RNA biologist at UT Southwestern interested in posttranscriptional gene regulation and viruses.
Dallas, TX
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RNA friends: Check out the fantastic scientific program lined up for the July 14-19 Gordon Conference in beautiful Portland ME. Attendance is limited, so apply before March 15th for the best chance of availability. Trainees: see associated GRS as well.
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Violating my "science only" Twitter rule to congratulate my favorite historian on her new publication!
Very excited that my article, "More Upset Than Most: Measuring and Understanding African American Responses to the Kennedy Assassination," is currently out in the June 2023 issue of #AmericanQuarterly. Big thanks to everyone @CPHatSMU and too many others! muse.jhu.edu/article/898160
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I forgot to take a pics, but we had a fantastic seminar visit today from @DrDidychuk. Learned a lot about viral packaging and late gene transcription!
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Congratulations to newly minted PhD, Dr. Anne Devlin! It's sad to see her leave the lab, but we're all happy to celebrate her accomplishments. Here's a pic of Dr. Devlin with a gift reflecting her dissertation on the function of PNUTS in KSHV!
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Very happy to share our new publication showing that the RNA pol II elongation factor, PNUTS, acts as an intrinsic barrier to KSHV replication. Many folks contributed, but the project was led by my fantastic PhD student Anne Devlin. rdcu.be/c0R9A
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Thanks @naukowieczka and all your colleagues at Mount Sinai. I had a fantastic visit talking science, meeting folks, and enjoying NYC cuisine!
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We're hiring! The Department of Microbiology is looking for an Assistant Professor in Bacterial Pathogenesis. UTSW and the Micro department both provide fantastic supportive places to do science. jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/job/…
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Proud of the Conrad lab representation at #RNA22! Juliana Flaherty and Minseon Kim were busy all night taking folks through their posters and Anne Devlin (sorry no pic) gave a fantastic talk today. Thanks @RNASociety and organizers!
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We recently had a batch of alpha-UTP that seemed to go bad quickly. It was on the older side, but should have still been hot enough for the probes we were making. Hoping it was a one-off thing, but now I'm worried.
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This is true, but the key point is that lack of technical innovation is neutral. It's simply not a "strength". If you're using established techniques to test your innovative idea, they should then be judged as a strength/weakness with respect to approach.
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As a PI who loves northern blots, I get this a lot!
At a recent NIH study section, the SRO reminded us that lack of technical innovation was NOT considered a weakness. I wish all SROs would follow suit and police this common reviewer error as they do use of the f-word (fund).
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Congratulations to Anna--excuse me--DR. Anna Scarborough on her defense today! She gave an excellent presentation to cap off years of productive hard work. Thanks, Anna, for being a member of the Conrad Lab!
We are so looking forward to hearing from Anna Maurine Scarborough, Biological Chemistry Graduate student in the lab of Nicholas Conrad, Ph.D., as she presents her thesis today! #UTSW
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Happy to announce the acceptance of our paper in eLife! We show that the CFIm 3' processing complex promotes splicing of a detained intron in a SAM synthetase MAT2A RNA. The project was driven by very talented grad student, Anna Scarborough-well done Anna! elifesciences.org/articles/6…
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Agree! I couldn't be more excited about having such a pioneer in gene expression as our new Vice Provost and Dean.
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