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Posts by Rob Illingworth

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Delighted to see this published: H3K115 acetylation is associated with fragile nucleosomes at CpG island promoters and active regulatory sites. Great work from all contributors; Yatendra Kumar, @illingworth-lab.bsky.social @eliasfriman.bsky.social @helink.bsky.social

doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

1 month ago 37 10 0 1

Congratulations Carmelo. Looks very interesting, I look forward to reading it.

6 months ago 2 0 1 0
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Paper accepted!!!!
Congratultions to @lizebonaaugust.bsky.social Blanca del Rosal and Leslie Yeo it was a pleasure to work together on this amazing project! 🎊🎊🎊🎊

6 months ago 12 2 1 0

Handsup 🙌, who is coming to @blizardinstitute.bsky.social to attend the @illingworth-lab.bsky.social seminar this Friday on "polycomb repression in development and disease"? Also, who is joining online for this @qmulepigenetics.bsky.social seminar.

7 months ago 10 5 1 0
Fragile Nucleosome Fall Seminars:
September 10    Grace Bower, Kvon Lab @ UC Irvine, USA
    Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, UPenn, USA

September 24    Ali Wilkening, Sanulli Lab @ Stanford, USA
    Juanma Schvartzman, Columbia University, USA

October 8    Sanim Rahman, Greenberg Lab @ UPenn, USA
    Alex Federation, Talus Bio, USA

October 22    Alice Laigle, Croll Lab @ University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    Seungsoo Kim, UC Irvine, USA

November 5    Hannah Long, University of Edinburgh, UK
    Jeff Vierstra, Altius Institute, USA

November 19    Ishtiaque Hossain, Pastor Lab @ McGill, Canada
    Sarah Teichmann, University of Cambridge, UK

December 3    María Mariner Faulí, Rada Iglesias Lab @ IBBTEC, Spain
    Jonathan Henninger, Carnegie Mellon, USA

December 17    Rebecca Berrens, Oxford University, UK
    Jean-Benoit Lalanne, University of Montreal, Canada

Fragile Nucleosome Fall Seminars: September 10 Grace Bower, Kvon Lab @ UC Irvine, USA Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, UPenn, USA September 24 Ali Wilkening, Sanulli Lab @ Stanford, USA Juanma Schvartzman, Columbia University, USA October 8 Sanim Rahman, Greenberg Lab @ UPenn, USA Alex Federation, Talus Bio, USA October 22 Alice Laigle, Croll Lab @ University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland Seungsoo Kim, UC Irvine, USA November 5 Hannah Long, University of Edinburgh, UK Jeff Vierstra, Altius Institute, USA November 19 Ishtiaque Hossain, Pastor Lab @ McGill, Canada Sarah Teichmann, University of Cambridge, UK December 3 María Mariner Faulí, Rada Iglesias Lab @ IBBTEC, Spain Jonathan Henninger, Carnegie Mellon, USA December 17 Rebecca Berrens, Oxford University, UK Jean-Benoit Lalanne, University of Montreal, Canada

We're super excited to announce the entire lineup for the Fall season of Fragile Nucleosome Seminars, starting on Sept 10th at 1200 EDT / 1600 UTC with @gracebower.bsky.social and @creminslab.bsky.social!

register here for the entire series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

7 months ago 67 36 0 8
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CUT&TIME captures the history of open chromatin in developing neurons Chromatin structure plays a central role in defining cell identity by regulating gene expression. During development, shifts in chromatin structure facilitate changes in gene expression needed to spec...

"Honey, wake up. New CUT protocol just dropped" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

7 months ago 34 6 1 0
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NIPBL dosage shapes genome folding by tuning the rate of cohesin loop extrusion Cohesin loop extrusion is a major driver of chromosome folding, but how its dynamics are controlled to shape the genome remains elusive. Here we disentangle the contributions of the cohesin cofactors ...

New preprint with @gfudenberg.bsky.social

We find the rate of cohesin loop extrusion in cells is set by NIPBL dosage and tunes many aspects of chromosome folding.

This provides a molecular basis for NIPBL haploinsufficiency in humans. 🧵👇

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

8 months ago 117 54 1 6
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Our next guest speaker webinar is happening on Friday, September 12th at 15:30 GMT. Robert Illingworth will give a talk on 'Passive Yet Essential, Polycomb Repression in Development and Disease’​.
To join, please follow this link: qmul.ac.uk/epigenetics/...

8 months ago 12 2 1 3

Very much looking forward to visiting and discussing research with you all in QMUL next month. Thank you for the kind invite @pradeepmadapura.bsky.social

8 months ago 1 0 0 0
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Terrific to be involved in Edinburgh's 2025 line-up. Thanks to all of the organisers of @pintofscience.uk and the Monkey Barrel for making this such a great event.

8 months ago 3 0 0 0
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Excited to see this published with additional data following our preprint a while back. Cool combination (in our biased view) of controlled TF expression and machine learning to decode chromatin sensitivity. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....

8 months ago 114 49 2 3
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Unique nigral and cortical pathways implicated by epigenomic and transcriptional analyses in rotenone Parkinson’s model - npj Parkinson's Disease npj Parkinson's Disease - Unique nigral and cortical pathways implicated by epigenomic and transcriptional analyses in rotenone Parkinson’s model

☣️🐀 Pesticide exposure in rats changes epigenetic signatures in different brain regions!

Latest paper from our fruitful collaboration with Emily Rocha and Tim Greenamyre, linking epigenetic signatures of exposure to toxicants to Parkinson's disease:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

8 months ago 14 4 1 0
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We are excited to share our new preprint demonstrating that nucleic acid interactions with SUZ12 constrain PRC2 activity, establishing a kinetic buffer essential for targeted gene silencing and revealing vulnerabilities in diffuse midline gliomas.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

8 months ago 48 19 1 0

Thanks Pradeep. Hope all is well with you. Looking forward to seeing you in September.

9 months ago 1 0 0 0

Thanks Elias, look forward to catching up soon.

9 months ago 1 0 0 0
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H2AK119ub Safeguards Against Ectopic Transcription Factor Mediated Gene Activation in the Developing Forebrain The PRC1 complex regulates developmental gene expression in mammals by ubiquitinating histones (H2AK119ub) and nucleating repressive chromatin interactions. Human genetic data and functional experimen...

Excited to share our hot-off-the-press @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
that explores how PRC1-mediated H2AK119ub deposition safeguards lineage fidelity during forebrain development. Fantastic work by @lucyadoyle.bsky.social and our colleagues & collaborators. 🥳🧬🧠🔬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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