Maria Polychronidou
Life scientist.
Head of EMBO Membership & Elections and Courses & Workshops @embo.org #EMBOevents
previously: Editor at Molecular Systems Biology, EMBO Press
Views my own
- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouJust discovered the wonderful covers of 'Genes to Cells', the journal of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan @mbsj-official.bsky.social – absolutely beautiful! here some examples inspired by mitosis, CRISPR, the DNA helix, and plant pigments
- Reposted by Maria Polychronidou“There are almost certainly stories we’re missing out on by only reading English-language fiction… The more translated fiction we read, the more our view of the world expands.”
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- 🔊All 2026 EMBO Courses & Workshops are online! You can go through the list here ➡️ www.embo.org/conferences-... And download the poster listing all meetings here ➡️ www.embo.org/documents/co... 🧪 #EMBOevents #AcademicSky #LifeSciences #ScientificConferences
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- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouEngineered living glues secrete therapeutic proteins for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease go.nature.com/4pJHFpL
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- Reposted by Maria Polychronidou🧠 #AI works best when it’s shared! The @ai4life.bsky.social project, co-led by our @florianjug.bsky.social, and Anna Kreshuk @embl.org, received the highest possible score in the @ec.europa.eu’s final review. 🔬 With open, ready-to-use resources! humantechnopole.it/en/news/ai4l...
- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouA reminder to sign up for the 2026 EMBO archaeal meeting im Cambridge: meetings.embo.org/event/26-arc.... Registration is open. We are looking forward to hosting you!
- Reposted by Maria Polychronidou📣 Please spread: we’re hiring a Lab Manager! It is a critical position in our new lab. As our lab moves to Barcelona and joins the @crg.eu, we’re looking for a Lab Manager to help build the lab and set the lab atmosphere. 🔗 Apply here 👉 recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...
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- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouCover girl Veronika is making headlines across the globe🐂 (animal cleverness trumps human stupidity) Notably, she is a 'companion cow' not used for meat or dairy. Maybe if we saw other creatures less as a means to an end, we could appreciate their richness better... www.cell.com/current-biol...
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- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouPreprint alert: Jiangyuan Liu developed a new workflow for chromatin loop calling across Hi-C datasets, e.g., during differentiation. Most loops are shared between datasets/cell states. Important work for all interested in chromatin loops and how to identify them! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouEMBL is deeply saddened by the passing of our Interim Director General Peer Bork, a pioneering scientist who left an indelible imprint on life science research in Europe and beyond. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues. www.embl.org/news/people-...
- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouI wrote a guide on constructive peer review. This is a polished version of an internal guide I had for my group. Of course, constructive feedback is welcome, peers! deboer.bme.ubc.ca/2025/12/09/g...
- "These findings imply a model of #eukaryogenesis in which key features of eukaryotic cell organization evolved in the Asgard lineage leading to the last eukaryotic common ancestor" ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... #evolution #archaea
- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouForest Witches wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/forest…
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- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouWe mourn the passing of Peer Bork, EMBO Member since 2000: embl.org/news/embl-announcem…
- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouThe EMBO Workshop "#Centrosomes: From fundamentals to diseases" in #Lausanne, Switzerland, 1–4 September 2026 will highlight the advances in the field of centrosome #research. Register now! Deadline: 1 June meetings.embo.org/event/26-centrosomes #EMBOCentrosomes #EMBOevents #conference 🧪
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- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouHow does ageing influence the way our bodies handle infection? go.nature.com/4sMZuqW
- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouWhat if animals emerged by installing a new biological operating system that repurposed what already existed, much like the rise of the smartphone? Here's our new paper in @embojournal.org @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @melisupf.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouTF-MINDI is out! A new method to learn cis-regulatory codes through rich embeddings of TF binding sites. TF-MINDI decomposes motif neighbourhoods, and works downstream of any sequence-to-function deep learning model. We deeply study the enhancer code in human neural development, check out the thread
- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouRegistration now open for @embo.org workshop on the evolution of biological interactions on April 24 - 27, 2026! Come join us in Taipei, Taiwan to see how interactions shaped the genomes of various organisms and meeting people from across the globe. Info: meetings.embo.org/event/26-bio...
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- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouOur Mini Review went online last night in Current Opinion in Genetics & Development "Block copolymer concepts of how transcription organizes the stem cell genome" doi.org/10.1016/j.gd... Fig. 1: Stem cell–typical organization of the genome and transcription, and the block copolymer sorting concept.
- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouWe're organizing a one-day, in-person workshop on trustworthy healthcare AI, with leading experts discussing key dimensions such as robustness, fairness, privacy, explainability, and clinical validation. Register now and submit your poster: elsa-ai.eu/elsa-worksho... 📅 March 9, Heidelberg DE
- Reposted by Maria Polychronidou📢 The Louis-Jeantet Foundation is happy to announce the 2026 #LouisJeantetPrizes, awarded to YASMINE BELKAID @pasteur.fr and to FIONA DOETSCH @doetschlab.bsky.social hlab.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch CONGRATULATIONS!!! 👉 jeantet.ch/en 👇 follow thread
- Reposted by Maria Polychronidou📣 We are delighted to announce that Marta Miączyńska, Director @iimcb.bsky.social, and Anders H. Lund, Director @bric-ucph.bsky.social, have been appointed the new Chair and Co-Chair of EU-LIFE, as of 1 January 2026. 🔗 Full press release: eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...
- Reposted by Maria Polychronidou🦴🔬 773,000-year-old #fossils from Morocco illuminate the shared ancestry of H. sapiens, Neandertals & Denisovans. Study @nature.com by an intl. team led by J.-J. Hublin, incl. @matthewskinnerphd.bsky.social & P. Gunz @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/yxz4kcff & www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Artificial skin changes colour and texture in a controllable way, inspired by the natural camouflage ability of octopuses ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/d41... #syntheticmaterials #bioengineering
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- Supplementary Figure gone out of hand ... 🤯 #sciencepublishing
- Wow this is a seriously serious supplementary figure from @cellpress.bsky.social today. Panels A through UU. I get that Cell likes to minimize the number of supplementary figures. But is this really what is happening here? www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
- Reposted by Maria Polychronidou📢 Telomere community: Registration and abstract submission are now open for the EMBO Workshop “Telomere function and maintenance in health and disease”, May 25–30, 2026, in Lazise, Italy 🇮🇹. Looking forward to an exciting meeting! Please re-post. meetings.embo.org/event/26-tel...
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- A step closer towards the application of new genetic technologies to interrupt #malaria transmission, the study reports successful generation of genetically modified mosquitoes, creating a barrier against malaria transmission ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... #genedrive #geneticengineering
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- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouAre you a long-time fan of Archaea, an extremophile-phile, or are you simply curious? Either way, we have good news. We’re delighted to announce the 2026 EMBO Workshop on Archaea, 6–10 July. Sign up: meetings.embo.org/event/26-arc... We look forward to seeing you in Cambridge, UK. Please repost!
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- Reposted by Maria PolychronidouCalling all archaeal enthusiasts! 🔬🔥 From molecular machines to microbial communities, Archaea never fail to surprise us! We are excited to announce the 2026 EMBO Workshop on the Molecular Biology of Archaea, 6–10 July in Cambridge, UK! Sign up here: meetings.embo.org/event/26-arc... #ArchaeaSky
