New research out in @science.org from @hongbo919.bsky.social & @ksusztak.bsky.social (@PennKidney/ @penngenetics.bsky.social) provides a genetic map of kidney function & introduces a kidney multiome-based genetic scorecard for disease diagnostics & therapeutic development tinyurl.com/ubkutd4s

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!

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

ft. Jacquelyn Powers, Erica Trujillo, Heena Desai, Ryan Hausler, Susan Domchek, @KLNathanson, @KMaxwellLab (@penncancer.bsky.social), Heather Wachtel (@PennSurgery), Laura Conway (@penngenetics.bsky.social) & @B_Wubb (@pennmedicine.bsky.social) @BasserBRCA www.gimjournal.org/article/S109...

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...

G6PC2 controls glucagon secretion by defining the set point for glucose in pancreatic α cells ft. @13ah1_V, Eric Waite @CatherineLeeMay Elisabetta Manduchi, @bvoight28 @Michelle_YY_Lee Mark Tigue, Nicholas Manuto & @kkaestner.bsky.social (@penngenetics.bsky.social) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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/

New research out in @naturecomms.bsky.social finds that conserved autism-associated genes tune social feeding behavior in C. elegans ft. @MaraCowen, Dustin Haskell, Kristi Zoga & @michaelphart1.bsky.social (@penngenetics.bsky.social) @pennASPE www.nature.com/articles/s41...

ft. @taimeimiaole, @cranphilly, @mayankneuro, @YijingSu2022, You Lu, @UPenn_SongMing, Minghong Ma, Wenqin Luo (@PennMINS), Hanying Yan, @drmingyaoli.bsky.social (@dbei-upenn.bsky.social), Stephen Prouty, John Seykora (Derm) & @hao_wu_7 (@penngenetics.bsky.social) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

FMRP, MFF translation & mitochondrial fission in neurons ft. Adam Fenton, Ruchao Peng, @Charlie_R_Bond, @SHugelier, @melikel.bsky.social, @yiweichang.bsky.social, @erikaholzbaur.bsky.social & Thomas Jongens @BB_UPenn @penngenetics.bsky.social @cambupenn.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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

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...

#TET2 germline variants & kidney disease ft. @LiangXiujie, @Hongbo919Liu, Hailong Hu, Eunji Ha, Jianfu Zhou, @AminAbedini1990, @andrea_26sn, @KonstantinKltz & @ksusztak.bsky.social (@PennKidney/ @penngenetics.bsky.social) @naturecomms.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We're excited to announce the @pennmedicine.bsky.social Winter Coat Drive!🧥❄️ Drop off new or gently used coats for children & adults of all sizes at the Smilow & BRB Lobbies now through 12/22 for donation to Cradles to Crayons Philadelphia

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.

Congratulations to Mara Cowen, PhD, and the Hart Lab on their recent publication!