Thrilled to present my PhD research at the NET Models Meeting 2025! 🎤 My talk: Investigating the molecular mechanism of Groucho protein function in Drosophila melanogaster 🪰 Grateful for the chance to follow my mentor in showing how fruit flies can advance cancer research. 💡

Anyone coming to #EDRC2025 ? See you in Alicante! 😎 Don't forget to stop by my poster!!

@GenSocUK And the gala dinner at the Titanic Hotel? Absolutely brilliant. Great food, great company, great vibes. 🍽️🎉 Big thanks to @GenSocUK for the Conference Grant Scheme A that made it possible. Excited to get back to the lab full of ideas! 💡 #WomenInSTEM #Chromatin #Drosophila

@GenSocUK Talks on enhancer-promoter dynamics & phase separation really inspired new directions for my PhD work. The science was 🔥Networking was a huge plus — caught up with familiar faces & met new colleagues from across Europe. So energising! 🤝

Just back from #Epigenetics2025 in Belfast — an incredible conference hosted by @GenSocUK, packed with cutting-edge science & amazing people! 🧬✨ I presented my poster on Gro protein function in Drosophila and gave a 1-min pitch to the audience — short, intense, and exciting! 🦟

Cancer epigenomics at #Epigenetics2025 part 2/2 Vallot: Breast cancer in single-cell detail 🧫 Davies: PAX8’s solo act in ovarian cancer ⚔️ Tomkova: Activating genes with methylation ✨ Behrens: Plasticity in pancreatic tumors 🔬 @GenSocUK

Cancer epigenomics at #Epigenetics2025, part 1/2: Carroll: Nuclear receptors in cancer 🧬 Orr: Non-coding variant at 14q24.1 linked to breast cancer 🔍 Azad: Drug-tolerant colon cancer reprogramming 💊 Helin: Histone mods = disease switches 🎛️

Congrats Janay 👏🏼👏🏼🏆🏆 @GenSocUK

Epigenetic twists in immunity at #Epigenetic2025: Mehdipour: ncRNAs = cancer’s codewriters 🧬 Nally: GSK-J4 does more than demethylate ⚗️ Bauset: Inflammatory memory in histone marks 🔥 Chuong: TEs as stealth regulators in immune response 🧫 #Immunology #CancerBiology @GenSocUK

Epigenetic flashbacks at #Epigenetics2025: Brickman: TFs remember, enhancers store 🧠 Metzis: A dual-function enhancer sets the Cdx2 timer ⏳ Wang: scMTR-seq = histone + RNA stories in one cell 🧬 Gribnau: Past enhancer activity maps future cell fate 🔍➡️ #Development

Started strong on day 2 💪🏼 3D genome talks at #Epigenetics2025: Oudelaar: How genome folds regulate genes Sandovici: Promoter contacts in adipogenesis Feldmann: Developmental gene activation via transient interactions Furlong: Enhancer-promoter looping in focus @GenSocUK

Powerful talks at #Epigenetics2025 on epigenetic memory: Özdemir: Inheriting H3K27me3 Belton: Non-canonical imprinting insights Cavalli: Polycomb & 3D genome in cancer #Epigenetics #Chromatin #GeneRegulation @GenSocUK

Cis-reg elements in the spotlight at #Epigenetics2025: Buecker: Enhancer cooperation over distance Vermunt: Transient repression elements Flynn: DNA structure & communication Bickmore: Cross-border enhancer action #Epigenetics #GeneRegulation

This time conference is at Belfast! Looking forward to #Epigenetics2025 ! @GenSocUK

🔬 Last session of the symposium! 🩸 Vascular development – K. Red Horse (Stanford) 🏗 Epithelial patterning – S. Weevers (Basel) 🛠 Tissue morphogenesis – M. Rocha Martins (Max Planck) 💪 Embryonic contractility – T. Lecuit (Marseille) Wrapping up with organ formation!

Afternoon talks! ⚠️ PCP & what we haven’t learned – J. Wallingford (UT Austin) ❤️ Heart regeneration – J. Bakkers (Hubrecht) 🔄 Asymmetric division – A. Mietke (Oxford) 🌀 Hydra regeneration – K. Keren (Technion) Fascinating insights on cell behavior!

Excellent Alara, thanks for sharing 👏👏

@AlaraErenelMSc Hope you get interesting questions and a good discussion 👏👏👏

🔬 Final session of the day! 🦠 Wingless morphogen gradients – Jitu Mayor (NCBS) 🐣 CRISPy Chickens: Neural tube fate – Ashley Libby (Crick) ❤️ Mechanical fractures in heart development – Christopher Chan (Crick) 📡 Signaling & tissue homeostasis – Ina Sonnen (Hubrecht)

Come check out @AlaraErenelMSc's research Investigating the Molecular Mechanism of Groucho Protein Function During Development in Drosophila Melanogasterat @TheCrick today - poster 36!