The DFG-funded Research Unit (FOR) 5504 aims to understand the physiological causes and consequences of genome instability.

Cologne
Joined July 2023
Amazing retreat of the DFG Research Unit @FOR5504 on the Physiological Causes and Consequences of Genome Instability and the Institute for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease with keynotes by @APoetsch and @George_Garinis
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🧪Move over CUT&Tag, there’s a new #TranscriptionFactor mapping method in town. Our newly developed DynaTag is faster, cleaner, more sensitive than #ChIPseq, #CUT&RUN and #CUT&Tag. 🔗 Our @natcomms.nature.com paper: nature.com/articles/s41467-0… 🧵Here’s why DynaTag is so powerful(1/7)
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Overall, repeated mRNA vaccination led to sustained epigenetic changes at promoters, priming immune cells for robust responses. Huge thanks to @UniCologne, #CMMC, @sfb1399, @crc1678, @FOR5504, #Fritz_Thyssen_Foundation & everyone who supported this project!
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We’re thrilled to welcome @GiselaSlaats as today‘s seminar guest! Looking forward to her insights on DNA damage response in renal ciliopathies. An exciting opportunity to dive deeper into genome instability and renal disease! #FOR5504 #GenomeInstability #Ciliopathies #DDR
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It is a great honor to be recognized by @FEBSnews . This award serves as a significant encouragement for my future academic career! @imbmainz @FOR5504
Congratulations to Siyao Wang of the Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz, Germany on being awarded a FEBS Excellence Award, which provides €100,000 in research funding @SiyaoWang1005 @imbmainz #FEBSExcellenceAwards febs.org/news/febs-excellenc…
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I am very much looking forward to welcoming the German DNA Repair community to Cologne this month together with @spanier55 and @PfanderLab . Our conference is booked out to the last seat. Great mix of international leaders, young and upcoming scientists presenting their work.
Register now and join us at the 2024 Meeting of the German Society for DNA Repair. Keynotes by Simon Boulton @BoultonLab , Dana Branzei, Anton Gartner, Jo Morris, Evi Soutoglou, Haico van Attikum @haicovanattikum @CECAD_ @MPIAGE @UniCologne cms2.vcongress.de/dgdr-2024/…
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Huge congrats to @Meyer_DH for receiving the Best Poster award @ARDD_Meeting 2024. Well deserved for his outstanding work @CGA_age @UniCologne @CECAD_ 🥳🎇🎆
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After a productive seminar day, we’re wrapping up with insightful scientific discussions and some great networking! #ResearchCommunity #Networking #Science
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We are happy and glad to have our first joint FOR5504 retreat and host our labs at KSI Siegburg. Let's talk about genome stability 🧬 and enjoy science 👩‍🔬!
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Happy to host @GraemeHewitt2 👨‍🔬and his talk "Using CRISPR screens to map genetic determinants of radiation response" 🧬⚡️ @CECAD_ @UKKoeln @MPIAGE
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🔥🔥🔥my 💯 paper is out, congrats 🎈🎉🍾 @Meyer_DH for this amazing story. Aging clocks tick by the noise: we can build aging clocks 🕰️ on accumulating stochastic variation! @CECAD_ @UniCologne @CGA_age @UKKoeln follow 🧵retweet & read now open access: nature.com/articles/s43587-0…
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Very grateful to have been invited to the Healthy Longevity Webinar @HealthyLongeviT to present our latest research on #aging clocks and why stochastic variation plays a bigger role than you might think: youtu.be/nCAn_wyNGXA #scicomm
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🚨Opportunity🚨 Open postdoc position 👨‍🔬 In @schumacherbj 's lab On a project by Prof. Jan Hoeijmakers >The Impact of Chronic Genome Instability on Tissue Homeostasis< 🧪🧬🐭 Located at @CECAD_ and @UKKoeln Your application is very welcome! 👋 jobs-uk-koeln.de/index.php?a…
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Join the thriving genome stability research community in Cologne: Head of a research group for Genome Maintenance Mechanisms in the Department of Radiation Biology @CECAD_ @FOR5504 @UniCologne @DLR_en dlr.de/dlr/jobs/en/desktopde…
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🔥The FOR5504 Seminar Series is very happy to host today's guest speaker, 👨‍🔬Dr. Oliver Bischof, from @CNRS, IMRB and UPEC, to listen to his insights about "The Ins and Outs of Cellular Senescence". 🧪🧬 @CECAD lecture hall, 11.00am
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Kudos to Anna Koch and Priscilla Piccirillo for being awarded Best Poster and Research Talk at our internal Human Genetics Symposium. Well done and I'm proud of you guys!👏@FOR5504 @DTG_Cologne #CMMC @CECAD_
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🔥We are happy to host Brian Luke from IMB+ University Mainz, @sfb1361, as our seminar speaker today! 🧬His talk about "Understanding and modulating replicative senescence rates" @CECAD was a great success!
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🔬 Join our lab and explore how age-related epigenetic changes impact cancer development! If you're ready to become a master of iPSCs, apply now for this PhD opportunity. @FOR5504 @sfb1399 @DTG_Cologne @CECAD_ #CMMC jobs-uk-koeln.de/index.php?a…
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