🔬Andrew Deans🇦🇺 @GenomeStability

Head of Genome Stability Unit at SVI, Melbourne. All things DNA damage response: Fanconi Anaemia, Bloom Syndrome, Gene editing, R-loops, telomeres, HR & more genomestability.weebly.com Melbourne, Australia Joined April 2012

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🔬Andrew Deans🇦🇺 @GenomeStability

6 days ago

Australian Cell Cycle, DNA repair and Telomere meeting draft schedule is now online! Join us with 5 plenary speakers, 16 invited national speakers, 22 selected speakers, 61 poster presenters and lots and lots of fun science. Less than one month to go. australiancellcycle.org/draft-schedule/

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Ben Kleinstiver @BKleinstiver

11 months ago

Check out our @biorxivpreprint describing our efforts to treat a severe vascular disease 🫀: 1️⃣ Optimization of a target-specific base editor🧬 2⃣ A *must avoid* bystander edit prevalent with WT SpCas9 BEs! 🙅‍♂️😱 3⃣ Substantial extension of lifespan following in vivo base…

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Dr. Kaia Mattioli @kaia_mattioli

3 weeks ago

Earlier this year, I learned I have a pathogenic variant in BRCA2, which gives me a very high lifetime risk of breast cancer (55-69%), as well as an increased risk of ovarian cancer (12-29%) and pancreatic cancer (5-10%). 🧵1/ …

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🔬Andrew Deans🇦🇺 @GenomeStability

4 weeks ago

🦘🧬Australian invited speaker list finalised for the 2025 Cell Cycle, DNA repair and Telomere Meeting! Friday 5 Sep is your last chance to register at the early bird rate & submit an abstract 🤩australiancellcycle.org/australian-inv…

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🔬Andrew Deans🇦🇺 @GenomeStability

a month ago

🚨 Last chance! Register NOW for the Australian Cell Cycle, DNA Repair & Telomere Meeting 🧬 📍 Melbourne Museum | Oct 19–22 Submit your abstract + lock in the reduced rate this week 👉 australiancellcycle.org

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Dr. Ivana Duic @IvanaDuic

a month ago

New protein structure pins in my shop! Made on request, check them out 🌠 creativescienceco.etsy.com #proteinstructure #sciencepins

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David R. Liu @davidrliu

2 months ago

Today in @CellCellPress we report the use of prime editing to correct several mutations that cause alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC), a rare and devastating neurodevelopmental disorder, in patient-derived cells and in two mouse models. drive.google.com/file/d/1ibC50t… 1/10

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🔬Andrew Deans🇦🇺 @GenomeStability

2 months ago

Register for the Australian Cell Cycle, DNA Repair & Telomere Meeting in beautiful Melbourne October 19-22, 2025. Plenty of slots for selected abstracts and posters. Piotr Sicinski (2023 plenary)"en par with a Gordon conference for science and interaction" australiancellcycle.org

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Suyang Zhang @Zhang_Suyang

3 months ago

A transcription balance required for genome stability 🧬⚖️ Our work on RNA Pol II transcription speed control by the DNA helicase RECQL5 and the transcription-coupled DNA repair complex is now on ⁦⁦@NatureSMB⁩ #CryoEM #transcription nature.com/articles/s4159…

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🔬Andrew Deans🇦🇺 @GenomeStability

4 months ago

🛟Wow cyclic peptides are cool! Excited to share a new publication on "Potent Cyclic Peptide Inhibitors Disrupt the FANCM–RMI Interaction". Work led by @YuHengLau to which we contributed structures and ideas. The top hits mimic native MM2...but in reverse! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

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🔬Andrew Deans🇦🇺 @GenomeStability

5 months ago

I'm super excited to announce that registrations are now open for the 19th Australian Cell Cycle, DNA Repair and Telomere Workshop. Awesome international speaker line-up, with plenty of locals being invited! Book now to secure your earlybird rate. australiancellcycle.org