I truly appreciate the Foundation’s support!

Great start to 2026! I’m honored to receive the 2026 Peter Joseph Pappas Research Grant from @preeclampsia.org Our lab will investigate how non-coding genetic variation contributes to preeclampsia pathogenesis. 🧬 preeclampsia.org/the-news/new...

Happy holidays from the Ushiki Lab! 🎄⛄️ at the Genetics holiday luncheon @washugenetics.bsky.social

Big thanks to my postdocs for the surprise birthday cake! You really made my day! 🎂🌟

Thank you for visiting St. Louis @crumplab.bsky.social ! Learned a lot from the seminar and discussion. 🐟 🧬 @washugenetics.bsky.social

Finally found this in St. Louis — my favorite Chinese dish that I used to eat all the time in San Francisco! 🥹 Dongbei style Sweet and sour pork! 鉄鍋炖

After the conference, faculty mentoring meeting, and grant submission — refilling my energy. ⚡️🪫🍜

Check out our latest study now on bioRxiv! Huge thanks to our collaborators @pkeukeleire.bsky.social, Martin Kircher & all co-authors

Yasin and I presented at the WashU MRC annual symposium!

Our lab's postdoc, Yasin, and I will be presenting at the WashU Musculoskeletal Research Center (MRC) Annual Symposium next week! Looking forward to the event! musculoskeletal.wustl.edu/education-2/...

Finally got my NHGRI R00 NOA today—hooray! 🎉 For K99 recipients: I submitted my R00 app in late Oct. Everything halted at NIH in Jan, it showed up in eRA in Feb, then the grant admin left NHGRI… and the NOA finally arrived today! 3+ months delayed—was supposed to start in Jan.

Dusk after the rain

Ushiki Lab’s first experimental results are coming in!🤗🧬 Exciting!

Spring in St. Louis🌸

The longtime director of the National Human Genome Research Institute is stepping down, as the larger NIH braces for more changes.