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deborahbourchis.bsky.social
PI at Institut Curie, Paris. Germ cells, epigenetics, DNA and RNA methylation, transposable elements
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Another excellent edition of the Sy-Stem meeting in Vienna! The outstanding program and the pleasure to see some of our former PhD students of the BDD #InstitutCurie turned into young, rising stem cell scientists!! @dannimklee.bsky.social @dianapinheiro.bsky.social

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📣 #EMBOMobileGenome is open for registrations! Assembling experts in genomics, epigenetics, structural biology, evolutionary biology, and developmental biology to discuss the broad impact of TEs on organismal biology. 🧬🔍 📜 Submit abstract by 29 July! 👉🏼 https://s.embl.org/mge25-01-bl

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Dear all, registrations are open for the Mobile Genome @EMBO workshop. Many slots for posters, short talks but also long talks for last minute groundbreaking results! Let’s meet again on Nov 4-7, 2025 in Heidelberg. www.embl.org/about/info/c...

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Thanks for sharing the first of the two positions that we will propose in the next 6 months @biovitenskap.bsky.social Stay tuned!

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Juliane Glaser @julianeg.bsky.social opens her lab at the MPI Freiburg! She was a bright, fearless, and sooooo positive PhD student. I have no doubt she will also be as a PI! Apply to join her exciting projects 👇

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

📣 Registration for the next Non-Coding Genome course at @institutcurie.bsky.social closes on February 15th! Don't miss this opportunity to explore the versatility of non-genic DNA elements and non-coding RNAs with internationally renowned experts. ▶️ training.institut-curie.org/courses/non-...

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Our new paper showing how loss of the nuclear pore protein TPR leads to activation of an inflammatory gene expression programme in senescence is now published in eLife: bit.ly/4h1VcFi @wbickmor.bsky.social @uoe-igc.bsky.social @elife.bsky.social

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The international Curie « Noncoding Genome » course has been revamped! 👉 Dark genome in cell plasticity and heterogeneity. A session on TEs #TEsky with M.E. Torres Padilla, D.Trono and @aktast.bsky.social. Master, PhD and postdoc fellows, a week in Paris during the Spring? Apply before Feb 15th 📌

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Centrophilic retrotransposon integration via CENH3 chromatin in Arabidopsis from Tetsuji Kakutani & colleagues - beautiful insights into control of transposon insertion into the centromeres www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 75 days ago • 2 comments

🎓 Join us for our Spring School in Quantitative Biology: "Cell Dynamics in Developmental Systems" ✨ Featuring renowned speakers and hands-on workshops! Learn more and register: www.edu.bio.ens.psl.eu/spip.php?art...

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The 2nd edition of the Paris-Munich Epigenetics meeting will be held April 9-11, 2025 in Paris. Attendance is free of charge. Please visit the website www.sfb1064.med.uni-muenchen.de/paris_munich... to find out more about the program and to register. #epigenetics

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Join us at FMI as a Junior Group Leader! A unique opportunity to set up your lab in a vibrant international research institute with world-class research groups and facilities, generous core funding, a collegial and inclusive culture - and great colleagues 🤓!

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

Congratulations to our dear friend and ex-department director @institutcurie.bsky.social Edith Heard for the @cnrs.bsky.social 2024 Gold Medal. Science with no frontier and the sky as the only limit... @maitrejl.bsky.social @bardinlab.bsky.social @leopoldlab.bsky.social @ybellaichelab.bsky.social

submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment

I’m excited to share our latest study led by @giuliapasquesi.bsky.social out today in @cellpress.bsky.social , uncovering a new way transposons have been repurposed for human interferon signaling! Read on for a thread on cryptic splice variants, decoy receptors, and viruses (1/N) 👇🧵 #TESky 🧪

submitted 96 days ago • 12 comments

Please RS/RT. #GordonConference on "Histone and DNA Modifications" #epigenetics #chromatin 20-25. July 2025. Il Ciocco, Italy. Great speaker lineup. ➡️Register now www.grc.org/histone-and-...

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Delighted to announce a new call for applications for our Pathway to Independence programme. Now entering its third year, this scheme supports postdocs going on the job market in 2025 - with training, mentorship, profile-raising and networking opportunities. Application deadline 31 Jan 2025. 1/3

submitted 106 days ago • 3 comments

A reason I am very wary of the loose ways we think about 'epigenetics' is because of these kinds of conclusions: DNA methylation mediates the link between adversity and depressive symptoms. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

submitted 106 days ago • 2 comments

The international Curie « Noncoding Genome » course has been revamped! 👉 Dark genome in cell plasticity and heterogeneity. A session on TEs #TEsky with M.E. Torres Padilla, D.Trono and @aktast.bsky.social. Master, PhD and postdoc fellows, a week in Paris during the Spring? Apply before Feb 15th 📌

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

submitted 120 days ago • 176 comments

Who is going to make a drawing of Til Scott’s [email protected] #TEsky

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Another great set of @gensocuk.bsky.social talks: 1) AFD neuron disruption in C. elegans results in an increase in Tc1 elements; 2) conserved LTRs generate extracellular sRNA; 3) effects of methyl-6-adenosine can be good or bad, depending on external factors; 1/2 🧵

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