We’d like to give a big welcome to our Penn Genetics summer interns, Reina Eugene, Sharleen Banatte and Quincy Blubaugh!

Huge thanks to Becca Lee for putting this site together

My thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Excited to do what I can to help maintain UPenn GCB as one of the premier programs in which to study genomics and computational biology.

sup peeps Penn Genetics is turning the hiring cogs again Assistant Professor of Genetics (experimental): apply.interfolio.com/110707 Assistant Professor of Genetics in IBI (computational): apply.interfolio.com/110710 Research Assistant Professor: apply.interfolio.com/110709 pls share

Hey Everyone! The ModzLab has room for one more PostDoc! We have a few exciting projects that look at Retrotransposons in Development and Disease, with a bit of CRISPR sprinkled here and there. Please Re-Tweet! Post Doctoral Researcher jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/612781/pos…

Penn Genetics is hiring for multiple junior faculty positions! Use apply.interfolio.com/110707 for applicants with a wet-lab or wet/dry research program, and apply.interfolio.com/110710 for applicants with primarily computational research (joint with Penn IBI). Applications due 11/30!

Thrilled to share that former student Dr. Kiara Berríos Kiara N. Berríos Adorno, Ph.D. has been awarded the Tom Kadesh Prize in Genetics from Penn Genetics! She will give a special seminar at the awards ceremony next Friday, Dec 16 at 4 PM. All are invited! More details below. Penn BGS BBCB Graduate Group

Our study of thalamic development with single-cell resolution is now published. It has been a really enjoyable collaboration with Doug Epstein lab & colleagues, and a privilege to learn from them about the fascinating biology of the thalamus. Penn Genetics #SingleCell

Penn Medicine has been awarded a $9.7 million grant from The Warren Alpert Foundation to support continuing education efforts for genetic counselors, creating state-of-the-art online courses to learn about new and emerging research trends. Penn Genetics spr.ly/60163u2Ay

It is with great sadness that we share the news that Dr. Casey Brown passed away on Saturday, March 18. He was a friend, colleague, and mentor to so many in the GCB and CAMB communities, as well as the scientific community as a whole, and will be deeply missed.

Join us Penn Genetics for 2 days of exciting talks and panels on "Epi/Genetics of Behavior", including keynotes by Keri Martinowich and Schaefer Lab!! In person and hybrid options! Had a blast planning this with @EAHellerPhD and Erica Korb (KorbLab)!

A new study from Laboratory of Genomic Immunology Golnaz Vahedi published in Immunity demonstrate that the multiplicity of enhancers interacting with the Ets1 gene in T cells is essential to control the precise dosage of Ets1 in response to cytokine cues. Check it out! cell.com/immunity/fullt…

I'm absolutely thrilled to share that I will be joining Penn Genetics and Penn Epigenetics as an Assistant Professor in January 2024! My lab will investigate centromere variation/evolution and its impact on health & disease using long-read sequencing! Reach out if you'd like to join!

Feeling incredibly thrilled to announce that in January 2024, I'll be joining Penn Genetics and Institute for Immunology and Immune Health (I3H) as an Assistant Professor! My lab will study the genetic basis of immune recognition of RNA and its role in health and disease. Please reach out or DM if you are interested.

Our HiDRO paper is now published in nature nature.com/articles/s4158… Since the preprint, we made a few key additions worth checking out. Thanks to reviewers for their helpful suggestions! Original tweetorial posted below:

In the light of what’s happened in Israel and Gaza, a song about non-violence seems somewhat ridiculous, even laughable, but our prayers have always been for peace and for non-violence… But our hearts and our anger, you know where that’s pointed. So sing with us… and those

We're celebrating Karl Glastad and Daniel Park, recipients of the Kaushal Awards! Thanks to all who joined the celebration last Friday.

Congrats to Dr. Jailynn Harke Jailynn Harke, co-mentored by Doug Epstein, on successfully defending her thesis work! #proudpi

Excited to announce the Penn Postdoctoral Fellowship in Genetics! We seek to empower and nurture talented early-stage researchers to pursue cutting-edge research in our department. Learn more here, due Jan. 15. med.upenn.edu/apps/my/bpp_po…