Raquel Fueyo
Group Leader at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Genetics
molgen.mpg.de/fueyo-lab
Gene regulation | Transposons | Human embryo development
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoNew Year, New Paper!🎊 Pervasive cis-regulatory co-option of a transposable element family reinforces cell identity across the mouse immune system www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Centerpiece of Jason Chobirko's PhD, talented PhD student co-mentored by Andrew Grimson & me. Really excited about it!🧵
- Reposted by Raquel Fueyo🚨New paper from our team on our favorite sex locus ANTSR! 🚨New collaboration with @hugodarras.bsky.social , led by our talented @chuanxinyu.bsky.social, we show that ants, bees and stinging wasps share an ancient sex locus, a suspicion we had when we first found the locus in the Argentine ants!
- New work from @miyapan.bsky.social and our team, bringing ant, bee, and wasp labs together. @chuanxinyu.bsky.social shows that the ANTSR locus we discovered in ants has determined sex for 150+ My across bees and stinging wasps 🐜🐝, despite virtually no sequence conservation 😮 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoHappy to begin the year with the publication of a Journal Club article - Programmed ‘DNA splicing’ removes transposons from genes. rdcu.be/eXBym
- Don't miss this great opportunity!
- 📢 LAST CALL! Celebrate the New Year by applying for one of our #PhD projects & #IMPRS-BAC #gradschool until Jan 7th, 2026! 👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/IMPRS/applic...
- Reposted by Raquel Fueyo🧠Si eres Investigador/a Postdoctoral y quieres incorporarte a nuestro lab #Parkinson #Metabolism #Mitochondria - 5 años desde la lectura de tesis. - 1 año de estancia internacional. ⚠️Contrato postdoctoral de 3 años con estabilización. Contáctame: pgonzalez4@us.es 📍IBiS, Sevilla
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoOpen Senior Bioinformatician position at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Tree of Life, to work on the Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative with @marakat.bsky.social and me. 📅 Apply by January 18 🔗 sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco... Please share with anyone who might be interested!
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoI’m so excited to share that I’ve accepted an assistant professor position at the University of Colorado Anschutz, BMG department and Barbara Davis Diabetes center! I’m so grateful to many who have helped me get here, especially mentors at Joslin, @hmsbpa.bsky.social @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social
- Reposted by Raquel Fueyo🚨 Postdoc opportunity! If you’re interested in applying for a postdoctoral contract in #Neuroscience, #BrainEnergyMetabolism & #ParkinsonsDisease, email me: pgonzalez4@us.es 🔗 lajunta.es/6697y
- Reposted by Raquel Fueyo🧬 Are you interested in synthetic biology, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing and cutting-edge genomics? Apply by 07.01.2026 to join Stefan Mundlos’ lab @stemundi.bsky.social at the MPIMG. #IMPRS-BAC #gradschool! @nataliabenetti.bsky.social 👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/5124667/Mund...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoVery happy that this part of my postdoc work is now out as a preprint!! Our findings reveal a new mechanism by which retroviral pandemics may have shaped primate brain evolution 🧬🐒🧠 This was a true team effort! w/ @ofeliakarlsson.bsky.social @raquelgarza.bsky.social @jakobssonlab.bsky.social #TEsky
- New preprint from our lab: ‘Retroviral insertions contributed to the divergence of human and chimpanzee brains’. Very proud of this piece which took almost a decade to finish. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoExcited to co-organize with @weieli.bsky.social a symposium at SMBE 2026 on how synthetic & systems biology can illuminate the molecular mechanisms of evolution. Honored to have @christianlandry.bsky.social as invited speaker! Join us!
- SMBE2026 Symposium 6 | Synthetic and systems biology approaches to dissecting the molecular mechanisms of evolution 📨 Abstract submission smbe2026.org/abstracts 📋 Programme details smbe2026.org/programme #SMBE2026
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoWe are excited to share our new preprint: SMARCA2/4-Dependent Chromatin Remodelling Establishes Gene Regulatory Programs in Early Human Embryos and Blastoids. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.01.691499v1
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoTomorrow (Thursday) at the Systems Virology Journal Club, Noor Youssef will present her work with Debbie Marks on developing an AI model that predicts how viruses evolve to evade the immune response. Paper: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40345199/
- 🚨 Systems Virology Journal Club – 8th Series! 🚨 #BillSchneider and I are delighted to announce another round of cutting-edge talks in #SystemsVirology! 🦠💡 Join us and an outstanding lineup of speakers, starting Oct 30. Free registration: shiraweingartengabbay.com/systems-viro... 🔬✨
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoThe epitranscriptome formed by the growing number of modifications occurring within mRNA transcripts. We have been mapping mRNA modifications for over a decade. => Characterizing their functions -- especially on translation -- is a research frontier.
- The IMPRS-BAC is an outstanding PhD program in Europe. And the endogenous retroviruses in development... what can I say? So much exciting biology to uncover! 🦠🧬#TEsky #StemCells Read the instructions and apply! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
- Want to analyze the role of endogenous retroviruses in early human development or investigate their regulation in pluripotency and early development for your PhD? Join the lab of @fueyoraquel.bsky.social via the IMPRS-BAC #gradschool! 👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/5094682/Fuey...
- Reposted by Raquel Fueyo🔬 Hot #PhD topic: Single-molecule fluorescence and super-resolution microscopy! Use quantitative nanoscale imaging to map nuclear organization. Apply by Jan 7 to join Johannes Stein’s Lab @jmstein.bsky.social & #IMPRS-BAC #gradschool! 👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/5098010/stei...
- Reposted by Raquel Fueyo🪱 Selfish genes are everywhere and drive some of biology’s biggest innovations (CRISPR, antibody recombination, epigenetics). Yet almost no one asks the obvious question: how does a selfish gene begin? Our new manuscript uncovers how selfishness can emerge directly from the host genome.
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoWe are excited to participate this year again in the VBC summer school! If you want to work with me and my amazing student Maria, apply!
- The Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2026 call is now open for talented undergrads, it's a great opportunity for students who are interested in graduate study in the life sciences. Christa Buecker from Max Perutz Labs Vienna is recruiting! Please share training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoRegistration is open for "The complex life of #RNA" 2026 @embl.org in Heidelberg! Excellent invited speakers and 30 short talks and even more flash talks selected from the abstracts!
- Come discuss recent breakthroughs in RNA biology, from molecules to organisms, at the EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'The complex life of RNA'! 👉 s.embl.org/ees26-12-bl Submit your abstract by 7 July and present your research at #EESRNA 🥼
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoIt's always special when you find your own paper in the table of contents of the journal 😍 "The cis-regulatory logic integrating spatial and temporal patterning in the vertebrate neural tube" -> Now out in its final form www.cell.com/developmenta...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoIMPRS-BAC #gradschool: Our new groupleader @sedonamurphy.bsky.social has an open PhD project in her lab. Topic: Spatial feedback between epigenetic regulation and chromatin regulation. Apply by Jan 7, 2026! 👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/5091778/Murp...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoThrilled to share our new review in Current Opinion in Genetics & Development on TE driven innovation in gene regulation🤘. I am honored to be part of this with two major TE aficionados @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social and @trono-lab.bsky.social #TEsky #TEworldwide authors.elsevier.com/c/1m6MC,LqAZ...
- Reposted by Raquel Fueyo📣 SAVE THE DATE Next X-inactivation meeting in Sapporo, Japan, 19-23 October 2026. Visit x-inactivation-meeting.org to join our mailing list. 🧬 speakers @dandergassen.bsky.social @marnieblewitt.bsky.social @heard65.bsky.social @crougeulle.bsky.social @sexchrlab.bsky.social @zhouqi1982.bsky.social
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoHappy to share our paper now out in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social - and check out our thread about the findings at bsky.app/profile/vale...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoWe have a new lab photo. Busy times in the Delas Lab! Last month Maria and Shaun joined us to start their PhDs. Learn more about our research and our team: delaslab.com We will be recruiting another postdoc next year so have a look through our recent work and get in touch if you are interested.
- 70s Glam-Rock phenotype! I love this story! Congrats to all the team 🍾
- I am so excited to share new work on a TE insertion that regulates iridescence in swordtails, led by fantastic grad student @nadiahaghani.bsky.social and with help from many coauthors! In a time that has been so difficult to navigate, this & other projects have kept my spirits up: shorturl.at/NE65A
- So many memories and feelings cleaning up boxes... Where do the unfinished projects go? Are the amount of plastic tubes used worth the discoveries? Also, this picture could serve as my CV...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoWe're very excited to welcome Dr. @sumrubayin.bsky.social from the @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social onto the next episode of the podcast! 🎉 Her lab studies the mouse #cerebellum to better understand the regulation of #neural stem cell behavior. 🧠
- Reposted by Raquel Fueyo📣 Paper alert! I am delighted that our paper exploring the impact of Neanderthal-derived variants on the activity of a disease-associated craniofacial enhancer has been published in Development today! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoWe recently reported that promoter competition can contribute to the robust insulation of gene regulatory domains (www.nature.com/articles/s41...). We now offer a 4-years PhD contract to investigate whether the dirsuption of this regulatory mechanism can lead to congenital defects. More details 👇
- Thrilled to start my Group Leader adventure with these and other great scientists!
- We are excited to welcome @fueyoraquel.bsky.social, @sedonamurphy.bsky.social, and @jmstein.bsky.social as new group leaders at our institute! Read more about their work: --> www.molgen.mpg.de/2025-10-31-n... All three are recruiting in the IMPRS PhD Call! --> www.molgen.mpg.de/IMPRSPhDproj...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoHaving a lot of fun at #EMBOMobileGenome 😃 Perfect timing for our paper from the lab of @toddmacfarlan.bsky.social to be out @natcomms.nature.com!! …and I’m currently on the job market looking for a new scientific home! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoThe Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor. The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2. www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
- Reposted by Raquel Fueyo🥁This Wednesday , in #FragileNucleosome seminar, we are excited to host @hannahlong.bsky.social and @jeffvierstra.bsky.social to tell us about amazing work they are doing! 🗓️Register here for upcoming session and the entire series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoJoin us to hear about writing and re-writing the central dogma! Looking forward to hosting Samuel Sternberg @sternberglab.bsky.social from @columbiauniversity.bsky.social for our Dahlem Colloquium Seminar at the MPI for Molecular Genetics @molgen.mpg.de - see below 👇
- Reposted by Raquel Fueyo
- 📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Full Professorship in Integrative Structure Biology with a focus on in situ structural biology using cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) and related methods. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/brswbymu
- Reposted by Raquel Fueyo1/ Excited to share our new study with @brumbaugh-lab.bsky.social, out in @natbiotech.nature.com! P-bodies selectively sequester RNAs encoding cell fate regulators, often from the preceding developmental stage. Releasing these RNAs can drive changes in cell identity. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoSpread the word! There is a professor position opening at our University @upcite.bsky.social. There are several possible (great) labs to join, but if you are interested in DNA methylation and epigenetics in mammals, don't hesitate to contact me directly!
- #JobOffer 💼 Un poste susceptible d’être vacant de Professeur en stabilité des génomes devrait s’ouvrir pour la rentrée 2026 au sein de l’Institut Jacques Monod ➡️ Informations concernant ce poste et la procédure de candidature 🔗 www.ijm.fr/poste-de-pro...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoGracias a las empresas, medios de comunicacion y al @csic.es por ser parte del itinerario Ciceron de Conexion GENOMA: >170 grupos de investigación de todo el estado avanzando el conocimiento sobre la función, estructura y evolución del #genoma
- ➡️ Esta semana la Conexión Genoma #CSIC ha celebrado una jornada del Itinerario Cicerón para mostrar sus investigaciones en el campo de las ciencias genómicas 👩🔬El encuentro se ha centrado en su impacto en la agricultura, la alimentación, la industria y la salud Descúbrelo!🧵
- Check out @jaguilarrod.bsky.social and @petrovadmitri.bsky.social thought provoking work! If like me, you feel this work may be out of your comfort zone, make sure to read Jose's bluetorial, clearly explained! Congratulations!
- One of the most exciting works of my career, years in the making. We used high-throughput precision genome editing to test the fitness effects of thousands of natural variants. Our findings challenge the long-held assumption that common variants are inconsequential. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- My lab is seeking two PhD candidates to investigate the function and regulation of endogenous retroviruses in the early stages of human development 🦠👩🔬. Apply through the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) program: www.molgen.mpg.de/IMPRS/applic.... www.molgen.mpg.de/5094682/Fuey...
- Congratulations @katerinakraft.bsky.social, @sedonamurphy.bsky.social and @mattjones.bsky.social ! Very cool!
- Here, we show that the unique regulatory landscape of ecDNA enables an ancient LINE to resurrect and act as an enhancer of Myc. This was so fun with @katerinakraft.bsky.social and @mattjones.bsky.social and others. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Raquel Fueyo🎃We are ready & excited for the new #FragileNucleosome seminar session tomorrow with @alicelaigle.bsky.social and @seungsookim.bsky.social ! How about you ?
- 👀Next Wednesday, Oct 22nd, at #FragileNucleosome seminar, we are excited to host @alicelaigle.bsky.social and @seungsookim.bsky.social to tell us about amazing work they are doing! 🗓️Register here for upcoming session and the entire series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoI'm hiring a lab technician to help me explore some exciting new questions about virus-host interactions! Biochemistry and/or mammalian cell culture experience is desired.
- Apply to work with us! careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucm/EMPL...
- Reposted by Raquel Fueyo📢 We are hiring! 👩🏾⚕️Research technician/Lab manager 📍 @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social , Sevilla, Spain 🧬 Gene regulation in animal development & evolution Check the details 👇 & join us! drive.google.com/file/d/1cZJi... #ResearchTechnician #Zebrafish #GeneRegulation #DevelopmentalBiology
- Reposted by Raquel Fueyoeven more results in the #preprint! Our interpretation (TL;DR) We think that the promoter-proximal cis-regulatory element acts like a #facilitator that helps to filter and relay long-range enhancer activity to the core promoter!
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoWhat is a promoter? And how does it work? We very happy to share our latest work trying to understand enhancer-promoter compatibility. I am very excited about the results of @blanka-majchrzycka.bsky.social, which changed the way I think about promoters www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoEver wondered what drives enhancer-promoter specificity? Why would an enhancer activate one gene rather than another neighboring one? Check our latest preprint, led by @mmasoura.bsky.social, to find out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoLab’s 1st preprint! Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate. @cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation. He is on the job market!
- I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉 @karalmckinley.bsky.social We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice. We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoThe @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders - Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers - Support for up to 12 years - Access to our core facilities - Competitive salary - Fantastic colleagues - All areas of biology Deadline 27 Nov www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoIf you’re interested in a PhD that explores the ins and outs of genomes and the nucleus - don’t look further but apply here!!! It is excellent 👌
- 🚨 Please share! We are seeking motivated PhD students who wish to work at the intersection of molecular life sciences and computational sciences. #IMPRS #IMPRSBAC @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @maxplanck.de Check out our projects and apply by Jan 7th, 2026! www.molgen.mpg.de/IMPRSPhDproj...
- Reposted by Raquel Fueyo🚨 Please share! We are seeking motivated PhD students who wish to work at the intersection of molecular life sciences and computational sciences. #IMPRS #IMPRSBAC @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @maxplanck.de Check out our projects and apply by Jan 7th, 2026! www.molgen.mpg.de/IMPRSPhDproj...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoInterested in molecular modeling, in particular structure-based design? The Wolber lab is looking for a PhD student to develop tailored KOR modulators through a computational approach. Apply by 07.01.2026. #IMPRSBAC @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social #gradschool 👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/4775539/Wolb...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoIf you’re interested in exploring the relationship between chromatin organization and epigenetic memory using chromatin tracing microscopy, my group is recruiting a talented PhD student 🥳
- 🚨 Please share! We are seeking motivated PhD students who wish to work at the intersection of molecular life sciences and computational sciences. #IMPRS #IMPRSBAC @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @maxplanck.de Check out our projects and apply by Jan 7th, 2026! www.molgen.mpg.de/IMPRSPhDproj...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoRIP John Gurdon
- “For Gurdon to continue in biology would be a complete waste of time both for him and for those who would have to teach him” He proved them wrong! RIP John Gurdon www.cell.com/current-biol...
- Reposted by Raquel Fueyo🎃 🥁This Wednesday in our 1st session of spookiest month👻 at #FragileNucleosome seminar, we are excited to host @sanimr.bsky.social & Alex Federation! Register here for upcoming session and the entire series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoWe have gathered a Spanish Developmental Biology starter pack for those interested! Join the conversation and ask us to add you if you are not there yet! #DevBio go.bsky.app/UuRjx89at://did:plc:25ajclcotqj7jj3ckhtatsms/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lb6hajmme72w
- Reposted by Raquel FueyoWe are very pleased to announce our joint meeting with the German @gfeev.bsky.social and the Dutch Developmental Biology Societies, which will take place in Potsdam from the 10-13th of March 2026. Registration is now open! www.uni-potsdam.de/en/gfe-meeti...
