Yes, it is crazy that all these papers came out at around the same time! McKenna Feltes in my lab together with my JHU colleagues Alexey Zimin and Steven Salzberg developed this amazing platform called WheresWalker to make positional cloning much easier. journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...

A whole-animal phenotypic drug screen identifies suppressors of atherogenic lipoproteins. This was quite a journey for Dan and I and it is great to get it out there for other folks to appreciate - awesome job Dan doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Today Josh Derrick's paper came out -- A deep dive to create a state-of-the-art method of modeling and quantifying o HPLC Chromatograms - it is both computational and contains "wet lab" experiments. doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

Creb3l3 loss = lipid overload in the gut 🥴 We show that Creb3l3 deficiency leads to intestinal lipid accumulation + altered ApoB lipoprotein metabolism. Big implications for lipid disorders + metabolic disease! 🔗 www.jlr.org/article/S002... #lipidmetabolism #zebrafish #CREB3L3 #metabolism

So proud of my lab's output in both papers and presentations at international meetings!

"Questioning is the way of learning," Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.

Carl Sagan is one of my heroes right up there with Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss). Sagan's comments are so true now - the consummate scientific communicator.

I will be there and welcome other Baltimoreans to join me

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence