Happy Holidays! See you in the New Year!

Maya Foster in the Murphy lab defends her thesis tomorrow!

Elana Pyfrom in the Sehgal lab defends her thesis tomorrow!

Patrick Walsh in the @ericjoyce.bsky.social lab defends his thesis tomorrow!

Kurtis McCannell in the Shi lab defends his thesis tomorrow!

With co-first author, CAMB Alum, Yeqiao Zhou from her time in the Faryabi Lab (@faryabi.bsky.social)

ft. Sam Reffsin, Margaret Dunagin, Yael Heyman, @arjunraj.bsky.social (@pennengineering.bsky.social), Jesse Miller, Kasirajan Ayyanathan, Sara Cherry (@pennpathlabmed.bsky.social), @naveen-jain.bsky.social (@cambupenn.bsky.social) & David Schultz (BioBio) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Happy Thanksgiving! May you all find time to reflect in gratitude with family, friends, and good food this holiday weekend.

Check out the spotlight @cambupenn.bsky.social student Lexie Schneider and I wrote about research demonstrating that Dad’s that exercise have sons that are more physically fit which is inherited by regulating miRNAs in sperm

James Gesualdi in the Jordan-Sciutto lab defends his thesis tomorrow!

Bailey Nance in the Simon lab defends her thesis tomorrow!

Andrew Katznelson (@andykatznelson.bsky.social) in the Zaret lab defends his thesis tomorrow!

Brian Benz in the Chodosh lab (@penncbio.bsky.social) defends his thesis tomorrow!

Amanda Watkins Hopster in the Koo and Schaer labs defends her thesis tomorrow!

Look 👀 at the amazing science 🔬 🧪 our students are sharing! 📖 www.zotero.org/groups/47887... Check back often as they publish frequently. 😍 #proud

Daniel Baker in the June and @aranylab.bsky.social labs defends his thesis tomorrow!

Claire Shao from the Andy Minn lab defends her thesis Monday!

The BGS program is partnering with the Community 4 Rigor (@comm4rigor) to offer a two-part workshop series designed to help you prepare for the Preliminary Exam, and strengthen your rigor mindset and skills. @cambupenn prelim students RSVP to save your spot today! forms.monday.com/forms/4c859e...

Take advantage of this! Wednesday through Friday - the annual Flu Clinic at Penn. Easy and free shots 💉 for Students, Faculty, and Staff (Flu Clinic | Wellness at Penn) lnkd.in/e8p-VYzw

BGS is celebrating 40 years this Thursday and Friday! 🔬 See you there! www.med.upenn.edu/bgs-at-40/sc...

Applications are open! 📝 Submit yours by the deadline - 12/1/25, 11:59 PM - to be considered for admission Fall 2026. More information here: www.med.upenn.edu/camb/admissi...

Do you have questions about applying to CAMB? Join CAMB Grad Group Chair, Dr. Craig Bassing, and CAMB Admissions Chair, Dr. Greg Bashaw for a Virtual Q&A on October 30th. Register here: upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Are you 🤓 considering applying📝to CAMB this fall?! Join us at our Virtual Admissions Open House🏫 Wednesday, October 22nd - 4pm EST. 🍂 Register using the QR code 🍂

The Vahedi Lab is seeking a highly motivated Research Specialist A/B to join our dynamic research group studying the mechanisms of immune regulation. Apply here: wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...

Deadline ⏱️ Monday, September 29th! Students✨ Alumni🎓 Faculty🧪 - Are you registered?! In 2 weeks, BGS is celebrating 40 years. 🔬 Everyone who plans to attend should register in advance. 🍂 For more info and to see who's coming: lnkd.in/eJVfA6NR

Michael Noji from the Wellen and @aranylab.bsky.social labs defends his thesis tomorrow!

Zachary Gardner in the Jain lab defends his thesis tomorrow!

Join Dr. Lauren Brady, @cambupenn.bsky.social alum from the @costas-koumenis.bsky.social lab at the Penn Bookstore Monday, September 22nd!

Get ready for the annual Flu Clinic at Penn! Easy and free shots for Students, Faculty, and Staff (Flu Clinic | Wellness at Penn) wellness.upenn.edu/flu-clinic-2...

Students✨ Alumni🎓 Faculty🧪 - Are you registered?! BGS is celebrating 40 years this fall🍂. Everyone who plans to attend should register in advance. For more info and to see who's coming: www.med.upenn.edu/bgs-at-40/

Krista Budinich in the Liling Wan Lab has a recent preprint: RNA reinforces condensate nucleation on chromatin to amplify oncogenic transcription pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40766627/

Priyanka Chatterjee (@chattergenius) in the @PohlschroderLab defends her thesis tomorrow!

Ben Kahn alum of the @benstanger01.bsky.social lab has a recent spotlight publication -- Primed to be primed: a new, second phase www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dr. Yeqiao Zhou, alum from the Faryabi lab (@faryabi.bsky.social), has a preprint publication on: OLIVE Provides Rapid Visualization and Analysis of Chromatin Tracing Experiments www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Julia Han Noll (@jh_noll) in the @JoeFraietta lab defends her thesis tomorrow!

Meet us in the BRB Lobby this afternoon to welcome our new students in person!

Calling all BGS alumni - come celebrate 40 years of BGS with us this fall, as we bring together alumni, students, and faculty to revisit where we've been and make new, lasting connections. We can't wait to welcome you back to campus! Register here: pennmed.events.alumniq.com/go/bgs40

Amy Gladstein in the Feldser lab defends her thesis tomorrow!

Do you like neuronal #plasticity? #genetics? #Celegans? Check out 1st installment of work by Kristi Zoga in the lab. Kristi screened 20 conserved #autism genes for roles in experience-dependent #neuron remodeling and a related behavior. doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyaf156

Our new students started on Monday, August 11th and are busy orienting themselves to graduate school. Meet us in the BRB Lobby on September 3rd to welcome them in person!

📣 New preprint 📣 We present a detailed map of nascent and mature ribosomal RNAs in mouse hematopoiesis and AML (including absolute rRNA molecule numbers), and outline principles of rDNA regulation. Work by Eleanor Sams (@eleanor44.bsky.social) & Victoria Feist (@victoriafeist.bsky.social). (1/x)

New research out in @natmicrobiol.nature.com finds that environmental stress drives clearance of a persistent enteric virus in mice ft. @christinviral.bsky.social, A. Lustig, @gcwb.bsky.social, @cadwelllab.bsky.social (@PennGIHep) & E. Agostino (@cambupenn.bsky.social) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ethan Fein in the Seale lab defends his thesis tomorrow!

Kaitlyn Shen in the Jain lab defends her thesis tomorrow!

Sean Louzon in the Korb lab defends his thesis tomorrow!

Alum Daniel Morris (@the_djmorris) from the Shaw lab has a new first-author publication on: Transient glycan shield reduction induces CD4-binding site broadly neutralizing antibodies in SHIV-infected macaques www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Yohaniz Ortega-Burgos in the Oliver and ‪@fchrisbennett.bsky.social‬ labs defends her thesis tomorrow!

Dr. Randi Isenhart has a new 1st author publication for her work in the @ericjoyce.bsky.social lab on: The length and strength of compartmental interactions are modulated by condensin II activity: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

🎉Brady Lab is 10! A decade of discovery & growth. This milestone belongs to the incredible trainees, collaborators, colleagues, & steadfast friends & family who’ve fueled our journey every step. On to the next chapter @pennmedicine.bsky.social @penncbio.bsky.social @rtaatpennmed.bsky.social 💙

Congratulations to DOCTOR Aishwarya Pawar @aishwarya2510.bsky.social (of ‪@cambupenn.bsky.social Cancer Biology graduate group) for defending her thesis with flying colors, and for her first-author paper in press in @genesdev.bsky.social! We are so proud of you!