Lab News Archive

June 2019

Anna Pawluchin from the University of Hamburg has joined the lab to do DAAD RISE internship.

September 2019

Our collaborative paper with the Sordet lab has been accepted by Cell Reports journal. (Cristini A et al, Dual Processing of R-Loops and Topoisomerase I Induces Transcription-Dependent DNA Double-Strand Breaks). Congratulations Agnese! [ARTICLE]

October 2018

After finishing her Masters thesis at Kings College London, Chiara Beghè has joined the lab as a DPhil student. Welcome!

September 2018

Helene Borrmann from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn has joined the lab for a 3-months DAAD RISE internship. Welcome!

May 2018

Our paper describing R-loop interactome in human cells has been accepted for publication by Cell Reports journal (Cristini A*, Groh M* et al. RNA/DNA hybrid interactome identifies DHX9 as a molecular player in transcriptional termination and R-loop-associated DNA damage). Congratulations Matthias and Agnese! [ARTICLE]

March 2018

Our collaborative paper with the Sweet lab has been accepted by Scientific Reports (Brustel et al. Large XPF-dependent deletions following misrepair of a DNA double strand break are prevented by the RNA:DNA helicase Senataxin). [ARTICLE]

January 2018

Clelia Accalai from the University of Pavia has joined the lab for a 5-months internship supported by the ERASMUS programme. Welcome!

November 2017

Dr. Adele Alagia has joined our lab as a post-doctoral research fellow. Welcome!

October 2017

Our review about Sentaxin protein has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Molecular Biology! (Groh et al, Senataxin: Genome Guardian at the Interface of Transcription and Neurodegeneration). [REVIEW]

June 2017

Robin Heiringhoff from the University of Gottingen has joined the lab for a 3-months (DAAD RISE internship). Welcome!

August 2016

Our paper in collaboration with Petermann group (University of Birmingham) on R-loops in cancer has been accepted for publication in Nature Communications (Kotsantis et al ‘Increased global transcription activity as a mechanism of replication stress in cancer’) [ARTICLE]

July 2016

Magdalena Antes from the University of Bonn Germany has joined the lab for a 3-months internship. Welcome!

January 2016

Dr. Agnese Cristini has joined our lab as a post-doctoral research fellow. Welcome!

October 2015

The Gromak lab has a new member: Jan Soroczynski will work on his master’s thesis. Welcome!

July 2015

Sarah Irmscher from the Leibniz University Hannover is returning to the lab for a three months internship. Welcome back, Sarah!

June 2015

Lara Silva has received a Best Poster prize among 2nd year PhD students at the Departmental Student Symposium, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford. Congratulations, Lara!

July 2014

Natalia Gromak has been awarded a project grant from the John Fell Oxford University Press (OUP) Research Fund (2014 - 2016).

Our invited review in PLoS Genetics has been accepted for publication (Groh and Gromak ‘Out of balance: R-loops in human disease’). [REVIEW]

June 2014

Matthias Groh has received a prize for the Best Talk at the Departmental Student Symposium, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford. Congratulations, Matthias!

June 2014

Sarah Irmscher from the Leibniz University Hannover has joined the lab for a 6-months internship.

May 2014

Our review in Biochemical Society Transactions journal is in press (Groh, Silva and Gromak, 2014). [REVIEW]

March 2014

Our paper on the role of R-loops in human expansion diseases is accepted for publication in PLoS Genetics (Groh et al., 2014). [ARTICLE]

January 2014

Matthias Groh was selected to give a talk at the RNA UK 2014 conference.