Karim Mekhail
@karimmekhail
Prof @UofT | Nuclear/genome organization and stability | RNA-DNA crosstalk | Ribosome biogenesis | Cancer, aging & age-related diseases
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http://www.mekhaillab.com/ 24-07-2015 20:23:29
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Thrilled to finally announce our work on the selectivity of disordered protein condensation in Nature Chemistry. Great collaboration with Jeetain Mittal Led by Rachel Welles and Kandarp Sojitra. rdcu.be/dxP4r. See related work by Brangwynne lab rdcu.be/dzddw
A new #SciencePerspective by Ziyad Al-Aly, MD and Eric Topol identifies key issues that need to be prioritized in the study of #LongCovid. Learn more: scim.ag/62B
New paper from the lab! Led by Tajinder Ubhi, we used CRISPR-Cas chemical genetic screens to identify vulnerabilities in pancreatic cancer. And found… APOBEC3-family cytidine deaminases! Online now Nature Cancer nature.com/articles/s4301…
Researchers argue that long #genes age faster -- and this quirk may play a role in how people age. Read more from this Opinion in Trends in Genetics: cell.com/trends/genetic… Tecnun Ander Izeta, MolecularGenetics@ErasmusMC Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Thomas Stoeger
New durocher lab paper! Final version of Tiffany Cho's work on charting the genetic architecture of SUMO E1 inhibition and characterization of NFATC2IP is now published (open access) 1/5 genesdev.cshlp.org/cgi/content/lo…
Just out in Cell Reports! Dream team of former MD/PhD student Jess Williams, res. scientist Ivan Surovtsev, collaborator Kaushik Ragunathan Kaushik Ragunathan + many awesome contributors discovered that Swi6/HP1a condensates are key to nuclear mechanics. tinyurl.com/2r4jkamf 1/n