Our new preprint describes the identification of functional pseudogenes with long read cDNA sequencing and CRISPR-Cas9. This work is the first first-author paper from my brilliant PhD student Robin-Lee Troskie. bit.ly/31L8FNj Geoff Faulkner Adam Ewing Yohaann Jafrani

Article from my lab out at Genome Biology expanding the repertoire of pseudogene transcripts with PacBio long read sequencing. Some spectacular transcripts spanning TEs, pseudogenes and genes here! Esp credit to Seth Cheetham Adam Ewing Robin-Lee Troskie genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Our work from @FaulknerLab is out in Genome Biology. Using PacBio transcriptomics we identify and characterise hundreds of novel coding and noncoding pseudogene transcripts. Some pseudogenes are just mis-annotated genes. Robin-Lee Troskie Adam Ewing bit.ly/3o6Ts37

👩‍🔬🧬Attention researchers in AUS/NZ working on transposable elements: If TEs are the reason you come to work every day, a new interest or even a perpetual annoyance in your genomic escapades, leave a comment and say what you work on! If not, tag someone who ❤️ TEs or RETWEET!

Check out our new article in Bioessays in which brilliant PhD student Robin-Lee Troskie argues that the repurposing of processed pseudogenes drives evolutionary innovation. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…. Video abstract: bit.ly/3a8dPXQ Geoff Faulkner

So proud that my first PhD student Robin-Lee Troskie just passed her thesis defence with flying colours! Robin-Lee was an amazing student who made huge progress in understanding human pseudogene functions. You can read part of her work here: tinyurl.com/yf5nf64j Congrats Dr!

🚨I am recruiting for a fully-funded PhD position to work at the interface of #mRNA and cell therapies. You will join a passionate team at the AIBN Research and Bas Edna mRNA facility. If you are interested send me an email or DM. Please retweet! graduate-school.uq.edu.au/project/mrna-e…

Congratulations to the freshly minted Dr Robin-Lee Troskie! It was a privilege supervising you. Enjoy the well-deserved celebration. Mater Research UQ Medicine Translational Research Institute