Crick evolutionary biologist @margaridamcm.bsky.social is working with conservation charity ZSL to investigate an enduring mystery: how the placenta has evolved with incredible variation across species. Read the full story: www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03...

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Summer School on Chromatin Biology. Transform your knowledge and skills with this 2 week course focusing on ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, ChIC/CUT&RUN, CUT&Tag, and bioinformatics analyses. Aug 17 - 29 Interested? Apply by April 18 bit.ly/4bZwHHR #abcam #summerschool #phd #helmholtzmunich

Time is almost up! Get your application in now for the Chromatin Summer School 2026. ✅Summer in Munich ✅Immersive lectures ✅Hands on training ✅Networking with leading scientists in the field including @metorrespadilla.bsky.social and @robertife.bsky.social Apply before March 29: bit.ly/4t3Tbyx

“I think it’s a real mistake to forget where the pipeline for all this begins.” John Diffley reflects on the importance of basic research, his mission to decode DNA replication and recreate it in the lab, and the scientific optimism of the 1960s that helped shape it. www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03...

Which transcription factors control transposable element expression during zygotic genome activation? Gain-of-function screen by @metorrespadilla.bsky.social and coworkers identifies TBP as direct regulator of mouse endogenous retrovirus-like elements link.springer.com/article/10.1...

⏰ Deadline approaching! Apply now for the Chromatin Biology Summer School 2024 and join an inspiring week of science, learning, and community. Submit before March 29th to be considered for this exciting opportunity: bit.ly/4oGDR8f #chromatin #summerschool

Just out! 👀 for TFs that regulate TEs.Clara's work with @tamas-schauer.bsky.social @marliesoomen.bsky.social @palmrinmoy.bsky.social and bluesky-less lab members 🌎 identifies TBP as a regulator of specific ERVL class: MaLRs in 🐭embryos -as always -feedback welcome👍 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Congratulations Melina [email protected] !! Very nice to read this news. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

We go live!!! Join us Munich July5-7th to hear exciting research on #Replication by leaders in the field AND !! registration is FREE 🥳 (but mandatory) - we hope to see many in Munich 🍺 @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social @replifate.bsky.social @epicrossborders.bsky.social replifate.eu/event/meetin...

The CiM-IMPRS PhD program in #Münster is offering 16 #PhD positions in Life and Natural Sciences! Perform cutting-edge resesearch in a vibrant international setting and lively city! Apply by May 1st, 2026 - see www.uni-muenster.de/CiM-IMPRS/ap... @uni-muenster.de @mpi-muenster.bsky.social

What an opportunity! Don’t miss it!!

Don't forget to sign up - outstanding speakers, great discussions - join us in Munich in *July* 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

Happy to share our new preprint! 📊 We benchmarked methods for locus-level transposable element quantification in short-read scRNA-seq, using both real datasets and simulations with read-level ground truth. Huge thanks to @catavallejos.bsky.social and @antonio-scialdone.bsky.social! #TEsky

Our Lab is searching a postdoc for an exciting ERC-funded project that will start this summer. Apply if you’re passionate about multi-omics, cutting-edge computational approaches, and exploring biological questions across the animal 🪼 🪱 🐞 🦎 🦋 🕷️ tree of life www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...

📣 We are looking for new colleagues 🔬🧬🧪 The @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at University College London @ucllifesciences.bsky.social are looking for outstanding candidates to sponsor for career development fellowships. Fellows would then be assessed for tenured positions at the end of the fellowship term.

Fantastic news! 🙌 The Perutz is excited to welcome Danny Nedialkova as a new group leader starting this April! 🎉 She will strengthen the institute's research on the fundamental mechanisms that shape cellular physiology and disease ➡️ www.maxperutzlabs.ac.at/research/res...

Find our latest Perspective article in Nature Genetics on "The role of KRAB zinc-finger proteins in expanding the domestication potential of transposable elements" at www.nature.com/articles/s41..., with implications for the future of research on the cause of human disease.

Check this out ! 👇👇work from @martingroth.bsky.social & Valentin (bluesky-less) on new findings of DNA methylation &photorespiration - interesting consequences for our environmental 'check' and epigenetic regulation in beautiful plant systems 🪴-which continue to teach us a lot as epigeneticists 😱🐀💻

Excited to share our new preprint exploring how Paramecium achieves diverse flow functions, i.e. feeding and swimming, simultaneously. This work was spearheaded by our ExM expert, PhD student Daphne Laan @daphnelaan.bsky.social : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Fellowship application dealdine for students from low income countries 🌐will be in 1️⃣ week. Dont miss out on this opportunity ! Hands on Summer School. Cut&Run, Cut@Tag, ChIP, ATACseq and analyse your own data ! ➡️Unique opportunity ! 15 exiting days ➕ Daily high profile lectures. 👉 bit.ly/4oGDR8f

Science meets art! Our first artistic experience as a lab working together with amazing artist Pei-Ying Lin. Very much looking forward to the final exhibition in Munich early July. @replifate.bsky.social

Exchange update! In 2025, EpiCrossBorders PhD Daniele Scarcella joined a research exchange in Edinburgh, advancing his work on lineage bias in hematopoiesis. “Informal scientific exchanges really accelerated my thinking.” 🔗Find out more: bit.ly/3Mr1wfV #Epigenetics #PhD #Scientificexchange

We hope our data can be useful to you, and to increase its usability, we've generated an exploratory web app as a resource and starting point to examine our data on the @kaessmannlab.bsky.social website apps.kaessmannlab.org/HindbrainExp...

Particularly excited to announce "In Formation" 👉Vernissage 17h00 Munich *5th of July* @Muffatwerk 1st exhibition of Art&Science work from 4 artists, including annadumitriu.co.uk + @replifate.bsky.social Helen Pynor,Solveig Lill & Pei-Ying Lin replifate.eu/event/in-for... 😇STAY TUNED 4more info

Excited to share our work on epithelial multilayering - identifying why stem cell stay in the basal layer and how and why differentiating cells move up. Great collab with @manningresearch.bsky.social and Niessen labs! Check out preprint and great summary below www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

We’re hiring: Research Group Leader in computational biology. Are you generating more research ideas than you can explore? Lead cutting-edge AI & biology research at EMBL-EBI. Apply by 11 April 2026: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j... #ScienceCareers @ewaldlab.org @embl.org

We go live!!! Join us Munich July5-7th to hear exciting research on #Replication by leaders in the field AND !! registration is FREE 🥳 (but mandatory) - we hope to see many in Munich 🍺 @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social @replifate.bsky.social @epicrossborders.bsky.social replifate.eu/event/meetin...

Aarhus University is seeking a Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Bioinformatics/Co… https://nat.au.dk/en/about-the-faculty/vacant-positions-and-career/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-associate-professor-in-bioinformatics-and-or-computational-biology-at-aarhus-university-denmark #job

The Epigenetics Community at #HelmholtzMunich, together with #Abcam, is hosting the 3rd #Chromatin #SummerSchool in Munich: 📆 17–29 August 2026 ⏰ Apply by March 29, 2026 👉 Applications & info: bit.ly/4oGDR8f @epihmgu.bsky.social @metorrespadilla.bsky.social @robertife.bsky.social

🚨WE'RE RECRUITING AT @irbbarcelona.org !!!! --- ADVANCED GENOMICS FACILITY MANAGER --- An amazing opportunity to help us drive the fight against cancer and other aging-related diseases using Single-cell, Bulk and Spatial genomics!!!! APPLY NOW!!!! recruitment.irbbarcelona.org/jobs/7124180...

Don’t miss the 2026 Hubrecht symposium. Submit your abstract before February 1st. Stellar speakers: @pauligroup.bsky.social @gerlichlab.bsky.social Petra Hajkova @tinekelenstra.bsky.social @foijer-lab.bsky.social Joost Gribnau, Melissa Rinaldin

🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines Special interest: AI methodologies 📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026 👥 2-12 years post-PhD Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea... #JobOpportunity #Research

You can read more about Anja's award here: novonordiskfonden.dk/en/news/biom...

How Do Metabolic Changes Influence Our Genes? 🧬 Researchers at #HelmholtzMunich have discovered new mechanisms by which metabolism impacts our genes through epigenetic regulation. 🔗Original publication: t1p.de/uh7j8 @epihmgu.bsky.social @robertife.bsky.social #Epigenetics

Research Manager Job for Plant Growth Facilities and Microscopy at University of Basel, Switzerland The University of Basel is recruiting a Research Manager to oversee plant growth facilities and microscopy for the Plant Ecology and Evolution research group. A long-term role combining plant…

Registrations are opened! Come join us in Dublin in June!

Wrapping up G&D 2025 on a high note!!! Stay tuned for another great year of exciting research. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Still time to apply until January, 19th!

Our new preprint is out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We show that GRN benchmarks commonly used can overestimate performance due to negative-sampling choices, sometimes allowing simple degree-based baselines to rival more complex GNNs. A reminder of why bias-aware evaluation matters!

🎉 Wrapping up 2025 with EpiCrossBorders! A year of breakthroughs, cross-border exchanges, multiple publications & vibrant outreach. Next stop: 2026 Symposium in Edinburgh + new workshops & theses submissions Thank you to all who made this possible. 🌐 #Epigenetics #PhDprogram #Sciencecollaboration

Excited to share new manuscript on histone acylations, exploring how H4K16 acylations regulate inter and intranucleosomal interactions and how they confer resilience to metabolic challenges in vivo. Thanks to all authors +1 author @sandrani.bsky.social Enjoy 👇👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Don’t miss this opportunity! Please share with recent PhD grads or students who will soon graduate

An early Christmas present for those interested in chromatin and transcription! Fantastic work from @au-ho-yu.bsky.social and @aleksszczurek.bsky.social . Thanks to Inge and Michiel for their help. Please repost! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Please RT 📧 Registration open for ➡️"Summer School on Chromatin Biology" Our 2 weeks hands on expedition 🧪👩‍💻August 2026. 3. edition. Learn CUT@Tag, CUT@Run, ChIPseq, ATACseq AND to analyse your own data at @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social Daily letures by experts in the field ! ▶️ shorturl.at/jrA8i

We are recruiting a tenure track professor in the broader area of molecular biology @zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de at Heidelberg University! www.nature.com/naturecareer... Please share and apply!

📣We are looking for a Project Assistant to join my group at the Wallenberg Center for Molecular Medicine at Umeå University. Join us if you are interested in transposable elements, epigenetics and human brain aging. 🧠🧬 Dont hesitate to reach out with any questions! 📣 umu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

I feel extremely honoured for this recognition. Thanks go to many people from my lab and colleagues for their trust and support over the years

Happy to present TOGA2, developed by Yury Malovichko @ymalovichko.bsky.social, the faster, memory-efficient & more accurate TOGA1 successor (github.com/hillerlab/TO...). And annotations, orthologs & gene loss/dup data generated with 4 references for 883 placental mammal and with 5 refs for 676 ...

In the Chromatin, cancer and the ubiquitin system lab, we are looking for a candidate to apply for a postdoctoral contract in the Juan de la Cierva call (3 years) www.aei.gob.es/en/announcem...

Thanks everyone for having made the Talent Forum @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social a great (inspirational) success !!!