Our new Review is out now! @carolinedean.bsky.social @miguelmontez.bsky.social We discuss how plants monitor seasonal temperature exposure, highlighting interconnected mechanisms of short-term transcriptional regulation & long-term epigenetic memory rdcu.be/fnLmG 🌱❄️

BLOG - “Wow” moments in the life and career of young scientist Miguel Dr @miguelmontez.bsky.social has had a memorable few months. From dual academic research publications, to winning a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Fellowship - and even finding the time to get married! www.jic.ac.uk/blog/wow-mom...

“Wow” moments in the life and career of young scientist Miguel | John Innes Centre

The past few months have been a truly memorable time in the life and career of Dr Miguel Montez.

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📣 Looking for a 3-Year Postdoc @johninnescentre.bsky.social to join my Wellcome project. This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes 📅 Closes on 10 Dec. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...

Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr Miguel Montez) | John Innes Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Wellcome Trust project led by Dr Miguel Montez and hosted within the Dodd Group at the John Innes Centre.

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Delighted to share that I’ve been awarded the Wellcome Trust Early-Career Award 🙏 £1.4m over 5 years. The start of an exciting new journey 🚀

John Innes Centre@johninnescentre.bsky.social · 12mo ago

NEWS - Talented early-career researcher receives major @wellcometrust.bsky.social funding The innovative research project of JIC early-career plant scientist, Dr @miguelmontez.bsky.social, has attracted a prestigious funding award from a global health charity. www.jic.ac.uk/news/talente...

Super lucky to get the Faraday!Very grateful for the support from @johninnescentre.bsky.social @carolined2.bsky.social, my group and all the collaborators/friends🙏

John Innes Centre@johninnescentre.bsky.social · last yr.

NEWS - Professor Yiliang Ding awarded prestigious Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship These long-term @royalsociety.org awards are worth £8m over 10 years to support exceptional mid-career research leaders in the UK. Congratulations @yiliangding.bsky.social 👏 👉 www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...

Almost 50% of lab workers identify as neurodiverse. So what difference could it make for research organisations to fully embrace neurodiversity in their workplace culture? We supported the John Innes Centre to implement a project aiming to do just that 👇

John Innes Centre@johninnescentre.bsky.social · last yr.

BLOG - Seven ingredients for a Neuroinclusive research organisation In our latest #JICNeurodiversity blog, we reflect on the remarkable impact and success of our BBSRC @ukri.org funded “Understanding, Valuing and Celebrating Neurodiversity” project 🌈🧠 Watch full video: youtu.be/bwUEJju9XQ4?...

What a fabulous work! A polyA "tailored" mechanism to enhance #mRNA vaccine efficiency via cytoplasmic re-adenylation. Huge impact on #RNAtherapeutics. A demonstration of the scientific excellence of Polish research institutions.

@iimcb.bsky.social · last yr.

🌐Our @nature.com paper is out! Researchers from IIMCB and other Polish institutions show how TENT5A boosts mRNA vaccine efficacy by stabilizing therapeutic mRNAs and enhancing antigen production. A step toward better therapies for cancer and beyond! 🧬 👉Read the story: bit.ly/3XYvQkI #Nature #mRNA

Physics of Life 2025 @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social has been a fantastic meeting. To step forward into understanding #Biology it really is urgent to integrate #Biophysics, #Biochemistry, #StructuralBiology, #Computational modelling, #Theory, etc... I'm very happy to be part of this community.

Please RT: 🌱 We’re hiring a Postdoc and a PhD student! ⏳ Application deadline: 17. March 2025 Join our lab and explore the role of alternative mRNA isoforms in drought stress and environmental adaptation in crops and Arabidopsis. Learn more and apply: www.lablaubinger.eu/Opportunities

Our paper has been published! We used in vivo single-particle tracking to demonstrate that the assembly of core FCA oligomers into functional macromolecular condensates. Thanks to all the authors and colleagues!

The EMBO Journal@embojournal.org · 2y ago

In vivo single-particle tracking by Geng-Jen Jang, Caroline Dean et al reveals the modular assembly of #Arabidopsis gene expression regulator FLOWERING CONTROL LOCUS A from oligomers into molecular condensates competent for RNA 3’-processing www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Fantastic opportunity. Apply!

The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR)@tairnews.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Postdoc in seed molecular biology and physiology at Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Warsaw, Poland *Application Deadline: 3/31/2025" Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=Warsaw_2-25-25.pdf #PlantSciJobs

A very insightful work into #lncRNA parallel functions, U1-dependent #chromatin association, and alternative #polyA site selection. I am delighted to be part of this work led by Szymon Swiezewski and Sebastian Sacharowski. ⚠️ Preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Chromatin retained MUSHER lncRNA integrates ABA and DOG1 signalling pathways to enhance Arabidopsis seeds dormancy

Many plant lncRNAs regulate gene expression by binding to chromatin, but how they are retained at the target loci is unclear. We identify a new, chromatin-localized lncRNA - MUSHER , which activates t...

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Very happy to be part of this cool story showing that LUC7 proteins define two major classes of 5’SS in animals and plants! Thanks, Chris @daspliceisright.bsky.social and Connor, for reaching out to us!

Burge Lab@daspliceisright.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here is the research article, published today in Nature Communications: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We are happy to share our work on local #nucleosome dynamics integrating #temperature inputs into an #epigenetic switching mechanism. ⚠️ Preprint alert!! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Cold-induced nucleosome dynamics linked to silencing of Arabidopsis FLC

Temperature influences nucleosome dynamics, and thus chromatin, to regulate gene expression. Such mechanisms underlie the epigenetic silencing of Arabidopsis FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) by prolonged cold....

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What is the multiscale structure of chromatin condensates? How does it shape thermodynamic and material properties? We address this at near-atomistic resolution🔥🔥🔥 using cryoET (Rosen & Villa labs, led by H Zhou), a new multiscale model (K Russell) and cryoET-guided sims (J Huertas & J Maristany)

Jan Huertas@janhuemar.bsky.social · 2y ago

Exciting new preprint alert! 🚨 The Collepardo lab, teaming up with Huabin Zhou and the Rosen lab we took a deep, high-resolution look into chromatin condensates! [1/6] #Chromatin #MD @rcollepardo.bsky.social @juliamaristany.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Welcome bluesky science community! Excited to connect with you all. 🧬