Come be my colleague! Montreal is a great place to live and work! Tenure Track position at @mcgill.ca in quantitative cell biology with a research program to address fundamental questions in biology. @futurepislack.bsky.social mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree...

Assistant Professor in Quantitative Cell Biology - Department of Biology

Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...

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Call for papers for a cool new special issue of Genetics focused on Functional Genomics: academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

Using functional genomics to explore biological networks: a call for papers

The journal GENETICS is calling for submission of papers for a Special Issue on “Using functional genomics to explore biological networks.”

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Huge faculty recruitment effort at the University of Chicago -- a division-wide, open-rank search looking to hire about 20 faculty across 5 research areas in biology. Come be our colleague! Full announcement: uchicago.app.box.com/s/ckih9zv3rj...

Come be our colleague. I have been in this Division for 27 years (4 as a postdoc and 23 as a PI). It is an amazing place to work, collaborate, and be inspired. If you are applying to be an Assistant or Associate Professor this Fall, don't miss this deadline.

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Join @FredHutch.org's Basic Sciences Division as an Assistant or Associate Professor and help shape the future of fundamental biology. We welcome applicants whose work will complement, extend, or bring new directions to the division.

I’m thrilled to share that our search for a tenure-track colleague in my *truly wonderful and collegial* Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development Division in the MCB Department at Berkeley @berkeleymcb.bsky.social is live! Please share this broad search widely: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481

Assistant Professor -Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development - Molecular and Cell Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Pls share. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences - Genetics/Genomics at Smith College. apply.interfolio.com/190342

🚨 Now available on Nature Careers ! #Recruitment #Ottawa

Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Vascular Links to Neurodevelopment - Ottawa, Ontario (CA) job with University of Ottawa, Ontario CANADA | 12861923

uOttawa, in partnership with the OHRI, invites applications for a Tier 2 CRC in Vascular Links to Neurodevelopment and their impact on brain health.

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New paper! How do RNAs "know" where to go inside a cell? We dug into the sequence elements that route RNAs to the right place. It turns out that, in mammals, they're surprisingly massive (>200 nt), multipartite, and wonderfully complicated. 🧵

Beyond excited to share our latest publication in Nature Portfolio/Nature Communications, where we aimed to overcome barriers that have thus far prevented widespread application of Cas12a — Cas9’s highly versatile cousin — for single-cell screening applications. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ready to take your research to the next level? Early-career researchers and emerging investigators are invited to apply for these $100K grant opportunities: ✔️ Career Development Award: asgct.org/cda ✔️ Expanding Pathways Fellowship: asgct.org/expanding

🚨 New preprint: GATO-seq did it again! ELOF1 is the missing promoter-proximal factor that confers RNA Pol II resistance to TFIIF. Including ELOF1, DSIF, and NELF in GATO-seq reactions recapitulates promoter-proximal pausing in vitro at physiological conditions for the 1st time. tinyurl.com/ELOF1

Review @natrevimmunol.nature.com @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social Calibrating T cell responsiveness through interactions with self www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It takes a village, every step matters. Basic science, NIH funding, Biotech, Patient advocacy, FDA, and Insurance. In a Milestone for A.L.S., a Treatment Helps Some Patients Improve www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/w...

In a Milestone for A.L.S., a Treatment Helps Some Patients Improve

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Excited to share that our #NSERC CREATE / #CRSNG FONCER program, GENE ENGINEER, has been funded! nouvelles.umontreal.ca/article/2026... nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/nser...

Deux chercheurs de l’UdeM obtiennent un financement majeur du CRSNG pour former la relève

Deux professeurs de l’UdeM reçoivent 1,65 M$ du programme FONCER du CRSNG pour concevoir des formations en recherche axées sur la collaboration, l’innovation et l’employabilité.

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Excited to share our discovery of a new programmable RNA-guided DNA-targeting system hiding inside bacteriophages that predates CRISPR. We call it VIPR (Viral Interference Programmable Repeat), and it uses an entirely new logic to find its targets. Thread + link below.

I defended my PhD 10 years ago today. That was the least remarkable thing that happened that day. Sharing something I wrote about it last year. Since then "the horrors persist but so do we." And with dignity.

You asked, we listened. Millions of AI-predicted protein complex structures are now available in the #AlphaFold Database. This spans homodimers from 20 of the most studied species, including humans, as well as the World Health Organization’s priority pathogens list. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...

Spotlight on Alistair Boettiger, assistant professor of developmental biology: He studies how the structure and movement of DNA molecules are linked to gene activity and, ultimately, cells’ identities and behaviors. stan.md/4kS38vU

Excited to share this preprint that describes my latest work on using GPUs to accelerate processing of RNA-seq data. The title says it all: "RNA-seq analysis in seconds using GPUs" now on biorxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... and github github.com/pachterlab/k... Figure 1 shows they key result

Data visualization is a critical step in data analysis. 8 links to bookmark for better data visualization:🧵

Wonderful and inspiring news article about Dr. Yvette Bonny (former @umontreal.ca professor and clinician at our host institute), who pioneered pediatric bone marrow transplants in Quebec. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

She did Quebec’s 1st pediatric bone marrow transplant. At 87, she still has some imposter syndrome | CBC News

Dr. Yvette Bonny is featured by the Government of Canada for Black History Month as one of nine remarkable figures who have helped shape Canadian heritage and identity. In 1980, she performed the firs...

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The most important #RNA conference of the year with lots of amazing science and a really friendly atmosphere. This year in beautiful Montreal 🇨🇦 ! www2.rnasociety.org

Our thoughts, impressions, and presentations of the "2nd EuroDepMap symposium" in Milan (Nov 2025) are online at @febsletters.bsky.social. febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Held on 20 November 2025 at Human Technopole in Milan, the 2nd European Cancer Dependency Map Symposium convened experimental and computational scientists to discuss how cancer dependency mapping in ...

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Cell Stem Cell@cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Online Now! Prevention of transgene silencing during human pluripotent stem cell differentiation #stemcells

Does the noncoding genome actually carry more genetic information than coding seqs? Motivated by this question we mutated every bp in the 10kb MYC locus. Results are even more exciting: Decoding the MYC locus reveals a druggable ultraconserved RNA element www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Just out @natrevimmunol.nature.com RNA-binding proteins and ribonucleoproteins as determinants of immunity www.nature.com/articles/s41... gives our perspective on this growing area of research. Special thanks to the editor Alexandra, for streamlining the manuscript.

RNA-binding proteins and ribonucleoproteins as determinants of immunity - Nature Reviews Immunology

RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) considerably expand the information content of the genome and can determine the lifespan, localization and function of RNA, thereby controlling when, where and how much pro...

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I was maybe 2.5 years into my position as an Assistant Professor when my phone rang, and it was Kirsty Duncan, the new federal science minister, calling out of the blue. I had never met her. She asked me what she could do for early career investigators. /1

Kristin Connor@kconnor.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Gutted to learn of the passing of Dr Kirsty Duncan. She was a tireless fighter for the people she served, not only her local community in Toronto but others, especially the science & research & athletics communities too. She championed equity, diversity, inclusion and made change happen. 🤍🙏🏻

Stem Cell Reports is calling for applications to serve on its editorial team as an Early Career Editor, a prestigious opportunity for outstanding, early-career scientists to help shape the future of stem cell publishing. The deadline to apply is 13 March 2026. https://ow.ly/8iiP50XWscj

We’re hiring! @jcellsci.bsky.social is looking for a Reviews Editor to join the team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves #cellbiology and wants to stay connected with the field. A great chance to work for an organisation that believes in helping the community! Details below👇

The Company of Biologists@biologists.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social is recruiting an enthusiastic and motivated Reviews Editor. An exciting opportunity for a talented scientific editor to make a contribution to an important journal in the field of #cellbiology. Deadline 2 Feb. More at: www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...