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January 30th<\/strong> – the first PhD student of the lab Harsh Ranawat has successfully defended his PhD Thesis with a Summa Cum Laude<\/em>! Congratulations, Harsh!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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January 29th <\/strong>– our work is highlighted in an article<\/a> about archaeal research at EMBL:
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November 20th <\/strong>– our paper is featured<\/a> in a preview article in Molecular Cell!
“Let\u2019s wrap things up: Open and closed hypernucleosomes in Asgard archaea” by Daniela Barill\u00e0<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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October 31st <\/strong>– Dodonova group wins the MSB Unit Halloween costume competition!
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October 29th<\/strong> – celebrating the paper with a cake! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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October 28th<\/strong> – the first paper of the lab is online in Molecular Cell!
https:\/\/www.cell.com\/molecular-cell\/fulltext\/S1097-2765(25)00818-4<\/a>
Congratulations to all and especially Harsh!<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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October 16-17th<\/strong> – Dodonova group retreat in Strasbourg! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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October 1st<\/strong> – new PhD student Pei-Tzu Chen has joined the group! Welcome, Pei-Tzu! <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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September 29-30th<\/strong> – Megha and Tiana present their work in Marburg at the Archaea Meeting! <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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September 10th<\/strong> – the first paper of the lab has been accepted! Congratulations Harsh and the team! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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July 21-25th<\/strong> – Svetlana, Tiana, and Harsh at the Archaea GRC 2025<\/strong> at Les Diablerets! Great talks, posters, and discussions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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June 4-5th<\/strong> – Dodonova Lab at the MSB Unit-wide Retreat at Tripsdrill! Big thanks to members of the team who helped organise the retreat! <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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May 26th<\/strong> – the first preprint<\/a> of the lab is out! Great work of Harsh and the team!
“Cryo-EM reveals open and closed Asgard chromatin assemblies”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Celebrating the first preprint with a cake! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February<\/strong> 2025<\/strong> – Benjamin Nalbach has joined the lab as an intern. Welcome, Benjamin!<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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January<\/strong> 10th<\/strong> 2025<\/strong> – a group retreat at K\u00f6nigstuhl to kick-start the year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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January 2025<\/strong> – Fredrika Rajer has joined the lab as a new Lab Officer! Welcome, Fredrika!<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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December 2024<\/strong> – a new postdoc has joined the lab to work on the HFSP grant project. Welcome, Quentin Durieux-Trouilleton!<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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October 2024<\/strong> – two new PhD students have joined the lab! Welcome, Anna Bula and Max Dreimann!<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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October 1st 2024<\/strong> – Dodonova group celebrates 3 years! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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July 27th 2024<\/strong> – Dodonova group at the SCB-unit-wide retreat! Big thanks to the retreat organisation team members – Harsh and Megha!<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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June<\/strong> 24-26th<\/strong> 2024<\/strong> – Dodonova lab (Harsh, Gabi, Megha, Svetlana) at the EMBO MBoA conference near Paris!
Svetlana gave a talk “Insights into the structural organisation of chromatin in archaea”, Harsh, Gabi, Megha presented posters!
And congratulations, Harsh, with the “Best poster” award!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May 2024<\/strong> – group photo session with EMBL photo lab!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 2024<\/strong> – Svetlana Dodonova together with Naomichi Takemata awarded an HFSP<\/strong> Early Career research grant<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 2024<\/strong> – a postdoc Megha Patro has been awarded an EIPOD fellowship! Congratulations!<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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January 2024<\/strong> – a new postdoc Tiana Sophia Behr has joined the lab! Welcome!<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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September 2023<\/strong> – a new postdoc Megha Patro has joined the group! Welcome, Megha!<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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July 21st 2023<\/strong> – Dodonova group at the SCB unit-wide retreat<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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April 2023<\/strong> – ERC StG 3DchromArchaea starts <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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November 2022<\/strong> – Svetlana got awarded an ERC starting Grant<\/strong> to work on archaeal chromatin architecture! 3DchromArchaea<\/a>
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August 2022<\/strong> – Dodonova lab is at the EMBO MBoA conference in Frankfurt. Harsh presents a poster<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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May 2022<\/strong> – a new PhD student Gabriel\u0117 Ubartait\u0117 has joined the group! Welcome!<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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December 2021<\/strong> – the new anaerobic chamber has been installed in the lab<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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October 2021<\/strong> – the first PhD student of the lab Harsh Mahendra Ranawat has joined! Welcome, Harsh!<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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October 1st 2021<\/strong> – Svetlana Dodonova<\/a> starts as a group leader at EMBL in SCB Unit<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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