‼️ New preprint from the Morris Lab at the @donnellycentre.bsky.social! This is our latest work in GWAS‑to‑function to study the genetic determinants of human bone formation and osteoporosis! 🧬 ➡️ 🦴 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Congratulations to Donnelly Centre PI @johnomix.bsky.social, for receiving the Connaught New Researcher Award! The funding will go towards the Morris Lab, for the project "Identification of causal genetic variation and genes for human bone health"

Now: @johnomix.bsky.social (JM): Systematic targeting and inhibition of bone mineral density GWAS loci in single cells identifies novel regulatory networks for human bone formation #ASHG25 🧪🧬🖥️

Finalizing my slides for #ASHG25 while on my flight to Boston in true PI fashion. Come check out the finished product tomorrow morning at 10:45am in the excitingly named "Seq-ing Function with Single Cells and CRISPR Perturbations" session! 🙂

Making my slides for #ASHG25 and getting excited to see folks in Boston! Will *try* to be active on Bluesky during the meeting...

An exciting new study that explores and compares target gene identification from two orthogonal methods: CRISPRi screening and eQTLs! Led by the incredible Sam Ghatan, who started working with us on this as a visiting PhD student, and is now a postdoc presenting it at Biology of Genomes on Friday! 📈

The lab officially turned 1 today and not only did our brilliant MSc student @hannahpitas.bsky.social make ube cookies for everyone, but she won the CIHR CGS-M! This prestigious award will support her CRISPR base and prime editing projects in the lab. We are so proud of and excited for her! 🥳

It's been one year since I began my faculty position and in many ways it's been absolutely incredible. The ups and downs of academia are rewarding in their own ways. My students and research associates are amazing. But how do you keep motivated in the face of overwhelming despair? 1/3

Our lab continues to grow! We have just recruited three talented graduate students to expand our efforts in studying the noncoding genome 🧐 Please give a warm welcome to Mike, Hannah (@hannahpitas.bsky.social), and Javad! 🥳 morris-lab.org/team

Hello Bluesky! I am a human genetics researcher at the University of Toronto's Donnelly Centre. My lab opened in the Spring of 2024 and we are focused on studying noncoding regulatory genetics using biobank-scale data, single-cell sequencing & perturbation screening! Learn more here: morris-lab.org

It feels like there's been a surge to Bluesky! I will try to be better about posting here instead of the dark other place.