OK Kids, our ERK story is finally heading out into the world. After 9 years of having funding, losing funding, losing staff, getting funding, gaining staff...it's ready!
We discovered a novel stage of what is an otherwise extensively studied process: how cells respond to extracellular signals. 1/n
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Thrilled to be one of the ERC StG awardees this year! It will allow my team to further delve into the puzzle of what regulates the fate of RNA Polymerase II during early elongation: will it terminate early, or elongate happily ever after?
Very brief scientific background: I am particularly interested in the mechanisms behind early transcription termination. Approaches we often use include CRISPR screens and nascent RNA sequencing after rapid depletions. Bringing your own project ideas and expertise is also encouraged!
Getting this grant took several attempts and lots of support from my past advisors, current colleagues and many other science friends. Thank you to everyone who helped me prepare by proofreading, doing practice talks or sharing advice or encouragement!!
The Vlaming lab continues to grow!
It's an exciting time in the Vlaming lab: we've just had our 2nd PhD student join, and the 3rd is joining in February. Now, we're looking to recruit a postdoc!
Very proud of our paper on "scrambling-by-hopping" LADs, which was just published: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Congrats to Lise Dauban and the rest of the team – this was a real tour-de-force!