EpiCrossBorders is an innovative PhD program, a collaboration between Helmholtz Zentrum München and the University of Edinburgh offering a unique international and interdisciplinary experience in cutting-edge epigenetics research.
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🎉 Wrapping up 2025 with EpiCrossBorders!
A year of breakthroughs, cross-border exchanges, multiple publications & vibrant outreach.
Next stop: 2026 Symposium in Edinburgh + new workshops & theses submissions
Thank you to all who made this possible. 🌐 #Epigenetics #PhDprogram #Sciencecollaboration
Science thrives through engagement and this weekend proved it!
The “Stem Cell Stories” exhibition @ Deutsches Museum showcased the power of outreach.
A shout-out to our EpiCrossBorders students, who played a key role in connecting with the public and sparking curiosity.
#ScienceOutreach
Read more about Daniele's experience in his own words here: www.helmholtzresearchschool-epigenetics.org/news/news/ne...
🌍 Fresh Perspectives Through Collaboration
PhD researcher Veronica Finazzi spent 2.5 months at Edinburgh’s Institute of Genetics & Cancer via #EpiCrossBorders, deepening expertise & broadening horizons.
👉 Learn more: bit.ly/4iQEJpH
#Epigenetics #InternationalCollaboration #ResearchExchange
Exchange update! In 2025, EpiCrossBorders PhD Daniele Scarcella joined a research exchange in Edinburgh, advancing his work on lineage bias in hematopoiesis. “Informal scientific exchanges really accelerated my thinking.”
🔗Find out more: bit.ly/3Mr1wfV
#Epigenetics #PhD #Scientificexchange
EpiCrossBorders Week in Edinburgh was a great mix of collaboration & innovation. Starting with a Biotech Start‑Up Ideation Workshop and ending with a 2‑day symposium engaging PI's and students—we can't believe it is our penultimate year! Still so much to look forward to and achieve #EpiCrossBorders
🎉 Congrats to Vlera Fonda, PhD researcher in EpiCrossBorders, for being co-1st author on a Nature Communications paper!
Her work uncovers how the liver adapts to short-term caloric restriction via GR-dependent gene regulation.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#EpiCrossBorders #NatureCommunications
👉 Chromatin Summer School 2026 – Apply Now!
Join us in Munich 17–29 August 2026 for an immersive program on chromatin biology:
🔬 Expert lectures
🧪 Hands-on training
🤝 Global networking
Open to 14 PhD students worldwide (sponsorship available)
👉 Apply here: bit.ly/4oGDR8f
#ChromatinBiology
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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Summer School on Chromatin Biology.
Transform your knowledge and skills with this 2 week course focusing on ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, ChIC/CUT&RUN, CUT&Tag, and bioinformatics analyses.
Aug 17 - 29
Interested? Apply by April 18
bit.ly/4bZwHHR
#abcam #summerschool #phd #helmholtzmunich
