Quantitative stem cell biologist and group leader @TheCrick Institute. Cell decision-making. Cell fate and cell division. @Stanford, @EMBL alumna. ENTP. Mum. Diver.
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An amazing list of speakers and lots of opportunity to give selected talks! Save the date and join us in Amsterdam next year!
The Crick magazine spring edition is here, with our latest discoveries and science stories.
Read about John Diffley’s mission to crack DNA replication and how a giraffe is helping scientists understand placenta evolution ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
Crick evolutionary biologist @margaridamcm.bsky.social is working with conservation charity ZSL to investigate an enduring mystery: how the placenta has evolved with incredible variation across species.
Read the full story: www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03...
Join #EMBOOmics which aims to showcase new technologies and formulate questions to move the systems biology field forward 👉 s.embl.org/omx26-01-bl
📥 Abstract deadline 11 September
Timely review on an important support tissue in development.
Thank you for highlighting our work!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I am delighted to share that registration for the next @embo.org EMBO Cell cycle meeting is now open! meetings.embo.org/event/26-cel... .
We have an outstanding lineup of speakers and several selected talks from submitted abstracts. Look forward to welcoming you in Portugal from 5–7 October 2026!
Two Crick group leaders are joining Cancer Grand Challenges teams to tackle big questions in cancer research.
Leanne Li leads a team studying how tumours interact with the nervous system, and Vivian Li joins a @ucl.ac.uk-led team working to rewire cancer cells.
🔗 www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03...
How do electrostatic forces impact TF search ? In joint effort with @beatfierz.bsky.social , tour-de-force from @simsakong.bsky.social who single-handedly combined in vitro SPT on DNA & chromatin, in cellulo SPT, ChIP-seq and ATAC-seq www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great publication by our former Postdoc Nick (Chun) So, now PI at NIBS.
Congratulations to So Lab and the team! 👏🎉
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New from our lab @crick.ac.uk.
Nascent proteins emerge from the human ribosome into a cytosol packed with hundreds of different molecular chaperones.
Which chaperones recognise specific nascent chains, and what dictates their binding preferences?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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EMBL Events
This Review discusses the mechanisms underlying both cavitation and folding amniogenesis and provides an overview of the various recent stem cell-based human embryo models that have been developed to ...
∼50% of fertilized eggs arrest during human pre-implantation development, representing a major bottleneck for assisted reproductive technology. The un…
Be on the lookout for an exciting meeting that Matilde @matildegalli.bsky.social , Silvia @santoslab.bsky.social and I are organizing next year in Amsterdam. It will be a lot of fun.
coming-soon.embo.org/w27-24
The Crick Magazine, Spring 2026
www.crick.ac.uk
This work describes how positive charge in the peptide chain flanking the DNA-binding domain of transcription factors speeds up their search on free and chromatinized DNA, helping to explain why some ...
