKGM6A9vhQ