Join our NIH-funded stroke recovery research team KU Medical Center . I am hiring a Physical Therapist to deliver innovative interventions, collaborate across disciplines, and contribute to advancing recovery science. Apply here: University of Kansas Medical Center

Great catching up with Mattt during his visit!

Thrilled to share our lab’s latest work in JBC! 🎉 We uncovered a critical role for APE1 Asn174 in stabilizing AP-sites using mutagenesis, enzymology, crystallography, and MD-simulations. Congrats to Kaitlin DeHart and all the co-authors! Check it out: jbc.org/article/S0021-…

What an incredible Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society 2025 meeting last week! 🎉 Great science, community, and presentations. #EMGS2025 Special congrats to our lab members🏆: Abbey Vito – 1st, Student Oral Presentation Eli Newcomb – 1st, ECI Oral Presentation Spencer Thompson – 2nd, Student Poster

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Today in Science Magazine, we report a new DNA editing technology to seamlessly write massive changes into the right place in the human genome. The reason gene editing hasn't transformed human health is that current gene editing technologies like CRISPR are very limited. The

How it started: Assistant to the Professor 👨‍🔬✨ How it’s going: Professor mode unlocked 👨‍🏫 Also clear evidence that science doesn’t just build knowledge… it ages ya too 😉 🙏Grateful to all the mentors, colleagues, trainees, friends & family who made this journey possible.

Sad to just learn of the passing of Phyllis Strauss dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/bro…

Why does the naked mole rat have the longest lifespan and healthspan of any rodent, nearly 40 years? A 30-year long mystery unraveled Science Magazine today! Its cGAS enzyme in cells has 4 missense mutations that upends its function, promoting DNA repair and suppressing

The Sangre de Cristo Mountains outside Santa Fe were beautiful today!

Wholesome father and son moment

Meet Dr. Aninda Dey, a postdoctoral fellow whose research focuses on oxidative DNA damage and its role in cancer. As a KU Cancer Center trainee member, Dr. Dey is gaining valuable mentorship and expanding his skillset. Learn more ➜ bit.ly/3KYeGjo.

Excited to share our latest paper: implications for LRRK2 biology across clinically distinct neurodegenerative diseases pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41128923/

Please, #cryoEM community (and Imaging_Artifact), we need some help to identify some objects in our 2D averages. Probably, contaminants from e coli recombinant protein production. Any idea?

One of my favorite lab activities is our annual pumpkin carving competition with the Bose Lab. Everyone did a great job with their pumpkins!

🎃 Happy Halloween from the Freudenthal Lab! 🐟🖤 Anglerfish PI + Emo Researchers = Bioluminescent Despair #Scienceunderpressure

🎉 Joint paper from the Freudenthal and Weaver Labs! Abbey Vito first author publication discusses a tug-of-war between BER enzymes and chromatin for access to damaged DNA, a battle central to genome stability. Built on Tyler's foundational work! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

November Spotlight: Kerri Dean-Executive Assistant Kerri recently celebrated her 6th year as Executive Assistant to the Chair of the Cancer Biology Department at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC). Her journey at KUMC began in the Medical Oncology Department, where