It was fun to write this journal club article for Nature Reviews Genetics on McKnight's 1976 paper using Miller spreads to quantify transcription activation in Drosophila embryos & a chance to reflect on the importance of spending time with your raw imaging data! rdcu.be/dHNbf

Don't miss out on this chance to learn from the amazing and inspirational Dr. Hrabowski!

We assistant professors need to stick together! Had a great time UPenn CDB retreat! Looking forward to everyone new and exciting research! Mustafa Mir Juan Alvarez Kahlilia Morris-Blanco Penn Vet Penn

Please join us for this important and timely discussion!

In 4 short weeks the Penn STEM community & beyond will come together for a Juneteenth Lecture w/ Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, III President Emeritus of UMBC. Mark your calendars June 18th 11AM @ Irvine Auditorium for the conversation & book signing!

We are looking foreward to hosting Carl Wu, PhD, on Monday 6/10 for the Distinguished Seminar! Join us at 12PM in BRB Gaulton Auditorium!

Today! Don't miss Dr. Carl Wu's seminar today at 12PM in BRB Gaulton Auditorium! Hosted by Mustafa Mir

Excited to host Dr. Freeman Hrabowski for the 2nd annual Juneteenth lecture. If you haven't already please register and join us!

Today at 11 am in the Irvine Auditorium: A conversation with Dr. Freeman Hrabowski in honor of Juneteenth. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn from one of the most transformative leaders in higher education!

It really was an amazing event and beyond Dr. Hrabowski's words the turnout and enthusiasm from the audience was itself very inspirational. We will make a a full recording available soon.

Big congratulations to our labs 5 (!!) new PhD candidates, all of whom passed their qualifying exams over the last month. Very proud of Alexandria O. Adigun, Sena Sarıkaya, Raymond Carter, Kyle Ferguson & Manya Kapoor, each of whom have very distinct & creative thesis proposals.

As promised, here is a recording of the full event: vimeo.com/967184610/ac1e…

Congratulations! A well deserved recognition

Thanks for highlighting our work Deevitha Balasubramanian !

Today we said farewell to our summer student Carmine Picone with some robot served ice cream. He learned molecular bio fundamentals & generated a library of fluorescent protein fusions under the excellent mentorship of Matthew Fischer. Great to see so much growth in 6 weeks!

Congratulations to Alexandria O. Adigun and Sena Sarıkaya for winning poster awards at the UPenn DSRB retreat today! It is a privilege to have such excellent students!

Congratulations to S Fallacaro Samantha Fallacaro in the lab for receiving an honorable mention in the Nikon Small World In Motion competition for their lovely compilation video of zooming into a fruit fly embryo: nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2024…