Research groups addressing how gene expression, epigenetics and proteoforms effect biological processes and disease. Robin Allshire Epigenetic mechanisms mediating fungicide and antifungal resistance. Wendy Bickmore Understanding gene regulation from the dark genome. Adrian Bird Mechanisms by which chromatin proteins interpret genomic signals to change or stabilise cell states. Atlanta Cook Structural biology of macromolecular complexes in RNA metabolism. Sander Granneman The role of non-coding RNAs and RNA-binding proteins in regulating gene expression during adaptive responses in microbes. Hannah Long Gene regulation in human craniofacial development and disease. Sara Macias RNA & antiviral immunity. Joe Marsh How genetic variation in protein-coding genes leads to human disease. Dónal O’Carroll Mechanisms of germline integrity and fitness. Steve Pollard Transcriptional control of cell fate in stem cells and cancer stem cells. Eric Schirmer Tissue-specific nuclear envelope organization in genome and nuclear size regulation: roles in inherited metabolic disorders, muscular dystrophy, and virus infection. Alena Shkumatava Regulatory non-coding RNA. Stephen Spoel Epiproteome and the immune response in plants. This article was published on 2026-04-23