Melanocyte development and tissue homeostasis.

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Come and work with us! We're looking for a talented postdoc with interests in developmental biology, cancer and the primary cilia to join us @lab_mort. An exciting MRC funded collaboration with Pleasantine Mill @EdinUni_IGC. Further details: jobs.ac.uk/job/DPR804/senior…

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New in @ScienceAdvances: we link Holstein white spotting to regulatory variants in KIT and MITF, validated in ‘Holsteinized’ mice - a neat case of structural epistatic genetics shaping coat colour. A big thanks to the Littlejohn and Yamanaka groups! science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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We're moving to bluesky! @mortlab.bsky.social
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The Fucci2a system and the R26Fucci2aR mouse model are valuable tools for the investigation of #CellCycle dynamics in cell culture and during mouse embryonic development. Image Credit: Dr. Richard Mort, Lancaster University Merry Christmas! #MouseMuse archive.har.mrc.ac.uk/stock?…
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Cool new paper and webtool from Barbara Shih's group here @BLSLancasterUni! Evergene - perform large scale gene-centric analyses of TCGA data. Stratify with available metadata. Make and download nice plots. Supported by @NorthWestCancer #CancerResearch
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We're recruiting! A highly motivated PDRA for a @LeverhulmeTrust funded project on spotting in Dalmatian dogs. Exciting Dev Bio / Math Bio collaboration with Barbara Shih @BLSLancasterUni and @Kit_Yates_Maths @UniofBath. #DevBio #MathBio jobs.ac.uk/job/DHX017/senior…
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Delighted our @LeverhulmeTrust funded Project Grant - a collaboration between @lab_mort / Barbara Shih @BLSLancasterUni and @Kit_Yates_Maths @UniofBath features... How do Dalmatians get their spots? flipsnack.com/leverhulmetrus… #devbio #genetics
The Trust’s May Newsletter is out! Read about the evolution of South American biodiversity, gender impacts of face-to-face academic interactions, realising the explanatory power of body illusions, and much more: leverhulme.ac.uk/newsletter While you’re there, do take a look at the most recently published articles in the ‘Grants in focus’ section: leverhulme.ac.uk/grants-in-f… @rebecca_roache @durham_history @WarwickHistory @YorkEnvironment @bmmcq @BLSLancasterUni @Kit_Yates_Maths
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There's still time to apply for this PhD in spatial transcriptomics @BLSLancasterUni #melanoma #biomedical #Bioinformatics
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Come and work with us! PHD position available in Spatial transcriptomics and #melanoma in the Shih and @lab_mort groups @BLSLancasterUni! Investigating the molecular influence of tumour cells on their adjacent cell populations.... findaphd.com/phds/project/di…
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Huge Congratulations to Dr Louise Brennan from the @lab_mort who successfully defended her PhD thesis today. Thanks to examiners Barbara Tanos and @dr_rach #PhDone
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Delighted that Louise Brennan passed her viva yesterday here @BLSLancasterUni. Thank you Louise for all your hard work. And thank you Rachael Rigby and Barbara Tanos for examining. Have a fantastic postdoc with Ula McClurg!
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Still time! We're looking for PhD student for a BBSRC funded iCASE studentship @BLSLancasterUni through @NorthWestBio1 on pigmentation and heat stress in cattle. A collaboration between @lab_mort , @davina_hill @UofGlasgow and Matt Littlejohn @LICnz. gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/docto…
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Congrats to Dr Tiernan Briggs who passed his viva yesterday @BLSLancasterUni! Ongoing collaboration with @HeadonLab @twobluechickens and Yoiro Yamanaka thanks to @DrMCJones33 and @nikcopeland for examining the thesis. It's been a pleasure having you in the lab Tiernan well done!
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Join the Mort Lab! We're looking for PhD student for a BBSRC funded iCASE studentship @BLSLancasterUni through @NorthWestBio1 on pigmentation and heat stress in cattle. A collaboration between @lab_mort, @davina_hill @UofGlasgow and Matt Littlejohn @LICnz. gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/docto…
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2 new academic positions opening up at @BLSLancasterUni. SL positions in cancer biology and pharmacology It is a great place to work, with great colleagues and excellent facilities. Details here: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.… hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.…
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Pleased to see @lab_mort 's most recent collaboration with the @HeadonLab @roslininstitute published in PLOS Biology! Congrats to all especially Jon Riddell.
Live-imaging of embryonic #skin reveals that #MesenchymalCells migrate rapidly & persistently for 3 hours after division, with the angle of #mitosis and direction & speed of migration controlled by tissue tension #PLOSBiology plos.io/48xlMCW
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Great to see our H2B-Cerulean-Fucci2a biosensor deployed in this lovely preprint - biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… - from the Frame group @EdinUni_IGC. Track cells in G1 and S/G2/M with Fucci2a and early G1 and mitosis with H2B-Cerulean! @BLSLancasterUni #FluorescenceFriday #Microscopy
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