Akanksha Thawani, PhD
@akankshathawani.bsky.social
Incoming Assistant Professor, Columbia University | @DamonRunyon.org Postdoc, UC Berkeley | PhD Princeton University | Mobile elements, Structural biology and Genome engineering | http://thawanilab.org
Thank you Flora!
August 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Thank you Flora!
🧪 We’re hiring at all levels! If you're interested in transposons, genome biology, cryoEM, RNA, chromatin, or genome engineering—let’s talk! Particularly interested in enthusiastic technicians and postdoctoral fellows!
Email me and check out our lab website to learn more! #TeamScience #WeAreHiring
Email me and check out our lab website to learn more! #TeamScience #WeAreHiring
August 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🧪 We’re hiring at all levels! If you're interested in transposons, genome biology, cryoEM, RNA, chromatin, or genome engineering—let’s talk! Particularly interested in enthusiastic technicians and postdoctoral fellows!
Email me and check out our lab website to learn more! #TeamScience #WeAreHiring
Email me and check out our lab website to learn more! #TeamScience #WeAreHiring
Grateful for many other supporters in this journey: the entire @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social community, @bwfund.bsky.social, @damonrunyon.org, and a number of mentors within and outside @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social. It's been a joy ride!
August 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Grateful for many other supporters in this journey: the entire @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social community, @bwfund.bsky.social, @damonrunyon.org, and a number of mentors within and outside @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social. It's been a joy ride!
Huge thanks to my incredible mentors—Eva @nogaleslab.bsky.social, Kathy Collins and members of these two labs for their support and generosity during my postdoc. I've learned so much from you.
August 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Huge thanks to my incredible mentors—Eva @nogaleslab.bsky.social, Kathy Collins and members of these two labs for their support and generosity during my postdoc. I've learned so much from you.
Congrats Luuk!
August 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Congrats Luuk!
Congrats @kedmonds.bsky.social @maxewilkinson.bsky.social et al on your beautiful work being out!
July 3, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Congrats @kedmonds.bsky.social @maxewilkinson.bsky.social et al on your beautiful work being out!
Link to the article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Structures of vertebrate R2 retrotransposon complexes during target-primed reverse transcription and after second-strand nicking
Cryo-EM and functional analyses reveal features of vertebrate R2 retrotransposon proteins that support transgene insertion.
www.science.org
June 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Link to the article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
It was a joy ride to be working on this project alongside Anthony Rodríguez-Vargas, @nozhathassan.bsky.social, Briana Van Treeck and my fearless mentors Kathy and @nogaleslab.bsky.social!
And thanks for the very important support from the NIH, @hhmi.org and @damonrunyon.org for this work! (5/n)
And thanks for the very important support from the NIH, @hhmi.org and @damonrunyon.org for this work! (5/n)
June 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It was a joy ride to be working on this project alongside Anthony Rodríguez-Vargas, @nozhathassan.bsky.social, Briana Van Treeck and my fearless mentors Kathy and @nogaleslab.bsky.social!
And thanks for the very important support from the NIH, @hhmi.org and @damonrunyon.org for this work! (5/n)
And thanks for the very important support from the NIH, @hhmi.org and @damonrunyon.org for this work! (5/n)
Besides the initiation of insertion, we could also determine the #cryoEM structure of another biochemical intermediate where the first strand synthesis and second strand nicking has completed (4/n)
June 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Besides the initiation of insertion, we could also determine the #cryoEM structure of another biochemical intermediate where the first strand synthesis and second strand nicking has completed (4/n)