How does a cell learn? In our new perspective in @nature.com we propose a model where the properties of the AP-1 family of transcription factors – stress-induced feedback, regulatory combinatorics and cellular memory – encode a mechanism for cellular learning. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New research from MSK, led by Dr. Scott Lowe, Dr. Dana Pe'er, & colleagues, shows how pancreatic cells can shift from a benign state to cancer — revealing a key “switch” in this process. The study, published in @cellpress.bsky.social, identifies a critical window for early detection and prevention.

Epigenetic memory of colitis promotes tumour growth - Nature Colonic stem cells retain a memory of inflammation following disease resolution and there is a mechanistic link between chronic inflammation and malignancy, suggesting potential strategies to mitigate...

Epigenome encoded inflammation memory and primes stem cells for cancer via AP-1 activity.

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

AP-1 mediates cellular adaptation and memory formation.

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

Transcriptional competence defines the heterochromatin nucleating potential of isolated MSR units - Nature Communications Multiple copies of intact MSR nucleate de novo heterochromatin and reveal that the establishment of mouse pericentric heterochromatin is associated with bidirectional repeat RNA, Integrator complex en...

How to make a heterochromatin by major satellite repeats transcripts?

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

A disease model resource reveals core principles of tissue-specific cancer evolution - Nature The Mouse Cancer Cell line Atlas (MCCA) provides major advances towards a mechanistic understanding of cancer genomes.

A disease model resource reveals core principles of tissue-specific cancer evolution.

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

Organism-wide cellular dynamics and epigenomic remodeling in mammalian aging To investigate organism-wide cellular alterations and epigenomic dynamics during aging, we constructed a single-cell chromatin accessibility atlas spanning 21 mouse tissues across three age groups and...

Organism-wide cellular dynamics and epigenomic remodeling in mammalian aging
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The epigenetic circle: feedback loops in the maintenance of cellular memory - Epigenetics & Chromatin The memory of gene expression states, active or repressive, is a fundamental biological concept as it controls cell fate in development, immunity and abiotic stress responses. Such memory is maintaine...

A nice piece to read:
The epigenetic circle: feedback loops in the maintenance of cellular memory.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

How fasting boosts breast cancer therapy A discovery in mice reveals why fasting enhances a type of breast cancer treatment — a hormone-signalling pathway and gene-expression changes have key roles.

A discovery in mice reveals why fasting enhances a type of breast cancer treatment

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Molecular determinants for recognition of serotonylated chromatin Abstract. Post-translational modifications of histone tails constitute a key epigenetic mechanism controlling chromatin environment and gene transcription.

Molecular determinants for recognition of serotonylated chromatin
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Contrasting roles of KMT2C and KMT2D in breast cancer - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Contrasting roles of KMT2C and KMT2D in breast cancer

Contrasting roles of MLL3 and MLL4 histone methyltransferases in breast cancer

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Requirements for establishment and epigenetic stability of mammalian heterochromatin Tatarakis et al. study how H3K9me3 heterochromatin is formed and inherited in mammalian cells. Using a synthetic heterochromatin assembly system and genetic screens, they uncover requirements for init...

Requirements for establishment and epigenetic stability of mammalian heterochromatin.
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Extrachromosomal DNA associates with nuclear condensates and reorganizes chromatin structures to enhance oncogenic transcription Taghbalout et al. apply collections of advanced multi-omics analyses to substantiate ecDNA’s mobile enhancer model in diverse types of cancer models, reveal the MED1-ecDNA condensates and establish their causal links to the modulation of oncogenic expression and cell proliferation. This study offers a chromatin-based mechanism of ecDNA function in cancer.

Online Now: Extrachromosomal DNA associates with nuclear condensates and reorganizes chromatin structures to enhance oncogenic transcription

Multiomic profiling reveals that prostaglandin E2 reverses aged muscle stem cell dysfunction, leading to increased regeneration and strength Wang et al. uncover that aged muscle stem cells have blunted PGE2-EP4 signaling that is critical for their regenerative function. Treatment with exogenous PGE2 reverses age-related defects in muscle stem cells and imparts an epigenetic response that enhances their capacity for repair after injury and transplantation.

Multiomic profiling reveals that prostaglandin E2 reverses aged muscle stem cell dysfunction, leading to increased regeneration and strength

Pan-viral ORFs discovery using massively parallel ribosome profiling Defining viral proteomes is crucial to understanding viral life cycles and immune recognition but the landscape of translated regions remains unknown for most viruses. We have developed massively para...

With the help of a technique called Massively Parallel Ribosome Profiling, researchers in Science have identified more than 4000 open reading frames—stretches of genetic material that can encode proteins—across 679 human-associated viral genomes. scim.ag/43RoAdF

Trichophyton concentricum fungal infections and skin microbiomes of Indigenous Peninsular Malaysians Indigenous Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia raised concerns about the etiology, treatment, and transmission routes of the skin disorder tinea imbricata. Analyses of the associated Trichophyton concen...

Research about host-microbiome co-evolution on fungal infection in indigenous Malaysians, done by University of Malaya and NIH, on Cell.

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Serotonin transporter inhibits antitumor immunity through regulating the intratumoral serotonin axis Serotonin transporter (SERT) inhibits CD8 T cell antitumor immunity by depleting intratumoral serotonin. SERT-blocking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants enhance CD8 T cell antitumor immunity and synergize with anti-PD-1, highlighting SSRIs as potential cancer immunotherapeutics.

Now online! Serotonin transporter inhibits antitumor immunity through regulating the intratumoral serotonin axis

👀Preview for Lane et al: Cellular reprogramming by protein degradation: The next frontier in cancer immunotherapy by Anjana Rao @AnjanaRaoLab, Erik Ehinger @erik_ehinger at

The new issue is out! 👉 cell.com/cell/current
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In this issue of Cell, Yu et al. capture evolution of KoRV-A transcriptional silencing as the virus transitions from a pathogen to a stable endogenous retrovirus. The cover features an adult koala with a joey.

📷 Credit: Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

Integrator loss leads to dsRNA formation that triggers the integrated stress response Integrator (INT) prevents the escape of immature RNAPII to ensure full-length mRNA production. INT deficiency causes defects in RNAPII maturation that lead to premature termination, accumulation of immunogenic dsRNA, and activation of the integrated stress response (ISR) observed in patient cells.

Now online! Integrator loss leads to dsRNA formation that triggers the integrated stress response

Symposium: Epigenetics of early mouse development We are delighted to invite you to to the second symposium, “Epigenetics of Early Mouse Development”, taking place on April 24, 2025, at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Fre...

Interested in the latest advancements of #epigenetics of #mammalian early embryogenesis? Then join our upcoming mini-symposium in Freiburg!

📅 April 24, 2025, 14:00-19:00 PM
📌 Max Planck Institute, Freiburg (only on-site!)
🛠️ Organized by: @iovino-lab.bsky.social

Register & join free of charge.

Welcome to share it with bioscience undergraduate/graduate students who may interest to have a short term internship in Taiwan.

Project detail:

TAIWAN EXPERIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM

teep.studyintaiwan.org/program/1178
For non-official advise, feel free to inbox me as I am one of the MMRC/CGU alumni who I did my bachelor and master research there.

The internship prefer for Asian countries (but not limited to) to participate in 6 short-term professional internship projects lasting 2 months.

Period of Apply: 2025/03/01 – 2025/5/31
Internship Duration: 2025/06/01 – 2025/09/30
For more detail, please check the webpage.

TAIWAN EXPERIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM

🧑‍🔬 Summer Research Internship opportunity focus on multi-omics technologies and AI in Precision Medicine.
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Molecular Medicine Research Center (MMRC) at Chang Gung University, Taiwan will offer 8 internship positions for international students.

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Aspirin prevents metastasis by limiting platelet TXA2 suppression of T cell immunity - Nature Inhibition of cyclooxygenase 1 releases T cells from immunosuppression by platelet-derived thromboxane A2, thereby enhancing the immune response against metastasis.

Aspirin slow cancer metastasis by decrease platelet TXA2 and releasing T cells from suppression.

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

The guide I wish I had 12 years ago

The guide I wish I had 12 years ago: a step-by-step guide to replicate a genomics paper figure divingintogeneticsandgenomics.kit.com/32726a816b

Tumour-wide RNA splicing aberrations generate actionable public neoantigens - Nature A study identifies public neoantigens generated by tumor-wide aberrant mRNA splicing activity across distinct cancer types.

Nature research paper: Tumour-wide RNA splicing aberrations generate actionable public neoantigens

https://go.nature.com/4hTQ0UW

Rare genetic disorder treated in womb for the first time The child, who is now almost three years old, shows no signs of the often fatal motor neuron disease.

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for the motor-neuron condition while in the womb.

https://go.nature.com/41a7Zzj

Transcriptional Dosage of Oncogenic KRAS Drives Lung Adenocarcinoma Cell States, Progression and Metastasis Cancer cells display distinct, recurrent phenotypic cell states. Metastatic spreading correlates with tumor cell state evolution. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying metastasis remain elusive...

In www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... we propose that #KRAS #dosage integrates signaling & transcription to regulate cell states, driving #heterogeneity, progression & #metastasis