Fun collaboration with the Martín-Durán lab lab. There's lots of goodies for 5mC aficionados here, but I find particularly cool expanding potential "epigenetic clocks" to invertebrates. Read on for new insights on GbM, TEs and the link with transcription!

Happy to be involved in this tour de force from the excellent kero guynes and the Martín-Durán lab Alex de Mendoza labs. DNA methylation in annelids!

Please join us for the @qmulepigenetics seminar by Kristian Tapaninaho from @icr_london 11th Jan. 15.30GMT. venue: Derek Willoughby Lecture Theatre, at our Charterhouse Square campus and online link at qmulepigenetics.com/webinars

Looking forward to Kristian Helin's visit for the @qmulepigenetics this week!

First major work fully made in the laboratory is out in bioRxiv: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…. We found that DNA methylation allows recurrent endogenization of giant virus in a protist🦠 closely related to animals, large scale virus and eukaryotic host genomic mixture.🧵 1/10

We are looking for a postdoctoral data scientist position to join our supportive and fun group :) Join us Barts Cancer Institute (Queen Mary) in vibrant #London delve into the analysis of repetitive genome in #cancer! We support for visa applications, career and personal development!! jobs.ac.uk/job/DFN649/pos…

Postdoc position in Rakyan Lab! The position will focus on the molecular basis of differences in translational output amongst different ancestries in humans, combining proteomics, genomics and computational approaches. Please do email me for further info! jobs.ac.uk/job/DFL087/pos…

We have a 2y postdoc position open in my group. The profile is quite broad, from bioinformatics to molecular biology. If you are interested in giant virus endogenization, EvoDevo, epigenetics and evolution, do apply and gent in touch. Please RT. Details: qmul.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies…

We have two new faculty opportunities at QMUL, part of a £3.2M investment by Barts Charity to develop genomic and epigenomic liquid biopsy analyses for diagnostics and research applications. More details here: qmulepigenetics.com/jobs Please RT abundantly

📢 4 year fully funded PhD position! Come join our research group in London Barts Cancer Institute (Queen Mary) on a UKRI-funded European Research Council (ERC) grant to study immune signature of retrotransposons in cancer, in collaboration with Luigi Ombrato! Apply until 15th April! findaphd.com/phds/project/d…

QMUL Epigenetics 'Design a Logo' competition! We are relaunching as the QMUL Centre for Epigenetics. Design a new logo for us & win a £250 prize! All details 👉qmulepigenetics.com/logocomp Deadline is 6pm GMT, June 6, 2024 and the competition is open to all. please RT

(1/3) WISE@QMUL is saddened to hear that Queen Mary University of London plans to shut down our on-campus nursery, providing parents and carers only 3 months to find alternative arrangements. See the petition below for parent/carer testimonies... change.org/p/save-westfie…

So its out Genome Biology: genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…. All you need to know about DNA methylation in annelids🪱! This has been a great collaboration with the Martín-Durán lab lab, led by kero guynes. One of the main findings is that the methylome erodes throughout development and beyond! 1/

Great to see this finally out! Thanks Alex de Mendoza, kero guynes and everyone else involved! And European Research Council (ERC), Queen Mary University of London and QM_SBBS for the support! 🪱

The product of a collaboration between 3 @qmulepigenetics groups gives new insights on the developmental roles of DNA methylation in a major invertebrate animal group: genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Published today in Current Biology, “Discovery of a neuropeptide that acts as an autotomy-promoting factor” - co-authored with Ana B Tinoco 🇺🇦 funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research @Leverhulme Trust Queen Mary University of London authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S09… - see thread below

🚨Mark your calendars! We are launching the London EvoDevo club, a space to learn great new science, meet new colleagues and have fun! First meeting on Nov the 8th at Queen Mary University of London Register now! shorturl.at/34BOj Margarida Cardoso Moreira Alex de Mendoza Ferdinand Marlétaz

I’m incredibly grateful to all those who helped get this story out. Firstly, to Martín-Durán lab and Paul Hurd for their guidance and mentorship, but also to Rory Donnellan, kero guynes, Allan Carrillo-Baltodano, jobycole and Mark for their hard work 💪🙌 Thank you, truly! 🙏

New paper from the lab! 🎉 Incredible effort by Francisco M Martín-Zamora to kick-start our work into annelid 🪱 histones and their regulatory implications! Check his 🧵to know more 👇🏻

Very sad to hear of the passing of John Gurdon. Pioneer of developmental biology and a simply fantastic human being. Privilege to have known and worked with him. Gurdon Institute Cambridge University