📢 We are looking for a Junior Group Leader to join us at @institutcurie.bsky.social! Having joined the department just over a year ago, I can honestly say that it is an exceptionally stimulating and supportive scientific environment, filled with outstanding colleagues — all in the heart of Paris.
Daphne Cabianca
@daphne-cabianca.bsky.social
Group leader at Helmholtz-Munich. Epigenetics, environment and C. elegans. Mum and wife. Cake baking enthusiast
Excited to share our first story led by @martinacapriati.bsky.social! How do cells control the expression of viability genes? We find that single transcription factors can drive both chromatin opening and gene activation from densely co-bound CpG island promoters, including at essential genes
Hello all, our lab is recruiting a PhD candidate to study how 3D genome folding impacts gene regulation in development. We're located at the Center for Integrative Genomics department of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Please email me if interested. #PhDPosition, #PhDOpportunity
My lab is looking for a PhD student 🔥 Starting date: flexible - end of 2026/beginning of 2027 👉 Are you interested in understanding how diet, metabolism and the environment shape cell and organismal function through chromatin and nuclear organisation? Read more 👇
My lab is looking for a PhD student 🔥 Starting date: flexible - end of 2026/beginning of 2027 👉 Are you interested in understanding how diet, metabolism and the environment shape cell and organismal function through chromatin and nuclear organisation? Read more 👇
Summer School on Chromatin Biology 2026 at #HelmholtzMunich 🧬 📢 Application Deadline Extended to April 18, 2026. 👉 Further information on the programme & application process: lnkd.in/dN-xXmEr #abcam #summerschool #phd
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Summer School on Chromatin Biology. Transform your knowledge and skills with this 2 week course focusing on ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, ChIC/CUT&RUN, CUT&Tag, and bioinformatics analyses. Aug 17 - 29 Interested? Apply by April 18 bit.ly/4bZwHHR #abcam #summerschool #phd #helmholtzmunich
Germ cells have their own versions of core transcription factors and fertility depends on them. We're hiring a PhD student to figure out how! 📢 Fly genetics + proteomics + genomics. Fully funded. Aarhus University 🇩🇰 Deadline May 1 👇 Please share with anyone who might be interested!
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We are looking for a new group leader to join the IGH (Montpellier, France). I can’t wait to meet my future colleague! Apply :-) More infos here: igh.cnrs.fr/join-igh-as-...
Join IGH as Group Leader - IGH
The Institute of Human Genetics invites applications for a Principal Investigator position in its main research areas. Read more...
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Our Lab is searching a postdoc for an exciting ERC-funded project that will start this summer. Apply if you’re passionate about multi-omics, cutting-edge computational approaches, and exploring biological questions across the animal 🪼 🪱 🐞 🦎 🦋 🕷️ tree of life www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
Postdoctoral Researcher (ERC-funded project)
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🤩💪 Out now! 3D regulatory hubs in sex determination With @mamartirenom.bsky.social & Capel labs, led by @imotagom.bsky.social & @jrotwitguez.bsky.social 1️⃣ METALoci – explore #3DGenome 🧬 2️⃣ Non-coding region controlling Fgf9 🧩 3️⃣ Meis genes = new key players 🌟 👉 rdcu.be/e5sm2 1/n Bluetorial 👇
Chromatin spatial analysis by METALoci unveils sex-determining 3D regulatory hubs
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology - METALoci, a new three-dimensional genome computational tool, reveals a major rewiring of regulatory interactions during sex determination. By combining...
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Fellowship application dealdine for students from low income countries 🌐will be in 1️⃣ week. Dont miss out on this opportunity ! Hands on Summer School. Cut&Run, Cut@Tag, ChIP, ATACseq and analyse your own data ! ➡️Unique opportunity ! 15 exiting days ➕ Daily high profile lectures. 👉 bit.ly/4oGDR8f
Summary - Summer School on Chromatin Biology: A Hands-On Expedition
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The Epigenetics Community at #HelmholtzMunich, together with #Abcam, is hosting the 3rd #Chromatin #SummerSchool in Munich: 📆 17–29 August 2026 ⏰ Apply by March 29, 2026 👉 Applications & info: bit.ly/4oGDR8f @epihmgu.bsky.social @metorrespadilla.bsky.social @robertife.bsky.social
We go live!!! Join us Munich July5-7th to hear exciting research on #Replication by leaders in the field AND !! registration is FREE 🥳 (but mandatory) - we hope to see many in Munich 🍺 @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social @replifate.bsky.social @epicrossborders.bsky.social replifate.eu/event/meetin...
Events for February 2026
06-07 July 2026 | Munich, GermanyDNA Replication and Its Impact on Genome and Chromatin MaintenanceWe are RepliFate, a European Training Doctoral Network dedicated to understanding how DNA replication...
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How Do Metabolic Changes Influence Our Genes? 🧬 Researchers at #HelmholtzMunich have discovered new mechanisms by which metabolism impacts our genes through epigenetic regulation. 🔗Original publication: t1p.de/uh7j8 @epihmgu.bsky.social @robertife.bsky.social #Epigenetics
Excited for this new preprint from my lab where we unexpectedly found a role for methionine synthase reductase in regulating heterochromatin independently of methionine synthesis 👇
Methionine synthase reductase regulates heterochromatin independently of methionine synthesis through mitochondrial homeostasis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.19.695597v1
📢 Advance Your Career: Apply by July 31 to speak at the #TalentForum at #HelmholtzMunich! #PostDoc aiming for a group leader role? Present your work in #Epigenetics & Nucleic Acids Research and connect with leaders in the field. 🗓️ Nov 18–19, 2025, Munich ⏳Deadline: July 31, 2025 👉 t1p.de/n2n2r
Looking forward to visiting you!
🤗We're excited to host Daphne Cabianca next Monday! She will give a talk on “Shaping the genome with diet: dietary control of chromatin organization and function in a whole organism” 📅 July 7 🕐 1:15 PM ➡️Lynen Lecture Hall Join us for an inspiring talk – see you there! @daphne-cabianca.bsky.social
Great catching up with everyone at #worm25! If you're planning tomorrow's schedule, consider our workshop: @giosg.bsky.social & I have invited 5 folks who think differently about health and aging (incl @rnareylab.bsky.social & @scharflab.bsky.social). We promise you'll leave with new ideas! 🪱
Are you @ the late stages of your postdoc ? Want to pursue a PI career ? Then this 👇👇 is for you ! Apply for a spot @ our Talent Forum www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/stem-cell... Peer-networking / Career orientation and more !!! Please distribute :) 🙂
🎤 Postdocs: want to take the next step and become a #PI? Apply to speak at the TALENT FORUM @www.helmholtz-munich.de, showcase your research in Epigenetics & Nucleic Acids, and connect with top scientists. 🧳 Travel & accommodation covered if selected! 📝 Apply by 31July. 🔗 Info: lnkd.in/drkRvz7N
Here is-🥳🥳😇 tremendous effort by @palmrinmoy.bsky.social brilliantly supported by @tamas-schauer.bsky.social &super help by federico,iliya,tsune,adam,@mamartirenom.bsky.social Very happy to see this come to fruition- Look forward to feedback from colleagues ! More 👉 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
📣 The @ijmonod.bsky.social is hosting this year the Paris-Munich Epigenetics - Workshop and Symposium, an exciting exchange between the Paris and Munich epigenetic research communities!
🔬 This event is organized by @sandraduharcourt.bsky.social , @daphne-cabianca.bsky.social , Germano Cecere , Pierre-Antoine Defossez, Ines Drinnenberg, @rodvilla.bsky.social
Join our team as a postdoc and explore the exciting world of transposable elements and developmental biology with us! @imbavienna.bsky.social @vbcscitraining.bsky.social
IMBA is recruiting a Junior Group Leader! Are you interested in starting your own lab, pursuing curiosity-driven basic research in the life sciences? Apply now to our group leader position. The deadline is May 28. Link is below.
#ChromatinDays – Join Us! SFB 1064's final annual meeting! Talks, reunion & BBQ Bash 🍖 on May 26-27. Guest speakers: former SFB & IRTG members. Alumni, don’t miss the BBQ & IRTG Satellite Session! 📢 Register now! Scan the QR code or visit: www.sfb1064.med.uni-muenchen.de/chromatin-da... 🐝 there!
⌛📝 One week left to apply to our latest call for faculty positions here at @molbiolau.bsky.social in Aarhus, Denmark 🇩🇰 Two (👀) positions are available w. open topic + rank (tenure-track assist or assoc professorship dep. on career stage). mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...
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Register for the renowned Epigenetics Gordon Research Conference Barcelona 10-15 August 2025. A great line up of speakers on the theme: Epigenetic Variation: Mechanisms & Impact Across Systems. ~15 talks to be chosen from submitted abstracts, so upload yours ASAP: www.grc.org/epigenetics-...
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A reminder that we're recruiting a Reviews Editor for @dev-journal.bsky.social. Do get in touch if you want to find out more. A great opportunity to join a fantastic team and an organisation full of lovely people who really care about supporting the scientific community (not that I'm biased...!).
🧪 @dev-journal.bsky.social has an opening for a Reviews Editor. If you love #devbio, and have an interest in publishing and #scicomms, this could be the role for you. Full details at bit.ly/42eiTpa 📆 Application deadline is 31 March 2025 #careersinpublishing #editor
🚨NEW PAPER ALERT! 3 of our teams at IES collaborated to understand why some cells reprogram effectively while others fail @hamperllab.bsky.social @antonio-scialdone.bsky.social @evahoermanseder.bsky.social Congrats to all the authors of this exceptional paper published @stemcellreports.bsky.social
Cell Fate Changes – Transcriptional Memory in Reprogramming Dr. Eva Hörmanseder, #HelmholtzMunich & team uncovered why some cells resist reprogramming – a key hurdle for regenerative medicine. 👉 t1p.de/43yrw @epihmgu.bsky.social #CellReprogramming #Epigenetics #StemCells #RegenerativeMedicine
Job opening in my research group!! Please share. I'm looking for a lab technician to join my small team investigating how chromatin structure regulates gene expression in C. elegans. www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Friedrich Miescher Institute, open position
Friedrich Miescher Institute, open position
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Why do some cells resist nuclear reprogramming? Using nuclear transfer, we tracked single-cell fate changes in vivo and uncovered cell-type-specific barriers to reprogramming. Suppressing the old identity boosts success! www.cell.com/stem-cell-re...
Differentiation success of reprogrammed cells is heterogeneous in vivo and modulated by somatic cell identity memory
This study investigates how reprogramming success in vivo varies across cell types, revealing that gene expression of the previous somatic cell identity hinders proper differentiation. By following si...
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Cell Fate Changes – Transcriptional Memory in Reprogramming Dr. Eva Hörmanseder, #HelmholtzMunich & team uncovered why some cells resist reprogramming – a key hurdle for regenerative medicine. 👉 t1p.de/43yrw @epihmgu.bsky.social #CellReprogramming #Epigenetics #StemCells #RegenerativeMedicine