<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="3.10.0">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://www.theakaylab.com/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://www.theakaylab.com/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-09-03T15:56:21+01:00</updated><id>https://www.theakaylab.com/feed.xml</id><title type="html">Akay Lab</title><subtitle>The RNA (epi)genetics laboratory of Dr Alper Akay at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. We study snRNA modifications, mRNA splicing, and the regulation of gene expression by dietary metabolites.</subtitle><entry><title type="html">Research Professional News interview on the Global Talent Fund</title><link href="https://www.theakaylab.com/blog/2025/07/global-talent-fund-interview/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Research Professional News interview on the Global Talent Fund" /><published>2025-07-03T09:23:52+01:00</published><updated>2025-07-03T09:23:52+01:00</updated><id>https://www.theakaylab.com/blog/2025/07/global-talent-fund-interview</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://www.theakaylab.com/blog/2025/07/global-talent-fund-interview/"><![CDATA[<p>I spoke to Research Professional News about the UK’s upcoming Global Talent Fund, and
why it is restricted to pre-selected institutes.</p>]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[I spoke to Research Professional News about the UK’s upcoming Global Talent Fund, and why it is restricted to pre-selected institutes.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">5th Joint Meeting of the Paris-area Drosophila and Nematode communities</title><link href="https://www.theakaylab.com/blog/2025/06/paris-drosophila-nematodes-meeting/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="5th Joint Meeting of the Paris-area Drosophila and Nematode communities" /><published>2025-06-18T09:16:56+01:00</published><updated>2025-06-18T09:16:56+01:00</updated><id>https://www.theakaylab.com/blog/2025/06/paris-drosophila-nematodes-meeting</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://www.theakaylab.com/blog/2025/06/paris-drosophila-nematodes-meeting/"><![CDATA[<p>The lab attended the 5th Joint Meeting of the Paris Area Drosophila and Nematode
communities.</p>]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[The lab attended the 5th Joint Meeting of the Paris Area Drosophila and Nematode communities.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">New paper out</title><link href="https://www.theakaylab.com/blog/2025/06/new-paper-alert/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="New paper out" /><published>2025-06-07T14:04:59+01:00</published><updated>2025-06-07T14:04:59+01:00</updated><id>https://www.theakaylab.com/blog/2025/06/new-paper-alert</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://www.theakaylab.com/blog/2025/06/new-paper-alert/"><![CDATA[<p>A new paper from the lab is out.</p>]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[A new paper from the lab is out.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Kasia defended her PhD thesis</title><link href="https://www.theakaylab.com/blog/2024/11/kasia-defends-her-phd/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Kasia defended her PhD thesis" /><published>2024-11-16T09:57:53+00:00</published><updated>2024-11-16T09:57:53+00:00</updated><id>https://www.theakaylab.com/blog/2024/11/kasia-defends-her-phd</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://www.theakaylab.com/blog/2024/11/kasia-defends-her-phd/"><![CDATA[<p>Congratulations to Kasia for successfully defending her PhD thesis.</p>]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Congratulations to Kasia for successfully defending her PhD thesis.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Welcoming dinner with our new PhD and MSc students</title><link href="https://www.theakaylab.com/blog/2023/11/welcoming-dinner-with-our-new-students/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Welcoming dinner with our new PhD and MSc students" /><published>2023-11-09T13:26:46+00:00</published><updated>2023-11-09T13:26:46+00:00</updated><id>https://www.theakaylab.com/blog/2023/11/welcoming-dinner-with-our-new-students</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://www.theakaylab.com/blog/2023/11/welcoming-dinner-with-our-new-students/"><![CDATA[<p>We had a welcoming dinner for our new PhD and MSc students.</p>]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[We had a welcoming dinner for our new PhD and MSc students.]]></summary></entry></feed>