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Carol Chen

@carolchen.bsky.social

Studying epigenetic mechanisms of brain cancer & neurodevelopmental diseases. Scientist, BC Cancer | Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia.

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Assistant Professor - Virology Assistant Professor - Virology

Job alert! Assistant professor position in the Department of Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto). Amazing department and city. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Please share.

15.01.2026 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Probationary (TenureTrack) Faculty Position-Systems Neuroscience in Higher Order Cognitive Circuits - London, Ontario (CA) job with Western University - Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry | 128... Full-time probationary faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of neural circuits in non-human primates.

Come join us. Western University invites applications from outstanding early career investigators for a full-time probationary faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of neural circuits in NHPs. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

10.01.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
UBC Recruitment for Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Ad start date: December 15, 2025Ad closing date: June 15, 2026UBC’s Expression of Interest deadline for the program's March intake: January 15, 2026

UBC is hiring elite senior faculty for the generously funded Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program. Requires recruitment from outside Canada, but welcomes Canadians abroad to come home. Expressions of interest due 15 January. research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...

17.12.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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SET1/MLL complexes control transcription independently of H3K4me3 Histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) at gene promoters is thought to play a central role in gene transcription. H3K4 methylation is deposited by the SET1 (A/B) and MLL (1-4) multi-protein comp...

An early Christmas present for those interested in chromatin and transcription! Fantastic work from @au-ho-yu.bsky.social and @aleksszczurek.bsky.social . Thanks to Inge and Michiel for their help. Please repost!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

11.12.2025 06:09 β€” πŸ‘ 133    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 6
University Assistant/Associate Professor in Control Theory and Systems Biology Applications are invited for a University Assistant/Associate Professorship in the broad area of Control Theory and Systems Biology. The successful candidate will join the Control Group

We are opening a FACULTY POSITION (tenure track, permanent) in the University of Cambridge at the interface of control and biology, interpreted broadly. Theorists and wet lab quantitative biologists with backgrounds in control, EE, applied math, ... apply by Jan 28!

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/univers...

03.12.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
differential contribution of H3K9 methyltransferases to boundaries at satellites

differential contribution of H3K9 methyltransferases to boundaries at satellites

A new and fascinating story from @bencarty.bsky.social and the group, with crucial help from the teams of @naltemose.bsky.social, Simona Giunta, and @dfachinetti.bsky.social. Many thanks to all for a fantastic collaboration.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

25.11.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1

Dr. Connie Eaves is a pioneer of stem cell biology and a beloved mentor. BC Cancer and the School of Biomedical Engineering is now recruiting for an Associate Professor or Professor (tenure-track) to hold the Dr. Connie Eaves Chair at UBC. Please distribute ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo...

18.11.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade

a gross parliamentary overreach β€”Β article by @picardonhealth.bsky.social in the globe and mail; #academicsky #neuroskyence #psychscisky www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/91587b9...

04.11.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
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Assistant Professor - Animal Morphogenesis Assistant Professor - Animal Morphogenesis

The Department of Cell & Systems Biology at University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in the field of Animal Morphogenesis.
#CellBiology #DevelopmentalBiology #mechanobiology #TissueMorphogenesis
#SystemsBiology

jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

19.09.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
SETD2 moonlights during mitosis to keep the genome safe from chaos.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41556-025-01723-9

SETD2 moonlights during mitosis to keep the genome safe from chaos.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41556-025-01723-9

Ever wondered what else SETD2 does beyond transcription? 🧬
Check out our new β€ͺ@natcellbio.nature.com‬ study.
Awesome work from Abid Khan in the lab SETD2 moonlights during mitosis to keep the genome safe from chaos.showing how SETD2 moonlights to safeguard the genome during cell division.

11.08.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are excited to share our new preprint demonstrating that nucleic acid interactions with SUZ12 constrain PRC2 activity, establishing a kinetic buffer essential for targeted gene silencing and revealing vulnerabilities in diffuse midline gliomas.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

23.07.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.

ki.se/en/about-ki/...

25.06.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 277    πŸ” 278    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 14
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Microbiology and Immunology and the Michael Smith Labs are seeking candidates for an Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement position.

Learn more and apply at: www.msl.ubc.ca/careers/

#IndigenousinSTEM #BlackInNature #WomenInSTEM #MinoritiesInSTEM #DiversityInSTEM #STEMEducation

22.07.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
University of British Columbia, Department of Computer Science, and<br>Medicine Job #AJO30195, Canadian Excellence Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence for Improving Patient Outcomes and Enhancing Health Service Delivery, Department of Computer Science, University of Britis...

The Departments of Computer Science and Medicine at #UBCVancouver are recruiting an outstanding researcher to be nominated for the #CERC in AI for Improving Patient Outcomes and Enhancing Health Service Delivery.

Apply here before August 1st: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30195

02.07.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are you looking for a faculty job? We are hiring in my department at Roswell Park NOW. Contact me for details as I await the formal ad. (Please RT.)

04.06.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) 2026 Competition

SFU invites applications from world renowned researchers for the prestigious Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) 2026 Competition. Please see the ad to see if you qualify. In Vancouver, BC
www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/a...

28.05.2025 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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By Attacking Science, Poilievre Takes a Page from Trump’s Playbook | The Tyee Professors find this chilling and warn of the costs.

In a new opinion piece published in @thetyee.ca, DMCBH members Drs. Catharine Winstanley (@unidentifieditem.bsky.social) & Liisa Galea (@liisagalea.bsky.social) sound the alarm on political rhetoric that threatens academic freedom and scientific progress.

11.04.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
US Applicant Week

β€œFrom April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicantsβ€œ #gradstudent #gradschool

www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...

08.04.2025 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 694    πŸ” 482    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 46
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Canada’s U.S. brain gain is risky without more foundational support for science Scientists want to come to Canada not only to escape the chaos and uncertainty emerging in U.S. science but also because they are drawn to the energy here

Excellent Op-Ed by Peter Zandstra on improving πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ science at a time when πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ is throttling their golden goose. Instead of bespoke, targeted & ultimately short term solutions limited to a few people, build a deep, more attractive ecosysyem. The best will thrive. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/46242ee...

03.04.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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🚨We're hiring another tenure-track at McGill University: focus on brain-body science! πŸ‘‡

mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...

02.04.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) - MontrΓ©al, Quebec (CA) job with University of Montreal (UdeM) | 12838461 Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC)

Fantastic opportunity if you are interested in moving your lab to Montreal, Canada! Through this program, Chairholders will be awarded up to $1 million per year for a period of 8 years.

Contact me if you are interested.

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

02.04.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 172    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 9
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Mid-Career to Senior Principal Investigator About OICR Β  OICR is Ontario’s cancer research institute. We bring together people from across the province and around the world to improve the lives of everyone affected by cancer. We take on the big...

We are recruiting a Principal Investigator in Computational Biology at @oicr.on.ca: oicr.bamboohr.com/careers/378. This position is in downtown Toronto, adjacent to the University of Toronto where your university appointment would be. Please contact me if you have any questions!

04.02.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.

🚨 HUGE news from Canada's tricouncils who are harmonizing their scholarship & fellowship programs, upping the total number (huzzah!), and critically, allowing foreigners to apply for doctoral and postdoc fellowships. Want to work with me? Get in touch! πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ§ͺβš’οΈ

www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

14.03.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 968    πŸ” 360    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 33
Head, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences - UBC Faculty of Medicine Ranked among the world’s top medical schools with the fifth-largest MD enrollment in North America, the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a leader in both the science and the practice of medicine. Across Bri...

We are hiring our next Department Head. If interested, you will be joining a great team of committed researchers and teachers. πŸ‘‡

www.med.ubc.ca/careers/admi...

13.03.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 421    πŸ” 161    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 6
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) | Department of Medical Genetics | Life Sciences Institute (LSI) - Department of Medical Genetics The Department of Medical Genetics, in collaboration with the Life Sciences Institute (LSI), invites applications for a full-time faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor, tenure track with...

My alma mater, the University of British Columbia, Dept of Medical Genetics, is hiring for a tenure track junior faculty position specializing in chromatin regulation / gene regulatory mechanisms. Beautiful city and vibrant epigenetics research. Please share!

medgen.med.ubc.ca/assistant-pr...

04.03.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 171    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

We've been awarded a UKRI MRC grant to examine the causes and consequences of #heterochromatin hypomethylation in cancer πŸ₯³. #postdoc opportunity coming in the near future. #epigenetics. Please share with anyone who might be interested.

12.12.2024 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2
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Ever wondered how transcription choreographs histone modifications? Our work reveals the basis of co-transcriptional H3K36me3 by SETD2. We visualize how a histone writer coordinates with the transcription machinery! This is the magnus opus of @jonmarkert.bsky.social!
tinyurl.com/setd2

12.12.2024 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 308    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 20
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After 3,000 years of science, the embryo is very different | Aeon Essays For 3,000 years, humans have struggled to understand the embryo. Now there is a revolution underway

Side-hustle activated. Stoked to have this popular science piece out in Aeon Magazine:

aeon.co/essays/after...

13.11.2024 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

@carolchen is following 20 prominent accounts