Want to know how homologous recombination defects are caused upon loss of BRCA2? Check out our recent efforts in uncovering this phenomenon just out in Science! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Our paper in Science is out! @souravagrawal.bsky.social, @rlynn.bsky.social, @susvirkar.bsky.social, and the rest of the team show human RPA is a telomerase processivity factor essential for telomere maintenance. This reshapes our thinking about telomerase regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Beautiful, layered argument for the use of model organisms, especially small ones, in research. A must read!

Cryo-EM captures the elusive moment when E1 hands off SUMO to E2- a molecular relay that’s been mostly guesswork until now. The structures reveal E1 doing dramatic shape-shifting to line up perfectly for the transfer, like enzyme origami in action.

Our paper is now out in Molecular Cell! Check the thread in this former post: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

Interested in chromatin architecture?
 Checkout our new method - PCP - that can map genome organization as multi-way interactions as well as nucleosome footprint and nucleosome spacing at very high resolution. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

How do replisomes walk on DNA? And what happens when they run into a G-quadruplex? @sahilbatra.bsky.social and @benallwein.bsky.social provide unexpected insight in our latest paper with Richard Hite @mskcancercenter.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... Congrats to all authors!

Happy to share a new work from the lab on how DNA damage checkpoint can be down-regulated. rdcu.be/d5o3E. Congrats to all authors at @mskcancercenter.bsky.social and our Weill BCMB student @tzippora.bsky.social. gradschool.weill.cornell.edu/bcmb-allied-...

Our latest paper showing that DNA nicks drive expansions of both normal and disease-size alleles. All credit goes to a fantastic graduate student Liangzi Li as well as to a terrific team of current and former undergraduate and graduate students in the lab. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2413298121

If you are interested in pursuing a PhD in biomedical sciences in New York City, it is still time to apply to the BCMB program run jointly by Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ! Deadline: Dec 1, 2024.

Check out this list of ubiquitin and Ubl profiles to follow. Repost if you want me to add you to it. Let’s create a good community here ☁️ go.bsky.app/3VPQofn