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Group Leader Chromatin Architecture in Cancer Laboratory at UCD | Interested in Epigenetics, Chromatin, Transcription, Histone Modifications, Cancer | He/Him Website: https://conwaychromatinlab.com/

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Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · Jan 13

2-year computational postdoc position available to join our growing team to work on super-enhancers & transcription factors in AML @ucddublin.bsky.social. This project will use patient biopsies to identify 'epigenomic' sensitivities for this devastating cancer.

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Team — Conway Lab

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Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · 20h

Our very own Evan Matthews, from @coughlan-lab.bsky.social, will be running the Dublin Marathon this month in aid of the Irish Cancer Society!

If you want to show Evan and the ICS your support you can donate through the link below!

eventmaster.ie/fundraising/...

@ucddublin.bsky.social

🏃💨

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All-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · 23h

There's a super line up next March for the Keystone meeting in Geneva for anyone interested in chromatin and epigenetics! Not a bad spot for a Spring trip!

🧬👇🇨🇭

#KSEpigenetics26 #epigenetics #chromatin #KeystoneSymposia

Karim-Jean Armache @kjarmache.bsky.social · 4d

Join us in Geneva (March, 2026) for the Keystone Symposium Epigenetics & Gene Regulation in Health and Disease, co-organized with @ckadoch.bsky.social — linking epigenetic mechanisms with therapeutic innovation. Apply for a short talk!

#KSEpigenetics26 #epigenetics #chromatin #KeystoneSymposia

Epigenetics and Gene Regulation in Health and Disease: Linking Basic Mechanisms with Therapeutic Opportunities | Keystone Symposia

Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Epigenetics and Gene Regulation in Health and Disease: Linking Basic Mechanisms with Therapeutic Opportunities, March 2026, in Geneva, with field leaders!

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Arnau Sebé-Pedrós @arnausebe.bsky.social · Jul 15

We are looking for a student to continue our work on chromatin evolution:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The project with @seanamontgomery.bsky.social will focus on chromatin state readers across eukaryotes.

More info: recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Aug 27

👏 Congrats to @conwayer1.bsky.social on a major @genesdev.bsky.social‬ publication!

In collab with @adrianbracken.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social & Dr Orla Deevy @ucdscience.bsky.social, the team showed how EZH2 mutations disrupt PRC2, driving Weaver syndrome🧬

📖 Read more here ▶️bit.ly/3HL0YiI

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Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · Aug 27

Delighted that our work on EZH2 dominant negativity in Weaver syndrome is now out in Genes & Development!

This exciting work on chromatinopathies 🧬 was in collab with @adrianbracken.bsky.social and spearheaded by Orla Deevy.

@ucddublin.bsky.social @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social

www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

UCD co-lead breakthrough discovering genetic mechanism driving Weaver syndrome

www.ucd.ie

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Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · Aug 25

P.S I didn't pick the photos but great to see former lab member Orla presenting her poster so passionately at last years symposium! 😅

Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · Aug 25

Really excited to share the line up for this years @arrefoundation.bsky.social research symposium. It was a pleasure to contribute to putting the program together this year.

Looking forward to seeing everyone in Boston in October!

More details can be found here: asxlconference.org

Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · Jul 18

Amazing new initiative with a seriously impressive budget (€2.25M to 3.25M) to attract researchers to Ireland!

Would be great to get some more chromatin biologists here! 👀🧬

Research Ireland @researchireland.ie · Jul 18

Research Ireland, on behalf of @deptoffhed.bsky.social, have today launched Global Talent Ireland - a new initiative to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland.

For more information visit:
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...

Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland

Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...

www.researchireland.ie

Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · Jul 17

Great to enjoy the last of the Irish summer with a lab BBQ to celebrate paper acceptance 🎉 and individual grant/ travel/ poster prizes over the last few months! ☀️ 🍖 🍻

@coughlan-lab.bsky.social

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Uri Frank @thecocodium.bsky.social · Jun 20

I am looking for a new postdoc to join the lab. Interested in pluripotency, germ cells, and in investigating these in a genetically tractable cnidarian? Get in touch! We offer a long-term contract, excellent research environment, and a lovely city #Galway. www.urifranklab.org

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All-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · Jun 4

Big congratulations to best poster and best talk award winners @samrustichelli.bsky.social (Diego Pasini lab,IEO)
and Mike Rainey (Corrado Santocanale lab) @uniofgalway.bsky.social
🏆🏆

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All-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · Jun 4

Looking back on a super day at the AICC symposium one week on 🤩 many thanks to @tcddublin.bsky.social micro department for hosting and to our sponsors @epicypher.bsky.social & @novogene-europe.bsky.social.

Thanks to all attendees, we hope to see again in May next year🌞

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SteveStockdale.bsky.social @stevestockdale.bsky.social · May 26

New Novogene freebies 🥰

I am going to be at the All-Ireland Chromatin Consortium #AICC25 in Trinity College Dublin this Wednesday. @tcddublin.bsky.social

Please come by and say hi, and pick up some of these new freebies.

@aicc-ireland.bsky.social @novogene-europe.bsky.social

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All-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · May 23

Only 5 days to go until our flagship event of the year!

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Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · May 2

@daviesmolly13.bsky.social 🏆

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · May 2

🎉 Huge congrats to our 3 #PhD students

⭐Grace Ruddin ⭐
⭐Rhys Orimaco⭐
⭐Molly Davies⭐

who each won a prize for their presentations at yesterday’s SBBS Research Day 2025 🏆🧪

🔗 lnkd.in/e2-WFaug

@ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

#SBBSRD2025 #UCDResearch

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Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · Apr 25

Awesome to be able to share our work on PAX8 in high-grade serous ovarian cancer, super job @daviesmolly13.bsky.social! Thanks for the opportunity to share @gensocuk.bsky.social

@ucd-sbbs.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social

Genetics Society UK @gensocuk.bsky.social · Apr 25

Last morning of the conference with Molly Davies talking about how PAX8 coordinates oncogenic transcription independently of stable interactors in high-grade serous ovarian cancer #Epigenetics2025

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All-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · Mar 24

We are very excited to launch the registration for our 2025 symposium on 'Chromatin, Epigenetics and Transcription' today!

Join us at @tcddublin.bsky.social on May 28th for this event featuring keynote, new PI and PhD/postdoc talks and posters!

allirelandchromatinconsortium.ie/annual-meeti...

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Apr 10

🎉ENGAGE Finalist Spotlight! ⭐

📢Introducing Finalist #4: Emma Doyle 🧬

🔬 Emma explains CRISPR gene editing and how it’s unlocking powerful discoveries in biomedical research

📅 Catch her live in UCD or online at 5pm Wed April 16👇
www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsand...

#AccessibleScience @conwayer1.bsky.social

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UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Apr 10

🎉ENGAGE Finalist Spotlight!⭐

📢Introducing Finalist #3: Molly Davies 🎗️

🧬 Molly investigates how ovarian cancer rewires DNA structure—giving new insights into tumour behaviour🧫

📅 Don’t miss her talk at the ENGAGE Final, 5pm April 16 at UCD or online👇
www.ucd.ie/sbbs/newsand...
#AccessibleScience

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James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · Apr 8

My group is hiring a new Postdoc to work on gene regulation and chromatin in Nematostella. Please RT!
For more information see here:
gahanlab.com
tinyurl.com/34xke35d

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All-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · Apr 8

Great opportunity for a post-doc to join the University of Galway in the research team of our committee member @jgahan.bsky.social!

James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · Apr 8

My group is hiring a new Postdoc to work on gene regulation and chromatin in Nematostella. Please RT!
For more information see here:
gahanlab.com
tinyurl.com/34xke35d

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Yaser Atlasi @yatlasi.bsky.social · Mar 31

We have a postdoc position in my group in collaboration with EMBL Rome; join us to make important discoveries in this exciting project.
Please apply or share.

hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

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Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · Mar 28

Just under 3 hours until this months @aicc-ireland.bsky.social webinar from Peter Lewis!

All-Ireland Chromatin Consortium @aicc-ireland.bsky.social · Mar 13

Looking forward to welcoming @peterlewislab.bsky.social from @uwmadison.bsky.social for our March webinar on 'Dissecting the Biochemical Complexes Governing Gene Silencing' on March 28th!

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@activemotifusa.bsky.social

Eric Conway @conwayer1.bsky.social · Mar 26

Awesome to have two of the lab make it to the final of this @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social #scicomm initiative. 🧬

Now to bring home the 🏆 @daviesmolly13.bsky.social and Emma!

UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social · Mar 26

🎉 Meet the ENGAGE 2025 Finalists! 🎤
Taking the stage on April 16:

🧪 Felix Brooke
🧫 Ciaran Carey
🎗️ Molly Davies
🔬 Emma Doyle
👁️ John Fehilly
🎼 Clodagh Murphy

🎤 Open to the public!
Register to attend in person or online ⤵️
🔗 bit.ly/3EUekHj

#ENGAGE2025 #ScienceCommunication #UCD