Department of Genetics The University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphila, Pennsylvania
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In the constant quest to understand disease, @PennMedicine has a huge advantage: the Penn Medicine BioBank, a huge repository of DNA from a diverse population. Check out the @TomAvril1 story inquirer.com/health/penn-med…
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Excited to announce the Penn Postdoctoral Fellowship in Genetics! We seek to empower and nurture talented early-stage researchers to pursue cutting-edge research in our department.
Learn more here, due Jan. 15.
med.upenn.edu/apps/my/bpp_po…
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So excited to share our first paper from the lab! Brandon Bastien found that alpha and gamma neurexins are BOTH needed for a foraging behavior in C. elegans!! Check out the open access paper for more info!! rdcu.be/dswhD
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Wow, I still can't believe it! It is such an honor to receive this award. A huge thank you to all the members of my lab through the years—this award is for all of us! Also thanks to @pennbioeng for taking a chance on me those many years ago, and to @PennEpiInst and @PennGenetics!
Congratulations to @arjunrajlab, Professor in #PennBioengineering and in Genetics in @PennMedicine, who has been named the recipient of the 2023-24 George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research by @PennEngineers! 🙌 🎉
Read more: bit.ly/3uuXwl2
ALT Arjun Raj, Ph.D.
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Spectacular talk from our keynote speaker at @PennGenetics retreat, the one and only @levine_lab
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We're celebrating Karl Glastad and Daniel Park, recipients of the Kaushal Awards! Thanks to all who joined the celebration last Friday.
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The @PennMedicine community gathered Monday to toast messenger RNA pioneers and Nobel laureates Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman. “You guys are the heart of Penn Medicine, you guys are the researchers of the future,” Weissman told the crowd.
Read More: bit.ly/48FIZ5J
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We are pleased to announce that this year’s Tom Kadesch Prize in Genetics will be awarded to Rina Kim! This prize will be presented to Rina at a special session of the Genetics Friday Research in Progress Talks this winter (date TBD). Please join us in congratulating her!
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An exciting new study from Naomi Goldman a Ph.D. student in the @vahedilab @golnaz_v laboratory demonstrating the intrinsically disordered domain of TCF-1 endows specificity to this transcription factor during T cell development:
nature.com/articles/s41590-0…
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.@PennMedicine & @ChildrensPhila team awarded $26M by @NIH to use #CRISPR gene editing technology to develop treatments for 3 rare, incurable genetic diseases ft. @kiranmusunuru (@PennGenetics/ @PennCardiology) & @WPeranteau (@ChildrensPhila/ @PennSurgery) bit.ly/43OUGU8
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I'm absolutely thrilled to share that I will be joining @PennGenetics and @PennEpiInst as an Assistant Professor in January 2024! My lab will investigate centromere variation/evolution and its impact on health & disease using long-read sequencing! Reach out if you'd like to join!
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Feeling incredibly thrilled to announce that in January 2024, I'll be joining @PennGenetics and @UPenn_I3H as an Assistant Professor! My lab will study the genetic basis of immune recognition of RNA and its role in health and disease. Please reach out or DM if you are interested.
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In @nytimes, Daniel Rader (@PennCardiology/ @PennGenetics/ @PennPrecisMed) discusses how a new genetic test, known as a polygenic risk score, is being used by physicians to help identify at-risk patients, guide treatment decisions & achieve better outcomes rb.gy/t84m0
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A new study from @vahedilab @golnaz_v published in @ImmunityCP demonstrate that the multiplicity of enhancers interacting with the Ets1 gene in T cells is essential to control the precise dosage of Ets1 in response to cytokine cues. Check it out!
cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S…
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Join @PennGenetics on 5/2 & 5/3 for their 2023 Global Scientific Symposium, "The Genetics & Epigenetics of Behavior," ft'ing keynote speakers @lab_schaefer (@IcahnMountSinai) & @martinowk (@LieberInstitute), discussion panels, poster sessions & more!🧬🎉 bit.ly/3zG0UsP
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Penn Genetics is hiring for multiple junior faculty positions! Use apply.interfolio.com/110707 for applicants with a wet-lab or wet/dry research program, and apply.interfolio.com/110710 for applicants with primarily computational research (joint with
@UPennIBI). Applications due 11/30!
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Hi everyone – check out @doug_epstein's new lab website! dougepsteinlab.com/
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We’d like to give a big welcome to our Penn Genetics summer interns, Reina Eugene, Sharleen Banatte and Quincy Blubaugh!
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Congrats to Dr. @jloops22 for being the first from the lab to successfully defend their thesis!!!
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So honored to have received the @BWFUND Carer Award for Medical Scientists #bwfcams. I couldn’t have done it without all my mentors and friends at @PennMedicine. Excited to use these resources to soon start my own lab studying the intersection of common and rare disease #genetics
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