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Research Group: baldocklab.com based at the University of Portsmouth, UK. Interested in Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genome Stability.

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A fantastic set of talks, introductions and networking with academics and partners in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight at the University of Portsmouth. #LifeSciences #Health #Hampshire

18.06.2025 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Developmental mitochondrial complex I activity determines lifespan | EMBO reports imageimageTemporal manipulation of CI function reveals development as critical window where reduction of CI produces short-lived and stress sensitive adults characterised by maladaptive transcriptomic...

Glad to see this paper on the role of #mitochondria in #ageing from Alberto Sanz lab finally out, cool story that was in development for a long time. As always a pleasure to collaborate!

www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

22.03.2025 10:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Mechanisms of Mitochondrial DNA Mutation and Repair

If you are interested in mitochondria, Nashville is the place to be June 1-5. Check out this FASEB meeting. Please RT. events.faseb.org/event/mitoch...

05.03.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reminder - still one month to apply to be a tenure track group leader at MRC LMB. Please do reach out for any information.

22.02.2025 09:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hello Everyone! ๐Ÿ‘‹ Nucleic Acids Research is excited to be on Bluesky! Please follow us for the latest #Research, #Breakthrough articles, journal issues and more. Also, please consider adding us to your starter packs!

31.01.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 135    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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We made a photoswitchable HaloTag (psHaloTag), which can reversibly turn-on fluorogenic dyes upon illumination ๐Ÿ’ก. Congrats to Franzi, Bego and all co-authors, check out our preprint below ๐Ÿ‘‡
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

07.01.2025 08:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 205    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Alzheimer's Research UK - the UK's leading Alzheimer's research charity Alzheimer's Research UK are the UK's leading Alzheimer's research charity aiming to find a cure for dementia. Together we have the power to make breakthroughs possible.

Thank you to Alzheimerโ€™s Research UK for awarding pump prime funding to investigate mechanisms of mitochondrial DNA stability on neuronal cell function! More exciting research to come. #mitochondria #DNA #research https://buff.ly/32JfUnh

06.01.2025 11:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For those starting on BSKY and loving #metabolism and #mitochondria, the 2 starter packs have now been completed. 300 scientists working in this field are here to be followed! Happy Boxing Day

Starter pack 1: go.bsky.app/VavECSX

Starter pack 2: go.bsky.app/CH1MctZ

26.12.2024 08:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 65    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scientific Officer - Epigenetics and Genome Stability in Chelsea | The Institute of Cancer Research View details and apply for this Scientific Officer - Epigenetics and Genome Stability vacancy in Chelsea . Salary : Commencement on the salary range is subject to comparable skills and exp...

We are looking for someone to join our lab as a researcher (scientific officer). Advert and information on applying is here: jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/10...
It's a great team and a wonderful place to work!

13.12.2024 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Huge congratulations to Dr Chris Fearn on successfully defending his PhD thesis today at the university of Portsmouth! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ #viva #phd #mito #dna

13.12.2024 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The biochemical society is now on Bluesky! Follow for updates from the society #science #society #research

11.12.2024 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Genome Damage and Stability Centre at the University of Sussex has now joined BlueSky! Follow us here, for news, views and publications.

06.12.2024 09:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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DNA sequence and lesion-dependent mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM)-DNA-binding modulates DNA repair activities and products Abstract. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is indispensable for mitochondrial function and is maintained by DNA repair, turnover, mitochondrial dynamics and mitop

DNA sequence and lesion-dependent mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM)-DNA-binding modulates DNA repair activities and products academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...

29.11.2024 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

27.11.2024 06:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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aspden PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships FindAPhD. Search Funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in aspden. Search for PhD funding, scholarships & studentships in the UK, Europe and around the world.

Delighted to be advertising 2 exciting PhD projects 1) lncRNA derived micropeptides & their contribution to brain cancers with James Poulter & Lucy Stead 2) mechanisms of translational regulation by specialised ribosomes. @chillzaa.bsky.social & Ade Whitehouse www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...

26.11.2024 17:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Yes please!

26.11.2024 06:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Updated Aging Starter Pack!! People and labs interested in aging ๐Ÿ˜€ Let me know if you'd like to be added!

go.bsky.app/5UXXaDA

23.11.2024 16:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 94    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

#Genetics Starter Pack ~100 accounts in genetics and genomics. Apologies to all the lovely people I missed.
go.bsky.app/JcbBNq5

08.11.2024 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 102    ๐Ÿ” 79    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Download our database of 492 (!) funding opportunities for EARLY-CAREER FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS.

For each entry, we provide link to funder, description, amount, deadline, and eligibility criteria (e.g. citizenship).

Download freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

17.11.2024 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 563    ๐Ÿ” 333    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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๐Ÿšจ Tenure track positions at Physiology Dept UMN.

Join a vibrant research environment:
med.umn.edu/physiology
med.umn.edu/aging
med.umn.edu/about/center...

Areas of interest: aging biology, molecular metabolism, cardiovascular, inflammation, stress etc.

Apply here: z.umn.edu/9zxj

23.11.2024 06:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR867/lecturer-in-biochemistry

We are hiring a lecturer in Biochemistry. This is an attractive position which is permanent and I would love to see another chromosome or evolutionary biologist join us! Drop me a message if you have questions :)
t.co/4XhvY7k0Qy

22.11.2024 11:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

ok, Genome Stability people. Here are our two starter packs - since I can't pin them both independently to my profile, have to make a new post. Still adding new people to the second pack. As usual, please reach out if you would like to be added!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/starter-pack...

20.11.2024 20:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

GS II is here! Please follow the newly arrived folks, and comment/DM to be included!
go.bsky.app/VeCmq6

18.11.2024 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Really excited to get chomping through sequencing data #Nanopore #mtDNA

18.11.2024 09:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Aird Lab

Hello to so many new followers! We recently received fundable scores on 2 R01s and are actively recruiting multiple postdocs. The broad theme of the lab is cancer cell metabolism, and I tailor projects to the postdocโ€™s scientific interests and career goals. See more: Airdlab.com

17.11.2024 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 92    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Understanding molecular mechanisms of protein-primed genome replication in enteroviruses at University of York on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Understanding molecular mechanisms of protein-primed genome replication in enteroviruses at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com

We have a fully-funded 4 year PhD position in the lab, for October 2025 entry. Both UK and international students are eligible to apply. Please share and get in touch if you're interested ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿฆ 

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

13.11.2024 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

This is great, thanks for compiling this Tatiana!

15.11.2024 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Developments in Genome Organisation Part of our Early Career Researcher (ECR) webinar series, our latest webinar explored genomic organisation and how exciting novel biophysical tools allow the study of chromatin modellers, ultimately r...

In case you missed the recent 'Developments in Genome Organisation' webinar hosted by the Biochemical Society, here is a link to the recording (two fantastic talks on recent work in the field): www.biochemistry.org/about-us/res...

15.11.2024 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Baldock Lab has now joined Bluesky! We study genome integrity of the nuclear and mitochondrial genome at the University of Portsmouth. Follow us for science updates and tag us so we can follow your labs back ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿงซ #DNA #Research #Mitochondria #Science

15.11.2024 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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