
Giunta Lab
@giuntalab
Giunta Lab of Genome Evolution @ University of Rome Sapienza. We study human centromeres' tug-of-war between fast evolution & essential function. AIRC funded.
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💡We are proud to empower young #researchers to follow their curiosity. That’s why we support them with ERC Starting Grants worth €636M. 408🆕laureates bring a remarkable wealth of scientific ideas. Hear more at 16:00 CET European Research Council (ERC) Twitter Space 👉bit.ly/ERCspace

#DIYaneuploidy? Now it's possible! Find out how in this seminal work from dear friend & long-term scientific buddy Teresa Davoli So happy for the Giunta Lab to have contributed & be a part of this project finally out in #Cell this month - check it out! #centromeres #Boscoetal.

Excited to share our recent work on KaryoCreate, a new method to engineer chromosome-specific gains and losses in human cells with Stefano Santaguida and Giunta Lab cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092… Check out also recent similar and complementary work by Susanne Lens and @McClellandLab!


Chromosoma welcomes our newest Editor Simona Giunta at Uni-Rome/Sapienza. simonagiunta.site.uniroma1.it Simona brings deep centromere expertise with true Roman flair! Welcome Simona! -EIC

We have been needing this for a long time now. Thank you and congratulations Simona Giunta and team.

Thanks Francesca Sacco Here are 10 more awesome women in STEM: Ballarino's Lab Yukiko M. Yamashita @LugerLab julie cooper Karen Miga paola grammatico Maiko Kitaoka 北岡舞子, PhD Giulia Pasqual Lucia Prieto Teresa Davoli pick it up and keep it moving!

With >100 people connected for an outstanding January session, so happy to see the GiiN #GenomeIntegrityItalianNetwork growing strong! Join us *today* with 2 exceptional speakers John Diffley & Dubrana Lab + check out our forthcoming 2024 series🧬 GIIN Simona Giunta


Dear community, we are very happy to announce the next Giin webinar!! Don't miss it on Tuesday, April 9th, from 5PM Rome (11AM NYC), with Stephen Jackson Steve Jackson Lab and Simona Giunta Simona Giunta. Zoom link: uniroma1.zoom.us/j/95149984403


ERC-funded positions now open❗️❕❗️ Join the Giunta Lab to understand human DNA evolution through the study of satellite repeats 🧬🧫🔬 APPLY here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/239604 Pls RT 🔄🗨️🙏


Two exciting opportunities for suitably qualified postgraduates/postdocs to join the Steve Jackson lab at the world renowned CRUK Cambridge Institute Cambridge University, jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48675/ and jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48762/. Come join us!



What is the molecular basis for maintaining centromere size and position? In a great collaboration with Nicolas Altemose Giunta Lab and Daniele Fachinetti labs, we investigate the long standing question of how heterochromatin maintains centromere size/position! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
