Yiliang Ding
@YiliangDing
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Tenured Group Leader @JohnInnesCentre , Honorary Professor @uniofeastanglia , Honorary Group Leader @BabrahamInst . Working on RNA structure functionalities
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Excited to share our latest preprint: PlantRNA-FM, the first interpretable RNA AI foundation model for exploring functional RNA motifs in plants🌱🧬 A great collaboration with Ke Li's group
@UniofExeter
@HaopengYu
@JohnInnesCentre
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promoted to Professor😀Many thanks to the current and previous lab members🙏I am super grateful for having great collaborators through the years🙏And many thanks to all the friends who have been supporting me and my lab in the past 10 years! Thank you all🙏❤️❤️❤️
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A brand-new method for studying in vivo RNA structure from my group!A fine tuning on the RNA structure of the lncRNA COOLAIR could change plant flowering time.
@DingLab_RNA
and
@CarolineDeanLab
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Very happy and honored to receive the support from ERC for the third time. Hope our project could contribute to the research field of RNA biology in general. Many thanks to my lab and all the friends who have been supporting us!
NEWS - Group Leader
@YiliangDing
awarded major European funding for pioneering RNA-based research
Read the full article:
@ERC_Research
@NorwichResearch
@GEN_ISP_JIC
#ERCCoG
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RNA G-quadruplex rocks!Our exciting story is finally out! Novel insights on how plants adopt RG4 in response to cold.
@JohnInnesCentre
@ERC_Research
@BBSRC
@GEN_ISP_JIC
@HaopengYu
@XiaofeiYang14
@Ilexpurpurea
@sduncan015
@kitkwok6
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I am very honoured!!! It’s wonderful that the global community has recognised the importance of plant science in trying to solve the critical challenges of feeding the world! Many thanks to my team, my collaborators and my institute
@JohnInnesCentre
@DingLab_RNA
🎉The Blavatnik Awards and
@nyasciences
are excited to announce the Honourees of the 2024 Blavatnik Awards in the UK! Please join us in congratulating these nine incredible scientists sparking innovations that will transform our future world. Learn more:
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In our new review paper,
@ywan_wan
and I focused on the functional importance of RNA structure in gene regulation. Many thanks to Yue and Xinang! I really enjoy the writing process.
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Postdoctoral Researcher position available in my lab, working on super cool RNA structure projects
@JohnInnesCentre
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Two preprints on the RNA G-quadruplex functions in response to stress in plants and human!!!
RNA G-quadruplex structure contributes to cold adaptation in plants. Our new preprint from the lab with
@kitkwok6
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I am very lucky to have great support from my institute
@JohnInnesCentre
NEWS - Dr Yiliang Ding honoured with prestigious Blavatnik award
@YiliangDing
is among nine recipients of the 2024
@BlavatnikAwards
for UK Young Scientists, announced today by the Blavatnik Family Foundation & New York Academy of Sciences
@NYASciences
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Lab party for our 10-year anniversary ❤️Many thanks to our previous and current lab members and their families🙏Many thanks to our friends, colleagues and mentors who have been supporting us🙏Looking forward to the next 10 years😊
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Very honored! Thank you so much to
@BlavatnikAwards
🙏 Grateful for the support from my institute
@JohnInnesCentre
and our director Graham Moore❤️
@DingLab_RNA
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The functional role of RNA structure in miRNA-mediated RNA degradation!!! This is the first half of the story. The following story will come with shocking plant phenotypes. Thanks to the supports from miRNA experts
@A_Carbonell_
,Peter and Jiawei.
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Two BBSRC funded PhD student position available in my lab. RNA structure studies in plants! Open to international students as well. Application deadline 11/23.
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Our first BioRxiv preprint reveals the in vivo existence of RNA G-quadruplex structures! Plants are so powerful! RNA G-quadruplex structures exist and function in vivo
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New paper for the new year! Two years' struggling period for getting this one published. Hope it could contribute to the functionality of RNA structure.
@JohnInnesCentre
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Happy Chinese New Year! Happy the Year of Rabbit!
@JohnInnesCentre
@CarolineDeanLab
@jonathandgjones
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My group built a comprehensive transcriptome-wide G-quadruplex database to promote more explorations of rG4s functions in diverse biological processes
@HaopengYu
@qi_yiman
@XiaofeiYang14
@JohnInnesCentre
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We have one PhD opportunity available in my group! Please retwitter! Thanks a lot
@OilseedRachel
@AndyTruman4
@EarlhamInst
@ant_dodd
@barriewilksjic
@WebsterMichael0
@SusanSchlimpert
@dghilarov
Investigating how plants use RNA to cope with stress - Dr Yiliang Ding
@YiliangDing
🧬
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Our recent collaborative work linking RNA structure with wheat genomics revealed another important function of RNA structure. A new perspective for molecular breeding! Many thanks to
@CristobalUauy
@AzaharaCMartin1
@fei_genetics
!
@JohnInnesCentre
Polysome profiling and mRNA structure analysis in tetraploid durum wheat from
@XiaofeiYang14
,
@HaopengYu
,
@YiliangDing
, Zhang & co. mRNA structure has large impact on translation, with marked differences between the two subgenomes. Conserved ribSNitches
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Many thanks to
@BlavatnikAwards
for promoting our science!
@JohnInnesCentre
Plant Biologist Dr.
@YiliangDing
@JohnInnesCentre
was named a 2024
@Blavatnikawards
UK🇬🇧 Finalist for her research in
#RNA
structure to improve crop resilience. Nominations for the 2025
@Blavatnikawards
are now open thru 29 May. Learn more:
#climatechange
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I am grateful to have two great mentors
@gilesedoldroyd
and
@CarolineDeanLab
teaching me how to run a lab and do exciting science. Many thanks to
@lilley_mj
who has been fully supporting me since my postdoc period. Thanks to great collaborators
@kitkwok6
@DrZoeWaller
!
A big congratulations to GEN Scientist
@YiliangDing
on being awarded tenure at JIC following her recent tenure-track review. Fantastic news Yiliang.
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My hair style during the endless lockdown in Shanghai😂Many thanks to all the friends who worry about me and my family. So far, my family is fine. I have mastered every kind of apps for hunting food. And my lab members keep me happy via zoom meetings😄
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Our collaborative work with Prof Huakun Zhang’s group on the first plant fine-scale chromatin architecture is finally out! Special thanks to Prof Chuan He
@UChiChemistry
for supporting us through the whole journey!
@JohnInnesCentre
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Super nice to catch up with
@Jian_MinZhou
😁We met in 2009 MPMI when I was still a PhD student. Since then, he has given me many advice on career development 🙏 Also super big congratulations again to
@wenboEffector
!
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Many thanks to my lab for the big surprise in celebrating my recent promotion🙏Love you all ❤️
@sduncan015
@HaopengYu
@MSindalovskaya
@Bibo00128791
@Miguel_Montez_
@Ilexpurpurea
@JinXu430240
@Wenqing_sun9297
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A big thank to my team including two excellent postdocs and a PhD student, our head of commercialisation, and our collaborator
@A_Carbonell_
. Special thanks to
@simonelsasser
for helping me from the very beginning and providing me so many great advice! 🙏
FUNDING - Dr
@YiliangDing
and colleagues have been awarded
@ERC_Research
funding to develop innovative molecular solutions to combat a damaging sugar beet virus
#ERCPoC
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After passing three-round COVID-19 tests , I have arrived in Shanghai safely. Now, I am in the 14-day hotel quarantine and 7-day home quarantine. Really grateful to so many volunteers in China who work days and nights to provide excellent support and keep us safe.
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In the past several weeks, our colleagues and alumni of
@JohnInnesCentre
in China have been donating thousands of surgical masks and hundreds of N95. They were distributed to the institute staff and the N&NUH hospital next door. Together, we will
#BeatCOVID19
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Super proud of my student Bibo Yang
@Bibo00128791
who delivered a very nice flash talk
#RNAUK2024
@DingLab_RNA
#imotif
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Fully funded PhD project in my lab in collaborations with Ben Miller
@biouea
, studying how to optimise protein production via altering RNA structure.
@NRPBIODTP
- apply by November 22nd
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New paper from our group with
@DrZoeWaller
Prediction of DNA i-motifs via machine learning
@HaopengYu
@Bibo00128791
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One super exciting DTP PhD project available in my lab. "Investigating how plants use RNA to cope with stress" Interdisciplinary collaboration with
@ant_dodd
and
@DrZoeWaller
@JohnInnesCentre
@ucl
@NorwichResearch
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Super honoured! Thank you very much for supporting my research🙏🙏🙏
It was quite a ride to pick the LS1
@ERC_Research
#ERCCoG
2022 grantees from such a great group of people so HUGE congratulations to:
@ruferbus
,
@DoraTang5
,
@Hashemyaser4
,
@LaineElodie
,
@LandauMeytal
,
@TzviyaZBM
,
@YiliangDing
and Stefano Pagliara (
@LSI_Exeter
) !!!! 🥳
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The first lab paper in the new year by
@sduncan015
! Well done! Reference genes for quantitative Arabidopsis single molecule RNA fluorescence in situ hybridization
@JohnInnesCentre
@GEN_ISP_JIC
@DingLab_RNA
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Explore the new function of RNA structure motif in plant response to stress! Check out the fully funded PhD project in my lab
@JohnInnesCentre
Super exciting project with
@DrZoeWaller
and
@ant_dodd
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Early holiday lab party 🎉
@DingLab_RNA
@JohnInnesCentre
@sduncan015
@HaopengYu
@biozwang
@Ilexpurpurea
@MSindalovskaya
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Great collaboration with
@DrZoeWaller
and Dr Ke Li in Exeter! Hope it will benefit the community 😊 iM-Seeker: a webserver for DNA i-motifs prediction and scoring via automated machine learning
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Novel insights into the pervasive role of RNA structure in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in plants
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A very nice PhD project in my lab in collaborations with
@DrZoeWaller
and
@ant_dodd
! Please share it🙏!
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RNA structure is super powerful! TAM structure in miRNA regulation. A nice 4-year work from 4 brilliant postdocs
@Minglei13
@Ilexpurpurea
@XiaofengFang1
and Hugh! "In vivo mRNA structure regulates miRNA cleavage in Arabidopsis"
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Second BioRxiv paper from my lab. Changing the splicing fate by tuning the RNA structure features!
In vivo nuclear RNA structurome reveals RNA-structure regulation of mRNA processing in plants
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"RNA G-quadruplex structures exist and function in vivo in plants" is finally out. Hope it will excite G4 community! Another nice collaborative work with
@kitkwok6
!
@GenomeBiology
@XiaofeiYang14
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A large group of brilliant Chinese scientists from our CAS-JIC Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science (CEPAMS)
@CepamsGenius
come to Norwich and attend the annual meeting in
@JohnInnesCentre
Very exciting discussions!
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Fully funded PhD project in my lab in collaborations with
@DrZoeWaller
and
@ant_dodd
, studying the role of RNA G-quadruplexes
#GQS
in plant response to stress
@NRPBIODTP
- apply by November 22nd
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Traveling to
#RNA2023
with the lab boys
@RNASociety
Super exciting!
@HaopengYu
@biboYang
@DingLab_RNA
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Happy Chinese New Year! Chinese New Year party
@JohnInnesCentre
@CarolineDeanLab
@jonathandgjones
@CepamsGenius
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Our CEPAMS co-directors Caroline
@CarolineDeanLab
and Xiaofeng Cao had a great discussion with
@UKRI_News
officers in Beijing in promoting our UK-China collaborations
@CepamsGenius
@JohnInnesCentre
@TheSainsburyLab
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It is always nice to see my role model
@gilesedoldroyd
❤️Nice to hear his super big and cool vision❤️
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Merry Christmas to all the friends! 🎄🎄🎄Thank you for your support to the Ding lab🙏
#RNAstructure
@DingLab_RNA
@JohnInnesCentre
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Lab party for reuniting with our lab alumni
@XiaofeiYang14
who is now a group leader in CAS, China and saying goodbye to our visiting scientist Qianqian Li
@Qianqia63190876
Very happy lab ❤️
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My postdoc
@HaopengYu
gave a great presentation on our plant RNA foundation model at the
@JohnInnesCentre
/
@TheSainsburyLab
Annual Meeting
#ASM2024
👍👍👍
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Due to the visa and passport issues, I was not able to attend the meeting
#IPMB2024
.Thanks to my postdoc Jin for sharing our new technologies for studying RNA structure functionality in plants😀
@JinXu430240
@JohnInnesCentre
@DingLab_RNA
A fantastic conference! I am happy to share the story of RNA structure. Looking forward to the next adventure!
@YiliangDing
@ipmb2024
@JohnInnesCentre
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Our UK-China joint Centre CEPAMS annual symposium 2024 is super successful in Hainan, China! Looking forward to CEPAMS2025 in Shanghai!
@JohnInnesCentre
@CepamsGenius
@TheSainsburyLab
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Many thanks to
@karlriha
lab for hosting me🙏 Lots of interesting discussions😊
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Merry Christmas from the Ding lab to all our friends! We are very grateful for your support to our lab!
@DingLab_RNA
@JohnInnesCentre
@HaopengYu
@Bibo00128791
@sduncan015
@Ilexpurpurea
@biozwang
@MSindalovskaya
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Thank you 🙏 As a former PhD student at JIC from 2005 to 2009, I hold a deep affection for my institute. I’m glad to have made some contributions😊
Congratulations to the worthy winners of this year’s JIC Director’s Awards 🏆🙌
We are so honoured and grateful to have you as part of the
#LifeAtJIC
community
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Merry Christmas🎄🎄🎄Very grateful for all the love and support you’ve given to the Ding lab🙏🙏🙏
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At
#ICAR2023
Conference dinner with lab girls on the boat! What a great meeting with so many exciting plant biology topics😊
@sduncan015
@Ilexpurpurea
@DingLab_RNA
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Nice to catch up with super lovely friends at a fantastic RNA meeting
#RIBORED2024
@Marcos_dlP
@BolognaLab
@AinaCastellanos
@Alf_Castello
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We're seeking new insights into the mechanisms and functions of plant RNAs for an upcoming special issue. Submit your research by October 31st, 2021. Genome Biology | Call for papers: plant RNA biology
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Great meeting
#RNA23
! We enjoyed every moment! Many thanks to the organizers 😊
@Bibo00128791
@HaopengYu
@DingLab_RNA
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Another great collaboration with
@DrZoeWaller
in developing a novel method for predicting DNA i-Motifs Via Machine Learning
@Bibo00128791
@HaopengYu
@JohnInnesCentre
@ucl
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The superstar in the RNA structure field, Danny
@danny_incarnato
will give the new year's first seminar of the Norwich RNA Club.
@univgroningen
@JohnInnesCentre
@NorwichResearch
@biouea
@EarlhamInst
@alperakay_
@WHaerty
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Happy 50th Birthday Nucleic Acids Research!!!
A lovely cake for the
@NAR_Open
editors’ meeting, on our 50th birthday. The LH helix did not affect the flavour 😊
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Norwich RNA club seminar this Thursday!
@ywan_wan
will share her exciting technology and novel discoveries!
@astar_gis
@NorwichResearch
@JohnInnesCentre
@biouea
@EarlhamInst
@alperakay_
@WHaerty
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Had a fantastic visit in
@IBMCP
🙏Many thanks to
@A_Carbonell_
and
@JaviGallego80
for hosting me❤️Great to meet great scientists
@cristicris09
in
@IBMCP
and heard so many exciting sciences👍
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It has been very difficult to reveal the in vivo functionality of RNA structure motif. I did not expect that it is even more difficult to convince others how important RNA structure is. But the new era of RNA structure-dependent regulation of gene expression is coming!
RNA structure is super powerful! TAM structure in miRNA regulation. A nice 4-year work from 4 brilliant postdocs
@Minglei13
@Ilexpurpurea
@XiaofengFang1
and Hugh! "In vivo mRNA structure regulates miRNA cleavage in Arabidopsis"
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We are very happy to host
@guo_lab
from
@YaleRNA
at
@NorwichRNAClub
on 12th Aug
@JohnInnesCentre
. Please join us for this exciting seminar! The zoom link is in the post! All welcome!
@EarlhamInst
@biouea
@uniofeastanglia
@NorwichResearch
@alperakay_
@WHaerty
@RNASociety
@lexogen
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Finally meet
@A_Carbonell_
in person. We started collaborations since 2017. Thank you for the great support with our miRNA collaborative work🙏
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Very honored to be involved in the research programmes at the Babraham Institute!
We're delighted to welcome
@YiliangDing
, a group leader
@JohnInnesCentre
, to
@BabrahamInst
as an honorary group leader affiliated with our
#Immunology
programme. Yiliang is currently working in collaboration with Institute group leader
@cribdealmeida
.
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Super happy to see David
@lilley_mj
😊 My parents are amazed by David’s super fluent Chinese 👍
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Our symposium covers the recent exciting advances in the RNA structure field. Please retweet!
We are hosting a FREE and open symposium on RNA structure. Flyer below. Schedule details to come in the coming days, but reserve June 24-25! Retweet!
@ywan_wan
@YiliangDing
@danny_incarnato
Registration:
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Plant RNA structure symposium agenda for 7th Sept to 9th Sept! Exciting talks
@FrontPlantSci
@TranslatingRNA
@JohnInnesCentre
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Our UK-China institute CEPAMS
@CepamsGenius
group leaders gave excellent seminars during their visit before ASM! Our great collaborations towards feeding the world👍👍👍
@JohnInnesCentre
@UKRI_News
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Members of our CAS-JIC Centre, CEPAMS
@CepamsGenius
had a successful visit in UK during JIC
@JohnInnesCentre
annual science meeting. Many collaborations have been established👍Looking forward to many exciting scientific breakthroughs between UK and China groups!!!
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I am super lucky to have Giles as my PhD supervisor, my mentor and my role model. He taught me how to do science step by step. He also taught me how to respect, support and work with others. I am so proud of him.
#RoleModel
“ I know my experiences are not unique and are all too frequently those of women and minorities working in science. “
@gilesedoldroyd
❤️🌱🏳️🌈🌎🌍🌏🌱♥️💙💜🖤💛💚🧡
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New paper from my group in collaboration with
@DrZoeWaller
and Philip Benfey!
G-quadruplex structures trigger RNA phase separation
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Julius
@LucksLab
gave a phenomenal talk from fundamental science to RNA engineering for global health! What an inspiring talk!
@NUSynBio
@NorthwesternU
@NorwichRNAClub
@RNASociety
@lexogen
@JohnInnesCentre
@biouea
@EarlhamInst
@alperakay_
@WHaerty
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Super happy to be back to the symbiosis family! Just like the good old time 15 years ago ❤️ Great to see the
@ENSA_research
entering the third phase! Looking forward to more success in this super cool programme.
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