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Postdoc in the Burge lab at MIT
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Check out this article about the latest publication from our lab, highlighting our new method, KATMAP, for understanding and predicting gene splicing
news.mit.edu/2025/katmap-...
A new way to understand and predict gene splicing
The KATMAP model, developed by researchers in the Department of Biology, can predict alternative cell splicing, which allows cells to create endless diversity from the same sets of genetic blueprints.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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A new way to understand and predict gene splicing #NBTintheNews via @mit.edu news.mit.edu/2025/katmap-...
A new way to understand and predict gene splicing
The KATMAP model, developed by researchers in the Department of Biology, can predict alternative cell splicing, which allows cells to create endless diversity from the same sets of genetic blueprints.
news.mit.edu
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Our new paper is out now in Nature Biotechnology!
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Congrats to Burge Lab PhD Student Connor Kenny on receiving an MIT news feature, highlighting his graduate work, uncovering how the LUC7 class of proteins control subclasses of RNA splicing events:

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MIT biologists discover a new type of control over RNA splicing
MIT biologists discovered a new type of RNA-splicing regulation that helps to determine which protein-coding exons will be included in messenger RNA transcripts.
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February 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM