NOT TO BE MISSED. My awesome colleague Rob Brewster may have COMPLETELY upended our understanding of how TFs work ... a must-read for anyone who cares in the slightest about gene regulation

Please share! PhD projects available through @gw4biomeddtp.bsky.social Please get in touch if you are interested in studying chromatin biology in stem cell models gw4biomed.ac.uk/architects-o... gw4biomed.ac.uk/risk-vs-prot... gw4biomed.ac.uk/rna-dependen... gw4biomed.ac.uk/investigatin...

What a job done by the @fnucleosome.bsky.social organisers. Awesome autumn lineup of speakers!

Check it out, Chromatin Kids! Chromatin remodeller does stuff to Transcription Factors! Functions where it is seldom seen! Both decreases and increases chromatin accessibility! How cool is that?

HP1β and densely packed chromatin form separate microdomains in mouse ES cells, which are reconfigured upon exit from naive pluripotency https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.25.671447v1

So nice to see a UK politician with a conscience for a change. @libdems.org.uk

Nice reminder that opposing genocide in Gaza is never antisemitic, but rather in full solidarity with huge swathes of the Israeli people.

Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage. Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants. Don't fall for it.

Whatever patriotism is, it certainly isn’t encouraging hate of a fellow human because of their race, religion or heritage, while waving a flag. Pass it on.

Come on #Strava, there's no need for mockery.

This is the final map of origins of BDH Lab members, 2019-2025 in Cambridge. Not too bad, even if the UK is hard to make out. Already have a good starting set for a new map for the BDH Lab @lsiexeter.bsky.social edition!

The Vlaming lab is expanding! If you are or know a good prospective PhD student, excited about studying transcription, please (suggest them to) apply here: www.uu.nl/en/organisat... My biased opinion: exciting topic, super nice colleagues, and great research environment in a lovely city.

Our next #DevPres webinar focusses on gene regulation with talks from 2025 Development PI fellows Anzy Miller @anzymiller.bsky.social and Marlies Oomen @marliesoomen.bsky.social, chaired by James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social. 📆 27 August, 15:00 BST (UTC+1) Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"Hey Brian, how are those manuscripts coming along?"

Dev biologists! 3-yr postdoc position at King's, collaboration with Trizzino lab @marcotrizzino.bsky.social modelling CHD3 neural crest. We are looking for postdocs with mad embryology skills @the-node.bsky.social #developmental @ccrb27.bsky.social thenode.biologists.com/jobs/postdoc...

How it started: As a little girl, Ferrand-Prévot asked her mother why it was that she couldn’t race in the Tour de France. “But it’s a men’s race,” came the response. “I wish I was a boy,” the nine-year-old Pauline said. How it's going:

My interview as part of @dev-journal.bsky.social Development's Pathway to Independence is live! I had a great time chatting to Saanjbati Adhikari - thank you. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

My lab is bookending this meeting! First and last (selected) talks. Schedule looks great (am I biased?). #Chromatin #Transcription #NuRDistheWORD

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland

Recent Wellcome meeting in Birmingham offered opportunity for cultural enrichment. Timely. #BlackSabbathBridge

Lovely present from a former student who comes from Japan. Particularly impressed by the stylised #blastocyst logo. #GinSoakedBoy

🚨 We're hiring! NCMBM @ncmbm.bsky.social is looking for 2 new group leaders to join our vibrant research community. Ready to build your own group with strong support and a solid startup package? Interested and attending #ISMBECCB2025? Let’s connect! 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Yep, that's right: me and the #GOAT. Competing. Think I'll put this on my CV. Definitely on Linkedin.

Nice. Definitely going to give this a try: "USE HOST'S CREDIT CARD INFO TO PAY MY ANNUAL ZWIFT SUBSCRIPTION"

WE COMPETE ON THE SAME LEADERBOARDS???? Has @elisalongob.bsky.social been checking out East Anglia lately? And the idea that I would "compete" with her....

@marcotrizzino.bsky.social I got a proper one. NOW I get why it's a thing!

Taking place on 17-19 September 2025, Transcription and Chromatin UK will showcase cutting-edge research and is a ‘mustattend’ for anyone within the transcription and epigenetics community🧪. Register now: www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/2...

The Chromatin And Development lab are hiring a postdoc! Come join us; we are a happy and hard working team @mrc-lms.bsky.social in London UK. Projects span the intersection of chromatin and transposon biology in dev't and disease. Email/DM for more info. Pls RT! lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...

The Bornelöv Group is seeking a Research Assistant to work on gene regulation using deep learning. This is an exciting opportunity to use AI-based methods to uncover the molecular mechanisms behind mRNA processing and fate. Apply here by 8 July 2025: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51812/

🚨Transcription and Chromatin UK is back for 2025🚨 We're in Manchester, UK 17th-19th September for the 3rd annual transcription and chromatin conference. Abstract deadline is the 17th July so make sure you register! www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f...

Thanks to Masaki Kinoshita for inviting me to talk at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social. Great to check out the beautiful Sutton Bonington campus, meet up with old friends and hear the latest. Also to have those intense scientific discussions best held on the open road!

Rowsley Bar. #PeakDistrict #cycling is so beautiful and so painful. #GetOutAndRide

Postdoc post in my lab from Autumn this year @lsiexeter.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk #Chromatin #StemCells #Enhancer #NeuralCrest #Transcription #CellFate #NuRDIsTheWord Apply and/or get in touch!

New paper from my group is out. We demonstrate that cranial neural crest (CNCC) induction requires the transcription factor SALL4 to physically recruit the BAF chromatin remodeller at CNCC-induction enhancers as early as at the neuroectodermal stage: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Looking for a Postdoc? A PDRA position is available in the LSI Exeter with Prof Brian Hendrich from September 2025. Do you have experience in mammalian stem cell culture and a solid understanding of molecular & biochemical lab techniques? Apply! Job Ref: Q05546 jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Are you an UK-based student and still looking for a PhD post in Life Sciences starting in autumn? Join the @lsiexeter.bsky.social - we have been awarded a few extra scholarships from the University. So, be quick and apply! www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Intriguing new pre-print from the @stefanschoenfelder.bsky.social lab on unusual human enhancers. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #pluripotency #epigenetics #transcription

Last week to apply! #PhD #Chromatin #StemCells #ProteinStructure #Enhancers #Transcription #LineageCommitment

One in a million, methinks.

we witnessed absolute ciclismo history today

Do not miss the opportunity to be part of the amazing PhD Community at the ‪LSI ‪@exeter.ac.uk‬ Only 10 days to the deadline for the LSI-funded PhD studentships starting September 2025 or January 2026. Apply now! www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...

18 people killed by gunman in Dunblane - private gun ownership effectively banned in UK. 7 people killed by dogs - dangerous breeds banned. 240 people killed by knifemen - zombie knives banned. 29,000 people killed or maimed by car drivers - shrug of shoulders, tragic accidents aren’t they?

Released 44 years ago Psychedelic Jungle, the second album by the American punk rock band the Cramps, featuring the track Goo Goo Muck The Cramps - Goo Goo Muck (live 1981 SF) #punk #punks #punkrock #thecramps #history #punkrockhistory

Essential reading after today….👇👇👇👇 www.forbes.com/sites/nathan...

Ahem. Now hiring a postdoc and PhD students in one of "the UK's happiest places to live." Want to be a happy Chromatin researcher? Contact me! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Very good, evidence-based comment piece about low-traffic neighbourhoods - and how opponents often use them as a proxy for problems which are caused instead by too many cars. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My favourite geranium is flowering again. Third generation from seeds. Different amounts of variegation on each flower, but each generation has done this. Any plant geneticists know what causes the variable purple segments? #PlantChat #GeraniumConundrum

I hear you're a racist now Starmer?

"Island of strangers" is just a slightly less inflammatory "rivers of blood". Once this fails to win over the racists driven by our hard right press (and it will fail), where does he go next? (1)