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Nozhat

@nozhathassan.bsky.social
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Evolutionary genetics, R2 retrotransposons | Adelson lab UoA & Collins lab UC Berkeley | 🇦🇺 | Newly Dr. Hassan

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Connor Horton @connorhorton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I'm excited to share our work providing the first complete mechanistic picture of how R2 proteins nick the second strand, out today in @pnas.org! ✂️🧬 This step in retrotransposition has long been mysterious, but crucial for understanding R2's. Check it out: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... A thread 🧵:
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Nozhat @nozhathassan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
#TEsky My final PhD paper is out! My research started with a paper called 'FakeIDs' where I investigated TE misannotation - so it feels full circle to end with the highs and lows of R2 retrotransposon annotation! Thank you to everyone who cheered me on! rnajournal.cshlp.org/content/earl...
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Nozhat @nozhathassan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Congratulations to the authors (and my friends), @alex-stuart.bsky.social and Chandler on their paper on CR1 retrotransposons across vertebrates! And thanks for letting me tag along! #TEsky academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...
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Ancient persistence and newfound diversity of CR1-group retrotransposons across vertebrates
Abstract. Retrotransposons are mobile, repetitive DNA sequences that are ubiquitous across eukaryotes and widely recognised as key drivers of both gene and
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Dfam Database of Transposable Elements @dfam.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A New Open Foundation for TE Research: GIRI is transitioning the full Repbase collection to an open-access license and joining the Dfam effort to help build a unified open resource for transposable element research. Full announcement: tinyurl.com/48665xss
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Nozhat @nozhathassan.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
After a long time finding reviewers, my paper on the evolution of R2 retrotransposons is out! This project was in collaboration with my amazing co-authors Bri and Anthony from the Collins lab. 🐢🐦‍⬛ Big thanks to my team, especially my supervisor Dave Adelson! #TEsky link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Lineage-specific evolution, structural diversity, and activity of R2 retrotransposons in animals - Genome Biology
Background Retrotransposons play outsized roles in the evolution of gene regulation, genome function, and disease pathogenesis, and more recently they have sparked interest as instruments for new gene...
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Nozhat @nozhathassan.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
New work on CR1 retrotransposons by my lab friends Alex and Chandler! Happy to have helped out along the way
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Akanksha Thawani, PhD @akankshathawani.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Vertebrate retrotransposons are the future of gene therapy. But how do they insert their genes? 🔥🔥 Thrilled to share our new work now published with Kathy Collins, @nogaleslab.bsky.social @berkeleymcb.bsky.social where we investigate this with #cryoEM & biochemistry in 🧪 and cells! #RNAsky #TEsky
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Nozhat @nozhathassan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Happy to be a part of this work! 🐢
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Nozhat @nozhathassan.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
A big chunk of my PhD work with the Collins lab is now on bioRxiv!
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