Giunta Lab of Genome Evolution @ University of Rome Sapienza. We study human centromeres' tug-of-war between fast evolution & essential function. AIRC funded.
University of Rome Sapienza
Joined December 2020
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What is the molecular basis for maintaining centromere size and position? In a great collaboration with @NAltemose @GiuntaLab and @FachinettiLab labs, we investigate the long standing question of how heterochromatin maintains centromere size/position! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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I am starting a new video series called WAY COOL GENOMICS! Join me as I showcase examples where genomics is used in a study that is important, impactful, – and just plain WAY COOL!
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ERC-funded positions now open❗️❕❗️
Join the @GiuntaLab to understand human DNA evolution through the study of satellite repeats 🧬🧫🔬
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Dear community, we are very happy to announce the next Giin webinar!! Don't miss it on Tuesday, April 9th, from 5PM Rome (11AM NYC), with Stephen Jackson @SPJacksonGroup and Simona Giunta @Simona_Giunta. Zoom link: uniroma1.zoom.us/j/951499844…
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We have been needing this for a long time now. Thank you and congratulations @Simona_Giunta and team.
🧬Complete Human Diploid Genome Alert❗️
So proud to share our first work as @GiuntaLab now on bioRvix - a monumental feat for a single lab assembling T2T RPE1 as a new reference to achieve epigenetic precision:
It's not just the length but how you use it!😊biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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The complete human diploid reference genome of RPE-1 identifies the phased epigenetic landscapes from multi-omics data dlvr.it/SyM3sx
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Chromosoma welcomes our newest Editor @Simona_Giunta at Uni-Rome/Sapienza. simonagiunta.site.uniroma1.i… Simona brings deep centromere expertise with true Roman flair! Welcome Simona! -EIC
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Excited to share our recent work on KaryoCreate, a new method to engineer chromosome-specific gains and losses in human cells with @SteSantaguida and @GiuntaLab cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674… Check out also recent similar and complementary work by @LensSusanne and @McClellandLab!
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#DIYaneuploidy? Now it's possible! Find out how in this seminal work from dear friend & long-term scientific buddy @TeresaDavoli3 So happy for the @GiuntaLab to have contributed & be a part of this project finally out in #Cell this month - check it out! #centromeres #Boscoetal.
Now online! KaryoCreate: A CRISPR-based technology to study chromosome-specific aneuploidy by targeting human centromeres dlvr.it/Smlksx
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It is an honor to celebrate this day with our #T2T team. The first complete human genome serves as an important milestone in genomics. This moment, and the technology and talented scientists behind it, will shape decades of discoveries and drive technologies to be comprehensive.
A special section in this week's issue of Science presents research by the Telomere-to-Telomere (#T2T) Consortium, which has completed a challenging 8% of the human genome left unresolved by the initial Human Genome Project.
Read more: fcld.ly/30edgue
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I'm really proud of my postdocs @pra_sidh and @climouse for their contributions to this effort and for our work together with @Savy_Jade, @NAltemose, @roneilllab and @khmiga. So many others contributed to this effort and the leadership of @khmiga and @aphillippy is phenomenal
A special section in this week's issue of Science presents research by the Telomere-to-Telomere (#T2T) Consortium, which has completed a challenging 8% of the human genome left unresolved by the initial Human Genome Project.
Read more: fcld.ly/30edgue
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BREAKING NEWS:
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2021 #NobelPrize in Physics to Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi “for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems.”
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Excited to announce the *first* complete, telomere-to-telomere sequence of a human autosome, chromosome 8, now out in @nature! We resolved 5 major gaps in the chromosome and charted the evolution of its centromere over the last 25 million years. go.nature.com/3wxzJO2
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A new study from @HironoriFunabi1 with @Simona_Giunta shows that centromeres possess a special mechanism to facilitate their replication and suppress cancer-causing chromosome translocations.
pnas.org/content/118/10/e201…
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When a scientist comes up with a new technique and publishes a detailed protocol, complete with step by step pictures, then your first time doing FISH can work! Look at those lovely individually labelled centromeres 😍 Thanks @Simona_Giunta @GiuntaLab
bio-protocol.org/e2792
