Geraldine Zimmer-Bensch
@zimmer-bensch.bsky.social
Professor for Neuroepigentics, investigating #DNAmethylation, #histoneModifications, #lncRNA in cortical development and neuronal function, EiC of Neurogenetics
Excited to share that our new preprint is out, showing PV function linked to glial states by DNMT1.
"DNMT1 Coordinates PV Interneuron–Glia Coupling to Maintain Cortical Network Stability and Regulate Behavior." www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
"DNMT1 Coordinates PV Interneuron–Glia Coupling to Maintain Cortical Network Stability and Regulate Behavior." www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
DNMT1 Coordinates PV Interneuron-Glia Coupling to Maintain Cortical Network Stability and Regulate Behavior
Parvalbumin (PV) interneurons are central to cortical network stability and psychiatric vulnerability. Here, we identify DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) as a key epigenetic regulator linking PV intern...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Excited to share that our new preprint is out, showing PV function linked to glial states by DNMT1.
"DNMT1 Coordinates PV Interneuron–Glia Coupling to Maintain Cortical Network Stability and Regulate Behavior." www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
"DNMT1 Coordinates PV Interneuron–Glia Coupling to Maintain Cortical Network Stability and Regulate Behavior." www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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We’re hiring!
@RWTH is opening a W3 Full Professor position in Stress Resilience of Plants 🌿
Join a strong research environment with excellent facilities & great colleagues in the Faculty of Maths & Natural Sciences.
Please share & spread the word! www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/crfe/?...
@RWTH is opening a W3 Full Professor position in Stress Resilience of Plants 🌿
Join a strong research environment with excellent facilities & great colleagues in the Faculty of Maths & Natural Sciences.
Please share & spread the word! www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/crfe/?...
Professorship Opportunities | RWTH Aachen University | EN
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October 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We’re hiring!
@RWTH is opening a W3 Full Professor position in Stress Resilience of Plants 🌿
Join a strong research environment with excellent facilities & great colleagues in the Faculty of Maths & Natural Sciences.
Please share & spread the word! www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/crfe/?...
@RWTH is opening a W3 Full Professor position in Stress Resilience of Plants 🌿
Join a strong research environment with excellent facilities & great colleagues in the Faculty of Maths & Natural Sciences.
Please share & spread the word! www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/crfe/?...
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Small primate shows big promise? Grey mouse lemur exhibits various age-related changes in microglia. #neuroscience
preLighter Isabel Paine covers a recent #preprint from Léo Dupuis and colleagues #CEA_Jacob_
#preLight ⬇️👀 prelights.biologists.com/highlights/n...
preLighter Isabel Paine covers a recent #preprint from Léo Dupuis and colleagues #CEA_Jacob_
#preLight ⬇️👀 prelights.biologists.com/highlights/n...
Normal aging increases white matter microglial reaction and perivascular macrophages in the microcebe primate - preLights
Small primate shows big promise? Grey mouse lemur exhibits various age-related changes in microglia
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October 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Small primate shows big promise? Grey mouse lemur exhibits various age-related changes in microglia. #neuroscience
preLighter Isabel Paine covers a recent #preprint from Léo Dupuis and colleagues #CEA_Jacob_
#preLight ⬇️👀 prelights.biologists.com/highlights/n...
preLighter Isabel Paine covers a recent #preprint from Léo Dupuis and colleagues #CEA_Jacob_
#preLight ⬇️👀 prelights.biologists.com/highlights/n...
Honored to see our work featured among the Editors’ Highlights in the “From brain to behaviour” collection at @NatureComms!
🧩 DNMT1-mediated regulation of somatostatin-positive interneuron migration impacts cortical architecture and function
➡️ www.nature.com/ncomms/edito...
🧩 DNMT1-mediated regulation of somatostatin-positive interneuron migration impacts cortical architecture and function
➡️ www.nature.com/ncomms/edito...
Editors' Highlights | Nature Communications
Editors' Highlights
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October 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Honored to see our work featured among the Editors’ Highlights in the “From brain to behaviour” collection at @NatureComms!
🧩 DNMT1-mediated regulation of somatostatin-positive interneuron migration impacts cortical architecture and function
➡️ www.nature.com/ncomms/edito...
🧩 DNMT1-mediated regulation of somatostatin-positive interneuron migration impacts cortical architecture and function
➡️ www.nature.com/ncomms/edito...
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Nature’s 2025 PhD survey asked doctoral candidates worldwide what advice they would give to someone considering a similar degree. Respondents gave advice on choosing supervisors, managing mental health, and surviving academic culture. #Academicsky 🧪
27 things we wish we’d known when we started our PhDs
Nature’s survey of PhD candidates reveals hard-won wisdom on choosing supervisors, managing mental health and surviving academic culture.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Nature’s 2025 PhD survey asked doctoral candidates worldwide what advice they would give to someone considering a similar degree. Respondents gave advice on choosing supervisors, managing mental health, and surviving academic culture. #Academicsky 🧪
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The NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad.
I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
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I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
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October 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad.
I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
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I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
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Reposted by Geraldine Zimmer-Bensch
The authors of a Comment article discuss how scientists, research institutions, funders, libraries and publishers must all improve software practices. They outline recommendations for an approach to handle software better. #Academicsky 🧪
Stop treating code like an afterthought: record, share and value it
Scientists, research institutions, funders, libraries and publishers must all improve software practices.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The authors of a Comment article discuss how scientists, research institutions, funders, libraries and publishers must all improve software practices. They outline recommendations for an approach to handle software better. #Academicsky 🧪
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I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
Staff Scientist
About EMBL-EBI EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute is a data powerhouse, utilised on a global scale to advance scientific discovery through bioinformatics and solutions to some of the world’s mos...
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October 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
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Pipeline Olympics for DNA methylation data
Check this out:
doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
Important study from @rn-toth.bsky.social & @pavlolutsik.bsky.social
Published @narjournal.bsky.social
#epigenetics
#methylation
#bioinformatics
Check this out:
doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
Important study from @rn-toth.bsky.social & @pavlolutsik.bsky.social
Published @narjournal.bsky.social
#epigenetics
#methylation
#bioinformatics
Pipeline Olympics: continuable benchmarking of computational workflows for DNA methylation sequencing data against an experimental gold standard
Abstract. DNA methylation is a widely studied epigenetic mark and a powerful biomarker of cell type, age, environmental exposures, and disease. Whole-genom
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October 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Pipeline Olympics for DNA methylation data
Check this out:
doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
Important study from @rn-toth.bsky.social & @pavlolutsik.bsky.social
Published @narjournal.bsky.social
#epigenetics
#methylation
#bioinformatics
Check this out:
doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
Important study from @rn-toth.bsky.social & @pavlolutsik.bsky.social
Published @narjournal.bsky.social
#epigenetics
#methylation
#bioinformatics
Reposted by Geraldine Zimmer-Bensch
Tests of large language models reveal that they can behave in deceptive and potentially harmful ways. Nature reports on what these results mean for the future of AI. 🧪
AI models that lie, cheat and plot murder: how dangerous are LLMs really?
Tests of large language models reveal that they can behave in deceptive and potentially harmful ways. What does this mean for the future?
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October 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Tests of large language models reveal that they can behave in deceptive and potentially harmful ways. Nature reports on what these results mean for the future of AI. 🧪
What if the DNA methylation enzyme DNMT1 isn’t just about DNA?
Our new preprint reveals a cytosolic role for DNMT1 as a scaffold controlling neuronal morphology via DOCK7–Rac1/STMN1 signaling & mitochondrial trafficking.
A paradigm shift in DNMT1 biology! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our new preprint reveals a cytosolic role for DNMT1 as a scaffold controlling neuronal morphology via DOCK7–Rac1/STMN1 signaling & mitochondrial trafficking.
A paradigm shift in DNMT1 biology! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A cytosolic function of DNMT1 controls neuronal morphogenesis via microtubule regulation
Proteins traditionally confined to a single cellular compartment are increasingly recognized to exert non-canonical functions in alternative domains. The DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1), classically d...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
What if the DNA methylation enzyme DNMT1 isn’t just about DNA?
Our new preprint reveals a cytosolic role for DNMT1 as a scaffold controlling neuronal morphology via DOCK7–Rac1/STMN1 signaling & mitochondrial trafficking.
A paradigm shift in DNMT1 biology! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our new preprint reveals a cytosolic role for DNMT1 as a scaffold controlling neuronal morphology via DOCK7–Rac1/STMN1 signaling & mitochondrial trafficking.
A paradigm shift in DNMT1 biology! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Geraldine Zimmer-Bensch
Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
🚀 The RWTH Center for Computational Life Sciences (CCLS) brings together AI, modeling & biology to decode life’s complexity.
Explore how data-driven research is shaping the future of health & sustainability
Watch the video 👉https://youtu.be/uZ9oFc8E4Us?si=VwDm5hfrWO6eUNMC
Explore how data-driven research is shaping the future of health & sustainability
Watch the video 👉https://youtu.be/uZ9oFc8E4Us?si=VwDm5hfrWO6eUNMC
October 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🚀 The RWTH Center for Computational Life Sciences (CCLS) brings together AI, modeling & biology to decode life’s complexity.
Explore how data-driven research is shaping the future of health & sustainability
Watch the video 👉https://youtu.be/uZ9oFc8E4Us?si=VwDm5hfrWO6eUNMC
Explore how data-driven research is shaping the future of health & sustainability
Watch the video 👉https://youtu.be/uZ9oFc8E4Us?si=VwDm5hfrWO6eUNMC
Today: Seminar on: Addressing Neurodegenerative Diseases in Support of SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing: Recent Advances in Alzheimer’s and Other Neurodegeneration Research cassyni.com/events/QuBDF...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Today: Seminar on: Addressing Neurodegenerative Diseases in Support of SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing: Recent Advances in Alzheimer’s and Other Neurodegeneration Research cassyni.com/events/QuBDF...
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I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
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Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
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October 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
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Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
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🚨 NRW Return Programme 2026: Up to €1.25M over 5 years to establish your own independent research group in the Life Sciences (e.g. neurobiology).
👉 More details: www.mkw.nrw/themen/wisse...
A great opportunity – also here in Aachen! 🌍🧬
👉 More details: www.mkw.nrw/themen/wisse...
A great opportunity – also here in Aachen! 🌍🧬
Rückkehrprogramm
Mit dem Rückkehrprogramm will das Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft junge Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler zur Rückkehr nach Nordrhein-Westfalen bewegen.
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September 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
🚨 NRW Return Programme 2026: Up to €1.25M over 5 years to establish your own independent research group in the Life Sciences (e.g. neurobiology).
👉 More details: www.mkw.nrw/themen/wisse...
A great opportunity – also here in Aachen! 🌍🧬
👉 More details: www.mkw.nrw/themen/wisse...
A great opportunity – also here in Aachen! 🌍🧬
Reposted by Geraldine Zimmer-Bensch
Several scientists have received letters from the NIH director disinviting them from their positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding, I'm told.
In July, I reported that NIH staff were told to select members aligned with Trump administration priorities.
In July, I reported that NIH staff were told to select members aligned with Trump administration priorities.
September 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Several scientists have received letters from the NIH director disinviting them from their positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding, I'm told.
In July, I reported that NIH staff were told to select members aligned with Trump administration priorities.
In July, I reported that NIH staff were told to select members aligned with Trump administration priorities.
Reposted by Geraldine Zimmer-Bensch
Since their discovery in 2004, the grid cells in the brain have been regarded as a kind of "GPS in the head." However, scientists at DKFZ and Heidelberg University Hospital have now shown that grid cells work much more flexibly than previously assumed. @nature.com Neuroscience
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No GPS in the head: How the brain flexibly switches between internal maps
Since their discovery in 2004, the grid cells in the brain, which are important for our orientation, have been regarded as a kind of “GPS in the head.” However, scientists at the German Cancer Researc...
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September 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Since their discovery in 2004, the grid cells in the brain have been regarded as a kind of "GPS in the head." However, scientists at DKFZ and Heidelberg University Hospital have now shown that grid cells work much more flexibly than previously assumed. @nature.com Neuroscience
t1p.de/hpj1m
t1p.de/hpj1m
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“Many scholars from historically overexploited countries (often referred to as the global south) expected that exposing the problem would trigger change. Four years on, I see it clearly: the scientific system was never designed for equity,” writes Dolors Armenteras in Nature. #Academicsky 🧪
Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending
Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system.
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September 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“Many scholars from historically overexploited countries (often referred to as the global south) expected that exposing the problem would trigger change. Four years on, I see it clearly: the scientific system was never designed for equity,” writes Dolors Armenteras in Nature. #Academicsky 🧪
The deadline is approaching! Check out that great opportunity!
🌍 Open Call! RWTH Aachen University invites postdocs from outside the EU to apply for the “Port to Europe” Fellowship (24 months funding, all disciplines). Start your research journey at one of Europe’s top universities! 🚀 Deadline: Oct 5, 2025. 👉https://rwth-aachen.de/go/id/botjje/lidx/1
September 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The deadline is approaching! Check out that great opportunity!
Open Call
@embl
📍 Heidelberg
🧬 Postdoc position (3 yrs) – Computational Biology
Join a world-leading research environment & drive cutting-edge data-driven biology!
🔗 Apply here: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...
#ComputationalBiology #EMBL
@embl
📍 Heidelberg
🧬 Postdoc position (3 yrs) – Computational Biology
Join a world-leading research environment & drive cutting-edge data-driven biology!
🔗 Apply here: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...
#ComputationalBiology #EMBL
Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational biology
Your group The Zimmermann-Kogadeeva lab at EMBL Heidelberg is looking for a postdoctoral fellow to conduct research within the NEURON ERA-NET consortium. NEURON ERA-NET is an Network of European Fundi...
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August 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Open Call
@embl
📍 Heidelberg
🧬 Postdoc position (3 yrs) – Computational Biology
Join a world-leading research environment & drive cutting-edge data-driven biology!
🔗 Apply here: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...
#ComputationalBiology #EMBL
@embl
📍 Heidelberg
🧬 Postdoc position (3 yrs) – Computational Biology
Join a world-leading research environment & drive cutting-edge data-driven biology!
🔗 Apply here: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...
#ComputationalBiology #EMBL
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And now for an update on my office window. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard To Remove Black Lives Matter Message From Biology Professors’ Office Windows | News | The Harvard Crimson
A Harvard administrator told two professors on Tuesday that a Black Lives Matter sign displayed in their office windows would be taken down by this Saturday, describing it as a violation of the Univer...
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August 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
And now for an update on my office window. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
🌍 Open Call! RWTH Aachen University invites postdocs from outside the EU to apply for the “Port to Europe” Fellowship (24 months funding, all disciplines). Start your research journey at one of Europe’s top universities! 🚀 Deadline: Oct 5, 2025. 👉https://rwth-aachen.de/go/id/botjje/lidx/1
August 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🌍 Open Call! RWTH Aachen University invites postdocs from outside the EU to apply for the “Port to Europe” Fellowship (24 months funding, all disciplines). Start your research journey at one of Europe’s top universities! 🚀 Deadline: Oct 5, 2025. 👉https://rwth-aachen.de/go/id/botjje/lidx/1