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Congrats to Koichi Sato and @puckknipscheer.bsky.social on this beautiful paper! The biochemistry is 🤯 Happy to help with scEdUseq to pinpoint the DNA replication defects! 🎉🧬
RNA transcripts regulate G-quadruplex landscapes through G-loop formation | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
New work from the Knipscheer group published in @science.org reveals a mechanism involving RNA and DNA repair proteins that helps cells remove G-quadruplex structures. G4 structures are knot-like formations in DNA that can cause damage if left unresolved. www.hubrecht.eu/cells-untie-dna-knots/
Great response so far for the DNA Repair Meeting in April 2026 ! 🧬
A few poster spots are still available.
✨ Early-bird registration extended to February 28th
✨ New invited speakers added: check the site: dnarepairmeeting-egmond2026.com
Don’t miss this outstanding meeting!
The latest work from ours and @vram142.bsky.social lab is out! True teamwork to visualize nascent chromatin with strand resolution, using a fully reconstituted system. Very proud of superstar-PhD student Bruna, and @palindromephd.bsky.social. Learning so much from Vijay’s amazing technologies! RT
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Join us at Egmond aan Zee (April 19–24, 2026) for the next DNA Repair Meeting. We have an amazing line-up of speakers.
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G-quadruplexes (G4s) are prevalent DNA structures that regulate transcription but also threaten genome stability. How G4 dynamics are controlled remains poorly understood. Here, we report that RNA tra...
www.science.org
New work from the Knipscheer group reveals a mechanism involving RNA and DNA repair proteins that helps cells safely remove G-quadruplex (G4) structures.
Some (+)ve news to lighten another heavy weekend: our latest preprint (c/o Mattiroli + Ramani labs) is up!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A tour-de-force by 1st authors Bruna Eckhardt & @palindromephd.bsky.social, focusing on chromatin replication. RTs welcome; tweetorial in 3,2...(1/n)
DNA replication is molecularly asymmetric, due to distinct mechanisms for lagging and leading strand DNA synthesis. Whether chromatin assembly on newly replicated strands is also asymmetric remains un...
Excited our paper is out! G-quadruplex (G4) unwinding via an intricate G-loop assembly and disassembly mechanism maintains genome integrity. Pioneered by Koichi Sato with great collaborators Jing Lyu and @simonelsasser.bsky.social Check it out: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr0493 🧵(1/4)
Vijay Ramani
G-quadruplexes (G4s) are prevalent DNA structures that regulate transcription but also threaten genome stability. How G4 dynamics are controlled remains poorly understood. Here, we report that RNA tra...
