Project Manager | Genetics | Career Mentor
Joined March 2019
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Francesca Matrà retweeted
31 Oct 2025
1/ 🚀 AEBP2 isn’t what we thought.
You were told that AEBP2 promotes PRC2 activity on chromatin. We found the opposite: the most prevalent AEBP2 isoform inhibits PRC2 activity.
Excited to share our new paper surl.li/cgwqcq
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Francesca Matrà retweeted
25 Jun 2024
Congrats to the Bracken lab team on wining the 1st School of Genetics and Microbiology Soccer Tournament ⚽️🏆🏆⚽️💪. Thank you to @FrancescaMatra for organising!!
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27 Oct 2023
Delighted to have organised my first career talk at @tcdgenmicro. It’s been an absolute pleasure to chat with Dr. Orla Cunningham about her inspiring professional journey. Big thanks to @TCDGensoc and my PI @adrianbracken for helping and to all the 30 participants for joining!
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5 Sep 2023
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5 Sep 2023
Immensely honoured to have been awarded an @ERC_Research Starting grant for project E-BEANS to study exocomets and their interaction with outer exoplanets in young planetary systems! ☄️ 🪐 @tcdastro @TCD_physics
Excited for all the research to come!🔭
Read more at link below 👇
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2 Jun 2023
Delighted to see our preprint out!
2 Jun 2023
1/11 Our Preprint out today looking at EZH2 mutations in human growth disorders. We find novel mutational mechanisms & directly opposing chromatin & transcriptional defects caused by mutations associated with overgrowth versus growth restriction syndromes biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Francesca Matrà retweeted
24 May 2023
Next up in the second session of the day is @LefeivreT from @jbond2019 @colmr labs, @FrancescaMatra from @adrianbracken and Rachel Keegan from @dunleavy_elaine lab. #AICC2023
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Francesca Matrà retweeted
11 Apr 2023
Coverage of our new paper from @tcddublin:
A cellular identity discovery with the potential to impact cancer treatments tcd.ie/news_events/top-stori…
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Francesca Matrà retweeted
7 Apr 2023
Delighted to share our CBX7-JARID2 story now in @MolecularCell. To our surprise, @jxwangcheng and I uncovered a new mode of PRC1 recruitment by JARID2! Amazing team effort as always, thanks @adrianbracken lab and collaborators @LabVermeulen @pasini_lab
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1 Dec 2022
The bake-sale is on in the TCD genetics department! All donations go towards @RareDiseasesIE 💚 every euro makes a difference 🥰 for donations, visit giv.i.ng/1m92
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26 Oct 2022
Glad to have baked the “spooky story of a PhD student” for this amazing initiative in aid of @Dublin_Simon Community. Thank you @TCDBioPostdocs for organising!
25 Oct 2022
Who knew TBSI had so many talented bakers! A huge thank you to all you amazing bakers for bringing in your stunning cakes for us all to enjoy and admire! #charitybakesale in aid of @Dublin_Simon Community
#sciencebakeoff @tcdTBSI
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Francesca Matrà retweeted
25 Mar 2022
On Daffodil Day 2022, we look at @adrianbracken's research, supported by @IrishCancerSoc
which looks at blocking the function of cancer genes in the discovery of new targeted therapies for paediatric cancer. bit.ly/3qXrObR
@CancerInstIRE @tcdgenmicro #takebackfromcancer
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3 Dec 2021
Really enjoyed presenting a poster at the @irelandchrom kick-off consortium today about our work in the @adrianbracken lab on non-coding mutations in breast cancer 🧬 Great chance to meet scientists in the same field but hopefully next time it will be in person💪🏻#irelandchrom2021
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20 Oct 2021
Amazing work!! 🤩 bravo @lucaroundthewo1 and team 👏🏻👏🏻
20 Oct 2021
Thrilled to finally announce our Nature discovery of CO gas from the aftermath of a giant planetary impact around HD172555, a nearby young star! This work was a great team effort led by @tajanasaurusrex, with @Sebastromarino @drgmk and others!
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Francesca Matrà retweeted
24 Jul 2021
Ireland’s first e-scooter trial was recently launched by Minister Hildegarde Naughton at DCU. The trial, which has commenced operation on DCU campuses, involves the collaboration of @tierscooters, @Luna_Systems_, @insight_centre & #SmartDCU. Read here:bit.ly/2UuWGDl
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23 Jul 2021
Amazing work! Congratulations @GerardLBrien @CraigMonger @adrianbracken and to all people from our labs who worked on this project! Great team effort 🧬👏🏻
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Francesca Matrà retweeted
8 Jun 2021
Honoured to be elected an EMBO Member today. Really grateful to all the fantastic members of my lab over the years - thanks to you guys especially 🙏😀 @tcddublin @tcdgenmicro Congratulations to all new EMBO members, including @RobKlose, @diepasi, and @kim_bak_jensen.
EMBO is pleased to announce the 64 new #EMBO Members and Associate Members.
Congratulations and welcome!
Find out more at: bit.ly/3ioNs4Y
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28 May 2021
Proud sister here 🤩💫
28 May 2021
Bit late (v busy first teaching semester!), but thrilled to have been awarded a 2-year #EU #MSCA Fellowship! My OCEANS project @nuigalway will study the origin and composition of belts of exocomets ☄️❄️ around nearby stars! @ResearchatNUIG @PhysicsNUIG @MSCActions #MarieCurious
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Francesca Matrà retweeted
3 Dec 2020
Delighted to share our review highlighting advances re: structural mechanisms underpinning PRC2 engagement with chromatin. Thanks @DavidovichLab, @FinikKsenia and @NogalesLab for providing wonderful data prior to publication @adrianbracken @claudiociferri
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Francesca Matrà retweeted
9 Mar 2020
Here's the coronavirus data, overlayed with the dates offset by the amounts shown. One of these countries is not like the rest. Everyone else will be Italy in 9-14 days time.
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Francesca Matrà retweeted
6 Dec 2019
You asked for it – here’s a round-up of the feminist moments that defined 2019 ..
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