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Institute for Human Genetics at UCSF
@ihgatucsf.bsky.social
The Institute for Human Genetics (IHG) is the hub for genetics/genomics research, technologies, industry partnerships, training, and education at UCSF.
Explore CUT&RUN, a revolutionary epigenomic mapping tool for understanding the role of the epigenome in scientific research, with @epicypher.bsky.social
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November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Join us for a brief introduction to @pacbio.bsky.social sequencing and to hear from UCSF Postdoc, Coline Arnould
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November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Learn with @promegacorporation.bsky.social about the latest advancements in nucleic acid extraction and explore how they can support your scientific goals
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October 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Two ambitious research projects led by Gladstone investigators are boosted by funds from CIRM.

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CIRM Awards $7.5 Million in Discovery Grants to Gladstone Investigators
Two ambitious research projects led by Gladstone investigators are boosted by funds from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We are excited to share that the outstanding genomics work done by Pui-Yan Kwok, former IHG member, has been published in @nature.com this week

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The Taiwan Precision Medicine Initiative provides a cohort for large-scale studies - Nature
Nature - The Taiwan Precision Medicine Initiative provides a cohort for large-scale studies
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October 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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On World Heart Day, gain insights from @benoitbruneau.bsky.social, director of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease. His personal connection to heart health drives innovative research at Gladstone. 🫀
Matters of the Heart: A Conversation with Gladstone's Benoit Bruneau
Bruneau, director of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, shares exciting recent advances in heart research and talks about the impact of predictive AI.
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September 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We invite you to join our seminar at UCSF Mission Bay campus with Nicky Whiffin from @ox.ac.uk
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September 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Thanks Michael Snyder, @jacobkimmel.bsky.social, Dan Hart, Paul Donohoue, @chrishsiung.bsky.social, KT Moortgat, Kyle Farh, Shishi Luo, Xiao Yang, @jeffspence.github.io, Kathleen Barnes, Mike Schnall-Levin, Matthew Kellinger, and @diegoisworking.bsky.social for your 2025 IHG Symposium talks!
September 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We invite you to join our seminar at UCSF Mission Bay campus with Brieuc Lehmann from @ucl.ac.uk
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September 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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We are excited to inform you about the annual UCSF IHG Genotech Symposium, taking place on 9/22. The goal of this symposium is to foster collaboration and cross-fertilization between industry and academia in genetics and genomics. Hope to see you there!
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July 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Join @completegenomics.bsky.social for a focused lunch & learn seminar on Stereo-seq
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August 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Join our seminar with BioLegend to discover how TotalSeq can redefine your single-cell research and translational studies
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August 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We invite you to join our seminar at UCSF Mission Bay campus with Ramon Birnbaum from Ben-Gurion University
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July 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We are excited to inform you about the annual UCSF IHG Genotech Symposium, taking place on 9/22. The goal of this symposium is to foster collaboration and cross-fertilization between industry and academia in genetics and genomics. Hope to see you there!
genotech.ucsf.edu/home
July 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Congratulations to @pelkalab.bsky.social (@gladstoneinst.bsky.social) on receiving the 2025 @aaas.org Martin and Rose Wachtel Cancer Research Award. Her paradigm-shifting work in colorectal cancer is shaping the way we understand and potentially treat solid tumors. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
July 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Join us for a seminar to explore the latest innovations in single-cell DNA and multiomics technology with Dr. Adam Sciambi, Chief Technology Officer at @missionbio.bsky.social
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June 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Visit UCSF Mission Bay campus for our seminar with Wenqiang Yu from Fudan University
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June 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Join our virtual seminar with Meir Shamay from Bar-Ilan University
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June 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Visit UCSF Mission Bay campus for our seminar with Ivan Ovcharenko from NCBI. Ivan has done amazing computational work to characterize the noncoding genome and is always great to talk science with!
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June 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Check out our latest Science in Seconds video featuring Bruce Conklin and Bria Macklin. Conklin and Macklin describe how they use cells collected from patients with CMT to explore how they can use #GeneEditing as a therapeutic tool to treat the disease.
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Science in Seconds | Gladstone Researchers Tackle Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Disease
YouTube video by Gladstone Institutes
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May 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Visit UCSF Mission Bay campus for our seminar with Chris Gignoux from the University of Colorado
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May 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Sukrit Silas and his colleagues discovered that a well-known defense system in some bacteria can kill the cell as a last resort if viruses try to thwart it.

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Discovery Spotlight | Bacteria Activate Unusual Defense to Evade Viral Attack
Scientists at Gladstone and UC San Francisco discovered that a well-known defense system in some bacteria can kill the cell as a last resort if viruses try t...
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May 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava explains how #CRISPR gene-editing technology is transforming medicine by providing a potential cure for sickle cell disease—a condition we've understood genetically for 50 years but couldn't treat until now.
May 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Karin Pelka (@pelkalab.bsky.social) and her interdisciplinary team are working to create novel immune-driven therapies that treat—and possibly even cure—the most widespread form of colorectal cancer.

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Karin Pelka Wins Grant to Advance Immunotherapy for Colorectal Cancer
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance has awarded Pelka a $500,000 grant to develop novel immunotherapies that overcome the most common form of colorectal cancer.
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May 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM