Excited to share this new highlight of our recent paper. Thank you Shayamikka Ravichandran and The Varsity for sharing our work. thevarsity.ca/2024/01/07/tar…

If you missed last week's seminar with Drs. Jennifer Mitchell Mitchell Lab and Ian Tobias Ian Tobias, we've got you covered! Don't forget that you can find all of our other seminars as well at thisisepigenetics.ca/events/seminars youtu.be/Oo-VNWX-toY?si…

This #RareDiseaseDay we want to bring some awareness to the rare disease that affects our community- #Ataxia! Did you know that Ataxia refers to 100's of different rare diseases? Here are a few facts about Ataxia that you may not have known. Learn more: Ataxia.org

Congrats to ⁦Dean H. Betts⁩ from our department and all other awardees! Targeting toxic bacteria among research projects to receive CIHR project funding - Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry - Western University schulich.uwo.ca/about/news/202…

New results now online, JUND plays a genome-wide role in the quiescent to contractile switch in the pregnant human myometrium. An important contribution by Nawrah Khader to our understanding of pregnancy and how the uterus transitions to a laboring state. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

Are you an early career neuroscientist from a disadvantaged background? 🧠 Learn more about the Early Career Awards & apply for supplemental lab #funding: ow.ly/juMu50Rp0AQ DrRachaelDee Jacque Ip Flavio Zolessi

UPCOMING OPPORTUNITY! 🧠 If you are an early-career PI in #neuroscience looking for #funding to establish your lab, the #IBRO Rising Stars Awards may be what you are looking for: ow.ly/RSjA50SXK8p 🗓️ Application dates: 15 Sep - 15 Oct SONA FALAN #grant #funding

Impressive high throughout enhancer-gene distance effect interrogation, at the Sox2 locus, of course :-) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

This week, we're welcoming the first students to the Tobias Lab at Ontario Veterinary College! I can't wait to see the innovative contributions they'll bring to our #GenomeEditing and #CellFate projects!

Newest lab preprint led by the amazing Olivia Williams! Often used as a model to study aspects of ASD - Prenatal exposure to valproic acid induces sex-specific alterations in cortical and hippocampal neuronal structure and function in rats. Lalonde Lab biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Excited to announce Dr. Annie Vogel Ciernia Annie Vogel Ciernia University of British Columbia will join us as a keynote speaker for 46th International Annual Asilomar #Chromatin, #Chromosomes, & #Epigenetics Conference Dec 12-15, 2024! Join us! Abstracts due Oct 15 asilomarchromatin.com #AsilomarChromatin

Found out today that my hidden curriculum work was featured in the Academica Top 10! I am still so proud of this project and am grateful to everyone who contributed to the work. Let’s keep pushing to teach students important skills. academica.ca/top-ten/wester…

How do cis-regulatory landscapes integrate information from many transcription factors (TFs)? Using CRISPR screens we map TF-RE wiring at the Xist locus and uncover two regulatory axes, driving basal activation & high transcript levels. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Neuroscientists at #UofG are researching key enzymes in patients with Huntington’s disease, aiming to lay the groundwork for therapeutic treatment for patients with Huntington’s and other neurodegenerative disorders. College of Biological Science MCB at UofG Read more: news.uoguelph.ca/2024/10/neuros…

Out in the November issue of Molecular Immunology: in our article we identify a genomic region that constrains expression of AID during early B cell development to prevent mutations leading to leukemia. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Are you an early career researcher transitioning into an independent position in #neuroscience? Find out how the IBRO Rising Stars Awards can help establish your lab! 🧠 🔗 ibro.org/rising-stars-a… SONA FALAN CAN ACN

TODAY at 2 p.m.: CBS Community Seminar Series: Creating Ethical Space for First Nations-led Genetic, Epigenetic, and Other Biological Health Research With Billie-Jo Hardy Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health & Amy Bombay Carleton University 📍Online + in-person viewing in SSC 1511 uoguelph.ca/cbs/events/202…

Are you starting an independent position in #neuroscience in 2025? Find out how the IBRO Rising Stars Awards can help establish your lab! 🧠 🔗 ow.ly/SeAQ50UrIlg SONA FALAN CAN ACN

We've posted a new manuscript on BioRXiv in which we show that a T505A variant of the transcription factor ETV5, that is associated with leukemia, can drive proliferation in precursor B cells. Congratulations to Joshua Yi and the other co-authors! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We kick off 2025 with our seminar series on Friday, January 17! We have the pleasure of hosting Drs. Sarah Kimmins Professor Sarah Kimmins and Mathieu Schulz Mathieu Schulz where they will discuss the role of the sperm epigenome in development. Register at: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…