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New PhD position open

07/11/2022

Investigating the role of siRNAs in epigenetic gene regulation

Summer intern won 2nd best presentation prize

02/09/2022

André Coimbra, our summer intern funded by the Genetics Society, obtained 2nd place for the Best Presentation prize in the Genetics Society's meeting. Congratulations André! 

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New article published in New Phytologist

09/05/2022

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DNA methylation can alter CRISPR/Cas9 editing frequency and DNA repair outcome in a target-specific manner

Post-doc position available

24/02/2022

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in alga synthetic biology to develop systems for precise nuclear regulation of the plastome. Please apply here before 12th April 2022.

Four PhD applications open

01/11/2021

1. CRISPR-mediated precision gene editing in algae 

(EASTBIO competition-funded PhD)

Congratulations to Dr Aron Ferenzci

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Congratulations to Dr Aron Ferenzci who passed his VIVA with flying colours on 10 December 2021!

New article published in Nature Communications

19/11/2021

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Mechanistic and genetic basis of single-strand templated repair at Cas12a-induced DNA breaks in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

New article published in New Phytologist

29/6/2021

Temperature modulates virus-induced transcriptional gene silencing via secondary small RNAs

Congratulations to Dr Muriel Monteiro

Congratulations to Dr Muriel Monteiro who passed her VIVA on 18th March 2021!

New article published in Nucleic Acid Research

02/02/2021

Non-perfectly matching small RNAs can induce stable and heritable epigenetic modifications and can be used as molecular markers to trace the origin and fate of silencing RNAs 

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