Tomorrow is the deadline for AEpiA 2026 early bird registration and abstract submission! AEpiA 2026 will be held from 14โ16 Sept 2026 at the National Wine Centre, Adelaide, bringing everyone together for 3 days of outstanding science, discussion and networking #AEpiA2026 #Epigenetics #Adelaide
Dr Kate Giles
@scientistkate.bsky.social
Post doc ๐งฌ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ป in @thecesarelab.bsky.social at @cmri.bsky.social | using insights from epigenetics and genome stability to improve peadiatric cancer treatment | Optimist ๐ | Runner ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ | Wife & Mum ๐๐ป
Excited to be at ISPNO 2026 and hearing all the latest research in paediatric neuro-oncology
๐ Congratulations Dr Sophie ๐ Itโs been a genuine privilege to be part of Sophieโs supervisory team and to watch her grow into a thoughtful, resilient, and accomplished scientist. Wishing you every success as you take the next step in your career, you have so much ahead of you ๐
Very excites and looking forward to working on this project!
Grateful that our lab was successful in two Australian Research Council Discovery Project grants last week. Iโm the sole CI on one, while @hildapickett.bsky.social and Cesare-lab post-doc @scientistkate.bsky.social are CIs on the other. Both projects explore genome stability in human cells
I had a fantastic few days at the ๐งฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ, ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด at the Melbourne Museum, which I attended with many colleagues from @cmri.bsky.social It was an excellent meeting filled with inspiring science and engaging talks. Looking forward to the next one in 2027!
๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ โ ๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฃ Weโre delighted to feature Dr Dhanya Sooraj, one of our career development panellists for the upcoming ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ! Dhanya brings a wealth of experience in advanced genomics and epigenetics. #AEpiA #EMCRsymposium
๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ โ ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ Weโre excited to spotlight Dr Luke Isbel, one of our inspiring career development panellists for the upcoming Australasian Epigenetics Alliance ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ! aepia.org.au/emcr-symposium
๐งฌ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐'๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ! ๐งฌ โ Registration is open to all and FREE - but essential โ๏ธ Abstract Deadline (for AEpiA EMCR members only): 31st Oct ๐ Find out more: aepia.org.au/emcr-symposium
๐งฌ Have your say in the future of AEpiA! ๐งฌ ๐๏ธ Join us this Thursday at 12pm AEST (via Zoom) for the Australasian Epigenetics Alliance Annual General Meeting.
๐งฌ The 2025 Emma Whitelaw ECR publication award is now open! Full T&Cs and application form are on the AEpiA website www.aepia.org.au/emma-whitela... We can't wait to see the exciting research that has been published over the last year! #epigenetics #ECR #research #AEpiA
Emma Whitelaw Publication Award โ Australasian Epigenetics Alliance
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This yea, Iโm running City2Surf to raise money for Childrenโs Medical Research Institute ๐โโ๏ธ๐ ๐ city2surf25.grassrootz.com/cmri/kate-g Iโm already over halfway to my $5K goal! Every dollar counts ๐ And today is EOFY โ a great time for an extra tax deduction while supporting kidsโ health ๐
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Hi Friends! I am a Postdoc Researcher at CMRI and this year I'm participating in C2S to raise funds for the research we do here. I am trying to fundraise $5000 and would be so grateful for any donati...
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Only 2 days left to apply for our ECR travel awards!! ๐ฌ Applications close at 5pm AEST Friday 13th June. Note: You must be an ECR member to apply. T&Cs and application form are on our website www.aepia.org.au/conference-t...
Conference Travel & Presentation Awards โ Australasian Epigenetics Alliance
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๐ฃ ECR Travel Awards are open! โ๏ธ The awards are open to post-doctoral ECRs and students who are looking to travel to attend a conference or other relevant event. Application form and T&Cs can be found here: aepia.org.au/conference-t... Applications close 13th June!
I want to give a shout out to my friends and family who have donated to my #C2S fundraising campaign for @cmri.bsky.social. To be over halfway to my goal in less than a week is beyond amazing and I am so grateful!
This August, Iโm running the City2Surf โ not just for the challenge of completing the hilly 14 kilometres, but to raise funds for the Children's Medical Research Institute @cmri.bsky.social, where I also work as a scientist ๐ city2surf25.grassrootz.com/cmri/kate-g
Kate G in 2025 Voltaren City2Surf
Hi Friends! I am a Postdoc Researcher at CMRI and this year I'm participating in C2S to raise funds for the research we do here. I am trying to fundraise $5000 and would be so grateful for any donati...
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๐ฃ ECR Travel Awards are open! โ๏ธ The awards are open to post-doctoral ECRs and students who are looking to travel to attend a conference or other relevant event. Application form and T&Cs can be found here: aepia.org.au/conference-t... Applications close 13th June!
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Delighted to share the latest preprint from the lab led by Janith Seneviratne We reveal novel roles for #embryonic regulators DPPA2/4 in facilitating a H2AK119Ub primed #chromatin state when aberrantly up-regulated in non-small cell lung #cancers ๐งฌ๐ฌ (1/6) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We are looking for a talented postdoctoral bioinformatician @thedawsonlab.bsky.social to work with us on single cell multiomics incorporating lineage tracing and spatial technologies- we specifically want someone curious, fearless with a licence to innovate!! Come join us!!
Postdoctoral Fellow (Bioinformatics & Computational Biology) - Parkville, Melbourne (AU) job with Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre โ Parkville | 12837684
Applicants are invited to join an exciting multi-discliplinary research program within Mark Dawsonโs Laboratory at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
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Join us @petermaccc.bsky.social !
We are recruiting a group leader in laboratory research at Peter Mac Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ Work in a cutting edge research environment in a vibrant world city! We value research excellence, creativity and diversity. Join us! careers.petermac.org/job/MELBOURN...
Excited to see our review on the 3D genome in the cell cycle, DNA repair and DNA replication out today! #3Dgenome #replication #DNArepair #cellcycle #epigenetics #chromatinstructure #chromatinbiology www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...
Frontiers | Roles for the 3D genome in the cell cycle, DNA replication, and double strand break repair
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Review from our lab out today: "Roles for the 3D Genome In the cell cycle, DNA replication, and double strand break repair." Written by @scientistkate.bsky.social, with her co-supervisor @piptaberlay.bsky.social and collaborator Mat Jones. www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...
๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ญ!๐จThe Groth @groth-anja.bsky.social, Mailand, Nilsson @nilssonlab.bsky.social & Krietenstein @nilskrietenstein.bsky.social labs are hiring ๐ ๐๐ก๐&๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ to join the new Center for Epigenetic Cell Memory (EpiC)ย in Copenhagen, Denmark. Apply here: tinyurl.com/yvd93na2 & please share!
6 Postdoctoral and PhD positions in Center for Epigenetic Cell Memory (EpiC)
The Center for Epigenetic Cell Memory (EpiC) is a new Center of Excellence that will be established based on funding by the Danish National Research Foundation.
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๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง? Our new study โDisabling leading and lagging strand histone transmission results in parental histones loss and reduced cell plasticity and viabilityโ is out in ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด. Led by @lleonie.bsky.social @biranalva.bsky.social ๐งต More below๐
Disabling leading and lagging strand histone transmission results in parental histones loss and reduced cell plasticity and viability
Losing parental histones during DNA replication fork passage challenges differentiation competence and cell viability.
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Our new review on how the #chromatin domain is formed in the cell is now available @Curr Opin Struct Biol.๐โจ We critically discuss the domain formation mechanism from a physical perspective, including #phase-separation and #condensation. ๐ฅ Free-download link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1keGn,LqAr...
Most of the fellows in CDCโs highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend. The ultracompetitive, 2-year program, which trains Ph.D. scientists in the intricacies of public health laboratory work. scim.ag/4gPy0te
Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs
Most of the fellows in CDCโs highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend
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Huge congratulations to Sophie for delivering her final PhD talk today at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research! ๐๐๐ She has done an incredible job. Supervised by @piptaberlay.bsky.social, Alex and myself, we are so proud of your work! Well done! #phd #epigenetics
Congrats @thecesarelab.bsky.social, @szmyd-radoslaw.bsky.social, @radoncdocgee.bsky.social and all involved!
1/Delighted to announce the newest paper from our lab, โHomologous recombination promotes non-immunogenic mitotic cell death upon DNA damageโ, is out today in @naturecellbiology.bsky.social, www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Happy to have contributed to this work and excited to see the preprint is out. Congrats Elyssa, @aachinger.bsky.social and team!
NEW preprint led by Elyssa Campbell with Susan Clark, where we used MOFA+ to uncover the rapid 3D chromatin and transcription changes triggered by androgens in prostate cancer. (1) Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
this is important! (work from David Clark) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... "..the human genome is globally accessible in living cells, unlike in isolated nuclei.... all nucleosomes in euchromatin and heterochromatin are highly dynamic in living cell...' ๐งช #chromatin #generegulation. Discussion?
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