The Milbrandt Lab has a new preprint, “Peripheral nerve resident macrophages are microglia-like cells with tissue-specific programming.” Peter Wang, a postdoc in the lab, is first author on the preprint. Aldrin Yim, a graduate student in the lab, is also...
The Lawson Lab has a new preprint, “Genetic background and diet affect brown adipose gene co-expression – metabolic associations.” Caryn Carson, a graduate student in the lab, is first author on the preprint. Heather Lawson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in...
The Wang Lab published a paper recently in Nature Communications, “The epigenomic landscape of transposable elements across normal human development and anatomy.” Erica Pehrsson, a postdoc in the Wang Lab, is first author on the paper. Mayank Choudhary and...
The Dougherty Lab had a paper published recently in Human Molecular Genetics. The paper, “Gtf2i and Gtf2ird1 mutation do not account for the full phenotypic effect of the Williams syndrome critical region in mouse models,” thoroughly defines a set of...
The Province Lab and the Long Life Family study got a $68 million NIH grant to investigate what contributes to extreme longevity. Michael A. Province, Ph.D., professor of genetics at Washington University School of Medicine, is the principal investigator on the...
The Milbrandt Lab published a paper recently in Glia. The paper, “Disrupting insulin signaling in Schwann cells impairs myelination and induces a sensory neuropathy,” shows that Schwann cells may play an important role in diabetic neuropathy and targeting...
The Milbrandt Lab had a paper published recently in Molecular Neurobiology. The paper, “DLK Activation Synergizes with Mitochondrial Dysfunction to Downregulate Axon Survival Factors and Promote SARM1-Dependent Axon Degeneration,” was published in...
Gary Stormo, Ph.D., Joseph Erlanger Professor in the Department of Genetics and the Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology at Washington University School of Medicine, recently was honored with the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award. Dr. Stormo,...
Samantha A. Morris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology and Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was recently named an Allen Distinguished Investigator by The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group of the Allen Institute. Morris,...
The Schedl Lab has a new preprint, “GLP-1 Notch – LAG-1 CSL control of the germline stem cell fate is mediated by transcriptional targets lst-1 and sygl-1.” Jian Chen, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab, is first author on the preprint. Tim Schedl,...
