Evidence for improved DNA repair in the long-lived bowhead whale Nature - Analysis of the longest-lived mammal, the bowhead whale, reveals an improved ability to repair DNA breaks, mediated by high levels of cold-inducible RNA-binding protein.

Super interesting paper we discussed at the Journal Club today about the secret behind the bowhead whale living over 200 years! 🐋

I started Awesome Life Science Resources: a curated list of resources on work culture, career, and communication for life scientists. Built for PhD students, postdocs, and PIs.

Check it out:
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Chromatin spatial analysis by METALoci unveils sex-determining 3D regulatory hubs Nature Structural & Molecular Biology - METALoci, a new three-dimensional genome computational tool, reveals a major rewiring of regulatory interactions during sex determination. By combining...

🤩💪 Out now! 3D regulatory hubs in sex determination

With @mamartirenom.bsky.social & Capel labs, led by @imotagom.bsky.social & @jrotwitguez.bsky.social

1️⃣ METALoci – explore #3DGenome 🧬
2️⃣ Non-coding region controlling Fgf9 🧩
3️⃣ Meis genes = new key players 🌟

👉 rdcu.be/e5sm2

1/n Bluetorial 👇

Antisense transcription can induce expression memory via stable promoter repression - Genome Biology Background The capacity of cells to retain a memory of previous signals enables acquisition of unique fates and adaptation to their environment. The underlying gene expression memory can arise from mu...

⚠️ The final work of two former PhD students Till @tschwammle.bsky.social and Verena @verenamutzel.bsky.social is out!
➡️⬅️ They dissect how memory can arise from antisense transcription using mathematical modelling 💻, genomics 🧬 and synthetic biology ⚒️! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🧬 Interested in dissecting dose-dependent transcriptional regulation through epigenome editing and synthetic biology for your PhD? Apply by 07.01.2026 to join the lab of @eddaschulz.bsky.social @molgen.mpg.de & #IMPRS-BAC #gradschool.

👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/5099133/schu...

Our latest paper has just been published in Cell!

doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

We developed a new method called MCC ultra, which allows 3D chromatin structure to be visualised with a 1 base pair pixel size.

Thank you to Merve Büşra Duman, @ingridpelaez.bsky.social and Tommaso Stentella, who organized this year's MPIMG PhD retreat! The event provided our PhD students with a blend of scientific sessions, career opportunity insights, and workshops on scientific illustration and project management.

Reporter CRISPR screens decipher cis-regulatory and trans-regulatory principles at the Xist locus - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Here Schwämmle et al. develop CRISPR reporter screens to map transcription-factor-regulatory element interactions at the Xist locus, revealing a two-step mechanism integrating developmental and X-dosage signals to initiate X-chromosome inactivation.

⚠️ Paper alert: Using a novel CRISPR screening approach, we mapped the entire regulatory network controlling Xist—key for X-chromosome inactivation.
👉 We discover how sex and development signals are decoded at a single gene locus.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇 Bluetorial

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We are building a small expert team within the @bokelab.bsky.social at @crg.eu @prbb.org to investigate fundamental questions in oocyte cell biology, focusing on how proteostasis regulation influences dormancy and fertility.

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The “dark” secret of industrial moths The peppered moth has long been a textbook example of natural selection, its colours shifting with the soot-darkened trees of the Industrial Revolution. But the genetic secret behind its “dark” for…

The peppered moth is a textbook example of natural selection, its colours shifting with the soot-darkened trees of the Industrial Revolution. But the genetic secret behind its “dark” form took 150 years to uncover: a new “jumping gene” that rapidly took over the population.

🦋 tinyurl.com/4zrc4e93

Pre-print alert 🚨: We have developed 2D and 3D stable iPSC endothelial-differentiation models through dox inducible ETS expression. We demonstrate endothelial identity and used these models for studying malaria pathogenesis research. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Thank you, Edda!

I'm really happy to see the work from my Master's thesis published! 🎉

Shoutout to everyone who helped make this happen — especially @albaperez.bsky.social for the amazing mentorship and Alfred for the opportunity to work on this cool project!

Check it out 👀

⚠️ I am really excited to share the work of Anastasios Balaskas, an excellent PhD candidate in the lab, with the wider world. Tasos made a significant advance: generating a stem cell-based embryo model that contains both posterior and anterior neural tissues of the late-stage gastrulating embryo.

Last week we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Schulz Lab with an amazing retreat alongside the lab's alumni! ☀️
In addition to canoeing and hiking, we also shared our career paths and current projects with each other. 🛶🌳

Congrats Elodie!!! ✨🥳🫶🏼

#StandUpForScience2025 ! 📢✊🏻

First cake in the sun this year with the Schulz Lab! ☀️

We designed MS2 and PP7 binding coat proteins that are degraded in cells except when bound by their hairpin RNAs.

You can check out our pre-print here: tinyurl.com/27p7hyt9,
and listen to a Google AI-generated podcast on it here: notebooklm.google.com/notebook/d71...

A throwback to last month's 'Quantitative biology to molecular mechanisms' conference – time to introduce the poster prize winners! #EMBLOmics

A round of applause for:
🏅 Max Trauernicht
🏅 @ingridpelaez.bsky.social
🏅 Honorine Destain
🏅 Óscar García Blay

Read on 👉🏻 s.embl.org/omx24-01-blog

@embl.org

Thank you, Edda! It would not have been possible without your mentorship!

I attended the ‘Quantitative Biology to Molecular Mechanisms’ conference at EMBL Heidelberg last week and had the incredible honor of winning one of the Poster Prizes! 🏆

A big thanks to the organizers and all the amazing speakers who shared their inspiring research with us. ✨
#EMBLOmics