We are hiring! Are you looking for a PhD position and are you interested in studying the interplay between DNA damage and transcription using single-molecule live-cell microscopy, please apply at nki.nl/careers-study/…

Congratulations to dr. Nitika Taneja Erasmus MC, who is joining Oncode Institute! Nitika has been chosen from a pool of 72 candidates for her outstanding scientific work, expertise & her potential to advance Oncode’s mission.🎉 Nitika Taneja amazingerasmusmc.com/biomedical/nit…

Our paper on the use of live-cell imaging of endogenous CSB-mScarletI as sensitive marker for DNA damage-induced transcription stress is now online in Cell Reports Methods: cell.com/cell-reports-m… Congrats to Di, Qing and Roel! Cell Reports Methods Oncode Institute MolecularGenetics@ErasmusMC

💫NEW: Three different Open Access studies identify a transcription-coupled DNA–protein cross-link repair pathway that depends on the Cockayne syndrome proteins and the proteasome. See below 👇🏿

Happy to share the latest work of our lab showing the severe consequences of damage-stalled Pol II. Great work of Camila and Barbara! academic.oup.com/nar/advance-ar…

An explosion of STK19 preprints! 🤯 Check out related studies by Martijn Luijsterburg / @SvejstrupLab / Goran Kokic, Jurgen Marteijn / @TitiaSixma, and Jinchuan Hu’s lab: ➡️ bit.ly/3WzpJTl ➡️ bit.ly/3zNFHQT ➡️ bit.ly/4di9Y9b

Mark your calendar: the next Egmond DNA repair meeting will take place in 2026 from April 19 - 24! You can pre-register to receive announcement here: forms.lumc.nl/lumc2/Egmond Registration will open by June 2025.

Haico van Attikum @haicovanattikum.bsky.social, Jacqueline Jacobs, Puck Knipscheer, Jurgen Marteijn, Sylvie Noordermeer, @TitiaSixma

Mark your calendar: the next Egmond DNA repair meeting will take place in 2026 from April 19 - 24! You can pre-register to receive announcement here: forms.lumc.nl/lumc2/Egmond Registration will open by June 2025

A must for all DNA repair aficionados! Egmond DNA Repair Meeting → April 19–24, 2026 🇳🇱 ✔️ Confirmed top speakers ✔️ Ample opportunities for talks & posters Don’t miss it: dnarepairmeeting-egmond2026.com

Want to know how homologous recombination defects are caused upon loss of BRCA2? Check out our recent efforts in uncovering this phenomenon just out in Science! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Excited to share our lab’s latest review! We explore how cells cope with transcription-blocking DNA damage, key drivers of aging. Great collaboration between the Hannes Lans and Dong Wang labs! ➡️rdcu.be/eQvHx Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Oncode Institute MolecularGenetics@ErasmusMC