Geng-Jen Jang
@geng_jen
A postdoctoral scientist at MPI-IE (previously worked at JIC) Biomolecular condensates/RNA granules/Epigenetic memory and co-transcriptional mechanisms
Now online! SPIDR enables multiplexed mapping of RNA-protein interactions and uncovers a mechanism for selective translational suppression upon cell stress dlvr.it/TM4dlf
Recruitment, rewiring and deep conservation in flowering plant gene regulation nature.com/articles/s4147…
Now online! Regulation of inflammatory responses by pH-dependent transcriptional condensates dlvr.it/TM0Mvr
Different folding mechanisms in prion proteins from mammals with different disease susceptibility observed at the single-molecule level | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
Architectural RNAs: blueprints for functional membraneless organelle assembly dlvr.it/TLKTCW
Kicking off #ISMPMI2025! My poster is P-441 (out of 442?) — hopefully last but not least! Drop by and chat with me about dual-profiling plant genes and their associated microbes using PHYTOMap! 🌿P-441 | Wed 16 Jul | 13.30-15.15 doi.org/10.5281/zenodo… #OpenMPMI
Last chance to apply for the open postdoc position in our lab!
New Postdoc position (2yrs) available in our #EvoMPMI lab @JohnInnesCentre. Come and work with on harnessing the diversity of immune mechanisms to protect plants. jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?va…
Chromatin heterogeneity modulates nuclear condensate dynamics and phase behavior: nature.com/articles/s4146…
Nucleosome spacing can fine-tune higher-order chromatin assembly: nature.com/articles/s4146…
Really excited to share this Perspective from John Danial covering how technology is moving the field of fluorescence microscopy toward structural biology. nature.com/articles/s4159…
A Royal Society funded PhD Studentship is available in our group to study meiotic recombination in plants: tinyurl.com/mt8cmw3d Eligible international students can also apply for JIC Scholarships to cover fee differences (e.g. tinyurl.com/4evzdc3r). Deadline: 21.07.25
Latest work on RNA condensation from the Banerjee lab, led by a superstar graduate student, Tharun Mahendran. Biomolecular condensates can enhance RNA percolation, leading to the emergence of multi-phasic RNA condensates. nature.com/articles/s4155…
How plants sense injury in their barrier tissue, periderm? Painstakingly detailed and amazing work by post doc Hiroyuki Iida shows that wounding is sensed by the diffusion of two gases: ethylene and oxygen. nature.com/articles/s4158…
I'm so happy to see our new paper out @NatureComms. Check it out! We found nucleosome dynamics linked to local #chromatin transitions. nature.com/articles/s4146…
New from the Rouhanifard Lab! What if we could sort single cells based on whether a specific gene was actively being transcribed—and then ask what drives that burst? Introducing: NuclampFISH
TUG protein acts through a disordered region to organize the early secretory pathway | Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…
.@Nature reports on how scientists have found a way to jam the inner workings of biomolecular condensates. A synthetic ‘killswitch’ protein gives researchers a previously unattainable handle on difficult-to-study cellular structures. go.nature.com/3FXt0Xk
Our new review paper is out @ JMB! 🧬 @katsu_s_minami @semeigazin @a_mond_future discuss DNA accessibility in euchromatin and heterochromatin in living cells. 📘 Free access: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHgb54HFZNbb 🔗 Also, check our previous paper on nucleosome motion: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
New online! RNA polymerase II transcription compartments — from factories to condensates bit.ly/44osaMv
Had a ton of fun discussing "dispersed temperature sensing" model of how plants sense temperature, in my recent interview with @Cornell chronicle ( news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0…), based on our @ScienceMagazine review. Tried explaining as simply as I could!