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GRC on cell polarity: abstract deadline May 5th. -Talk slots still available -Ice breaker session to facilitate trainee-faculty interaction -travel fellowships/child care subsidy (as much as we can) grc.org/cell-polarity-…

I'm absolutely thrilled to share that our work on human centromere variation and evolution has been published in nature! We completely sequenced all centromeres from a second human genome & compared them to those from the first complete human genome, uncovering new sequences,

Wow! As a left-handed person, I'm thrilled to announce that we now have our own gene!

Amazing! Just as everyone says RNAs are short-lived and fragile. turn over, unlike DNA, which is much more stable!

Sex differences in tissue immunity | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Pleased to share our latest publication in The EMBO Journal on the role of DNAJC9, a J-domain protein in restricting CENP-A mislocalization. @NCIResearchCtr embopress.org/doi/full/10.10…

New preprint! How do cells rewire chromosome segregation during meiosis? We identify a germline-specific mRNA splice isoform for a critical kinetochore protein. This alternative protein transforms its regulatory control, contributing to proper fertility. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Looking forward to presenting our unpublished work on cohesin mis-regulation and reproductive isolation tomorrow! 🐭🧬🔬See you there!

It was incredible to visit Dr. Camila dos Santos ' lab and her fantastic team at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory! She is a great scientist and an incredibly supportive collaborator! It was especially inspiring to learn that her lab is in the building named after Dr. Barbara McClintock.

For y'all chromosome and centromere lovers, we reveal an incredible feature of chromosome organization by decoupling the pericentromere from the kinetochore in deer mice eggs! Huge thanks to my fantastic mentor @Takashi and our collaborator Todd Macfarlan Melania Bruno.

Now published Current Biology!🎉 We showed that a mouse selfish DNA, R2d2, cheats in female meiosis by sabotaging the egg that tried to get rid of it🐭🧬 authors.elsevier.com/a/1jUse3QW8S6F…

Over and out for the Centromere Biology GRS! Great talks, great panel discussion, and a great intro to the GRC week ahead! Thanks to everyone who helped make these two days a success!

How do karyotypes evolve? Turns out an intracellular tug of war within the metaphase spindle sets the limits for chromosome number evolution. Excited to see our study out today in Nature Cell Biology nature.com/articles/s4155…  1/9

So proud to see my summer intern, Joseph Lang, featured in the NIH IRP blog! the It's wonderful to see your hard work at ⁦Takashi Akera⁩ recognized. Great job, Joseph! We already miss your delicious cookies and cakes! irp.nih.gov/blog/post/2024…

Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍 NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations! all freely available in the public domain. Retweet and spread the message! bioart.niaid.nih.gov

Exciting news! 🎉 After a long journey, my postdoctoral research is finally published! 🌟 While we often hear about telomere depletion with age, have you ever wondered what happens to our centromeres? 🤔 In this study, we show how centromeres weaken and ways to reactivate it !!

So proud of my old lab team, congratulations! Amazing job, Zaak!