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Penn Genetics retweeted
29 Nov 2023
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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1 Dec 2023
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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Penn Genetics retweeted
1 Dec 2023
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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Penn Genetics retweeted
27 Nov 2023
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!
26 Nov 2023
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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Penn Genetics retweeted
16 Nov 2023
Spectacular talk from our keynote speaker at @PennGenetics retreat, the one and only @levine_lab
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1 Nov 2023
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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24 Aug 2023
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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17 Aug 2023
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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Penn Genetics retweeted
11 Aug 2023
.@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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Penn Genetics retweeted
5 Jul 2023
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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Penn Genetics retweeted
9 Jun 2023
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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1 Jun 2023
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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Penn Genetics retweeted
24 Apr 2023
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 retweeted
Meet our newest Center member Erica Korb, PhD from @PennEpiInst and @PennGenetics.
Another great children's environmental health research from @PennMedicine!
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12 Oct 2022
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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6 Jun 2022
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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Penn Genetics retweeted
24 May 2022
Congrats to Dr. @jloops22 for being the first from the lab to successfully defend their thesis!!!
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