Akanksha Thawani, PhD
akankshathawani.bsky.social
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
Vertebrate retrotransposons are the future of gene therapy. But how do they insert their genes? 🔥🔥

Thrilled to share our new work now published with Kathy Collins, @nogaleslab.bsky.social @berkeleymcb.bsky.social where we investigate this with #cryoEM & biochemistry in 🧪 and cells! #RNAsky #TEsky
June 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM