Duncan Sproul

In this episode we talked with Dr. Joseph Ecker from the Salk Institute about his work on high-resolution genome-wide mapping technologies in Arabidopsis and the human brain. #podcast #chromatin #epigenetics

Listen here: activemotif.com/podcasts-jos...

Registrations for the Early Cancer Institute Annual Symposium 2025, focusing on the latest developments in early cancer research, are open!

📅 Thurs 9 October 2-6pm
📍 CRUK Cambridge Institute, CB2 0RE
Find out more and register ➡️ zurl.co/bH4wU

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VAC_61_2025 - CHEMISTRY RESEARCH ASSISTANT IN TRAINING - Institut de Recerca contra la Leucèmia Josep Carreras Join the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute and contribute to our mission of innovating and advancing the fight against leukaemia and other hematologic diseases.

OPPORTUNITY for a CHEMIST to JOIN US

Are you interested in:

👍 Computer-aided ligand design
👍 Organic synthesis
👍 Biomedicine
👍 Drug development
👍 A multidisciplinary team
👍 And a PhD in Barcelona

Then check this out!
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Great to see a joint 2026 SSM/IEA meeting, marking the 70th anniversary of SSM and one of the potential 70th anniversary dates for the IEA (though in 1956 it was called the International Corresponding Club). My first SSM & IEA conferences occurred closer to the founding dates than to today

Want to work as an intern at the European Research Council?

We have a range of interesting roles!

Apply now to start in March 2026 👇

#science #trainee #intern #stagiaire #research #europe

📢 We are recruiting!
Several projects are available and can be tailored to the candidate's profile. Most include confocal imaging/spatial OMICs technologies.
Please share and RT 🙏

How to write an exciting grant

Interesting essay on problems with the funding system: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Certainly recognise a lot of the experiences in there!

We are looking for quantitative geneticists here @kwsgroup.bsky.social

Group Lead #QuantitativeGenetics & #Biostatistics
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Quantitative #Genetics Scientist #Sugarbeet & #Cereals
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#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantGenetics #ScienceJobs #JobAlert #Agriculture

Excited to welcome Dr Tamal Das as a speaker for InSDB-ISD 2025!

His lab works to understand the dynamics of epithelial tissues in development, wound healing, and cancer.

You can register for the meeting here: insdb.in/events/insdb...

#InSDB25 #InSDBISD25

Postdoc positions available in the THJ group in Aarhus, Denmark 🇩🇰

Please share around 🤝

Group Leader (282908) | University of Oslo Job title: Group Leader (282908), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, September 8, 2025

🚨 We're hiring! NCMBM @ncmbm.bsky.social is looking for 2 new group leaders to join our vibrant research community. Ready to build your own group with strong support and a solid startup package?

Interested and attending #ISMBECCB2025? Let’s connect!

🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Amazing news, congrats to all of you!

Just been reading this and its a really nice study. Congrats all!

Fanatastic community resource maintained by @teiflab.bsky.social!

Congratulations again Craig, you will be missed here!

Only 10 more days to submit your abstract!

@pontus-skoglund.bsky.social and @janetk.bsky.social have organised a fantastic meeting with incredible speakers. Join us in November @royalsociety.org!

Looks like a very cool meeting! Hope to make it another time.

Yes, Riccardo's work is a great example of how DNA methylation predictors can be useful epidemiological tools.

Pls. share widely

Calling all transposon fans & lovers of genetic innovation

MOBILE GENOME welcomes you in Heidelberg, Nov. 4–7 2025

→ Vibrant & friendly community
→ Cutting-edge talks from mechanisms to physiology
→ Plenty of surprises (TEs never stop innovating)

submit abstract by July 29

We are looking for new colleagues to come join us in Galway as group leaders (Junior and Senior). The Centre for Chromosome Biology is a great place and it is a good time to join. Please reach out if you want to chat about the opportunity!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Thanks for the plug John! My feeling is that epigenetic clocks can be useful in some epidemiological contexts where they are surrogate statistical predictors where nothing else is available. However, they are terrible for many things and certainly tell us very little about mechanisms.

Registration is now open!

Gastrulation Reloaded: Developing, engineering & evolving the body plan

📅 October 14–17, 2025
📍 Paris, France
🗓️ Abstract & early bird deadline: July 15, 2025

www.gastrulation-reloaded.conferences-pasteur.org/home

Exceptional lineup of speakers & many selected talks

📢 Institut Jacques Monod Lecture

📅 July 11th
📍 Institut Jacques Monod

Next week, Gijsje Konderick ( @gijsjekoenderink.bsky.social‬ ‬ ), will give the Institut Jacques Monod Lecture "How cytoskeletal crosstalk makes cells strong"

➡️ buff.ly/xtpjdk2

🚨Fantastic PhD opportunity for Autumn 2025 with our colleague Rebekah Tillotson @uoe-igc.bsky.social, asking whether ATRX syndrome is treatable:
sidb.org.uk/phds/tillots...
Please share 🙏
#epigenetics #raregeneticdisease #chromatinopathies

Illumina Epigenetics Research Grant | Innovations using epigenetics research Research grant contest to improve how epigenetics can impact disease using DNA methylation studies.

For researchers studying human diseases and health via #epigenetics, the Epigenetics Research Grant from Illumina might be of interest. Deadline: Aug 24, 2025. Eligible: genomic scientists at academic, nonprofit, or for-profit institutions. #ResearchGrant

Excellent read!

Sounds very interesting indeed! Look forward to reading.

We are hiring! Great opportunity for a RA with bioinformatic skills

We are looking for talented researcher to work on a project to detect gene fusions and driver mutations in a large cohort of children with ALL treated across multiple different trials to determine their clinical relevance.

FlyCROSS 2025–26: Mentor-mentee matching program - the Node Call for Mentors from the Drosophila community. The Fly Board is excited to announce the second cycle of FlyCROSS (2025–2026), following a successful

#FlyCROSS is a mentor-mentee matching program for the fly community. They're looking for mentors from all career paths (academia, industry, policy etc.) who have experience with #Drosophila research and are eager to support the next generation of fly scientists.

Apply to become a mentor by 14 July: