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This is the official account for Penn Genetics – the Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania. genetics.med.upenn.edu

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Penn Genetics @penngenetics.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The annual Tom Kadesch Prize in Genetics was held on January 24th, featuring a special presentation by the recipient, Alexandra Indeglia, Ph.D. Her talk was titled "An African-Specific Variant of TP53 Reveals PADI4 as a Regulator of Tumor Suppression." Bravo to Alexandra on receiving this award!
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Emory Department of Human Genetics @emorygenetics.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Exciting talk today by Jennifer Phillips-Cremins @penngenetics.bsky.social on how chromatin and DNA loops change in response to neuronal stimulation and in disease states
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Struan Grant @struangrant.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Khanh Trang in our @elife.bsky.social paper integrates 3D genomic maps for >50 diverse cell types with pediatric obesity GWAS. Findings implicate a role for pancreatic islet cell types. Our #V2G mapping nominates effector genes. @penngenetics.bsky.social doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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Jenn Cremins @creminslab.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Congratulations to our alum Dr. Ji Hun Kim who has started his own laboratory at KAIST and just won his first independent grant. Ji Hun is the co-inventor of LADL and will build out the technology to understand condensates in disease. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31235883/
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Michael P Hart 🏳️‍🌈 (he/him) @michaelphart1.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Sharing our recent manuscript on this new and better platform 🦋 - Brandon Bastien PhD used sophisticated tools to dissect neuron type specific roles for the synaptic adhesion gene CNTNAP in regulating behavior in C. elegans! 🧪 🧠 🪱 rdcu.be/d2zF2
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nlr-1/CNTNAP regulates dopamine circuit structure and foraging behaviors in C. elegans
Communications Biology - Removal of nlr-1/CNTNAP from monoamine neurons in C. elegans reveals neuron-specific roles in foraging behaviors, including a critical role for nlr-1 in dopamine neuron...
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Penn Genetics @penngenetics.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Multiple allelic configurations govern long-range Shh enhancer-promoter communication in the embryonic forebrain Congratulations to the Joyce and Epstein Labs (@ericjoyce.bsky.social, @epsteind.bsky.social) and their collaborators on their recent publication – doi.org/10.1016/j.mo...
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Penn Genetics @penngenetics.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Esteemed congratulations to Emily Feierman, PhD, (@korblab.bsky.social) and Katherine Alexander, PhD, (Shelly Berger lab) who were recently recognized as recipients of the 2024 Kaushal Family Awards in Genetics! Major kudos to all of our talented applications.
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Penn Genetics @penngenetics.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Congratulations to Mara Cowen, PhD, and the Hart Lab on their recent publication!
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Struan Grant @struangrant.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
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