Looking to do a PhD in evolutionary cell biology, chromosomes & centromeres? 🧬🔬

The winter call for the UNIGE PhD recruitment is open, and my lab is among those recruiting through the Molecular Biosciences program!

🗓️ Apply by Nov 1st: lifesciencesphd.unige.ch

📣Our department is hiring a new group leader!📣
Want to start your team in a vibrant scientific environment in the center of Paris? I was very lucky to do that 10 years ago, reach out if you have any question.
Apply by December 18th:
jpi-recruitment-curie-umr3215-u934.curie.fr

It took a while, but here we are. Our micDROP paper is out in @natcomms.nature.com, led by @atargt.bsky.social. She asked whether the sequence of a disordered region can self-recognize specifically. She measured this for ten IDRs in living yeast cells.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Out today in Nature: sex without crossovers.

Rhynchospora tenuis makes pollen, fertilises and sets seed, yet 0 crossovers in 10,997 pollen nuclei. Chromosome drive and ~87% seed abortion rebuild the mother's genotype, so the offspring are clones.

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨

Choanoflagellates reorganize their global cytoskeletal architecture within seconds to explore confined microspaces. This is the main PhD work of the amazing @maitefreired.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

A tread 🧵⬇️