New EMBO Journal Cover – dancing towards pluripotency
This drawing depicts illustrates how two processes cooperate to create stem cells - represented by the dancer's choreography on her way to pluripotency. EMBO Journal cover, April 2020.

New EMBO Journal Cover – dancing towards pluripotency

This artwork illustrates how two processes cooperate to create stem cells - represented by the dancer's choreography on her way to pluripotency. Stem cells have been crucial for many discoveries in…

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Handcuffs for CRISPR – my new drawing for a Molecular Cell paper!
CRISPR Handcuffs: Anti-CRISPR protein AcrIIA6, shown as handcuffs, sequesters and inhibits two Cas9 molecules (red), while a naturally resistant variant (green) is able to cleave its target DNA.

Handcuffs for CRISPR – my new drawing for a Molecular Cell paper!

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You may not see it, but an evolutionary battle is being waged all around us between bacteria and the viruses that target them. This drawing depicts an exciting new discovery…

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My Nature Genetics cover illustrating a rearranged genetic landscape!
A Rearranged Genetic Landscape: The pyramids and their altered reflection illustrate how changes to chromatin topology in wild-type and rearranged Drosophila chromosomes have surprisingly little effect on the gene expression landscape. Nature Genetics cover, August 2019

My Nature Genetics cover illustrating a rearranged genetic landscape!

A new paper in Nature Genetics challenges the current model of how the genome’s 3D organisation controls gene expression. Using Drosophila fruit flies that carry rearranged chromosomes, researchers found that…

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An RNA Snapshot of the Past and Present!
An RNA Snapshot of the Past and Present: A new method called 'NASC-seq' can distinguish old and new RNA in a single cell.

An RNA Snapshot of the Past and Present!

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When our cells respond to stimuli or differentiate, they change their gene expression dramatically and modify RNA transcription to regulate their genes. One way to monitor gene regulation is to…

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