Professor @UABPathology | Leader at zttk.org/ | SON, RNA splicing, ncRNAs, epigenetics | ZTTK syndrome, leukemia, GBM 🧬🩸🧠
Joined February 2023
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9 Mar 2024
It's been almost 12 years since we started our efforts to generate Son KO mice, which had tons of obstacles. Finally, sharing our publication on the first Son /- mouse model!😃 Hope this model can contribute to ZTTK syndrome research and SON biology! insight.jci.org/articles/vie…
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6 Dec 2025
Can’t make it to #ASH25, but our grad student Saeed Zakakhosravi will present Poster #3157 on Sunday, Dec 7!
Come learn how SON deficiency alters hematopoietic lineage fate and disrupts lymphoid development in ZTTK syndrome; Our passion for hematopoiesis & ZTTK syndrome research!
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19 Sep 2025
💛 The Ahn Lab proudly wore yellow for #ZTTKAwareness Month!
We stand with the ZTTK SON-Shine Foundation & the ZTTK community - raising awareness, advocating, & working to improve lives of our SON-Shines! ☀️
Join us: zttk.org | Donate: zttk.org/donate
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11 Aug 2025
The inaugural ZTTK Community Conference = 💯 success!
Inspired by the SON-Shine Families from around the world whose courage & love drive my work and brighten my heart. ❤️ Honored to serve the ZTTK community. Together we build hope & progress! 💛 Huge thanks to @czi @cziscience.
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28 Feb 2025
Today is #RareDiseaseDay. As a Lead Researcher of the ZTTK SON-Shine Foundation (zttk.org), I see firsthand the strength of rare disease families. Research is more than data - it’s a lifeline. We won’t stop moving forward to bring life-changing therapies closer! 💛
27 Feb 2025
💜🌍 Today is Rare Disease Day! 🌍💜
Together, we stand with the 300 million people worldwide living with rare diseases. In uniting on this day we can raise awareness, advocate for change, and promote a more equitable future! ⚖️
Learn more: rarediseaseday.org/
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Erin Ahn retweeted
27 Feb 2025
💜🌍 Today is Rare Disease Day! 🌍💜
Together, we stand with the 300 million people worldwide living with rare diseases. In uniting on this day we can raise awareness, advocate for change, and promote a more equitable future! ⚖️
Learn more: rarediseaseday.org/
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Erin Ahn retweeted
20 Dec 2024
Every year, the @BCRFAlabama helps the UAB O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center in our on-going battle against cancer. In 2024, it raised $440,000 for cutting-edge breast cancer research! Read more here: tinyurl.com/4tb2dwvx
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1 Oct 2024
Thrilled to share that the ZTTK SON-Shine Foundation has been selected to receive the CZI grant from @ChanZuckerberg @czi @cziscience !! Honored to work with dedicated and passionate parents to make a real difference! ☀️ zttk.org #ZTTKsyndrome #CureZTTK
We’re excited to announce that 31 new patient-led rare disease organizations are joining our #RareAsOne Network. We look forward to connecting, collaborating driving progress together.
Meet the grantees & learn more about our #RareDisease funding czi.co/RAOcycle3
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Erin Ahn retweeted
1 Oct 2024
So excited that our foundation has been selected to receive an $800,000 grant from @ChanZuckerberg @cziscience Rare as One project! This will help us accelerate our research and community outreach efforts! #CureZTTK #ZTTKSyndrome Learn more: zttk.org
We’re excited to announce that 31 new patient-led rare disease organizations are joining our #RareAsOne Network. We look forward to connecting, collaborating driving progress together.
Meet the grantees & learn more about our #RareDisease funding czi.co/RAOcycle3
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20 Sep 2024
The Ahn lab wore 💛yellow💛 for ZTTK Awareness Day (Yes! ! It’s today, September 20th!) We are honored to conduct research that helps our bright SON-shines! 💛💛💛 #ZTTKsyndrome #wearyellowfortheSONshines #ZTTKSONshine #ZTTKSONshinebright
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Erin Ahn retweeted
4 Sep 2024
Positions are now open for this cycle, in the areas of CANCER BIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY
CANCER CONTROL & POPULATION SCIENCES
EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS and
NEURO-ONCOLOGY please RT uab.peopleadmin.com/postings… @ONealCancerUAB @UABHeersink #academia
4 Sep 2024
Keep an eye out for the university of Alabama O'Neal comprehensive Cancer center postings... I love it here and they usually post new positions for a broad cancer related position in September.
You can also join the cancer center from any department if preferred.
Good luck!!
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20 Jun 2024
It was wonderful to have Julien Courchet @JCourchet and Martijn Kerkhofs here and spend time together discussing tons of sciences! Thank you so much for visiting us. The Lyon chocolate is absolutely the best!
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9 Mar 2024
It's been almost 12 years since we started our efforts to generate Son KO mice, which had tons of obstacles. Finally, sharing our publication on the first Son /- mouse model!😃 Hope this model can contribute to ZTTK syndrome research and SON biology! insight.jci.org/articles/vie…
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10 Mar 2024
A wonderful (and cute) graphical abstract created by @bohye0411, a co-first author!
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Thrilled to share our latest review on translational adaptation in breast cancer metastasis and the promising therapeutic opportunities it unveils! Immense thanks to @genophoria and @a_navickas !
Translational adaptation in breast cancer metastasis and emerging therapeutic opportunities dlvr.it/T3lByZ
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A pleasant surprise to start the day! Our article on TEQUILA-seq, a versatile and low-cost method for targeted long-read RNA sequencing, has made it into @NatureComms's Top 25 life and biological sciences articles of 2023! #NCOMTop25 @CHOP_Research nature.com/collections/diieb…
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Researchers identified a genetic change shared by humans and other apes that might have contributed to their ancestors’ tail loss, some 25 million years ago go.nature.com/49wwzNI
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28 Feb 2024
Please spread the word!! This is the motivation of my science and my reason for working. #ZTTKsyndrome #SON. A Somerville boy has one of world’s rarest diseases bostonglobe.com/2024/02/28/b… via @BostonGlobe
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Erin Ahn retweeted
8 Feb 2024
Can mutant splicing factors programs exist in the absence of mutations? In our new preprint bit.ly/3SBqZSX with @LeeGrimesLab @dstarczynowski @Amitvermamds, we show these programs exist broadly in AML, impact LSC survival and can be reversed. #OncoSplice #PRMT5 #IRAK4
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8 Dec 2023
Although I can’t travel to #ASH23, my student Leah Gehrs will represent our lab! Please come to poster #1301 on Saturday night to learn about our SON KO mouse models 🐭, SON’s function in HSC lineage fate, and how SON affects #ZTTKSyndrome. Collab with @ruilulab, @SteveLimLab1
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