@qmulepigenetics.bsky.social
A closely interacting group of research labs within QMUL investigating the roles of epigenetic mechanisms in development and disease. https://www.qmul.ac.uk/epigenetics/
We're excited to announced that our 2nd Annual QMUL Centre for Epigenetics Conference is happening on June 18th, 2026 at Mile End!
To find out more and book your ticket, please follow this link: www.qmul.ac.uk/epigenetics/...
The deadline to book your tickets is Monday, June 8th 2026.
We're excited to announced that our 2nd Annual QMUL Centre for Epigenetics Conference is happening on June 18th, 2026 at Mile End!
To find out more and book your ticket, please follow this link: www.qmul.ac.uk/epigenetics/...
The deadline to book your tickets is Monday, June 8th 2026.
Our next guest speaker webinar is happening on Friday, January 30th at 15:30 GMT. Dr. Pierre-Antoine Defossez will give a talk on 'Roles of DNA methylation in cancer and stem cells'. To join, please follow this link: www.qmul.ac.uk/epigenetics/...
19.12.2025 15:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Out today, our take on 6-methyladenine #6mA evolution in Eukaryotes @natgenet.nature.com. We asked a simple question, is really DNA 6mA common across the eukaryotes? The answer is "yes" if you're a unicellular eukaryote 🦠, not so if you're multicellular 🐝🌱🍄. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/9
18.11.2025 12:00 — 👍 164 🔁 85 💬 7 📌 6
Together with Chris Bell and Alexander Dawson, we are recruiting an PhD student (LIDo iCASE) at @qmulepigenetics.bsky.social to work on using long read nanopore technology to investigate DNA methylation on native DNA. This is a joint project with ONT. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
29.10.2025 10:09 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Our next guest speaker webinar is happening on Friday, November 7th at 15:30 GMT. Roser Vento-Tormo will give a talk on 'Gene regulation of human cell systems'. To join, please follow this link:https://www.qmul.ac.uk/epigenetics/
09.10.2025 12:03 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our next guest speaker Prof Adele Murrell webinar is happening on Friday, October 24th at 15:30 GMT. To join and find out more, please follow this link: qmul.ac.uk/epigenetics/...
03.10.2025 15:43 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Our next guest seminar is happening on Friday, October 10th at 3.30pm GMT in the QM Innovation Centre, Clark-Kennedy LT. This will be a joint seminar with Oxford Nanopore @nanoporetech.com
and QMUL. Please book your place here: nanoporetech.swoogo.com/QMUL_Epigene... or scan the QR code below.
Handsup 🙌, who is coming to @blizardinstitute.bsky.social to attend the @illingworth-lab.bsky.social seminar this Friday on "polycomb repression in development and disease"? Also, who is joining online for this @qmulepigenetics.bsky.social seminar.
09.09.2025 09:06 — 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0🙌
09.09.2025 09:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our next guest speaker webinar is happening on Friday, September 12th at 15:30 GMT. Robert Illingworth will give a talk on 'Passive Yet Essential, Polycomb Repression in Development and Disease’.
To join, please follow this link: qmul.ac.uk/epigenetics/...
A must-attend transcription & chromatin UK annual meeting
10.07.2025 20:51 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Registration for Transcription and Chromatin UK is OPEN! Taking place from September 17 to 19, 2025, this conference will showcase cutting-edge research and is a ‘must-attend’ event for the UK transcription and chromatin community & both at home and abroad.
Pl register ow.ly/7QQb50W9Alo & share
Our next guest speaker webinar is happening on Friday, June 20th at 15:30 GMT. Parinaz Mehdipour @parinazmehdipour.bsky.social will give a talk on 'Triggering anti-viral immune responses against cancer through epigenetic and epitranscriptomic modifications'
teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
Congratulations to poster prize winners Daniel Price and Maximilian H. Fitz-James and @manthan5277.bsky.social . Sponsored by @gensocuk.bsky.social and cosponsored by the @biochemsoc.bsky.social
06.06.2025 09:03 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
Thank you everyone for participating in the QMUL epigenetics centre launch event. It was a great success. Special thanks to SAB @deborahbourchis.bsky.social @lab-turner.bsky.social
Bas Heijmans and @elisaoricchio.bsky.social for interaction with our centre.
Very much looking forward to my visit to the QMUL Centre for Epigenetics and the opportunity to discuss science with experts in the field.
21.05.2025 15:42 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Review from us just out on the utility of DNA methylome assessment in health and disease. #Epigenomics #DNAmethylation @qmulepigenetics.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Less than a month left until the Centre for Epigenetics Launch Conference! 🚀The scientific programme encompasses both oral and poster presentations by invited speakers and selected abstract submissions. There is still time to book your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qmul-centr...
15.05.2025 13:54 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Our next guest speaker webinar is happening on Friday, May 23rd at 15:30 GMT. Yaser Atlasi @yatlasi.bsky.social will give a talk on: “The role of USP7-PRC1 axis in health and disease’’. To join please follow the link below: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
09.05.2025 15:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Less than a month left until our official QMUL Centre for Epigenetics Launch Conference! We will have an amazing list of guest speakers, including Ralf Jauch
@ralfhku.bsky.social from The University of Hong Kong. Book your free ticket now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qmul-centr...
#qmul #epigenetics
Our next guest speaker webinar is happening next Friday, May 9th at 14:00 GMT. Omer Bayraktar will give a talk on: "Mapping the rules of glioblastoma using single cell and spatial multiomics". To join please follow the link below: www.qmul.ac.uk/epigenetics/...
02.05.2025 09:38 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Only a month left until our official QMUL Centre for Epigenetics Launch Conference! We will have an amazing list of guest speakers, including Paola Scaffidi from IEO, Italy. Book your free ticket now! eventbrite.co.uk/e/qmul-centr...
#qmul #epigenetics #conference
Congratulations to Prof Wendy Bickmore @wbickmor.bsky.social on her election as a member of the National Academy of Sciences!🎉👏
30.04.2025 11:13 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Less than 2 months left until our official QMUL Centre for Epigenetics Launch Conference! We will have an amazing list of guest speakers, including
Mikhail Spivakov from MRC, LMS, UK. Book your free ticket now! eventbrite.co.uk/e/qmul-centr...
#qmul #epigenetics #conference
Our next guest speaker webinar is happening this Friday, April 25th at 15:30 GMT. Skirmantas Kriaucionis will give a talk on: "Mutational Mechanisms of Modified Cytosines". To join please follow the link below: qmul.ac.uk/epigenetics/...
24.04.2025 08:20 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Only 2 months left until our official QMUL Centre for Epigenetics Launch Conference! We will have an amazing list of guest speakers, including Claudia Keller Valsecchi from IMB Mainz, Germany. Book your free ticket now! eventbrite.co.uk/e/qmul-centr...
10.04.2025 15:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I am recruiting for a postdoc in my lab at @blizardinstitute.bsky.social @qmulepigenetics.bsky.social to work on explainable AI/ML and epigenetics with a focus on enhancers. 3-year BBSRC funded position. A collaboration with @a-radzisheuskaya.bsky.social
qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/.... Pls share.
Only a couple of months left until our official QMUL Centre for Epigenetics Launch Conference! We will have an amazing list of guest speakers, including Bas Heijmans from Leiden University, Medical Centre,Netherlands. Book your free ticket now!
eventbrite.co.uk/e/qmul-centr...
To book your free ticket, please follow this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qmul-centr...
26.03.2025 11:43 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0