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Alex Pollen @brainevodevo
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Alex Pollen@brainevodevo
30 Mar 2023
Perspective outlining multiple entry points for studying the molecular basis of human brain evolution with @TylerFair_ sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Rahul Satija@satijalab
Apr 21
Interested in single cell genomics but need help getting started? Come to my lab's 10th (!) Single Cell Genomics Day on 6/12 Talks include Aviv Regev @anshulkundaje @junyue_cao @xinjin (many) more @ATJCagan illustrations! Free Youtube livestream at satijalab.org/scgd

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Xin Jin, PhD@xinjin
Apr 9
Form follows function, or function dictates form? 📢Preprint: we build Perturb-CLEAR, in vivo screen of neuroanatomy! Disease perturbations produce selective morphology-RNA changes that RNA impact alone cannot predict. Was led by the invincible @BoliWu! biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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Seth Shipman@seth_shipman
Feb 18
New preprint on Detectrons from @jihoon_han_phd! These are programmable biosensors for RNAs that produce DNA barcodes in the presence of their target RNA. Check out Jihoon's quoted thread for more: biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
Jihoon Han@jihoon_han_phd
Feb 18
Excited to share a preprint from my postdoc work in @seth_shipman’s lab! We developed Detectrons — programmable biosensors that convert RNA signals into stable DNA barcodes inside living cells, enabling multiplexed RNA sensing. 🧵👇 biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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Carlo Colantuoni@CarloColantuoni
Feb 11
NEXT TUE: DDD seminar, Feb. 17, 2026 @ 1PM Eastern US: Dr. Annerieke Sierksma (Dr. Bart De Strooper's @BStrooper group @ KU Leuven) present "Polygenic risk for Alzheimer’s disease shapes microglial inflammatory and antigen-presentation programs in vivo". carlocolantuoni.org/seminar

SeminarPage | Carlo Colantuoni

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Prof. Michael Lin@MichaelLinLab
Feb 1
Today I'd like to honor the memory of my mentor and friend, Roger Tsien, born 1952 February 1. Today would have been Roger's 74th birthday. Most know Roger for his 2008 Chemistry Nobel Prize with Shimomura and Chalfie. Roger made GFP into the versatile imaging method it is now.
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Xuebing Wu@wu_xuebing
Jan 30
Does the noncoding genome actually carry more genetic information than coding seqs? Motivated by this question we mutated every bp in the 10kb MYC locus. Results are even more exciting: Decoding the MYC locus reveals a druggable ultraconserved RNA element biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…

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Tanzila Mukhtar- Warrior@tmturkee
Jan 30
Excited to share work I contributed to during my UCSF postdoc with amazing colleagues, including Dr. Tianzhi Wu & Dr. Jingjing Li! @Kriegsteinlab @jingjingSF @UCSFstemcell ❤️ nature.com/articles/s41587-0…
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1/ Our new study, led by @ding5066, examines the role of transcription factors during human neurogenesis to identify gene regulatory networks influencing cell fate, maturation, and subtype specification nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Dissecting gene regulatory networks governing human cortical cell fate

Nature - Systematic screening of transcription factors reveals conserved mechanisms governing cortical radial glia lineage progression across primates and provides a framework for functional...

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9/ We hope our study will provide a framework for functionally studying how disease and evolution shape human cortical development.
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10/ Thanks to @lessi_manuel for highlighting a preprint of the study prelights.biologists.com/hig…

Dissecting Gene Regulatory Networks Governing Human Cortical Cell Fate - preLights

A deep dive into how transcription factors shape radial glia fate and clonal dynamics

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Thomas Norman@thenormanlab
Jan 20
New preprint on technologies to scale up CRISPR screens. We use them to map 665,856 pairwise genetic perturbations and outline a path to comprehensive interaction mapping in human cells. We also introduce an approach for cloning lentiviral libraries with billions of elements.
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Carlo Colantuoni@CarloColantuoni
16 Dec 2025
Replying to @TommyVierbuchen
@TommyVierbuchen shared his work with us today: "A pluripotent stem cell platform for in vitro systems genetics studies of mouse brain development", see the recording at: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… (more info at carlocolantuoni.org/seminar)

Developmental Diversity in a Dish Seminar Series

A virtual seminar series focusing on stem cell models and functional variation across human iPSC lines. Monthly virtual seminar series, held on one Tuesday o...

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UCSF Broad Stem Cell@UCSFstemcell
9 Sep 2025
Congratulations, Tomasz Nowakowski! #UCSFProud ✨
UCSF Neurosurgery@NeurosurgUCSF
9 Sep 2025
Congratulations to Tomasz Nowakowski, PhD, on being named a finalist for the prestigious Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists! 🎉 He was selected for his groundbreaking research shaping the future of neuroscience and medicine. @BlavatnikAwards stemcell.ucsf.edu/news/tomas…
UCSF neuroscientist Tomasz Nowakowski, PhD, seated at a bench in his lab.

ALT UCSF neuroscientist Tomasz Nowakowski, PhD, seated at a bench in his lab.
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