The Wang lab has a preprint on bioRxiv. The study, “Co-opted transposons help perpetuate conserved higher-order chromosomal structures,” shows that transposable elements (TEs) contribute regulatory plasticity that helps maintain conserved genome...
The Morris lab published a paper recently in Nature. The paper, “Single-cell mapping of lineage and identity in direct reprogramming,” shows that expression of a putative methyltransferase, Mettl7a1, is associated with the successful reprogramming...
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We’re thankful for our students! Last night Dr. Jim Skeath hosted the 18th Annual Genetics, Dev. Bio, Comp Bio PhD Programs and First Year DBBS Thanksgiving Dinner. By the looks of it, it was a...
The Cohen lab published a paper recently in Nature Biotechnology. The paper, “A massively parallel reporter assay dissects the influence of chromatin structure on cis-regulatory activity,” presents methods that can help investigators determine when...
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Samantha Morris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology and Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, collaborated with the Humphreys lab on a recently published paper. The paper, “Comparative Analysis and Refinement of...
Ting Wang, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and his lab recently had a paper published in Biometrics. The paper, “A non‐randomized procedure for large‐scale heterogeneous multiple...
The Wang lab and the Dougherty lab had a paper published recently in Cell Reports. The paper, “Characterization of a Mouse Model of Börjeson-Forssman-Lehmann Syndrome,” shows that PHF6-regulated genes are overrepresented in gene signatures and modules that...
Claire Weichselbaum, a graduate student in Dr. Joseph Dougherty’s lab, was recently featured in a segment on NPR’s St. Louis Public Radio. The on-air piece spotlighted “Brain Discovery,” a program that Weichselbaum co-founded with Brian...
