Talk about a cosmic glow-up✨📸 This progression of images of galaxy group RSCG 55 shows the evolution of ground-based sky surveys spanning more than three decades🤯, ending with NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's view. 🔭🧪
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Recombination, Meiosis, Chromosomes, DNA Break Repair https://twitter.com/LabNeale
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Kevin Olsen@drksolsen.bsky.social · 3w agopeer review is a secondary consideration, any federal agency may cancel any grant at any time for “national interest," ban grants on culture war topics, limit international collaborations, and block spending on things like publishing papers and attending conferences.🧪 arstechnica.com/science/2026...
Great to see you Luz! Enjoy the conference 😀
Luz Maria Lopez@luzmlopez.bsky.social · last mo.Great to have the opportunity to visit my second home, Brighton ☀️, revisit so many happy memories, and catch up with former labmates and friends from my PhD days at @labneale.bsky.social @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social. It was wonderful to see you all—I hope our paths cross again soon!
"Fellows shall not act or fail to act in any way which would […] bring the Society into disrepute." But this morning ministers condemned Elon Musk FRS for enabling violence on the streets of Belfast. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... Would the @royalsociety.org like to comment?
On my way to # www.grc.org/meiosis-conf... cruising 10 km in the air with a stable (and free) WIFI connection. Who knew such things were possible?!
2026 Meiosis Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Meiosis will be held in New London, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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The best thing since *before* sliced bread... VIPRs. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Could this be my finest moment? '"Your average space billionaire probably doesn't give a rat's arse about future generations," she said'. I'm not sure I was expecting this to be quoted! 🧪
Mining on the Moon is closer than ever, but challenges remain
A scientist, an engineer, an archaeologist and a lawyer break down some of the physical, environmental, ethical and legal challenges of mining on the Moon.
abc.net.au
Complementary Holliday Junction observations now available to absorb from @martinxaver.bsky.social and coauthors! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
NealeLab@labneale.bsky.social · 5mo agoFantastic to share the work of @whgittens.bsky.social and Tom Powell. World-first detection of Topoisomerase 3 activity on chromosomes in vivo. Top3 maps to meiotic hotspots then migrates, indicating that branched Holliday junctions migrate codirectionally with transcription; resolve at the axis.
Commentary: How do authors want to use AI for review? link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How do authors want to use AI for review? - EMBO Reports
EMBO Reports - A survey of researchers who compared AI-generated scientific reviews with journal-agnostic human peer review reveals that they overwhelmingly prefer using AI as a self-checking tool...
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On #NationalSpinachDay, this graphic looks at the real story behind spinach’s iron content: www.compoundchem.com/2018/07/17/s... #ChemSky 🧪
Amazing to receive the @hfspo.bsky.social Research Grant to pursue the project I have been dreaming of since I started my lab..!!🧬: how meiotic drive impacts sex ratios in vertebrates👩🏻🔬👨🔬 I am so fortunate to collaborate on this project with Jiri Hejnar at IMG and @amarques.bsky.social 🎉🙏🏼
JOIN US!: PhD applications are still open. Deadline extended until 6th April due to Easter break. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
How Chromosome Structure Shapes Genetic Diversity and Genome Stability at University of Sussex on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - How Chromosome Structure Shapes Genetic Diversity and Genome Stability at University of Sussex, listed on FindAPhD.com
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NealeLab@labneale.bsky.social · 6mo agoNOW LIVE!: PhD opening joint with @drjonbaxter.bsky.social at @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social Get in touch and apply if you are interested in any and all of: Chromosomes, Genome Stability, Chromatin and DNA Topology in Mitosis and Meiosis. www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
Meiosis alert! Last few days to register for #BMM2026. Calling all postdocs/PhD students: your chance to meet the community, give a talk, present your poster! Hosted at the beautiful Royal Society HQ in London this year! www.rothamsted.ac.uk/event/xvi-br...
Condensin loop extrusion properties, roadblocks, and role in homology search @aurelepiazza.bsky.social et al show yeast condensin unidirectionally extrudes long chromatin loops & contributes to biasing donor selection during recombinational DNA break repair link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Condensin loop extrusion properties, roadblocks, and role in homology search during recombination in S. cerevisiae - The EMBO Journal
The in vivo mechanism, cis-acting roadblocks, and biological functions of DNA loop extrusion by eukaryotic SMC complexes remain incompletely defined. Here, we identify condensin-dependent Hi-C contact...
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Spring is here in the northern hemisphere! Here's a graphic from the #PeriodicGraphic archives in @cenmag.bsky.social looking at the pigments that give daffodils their golden glow: cen.acs.org/articles/93/... #ChemSky 🧪
Chair in Earth Sciences position @uniofstandrews.bsky.social closing soon - Monday 23 March. Very broad remit, so if you’d like to join our lovely school, and get to live in the super beautiful and friendly wee nation of Scotland, please apply! www.st-andrews.ac.uk/earth-scienc... ⚒️🌊🧪
Wow. @pallabg.bsky.social has a obtained leaked document from STFC Council suggesting the origin of the STFC funding crisis was a deliberate decision (by?) 🧪🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor position in Molecular Microbiology available at Lund University, Sweden: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Molecular Microbiology
The Department of Biology conducts research and teaching in many subject areas such as ecology, evolutionary biology, organismal biology and molecular biology. A total of approximately 300 people curr
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Fantastic to share the work of @whgittens.bsky.social and Tom Powell. World-first detection of Topoisomerase 3 activity on chromosomes in vivo. Top3 maps to meiotic hotspots then migrates, indicating that branched Holliday junctions migrate codirectionally with transcription; resolve at the axis.
Two weeks left to get in your applications! ✍️ www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
School of Life Sciences Studentship: How Chromosome ...
sussex.ac.uk
NealeLab@labneale.bsky.social · 6mo agoNOW LIVE!: PhD opening joint with @drjonbaxter.bsky.social at @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social Get in touch and apply if you are interested in any and all of: Chromosomes, Genome Stability, Chromatin and DNA Topology in Mitosis and Meiosis. www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
Pregnancy loss is common in humans, and chromosomal abnormalities are the leading cause. Using genetic data from ~140,000 IVF embryos, we show that maternal variation in meiosis genes influences recombination and aneuploidy risk. First authors: @saracarioscia.bsky.social & @aabiddanda.github.io
Common variation in meiosis genes shapes human recombination and aneuploidy - Nature
Analysis of data from pre-implantation genetic testing sheds light on the genetic basis of meiotic-origin aneuploidy, the leading cause of human pregnancy loss, identifying common genetic variants ass...
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After a long incubation, it is a huge pleasure to finally share the work of @luzmlopez.bsky.social, Jon Harper and their coauthors: "Localised negative feedback shapes genome-wide patterning of meiotic DNA breaks". @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Now live on Find-A-PhD-dot-com: Joint project between @labneale.bsky.social and @drjonbaxter.bsky.social @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social Get in touch if you are interested in any and all of: Chromosomes, Genome Stability, Chromatin and DNA Topology in Mitosis and Meiosis. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
How Chromosome Structure Shapes Genetic Diversity and Genome Stability at University of Sussex on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - How Chromosome Structure Shapes Genetic Diversity and Genome Stability at University of Sussex, listed on FindAPhD.com
findaphd.com
NealeLab@labneale.bsky.social · 6mo agoComing soon! PhD opening joint with @drjonbaxter.bsky.social at @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social Keep a look out and get in touch if you are interested in any and all of: Chromosomes, Genome Stability, Chromatin and DNA Topology in Mitosis and Meiosis.
@science.org A small polymerase ribozyme that can synthesize itself and its complementary strand | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #RNA #ribozyme #evolution
Edoardo Gianni@edogia.bsky.social · 6mo agoHow could a simple self-replicating system emerge at the origins of life? RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but existing ones are so large that their self-replication seems impossible. Could they be smaller? Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase. 1/n
NOW LIVE!: PhD opening joint with @drjonbaxter.bsky.social at @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social Get in touch and apply if you are interested in any and all of: Chromosomes, Genome Stability, Chromatin and DNA Topology in Mitosis and Meiosis. www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
School of Life Sciences Studentship: How Chromosome ...
sussex.ac.uk
NealeLab@labneale.bsky.social · 6mo agoComing soon! PhD opening joint with @drjonbaxter.bsky.social at @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social Keep a look out and get in touch if you are interested in any and all of: Chromosomes, Genome Stability, Chromatin and DNA Topology in Mitosis and Meiosis.