Undergraduates looking for a summer research experience, you still have time to apply for the UMass Chan Medical School Summer Research Program in Quantitative Biology.

Thrilled to share my first "First Author" paper in the Ilya Finkelstein lab! Our recent publication in Nature Communications offers a comprehensive insight into Cas13d's RNA binding and cleavage specificity. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Want to hear about the latest updates/new techniques in single cell and spatial genomics? Check out the full agenda for our Single Cell Genomics Day on Friday, 3/29. All talks will be live-streamed (no registration required) at satijalab.org/scgd

Why are some non-antibiotic drugs toxic to bacteria 💊☠️🦠? Do they work like standard #antibiotics (ABX)? Our latest work by Mariana Noto published Science Magazine addresses this fundamental question (1/n) science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

The Devarajan Lab opens Stony Brook Medicine in Micro & Immuno, June 2024! Join our respiratory immunology research group (thedevarajanlab.com). We're seeking research associates & postdocs. RT appreciated. Grateful to so many UMass Chan Medical School for the journey-it truly took a village!

Our work is out in Cell Reports (t.ly/nHtgB)! We examine how stromal expression of a STING gain-of-function (GOF) mutation promotes lung inflammation. This study wouldn’t have been possible without co-first author Kristy Chiang. Some highlights from our study:(1/7)

I'm delighted to share the latest work from our lab in which Hao-Ching Jiang and SungJin Park demonstrate that MS4A1/CD20 functions as a mammalian odorant receptor in a previously uncharacterized population of sensory neurons. rdcu.be/dE8B7

I'm really proud of the job that they and their co-authors have done. It answers several unanswered questions that I've been wrestling with since I was a postdoc. Hao-Ching is currently looking for postdoc positions and SunJin for faculty jobs. They are both catches--hire them!

I am thrilled to announce that my PhD research has been published online in Nature Communications today. rdcu.be/dE8B7 I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my advisor, Dr. Paul Greer, for his valuable guidance and support!

Can an animal sense the world with neurons from another species ? See our brain chimera paper and the accompanying one by Jun Wu mentioned in last post

Angiogenin controls angiogenesis (et plus) by nicking tRNAs. But it’s barely active alone. We discovered how 80S ribosome unlocks Ang’s active site and “brings in” tRNAs. Congrats to Anna Loveland and collab. w/Allan Jacobson! nature.com/articles/s4158…

A newfound cell helps explain why a mouse species is monogamous while its relatives are promiscuous. The findings in nature from our own Andres Bendesky and colleagues may reveal treatments for nurturing-associated conditions such as postpartum depression. zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/some-mice-may-…

Excited to share our newest paper, in which we report our discovery that monogamous oldfield mice have very recently evolved a novel cell type in their adrenal glands that promotes parental care 🧵 Work led by the fabulous Natalie Niepoth and Jenny Merritt rdcu.be/dH1Kn

Thrilled to announce that I will start my lab in the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine UMass Chan Medical School in October 2024! Stay tuned, will be hiring at all levels for research on how abnormal metabolism and epigenetics contribute to cancer development and immune evasion.

Happy to share our lab’s recent review in Current Opinion Neurobiology on “Microglial phagocytic mechanisms: Development informing disease”. Special Thanks to Becca Beiter and Pat Sheehan in the lab UMass Chan Department of Neurobiology for their hard work on this piece: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New in @sciencemagazine! Our study reveals how mutant IDH1 inhibition activates tumor immunity by inducing dsDNA sensing. Read more: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #CancerResearch #Cholangiocarcinoma #IDH1 1/n

It took more than a DECADE... but finally it’s published!!! It started as a CRAZY idea but after tons of hard work we built it: We hijacked the endogenous secretion systems of Toxoplasma gondii, a brain parasite, to deliver active proteins to neurons 👇 nature.com/articles/s4156…

Excited to share a manuscript out online today nature.com/articles/s4159…, which we had a supporting role for (as Judy Lieberman is NOT). The manuscript found that emerging tumor repression of immune recognition is reversed by inhibiting DNA methylation. A forthcoming synopsis:1/18

Safe and effective in vivo delivery of DNA and RNA using proteolipid vehicles coated with the fusogenic FAST protein: Cell cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Super proud of my mom, Judy Lieberman, and all she has done throughout her wonderful career!