faulknerlab.bsky.social
Professor, University of Queensland. Retrotransposons and genomics. Views my own. Scholar publications: http://tinyurl.com/3k7r3xvj
👤 Joined on 17 November 2023
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@faulknerlab.bsky.socialDeparting from Susumu Ohno’s classic hypothesis, I will propose that X-chromosome inactivation arose not to correct excess X-linked gene dosage in females, but to give XX cells an advantage in coping with dominant deleterious mutations.
Show PostOur cover design for Molecular Cell did not get selected this time, but I still wanted to share the artwork celebrating our latest paper identifying an unexpected role for ZC3H18 in cap-dependent first intron splicing article: doi.org/10.1016/j.mo...
Show PostHello World ! Its pre-print time ! Awesome collaboration led by Michel Cohen-Tannoudji (not on Bsky) and the one and only @deborahbourchis.bsky.social. #BFF We solved the molecular mechanism underlying a mysterious hybrid incompatibility in mice: the DDK syndrome. 🧵🍿 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Show PostI was very happy to present the work of our @unswbabs.bsky.social team in the Functional Genomics session at @asbmbaus.bsky.social #ComBio2026, bright & early this morning. Thank you to the organisers for the invitation & I’m really enjoying this interactive & friendly meeting!
Show PostFive years ago, on a walk with @mayavoichek.bsky.social through the third district around the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social we concluded that "every day we do not work on the mysterious Env-independent infectivity of MDG1 retrotransposons is a lost day ... " The birth of an entire research domain.
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