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Great first day of stem cell science on the beach at #ASSCR2025! Here is our @asscr.bsky.social president opening the conference. Highlights include keynote from @josh-brickman.bsky.social and presentation of @ausstemcell.bsky.social 2025 Metcalf awards. Congratulations to the worthy recipients!

Last chance! Early bird rates and oral presentation abstract submissions for Lorne Genome 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟕𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 - only one week away: https://www.lornegenome.org/registrations We have a fantastic lineup of national and international speakers: https://www.lornegenome.org/speakers. Join us!

🌟 Congrats to Prof Caroline Gargett, recipient of the 2025 #ASSCR President’s Award! 👏 A pioneer in endometrial stem/progenitor cell research, her work continues to shape women’s health & inspire our field. 🧬✨ #StemCells #Leadership #ScientificExcellence

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 AEpiA Emma Whitelaw Publication Award! 🧬 1st place: @shellainasci.bsky.social 🧬 2nd place: @victoriasugrue.bsky.social 🧬 3rd place: @dairegannon.bsky.social This award recognises outstanding publications by ECRs in the field of epigenetics.

Very much looking forward to this new ‘spin-out’ from Australia’s highly successful Stem Cell Conversations - this new series focuses on research career and development. Join us for the first Stem Cell Transitions! It will only take 30min out of your day… @asscr.bsky.social

Come join us in Geneva for everything epigenetics and gene regulation. It will be a great meeting! Please repost! www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

Saddened to hear of the passing of one of my scientific heros who has inspired me, as I’m sure so many others, throughout my career. My thoughts are with his family and friends

Melbourne Epigenetics club on today! Two fabulous speakers followed by a catered networking reception. If you’re in Melbourne please drop by!

#Jobalert 🚨: Please RT ! Looking for a #PhD student for exciting project on the interphase between epigenetics and cellular metabolism: How do (nuclear) metabolic enzymes reguate chromatin function ? #epigenomics, #epigenetics, #metabolism www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/ife/job-o...

The National Association of Research Fellows join the call for full disbursement of the #MRFF #DiscoveriesNeedDollars www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

Constantly amazed by all the extra hidden talents by those in the lab! German blueberry cake with caramel baked by the talented Clare to celebrate a lab-mate’s birthday

🧬 The 2025 Emma Whitelaw ECR publication award is now open! Full T&Cs and application form are on the AEpiA website www.aepia.org.au/emma-whitela... We can't wait to see the exciting research that has been published over the last year! #epigenetics #ECR #research #AEpiA

Excited to see this published with additional data following our preprint a while back. Cool combination (in our biased view) of controlled TF expression and machine learning to decode chromatin sensitivity. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....

We’re looking for curious, innovative science leaders at EMBL Heidelberg! 🔬🧬🦠 Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community where collaboration and innovation are nurtured at all levels. Take a look at these four open positions 👇

We’re looking for the next Metcalf Prize winners – up-and-coming researchers with big ideas. Two prizes worth $60,000 each will be awarded to one male and one female mid-career stem cell scientist. Nominations close 11 August. Please share widely: www.stemcellfoundation.net.au/metcalf_prizes

🚨 Abstract deadline extended! You’ve got a little more time to submit for #ASSCR2025 🧬 📅 New deadline: Friday 15 August 11:59pm. Don’t miss your chance to share your science at the Gold Coast! 🌊🌴 👉 lnkd.in/eqmcBi9Q #StemCells #CallForAbstracts Applications for prizes are also due on 15th August.

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 I am excited to share our new work on epigenetic enhancer priming in early mammalian development genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Fantastic collaboration with Wolf Reik’s team, with key contributions from many others, led by the excellent Chris Todd. Short 🧵

Applications for two $60,000 #MetcalfPrizes for Stem Cell Research Are now open. Do you know a rising star of Australian stem cell science? Encourage them to apply. Please share widely. #MetcalfPrizes stemcellfoundation.net.au/metcalf_prizes

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...

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!

I am recruiting for a postdoc in my lab at @blizardinstitute.bsky.social @qmulepigenetics.bsky.social to work on explainable AI/ML and epigenetics with a focus on enhancers. 3-year BBSRC funded position. A collaboration with @a-radzisheuskaya.bsky.social qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/.... Pls share.

On today!! Looking forward to catching up with the Melbourne Epigenetics community (and out of town friends) and hearing some great science!

Only 2 days left to apply for our ECR travel awards!! 🛬 Applications close at 5pm AEST Friday 13th June. Note: You must be an ECR member to apply. T&Cs and application form are on our website www.aepia.org.au/conference-t...

Delighted & excited to share our latest preprint on non-canonical enhancers in human pluripotent stem cells, the result of a fantastic and fun collaboration with @guenesdoganlab.bsky.social‬: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 below

Huge thanks to Illumina, Kyle Farh, Nicole Ersaro, Gherman Novakovsky, and the entire team behind PromoterAI for making this happen. Full paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org (10/)

📣 Join us! Were looking for a PhD student to join our lab and work on human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-based models of the peripheral nervous system and disease. Come be part of our supportive and dynamic lab family in the beautiful Bellinzona, Southern Switzerland 🇨🇭☀️⛰️ ior.usi.ch/events-news/...

"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

If you love #chromatin and are in Melbourne on 18th June, join us for the next Melbourne Epigenetics Club! Featuring Tim Johanson, Conny Bonifer and Brent Thomson @dtgenomics.bsky.social, followed by networking reception Free event but registration essential www.eventbrite.com.au/e/5th-melbou...

Check out this 🧵 from @eimearlagan.bsky.social on our new Molecular Cell @cp-molcell.bsky.social paper! We show how the H3K27M Oncohistone reprograms chromatin in DMG, creating a specific dependency on CBX4/PCGF4-containing forms of cPRC1 👇

Stunning location for next stop of my Europe tour- the GRC cancer genetics and epigenetics conference. Thoroughly enjoying all the science presentations so far!

One of my favourite parts of this Europe trip has been catching up with former students @nchoy.bsky.social (now intern with @robertife.bsky.social) and @elisakre.bsky.social (now pdoc with @priscaliberali.bsky.social). It’s so great to see you both doing so well!

🌏 Make your mark in Melbourne! 🌏 We are looking for innovative researchers to join WEHI as Laboratory Heads and help lead the next wave of biomedical discovery. For more information and to apply 👇

A triumph of perseverance from twitterless Tom Weber, Christine Biben and the team, our in vivo barcoding "LoxCode mouse" used to resolve epiblast fate to fetal organs is finally published in @cellpress.bsky.social and available through @jacksonlab.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

First time back in Europe since establishing the lab in Australia in 2021. First stop #EMBLChromatin! Stop by poster 200 or find me at coffee if you want to discuss Janith’s recent work on what happens when embryonic chromatin regulators are hijacked in cancers

🚨 Preprint 🚨 Ever wondered how cells prepare their genomes to enable new cell-fates? In this team up with the Kind lab, we show that genes are repositioned in the nucleus to get ready for future activation and tissue formation. Read 🧵👇 to find out how and when this happens! doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Australia should be doing this now and at a grander scale. Let’s reverse the brain drain and properly support the scientists we have @markbutlermp.bsky.social @edhusicmp.bsky.social

🚨 Registration open for ASSCR EMCR Symposia 2025 – FREE for members! 🎟️ Limited to 100 spots 📍NSW: June 27 (Abstracts due May 22) 📍VIC: July 3 (Abstracts due May 29) 👉 Register: www.eventbrite.com.au/cc/2025-assc... #ASSCR2025 #EMCR #StemCells

Delighted to share the latest preprint from the lab led by Janith Seneviratne We reveal novel roles for #embryonic regulators DPPA2/4 in facilitating a H2AK119Ub primed #chromatin state when aberrantly up-regulated in non-small cell lung #cancers 🧬🔬 (1/6) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Stem cell-based models of early human development Read this Development at a Glance Article by Lizhong Liu @liliulab.bsky.social and Jun Wu @jun-wu-lab.bsky.social: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

📣 A reminder about an open postdoctoral position in our group! 🧫 Are you interested in mechanisms of gene regulation, human facial development and disease? How our DNA shapes the way we look? Do you love chromatin and enhancers? 🧬 If so, reach out for an informal chat! 💬 longlab.co.uk

My guidelines for exploratory data analysis

we've put a Review together 👇 Just came out at www.nature.com/articles/s41... hoping it is useful for those in the field but also for those not in the field who would like an overview on chromatin/epigenetics/replication/nuclear organisation in early embryos Enjoy :) - feedback welcome

EMBO workshop on Single cell Lineage Tracing! Sept 18-21 in Sant Feliu, Girona, Spain. Registration OPEN!!!!! Tons of opportunities for talks (including some full length ones). You don’t want to miss it! meetings.embo.org/event/25-lin...

Gene reactivation upon erosion of X chromosome inactivation in female hiPSCs is predictable yet variable and persists through differentiation: Stem Cell Reports www.cell.com/stem-cell-re... Sharing on behalf of my coauthors, delighted to have played a small role in this study

Join our team as a postdoc and explore the exciting world of transposable elements and developmental biology with us! @imbavienna.bsky.social @vbcscitraining.bsky.social

📅 Registration is NOW OPEN for the 2025 ASSCR EMCR Symposia! 🚀 Join your fellow EMCRs at two vibrant symposia: 📍 NSW: June 27, 2025 – University of Sydney, Charles Perkins Centre 📍 VIC: July 3, 2025 – Monash University, Clayton Campus, Learning and Teaching Building REGO IS FREE FOR ASSCR MEMBERS!

Hello World! Are you passionate about epigenomics and evolution 🧪🧬🐭🐵 ? Are you looking for a postdoc in a stimulating and inclusive environment ? Look no further... We are seeking creative postdocs for our ERC project EvoEpi @igred.fr ! 👇Details👇 tinyurl.com/PostdocEvoEp... Repost are appreciated