Francesca Matrà

Project Manager | Genetics | Career Mentor

[Adrian Bracken @adrianbracken]

1/ 🚀 AEBP2 isn’t what we thought.

You were told that AEBP2 promotes PRC2 activity on chromatin. We found the opposite: the most prevalent AEBP2 isoform inhibits PRC2 activity.

Excited to share our new paper https://t.co/TkvcVM26xi

A thread 🧵

[TCD Genetics & Microbiology @tcdgenmicro]

Congrats to the Bracken lab team on wining the 1st School of Genetics and Microbiology Soccer Tournament ⚽️🏆🏆⚽️💪. Thank you to @FrancescaMatra for organising!!

[Francesca Matrà @FrancescaMatra]

Delighted to have organised my first career talk at @tcdgenmicro. It’s been an absolute pleasure to chat with Dr. Orla Cunningham about her inspiring professional journey. Big thanks to @TCDGensoc and my PI @adrianbracken for helping and to all the 30 participants for joining!

[Francesca Matrà @FrancescaMatra]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥳

[Luca Matrà @lucaroundthewo1]

Immensely honoured to have been awarded an @ERC_Research Starting grant for project E-BEANS to study exocomets and their interaction with outer exoplanets in young planetary systems! ☄️ 🪐 @tcdastro @TCD_physics
Excited for all the research to come!🔭
Read more at link below 👇

[Francesca Matrà @FrancescaMatra]

Delighted to see our preprint out!

[Adrian Bracken @adrianbracken]

1/11 Our Preprint out today looking at EZH2 mutations in human growth disorders. We find novel mutational mechanisms & directly opposing chromatin & transcriptional defects caused by mutations associated with overgrowth versus growth restriction syndromes https://t.co/gMd39qVTOO

[Eric Conway @conwayer1]

Next up in the second session of the day is @LefeivreT from @jbond2019 @colmr labs, @FrancescaMatra from @adrianbracken and Rachel Keegan from @dunleavy_elaine lab. #AICC2023

[Ellen Tuck @ellenrosetuck]

Coverage of our new paper from @tcddublin:
A cellular identity discovery with the potential to impact cancer treatments https://t.co/nHpv2TTaBx

[Eleanor Glancy @eleanorglancy1]

Delighted to share our CBX7-JARID2 story now in @MolecularCell. To our surprise, @jxwangcheng and I uncovered a new mode of PRC1 recruitment by JARID2! Amazing team effort as always, thanks @adrianbracken lab and collaborators @LabVermeulen @pasini_lab

https://t.co/5ryEZUS036

[Francesca Matrà @FrancescaMatra]

The bake-sale is on in the TCD genetics department! All donations go towards @RareDiseasesIE 💚 every euro makes a difference 🥰 for donations, visit https://t.co/45kq7yYPCN

[Francesca Matrà @FrancescaMatra]

Glad to have baked the “spooky story of a PhD student” for this amazing initiative in aid of @Dublin_Simon Community. Thank you @TCDBioPostdocs for organising!

[TBSI Postdoc Society @TCDBioPostdocs]

Who knew TBSI had so many talented bakers! A huge thank you to all you amazing bakers for bringing in your stunning cakes for us all to enjoy and admire! #charitybakesale in aid of @Dublin_Simon Community
#sciencebakeoff @tcdTBSI

[Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin]

On Daffodil Day 2022, we look at @adrianbracken's research, supported by @IrishCancerSoc
which looks at blocking the function of cancer genes in the discovery of new targeted therapies for paediatric cancer. https://t.co/JOJOkjCVC0
@CancerInstIRE @tcdgenmicro #takebackfromcancer

[Francesca Matrà @FrancescaMatra]

Really enjoyed presenting a poster at the @irelandchrom kick-off consortium today about our work in the @adrianbracken lab on non-coding mutations in breast cancer 🧬 Great chance to meet scientists in the same field but hopefully next time it will be in person💪🏻#irelandchrom2021

[Francesca Matrà @FrancescaMatra]

Amazing work!! 🤩 bravo @lucaroundthewo1 and team 👏🏻👏🏻

[Luca Matrà @lucaroundthewo1]

Thrilled to finally announce our Nature discovery of CO gas from the aftermath of a giant planetary impact around HD172555, a nearby young star! This work was a great team effort led by @tajanasaurusrex, with @Sebastromarino @drgmk and others!
https://t.co/TsaqRcwAVL
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[Francesca Matrà @FrancescaMatra]

@MuchaMarlena @OrlaDV

[Francesca Matrà @FrancescaMatra]

@IrishRail How much does a student ticket cost from Newbridge to Pearse? I can’t the find the cost for this commuter train online anywhere

[Dublin City University @DCU]

Ireland’s first e-scooter trial was recently launched by Minister Hildegarde Naughton at DCU. The trial, which has commenced operation on DCU campuses, involves the collaboration of @tierscooters, @Luna_Systems_, @insight_centre & #SmartDCU. Read here:https://t.co/OisU25N7WL

[Francesca Matrà @FrancescaMatra]

Amazing work! Congratulations @GerardLBrien @CraigMonger @adrianbracken and to all people from our labs who worked on this project! Great team effort 🧬👏🏻

[Adrian Bracken @adrianbracken]

Honoured to be elected an EMBO Member today. Really grateful to all the fantastic members of my lab over the years - thanks to you guys especially 🙏😀 @tcddublin @tcdgenmicro Congratulations to all new EMBO members, including @RobKlose, @diepasi, and @kim_bak_jensen.

[Francesca Matrà @FrancescaMatra]

Proud sister here 🤩💫

[Luca Matrà @lucaroundthewo1]

Bit late (v busy first teaching semester!), but thrilled to have been awarded a 2-year #EU #MSCA Fellowship! My OCEANS project @nuigalway will study the origin and composition of belts of exocomets ☄️❄️ around nearby stars! @ResearchatNUIG @PhysicsNUIG @MSCActions #MarieCurious

[Eleanor Glancy @eleanorglancy1]

Delighted to share our review highlighting advances re: structural mechanisms underpinning PRC2 engagement with chromatin. Thanks @DavidovichLab, @FinikKsenia and @NogalesLab for providing wonderful data prior to publication @adrianbracken @claudiociferri
https://t.co/BwOhKEGFP4