⏰ Reminder: The deadline is on Monday! Apply by September 21 for one of two junior professorships. Learn more in the thread below. 🧵👇

Helmholtz Institute Würzburg@helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨 The #HIRI & the Faculty of Medicine of the @uni-wuerzburg.de invite applications for 2️⃣ JUNIOR PROFESSORSHIPS in: 🔵 RNA-BASED INFECTION RESEARCH 🔵 MICROBIAL RNA BIOLOGY 🔵 RNA-BASED MEDICINE Apply by September 21: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale... Find an overview in this thread. 🧵👇 (1/5)

We are saddened by the loss of G&D's long-time Editor, Terri Grodzicker. When Terri stepped down as Editor in 2022, friends and colleagues wrote about her contributions to the research community. We are re-visiting these pieces, and thinking of her. ➡️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/37/1-2.toc

Today in CellCellPress 🥂collaborating across 3 continents to study how organisms at the extremes use RNA modifications, discovered the first natural modification of the RNA backbone, phosphorothioates and their writers. @SchragaSchwartz & several archaeal labs-thanks for being part of the team !

RNA demethylase FTO uses conserved aromatic residues to recognize the mRNA 5' cap and promote efficient m6Am demethylation The Journal of biological chemistry · Shimanski et al. doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2026.113573 #RNAsky #RNAmods

Transcript-wide m6A methylation defines the efficiency of cap-independent translation initiation RNA (New York, N.Y.) · Smolin et al. doi.org/10.1261/rna.081017.126 #RNAsky #RNAmods

Closing the loop for reproducible science: 🧬 Data ➔ 🤖 Models ➔ 📏 Benchmarks As AI transforms biology, EMBL-EBI is building the infrastructure to ensure models are as rigorous as the data behind them. What’s your biggest challenge when validating AI models? www.embl.org/news/science...

Erste Förderentscheidungen für #GlobalMinds 🌍 in DFG-Forschungsverbünden: Im Rahmen des 1000-Köpfe-plus-Programms des #BMFTR werden 27 Wissenschaftler*innen aus dem Ausland (USA, Europa, Afrika, Asien) an 18 Standorten in Deutschland tätig. Gesamtvolumen 69 Mio. Euro. Einzelheiten ▶️ sohub.io/zezs

As AI becomes more embedded in research, transparency and reproducibility matter more than ever. A timely editorial in Patterns: www.cell.com/patterns/ful...

Don’t black box your research

As generative AI tools become routine parts of research, the journal has growing concerns about how this transformation will affect the reproducibility of research. We call upon our authors to take st...

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🚨 Last chance to apply for the @rnamed.bsky.social graduate program! 🧬 🗓️ Applications close tomorrow, so don’t miss out: www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/imib/rnam...

Helmholtz Institute Würzburg@helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social · last mo.

🧬 @rnamed.bsky.social is hiring! Apply for one of six fully funded #PhD positions in RNA biology and RNA therapeutics, and work with leading RNA experts in an international, interdisciplinary environment. 📅 Application deadline: September 17, 2026 More info: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...

OpenAI’s claimed Navier-Stokes solution has polarized mathematicians over AI’s role—and what it means for the next generation. https://scim.ag/4h2UUzy

OpenAI breakthrough triggers ‘existential crisis’ in math

Claimed Navier-Stokes solution has polarized mathematicians over AI’s role—and what it means for the next generation

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Nucleic Acids Research is looking for a new Executive Editor! If you're an established researcher in RNA biology, translation, RNA virology, or related fields, apply! As a current Executive Editor, I highly recommend it. 📅 Deadline: 30 September 2026 academic.oup.com/nar/pages/ex...

NAR seeks a new Executive Editor

Overview of the Journal Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) is a leading open access molecular biology journal published by Oxford University Press. It provides rapid

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Get your calendars, because the new 2027 EMBL Annual Poster has arrived: s.embl.org/2027-poster Whether you'd like to enhance your skills in a practical course or engage with the latest research at one of our conferences, we've got you covered. See you at EMBL in 2027! 🙌 #LifeSciences #EMBL

🚨😀We are recruiting PhD and postdoctoral researchers at the Würzburg site of our Cluster of Excellence #NUCLEATE @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social on Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies🧬.👉 nucleate-cluster.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/2026-08_NUCLEATE_PhD-Postdoc_final_V02.pdf nucleate-cluster.de

The 2nd Workshop of the Human RNome Project Consortium took place last week in sunny Toronto 🇨🇦 ☀️, and @clare-r.bsky.social from our team had the pleasure of attending and hearing about the fantastic work happening all over the globe on #RNA modifications.

The complex life of RNA EMBO | EMBL Symposium is taking place 13 - 16 Oct 2026 in Heidelberg AND virtually! Register by 1 September for on-site attendance here: www.embl.org/about/info/c... #RNA #RNAbiology @events.embl.org @embo.org @embl.org

An RNA editing enzyme restrains the excessive proliferation of intestinal stem cells—a major hallmark of #aging in humans and other organisms—according to new work in #ScienceSignaling involving fruit flies and data from mice and human samples. https://scim.ag/44VKex1

A reduction in A-to-I RNA editing by ADAR disrupts Pumilio-mediated inhibition of MAPK signaling to drive intestinal stem cell aging

The RNA editing enzyme ADAR slows intestinal stem cell aging by reducing proliferative MAPK signaling.

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Academic tweeps! How do your institutes implement support for scientists in the rapidly changing AI-era - i.e, who is training the students to use Claude Code, and making sure they don't wreckt the cluster? Does it work well? Tell here/DM + pls RT (heading a sub-committee...)

Exciting news for the RNA research community! The Human RNome Project has been launched: a global effort to map all human RNAs and their chemical modifications. Proud to support it and contribute to the article in Genome Biology doi.org/10.1186/s130... #RNA #bioinformatics #RNAstructure #modomics

Unlocking the regulatory code of RNA: launching the Human RNome Project - Genome Biology

The human RNome, the complete set of RNA molecules in human cells, arises through complex processing and includes diverse molecular species. While research traditionally focuses on four canonical nucl...

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We spent the weekend at FORSCHA Munich Science Days with the other Munich clusters of excellence teaching kids all about DNA and RNA! 🧬✨ After learning how codons work, they put their new knowledge to the test by coding their very own DNA wristbands to take home. #NUCLEATECluster #ScienceComm

Nascent peptides emerge as regulators of mRNA stability

Nascent peptides emerge as regulators of mRNA stability

Mobile genetic elements and their hosts engage in continuous evolutionary conflict. Marino et al. recently uncovered an unusual anti-CRISPR mechanism: the phage protein AcrVA2 triggers translation-coupled mRNA degradation by recognizing nascent Cas12. The findings suggest that nascent peptides may signal an underappreciated layer of gene regulation across the kingdoms of life.

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Mission DNA: Accomplished! 🧬 NUCLEATE researchers from @zarnack-group.bsky.social and @koenig-lab.bsky.social hosted a group of 4th graders for 2 days of science. From extracting DNA to imaging cells via microscope, and touring the labs, we might have just met the next gen of scientists! 🧠

Introns have a hidden regulatory role! 🧬🎉 Delighted to share our latest paper showing that inefficiently spliced introns and spliceosomal proteins direct RNA methylation, engaging RNAi to silence retrotransposons and regulate gene expression nature.com/articles/s41...

The NUCLEATE Cluster of Excellence is hiring! Shape the future of nucleic acid sciences 🧬 🚀 Group Leaders: All 3 locations (LMU, TUM, JMU Würzburg) 🔬 PhDs & Postdocs: Open call in Würzburg and speculative applications welcome! Deadline: Aug 16, 2026 👉 More info: nucleate-cluster.de/careers/

Exciting opportunity: We are recruiting 3 Independent Group Leaders for our Munich-Würzburg Cluster of Excellence #NUCLEATE on Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies 🧬. www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12861192/independent-group-leader-at-nucleate-excellence-cluster/ @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social

Independent Group Leader at NUCLEATE Excellence Cluster - Munich or Würzburg job with NUCLEATE Cluster | 12861192

Independent Group Leader in Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies within the NUCLEATE Cluster at LMU Munich, TU Munich or JMU Würzburg.

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📢 Great opportunity to join us for nucleic acid research!

NUCLEATE Cluster@nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The NUCLEATE Cluster of Excellence is hiring! Shape the future of nucleic acid sciences 🧬 🚀 Group Leaders: All 3 locations (LMU, TUM, JMU Würzburg) 🔬 PhDs & Postdocs: Open call in Würzburg and speculative applications welcome! Deadline: Aug 16, 2026 👉 More info: nucleate-cluster.de/careers/

Interested in RNA and proteins? Perfect! 😀 We seek to fill a fully funded 3+ years PhD position for a project on pre-mRNA splicing regulation using structural biochemistry in combination with cell biology and bioinformatics. Find more information on our lab's homepage and get in contact via e-mail!

Welcome to the official account of the NUCLEATE Cluster of Excellence👋🧬 We’re building a community around nucleic acid sciences and technology, and innovation 🚀 Expect research highlights, collaborations, events, and opportunities — with open positions coming soon. #Biotech #Science #RNA #Research

Today, researchers from @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social, TRR 319, @sfb1551.bsky.social, and @sfb1361.bsky.social visited a primary school in Würzburg to show the fascinating world of DNA! 🧬 Thanks to the great team from the König and @zarnack-group.bsky.social labs at @uni-wuerzburg.de! #MissionDNA

🚨 Join us for the RNA modification and Processing conference from 7-9 September at the IMB in Mainz @imbmainz.bsky.social #RNA #modification #meeting Register here: converia.uni-mainz.de/frontend/ind...

The iCLIP3 protocol was developed by Vlado Despic in a close and fun collaboration with @koenig-lab.bsky.social and @zarnack-group.bsky.social. The protocol was inspired by and successfully tested in the @embo.org #iCLIPcourse thanks to Elias Bechara, Chris Sibley and @rosario-avolio.bsky.social

Michaela Müller-McNicoll@mixmue.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We are excited to share our new preprint: iCLIP3 — an improved protocol for transcriptome-wide mapping of protein–RNA interactions at single-nucleotide resolution.