The biology of genomic extremes: extra chromosome sets (polyploidy) and genes with rarely used codons. We study this in organ development and regeneration.
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Congratulations to Fox lab postdoc Archan Chakraborty @archan24 - he will be starting his own lab at @AUG_University this fall! Professor Chakraborty's lab will focus on polyploidy in the heart of flies and humans.
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šØPlease repost!! š§¬We are hiring POSTDOC now!! Fully-funded 5-year position š©š»āš¬šØāš¬
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#polyploidy enthusiasts: check out this exciting meeting in the Netherlands! pe-rc.nl/events/internationaā¦
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New lab paper (first author- @Pr0fJess ) out @Dev_journal ! We name a new gene- Loofah- which resists potent cell death signals to promote the longest- lived cells in the fly intestine.
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Press release on our latest paper, a collaboration with @PauFormosa and @RoederLab !
A tool to uncover spatial patterns of DNA content across tissues mpipz.mpg.de/5771290/pr-formā¦
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Paper link here: cell.com/cell-reports-methodā¦
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Thank you to organisers Renata Basto @BastoRenata and Zuzana Storchova @ZStorchova and everyone who joined us for this week's Workshop on Decoding Whole Genome Doubling: Insights From Evolution, Development and Disease.
biologists.com/workshops/decā¦
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What prevents an enlarged heart? Check out our new preprint: "Organ-specific rewiring of mitochondrial integrity through COX7A dictates cellular ploidy." First author is K99/R00 fellow Archan Chakraborty- currently on the job market!!!
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HUGE congrats to Fox lab postdoc Archan Chakraborty on his funded NIH K99/R00 pathway to independence award! He will be on the job market soon! Exciting work on polyploidy in the heart, using flies and human cells. reporter.nih.gov/project-detā¦
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New Fox lab paper- we did an unbiased genetic screen and found a new role in cell division for a protein linked to neural disease. Congrats to all, especially first author and MD/PhD student Jane Blackmer! Thanks to NIGMS and NASA for funding. academic.oup.com/genetics/arā¦
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