Penn Epigenetics Institute
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Penn Epigenetics Institute at The University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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ft. Lee, Goldberg, Cloud, Kim, Zhao (@chopresearch.bsky.social), Parker, Kohli (@penn-id.bsky.social), Krapp, @marisa-bartolomei.bsky.social (CDB), Loo (BioBio), Jin (@penncbio.bsky.social) & @zhouwanding.bsky.social (@pennpathlabmed.bsky.social) genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
ft. Lee, Goldberg, Cloud, Kim, Zhao (@chopresearch.bsky.social), Parker, Kohli (@penn-id.bsky.social), Krapp, @marisa-bartolomei.bsky.social (CDB), Loo (BioBio), Jin (@penncbio.bsky.social) & @zhouwanding.bsky.social (@pennpathlabmed.bsky.social) genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Super proud of Dr. @giannatbusch.bsky.social for successfully defending her thesis! Such a talented and wonderful human!
October 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Super proud of Dr. @giannatbusch.bsky.social for successfully defending her thesis! Such a talented and wonderful human!
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Congratulations to Elizabeth Traxler (@penncancer.bsky.social), recipient of the NIH Director's Early Independence Award! Learn more about Dr. Traxler & her research interests here➡️ tinyurl.com/56kv62yu #NIHHighRisk
October 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Congratulations to Elizabeth Traxler (@penncancer.bsky.social), recipient of the NIH Director's Early Independence Award! Learn more about Dr. Traxler & her research interests here➡️ tinyurl.com/56kv62yu #NIHHighRisk
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Congratulations to Gerd Blobel (@chopresearch.bsky.social/ @pennmedicine.bsky.social/ @pennepigenetics.bsky.social) on his election to the National Academy of Medicine! Learn more about Dr. Blobel & his research here➡️ blobellab.squarespace.com #PSOMatNAM @nam.edu
October 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Congratulations to Gerd Blobel (@chopresearch.bsky.social/ @pennmedicine.bsky.social/ @pennepigenetics.bsky.social) on his election to the National Academy of Medicine! Learn more about Dr. Blobel & his research here➡️ blobellab.squarespace.com #PSOMatNAM @nam.edu
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Congratulations to the 3 @pennmedicine.bsky.social honorees elected to the National Academy of Medicine! Election to @nam.edu is considered one of the highest honors in the field of health & medicine. Check back this week as we profile each new member tinyurl.com/ysjzdrbk
October 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Congratulations to the 3 @pennmedicine.bsky.social honorees elected to the National Academy of Medicine! Election to @nam.edu is considered one of the highest honors in the field of health & medicine. Check back this week as we profile each new member tinyurl.com/ysjzdrbk
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Male mice that exercise can pass their newly gained fitness on to male offspring.
If the same holds true in humans, researchers say, fathers could help improve the health of any future children by staying in shape themselves. https://scim.ag/47igpZm
If the same holds true in humans, researchers say, fathers could help improve the health of any future children by staying in shape themselves. https://scim.ag/47igpZm
Well-exercised male mice appear to pass fitness to their male offspring
Surprising epigenetic effect relies on snippets of RNA packaged within sperm
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October 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Male mice that exercise can pass their newly gained fitness on to male offspring.
If the same holds true in humans, researchers say, fathers could help improve the health of any future children by staying in shape themselves. https://scim.ag/47igpZm
If the same holds true in humans, researchers say, fathers could help improve the health of any future children by staying in shape themselves. https://scim.ag/47igpZm
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Congratulations to the impressive list of @pennmedicine.bsky.social scientists awarded NIH Director's high-risk, high-reward research grants! These #NIHHighRisk awards fund innovative & impactful biomedical research. Check back as we profile each winner➡️ tinyurl.com/2prk75be
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Congratulations to the impressive list of @pennmedicine.bsky.social scientists awarded NIH Director's high-risk, high-reward research grants! These #NIHHighRisk awards fund innovative & impactful biomedical research. Check back as we profile each winner➡️ tinyurl.com/2prk75be
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The BGS program is partnering with the Community 4 Rigor (@comm4rigor) to offer a two-part workshop series designed to help you prepare for the Preliminary Exam, and strengthen your rigor mindset and skills. @cambupenn prelim students RSVP to save your spot today! forms.monday.com/forms/4c859e...
October 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The BGS program is partnering with the Community 4 Rigor (@comm4rigor) to offer a two-part workshop series designed to help you prepare for the Preliminary Exam, and strengthen your rigor mindset and skills. @cambupenn prelim students RSVP to save your spot today! forms.monday.com/forms/4c859e...
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In this article, I share my perspective on leveraging AI and single-cell profiling to predict type 1 diabetes. It’s great to see the diverse insights contributed by other experts in the field: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Artificial intelligence in metabolic research - Nature Metabolism
The recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) have created both intrigue and apprehension in the world of research. In this Viewpoint, we asked 12 experts in the field of metabolism to share their — differing — opinions on the use of AI in pre-clinical and clinical metabolic research.
www.nature.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
In this article, I share my perspective on leveraging AI and single-cell profiling to predict type 1 diabetes. It’s great to see the diverse insights contributed by other experts in the field: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Check out this new Levine-Lampson collaboration, led by the talented Hyuk-Joon Jeon.
We explored the consequences of inheriting long telomeres from dad and short telomeres from mom. Or the reciprocal. Turns out, parent-of-origin matters (in mice, at least).
authors.elsevier.com/c/1loW-3QW8S...
We explored the consequences of inheriting long telomeres from dad and short telomeres from mom. Or the reciprocal. Turns out, parent-of-origin matters (in mice, at least).
authors.elsevier.com/c/1loW-3QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Check out this new Levine-Lampson collaboration, led by the talented Hyuk-Joon Jeon.
We explored the consequences of inheriting long telomeres from dad and short telomeres from mom. Or the reciprocal. Turns out, parent-of-origin matters (in mice, at least).
authors.elsevier.com/c/1loW-3QW8S...
We explored the consequences of inheriting long telomeres from dad and short telomeres from mom. Or the reciprocal. Turns out, parent-of-origin matters (in mice, at least).
authors.elsevier.com/c/1loW-3QW8S...
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Spatial joint profiling of DNA methylome & transcriptome in mammalian tissues ft. @LeeChinNien, @HongxiangFu, Angelysia Cardilla, @zhouwanding & @dengyanxiang.bsky.social (@pennpathlabmed.bsky.social) @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Spatial joint profiling of DNA methylome & transcriptome in mammalian tissues ft. @LeeChinNien, @HongxiangFu, Angelysia Cardilla, @zhouwanding & @dengyanxiang.bsky.social (@pennpathlabmed.bsky.social) @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Vahedi Lab is seeking a highly motivated Research Specialist A/B to join our dynamic research group studying the mechanisms of immune regulation. Apply here: wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
Research Specialist A/B
University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school co...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The Vahedi Lab is seeking a highly motivated Research Specialist A/B to join our dynamic research group studying the mechanisms of immune regulation. Apply here: wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
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Zachary Gardner in the Jain lab defends his thesis tomorrow!
September 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Zachary Gardner in the Jain lab defends his thesis tomorrow!
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Students✨ Alumni🎓 Faculty🧪 - Are you registered?! BGS is celebrating 40 years this fall🍂. Everyone who plans to attend should register in advance. For more info and to see who's coming: www.med.upenn.edu/bgs-at-40/
September 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Students✨ Alumni🎓 Faculty🧪 - Are you registered?! BGS is celebrating 40 years this fall🍂. Everyone who plans to attend should register in advance. For more info and to see who's coming: www.med.upenn.edu/bgs-at-40/
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We’re excited to share that, after receiving many requests each year from the research community for Oligopaint DNA & RNA FISH probes, we’re piloting a service to design & prepare probes for labs.
Please share with colleagues who may benefit!
ericjoycelab.com/oligopaint-f...
Please share with colleagues who may benefit!
ericjoycelab.com/oligopaint-f...
Oligopaint Probe Requests
In an effort to make Oligopaint FISH probes more broadly available to the research community, we offer DNA and RNA FISH probe design, synthesis, and generation. By dedicating a full-time staff memb…
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September 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We’re excited to share that, after receiving many requests each year from the research community for Oligopaint DNA & RNA FISH probes, we’re piloting a service to design & prepare probes for labs.
Please share with colleagues who may benefit!
ericjoycelab.com/oligopaint-f...
Please share with colleagues who may benefit!
ericjoycelab.com/oligopaint-f...
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Krista Budinich in the Liling Wan Lab has a recent preprint: RNA reinforces condensate nucleation on chromatin to amplify oncogenic transcription pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40766627/
RNA reinforces condensate nucleation on chromatin to amplify oncogenic transcription - PubMed
Aberrant chromatin-associated condensates have emerged as drivers of transcriptional dysregulation in cancer, yet the mechanisms regulating their formation and function remain poorly understood.…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Krista Budinich in the Liling Wan Lab has a recent preprint: RNA reinforces condensate nucleation on chromatin to amplify oncogenic transcription pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40766627/
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Igf2 adult-specific skeletal muscle enhancer activity revealed in mice with intergenic CTCF boundary deletion ft. Joanne Thorvaldsen, Aimee Juan, Yemin Lan, Christopher Krapp & @marisa-bartolomei.bsky.social (@PennCDB/ @pennepigenetics.bsky.social) @PLOSGenetics journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
September 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Igf2 adult-specific skeletal muscle enhancer activity revealed in mice with intergenic CTCF boundary deletion ft. Joanne Thorvaldsen, Aimee Juan, Yemin Lan, Christopher Krapp & @marisa-bartolomei.bsky.social (@PennCDB/ @pennepigenetics.bsky.social) @PLOSGenetics journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
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Dr. Yeqiao Zhou, alum from the Faryabi lab (@faryabi.bsky.social), has a preprint publication on: OLIVE Provides Rapid Visualization and Analysis of Chromatin Tracing Experiments www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
OLIVE Provides Rapid Visualization and Analysis of Chromatin Tracing Experiments
Optical chromatin tracing experiments directly capture the three-dimensional folding of thousands of individual alleles, highlighting the need for a tool that enables fast, interactive, and…
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September 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Dr. Yeqiao Zhou, alum from the Faryabi lab (@faryabi.bsky.social), has a preprint publication on: OLIVE Provides Rapid Visualization and Analysis of Chromatin Tracing Experiments www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🚨 We're hiring, please share! The FMI seeks a tenure-track Group Leader (Assistant Prof) in Structural Biology 🔬
Innovative scientists in genome regulation, RNA metabolism, or protein homeostasis—especially using cutting-edge approaches—apply now at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Innovative scientists in genome regulation, RNA metabolism, or protein homeostasis—especially using cutting-edge approaches—apply now at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
September 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🚨 We're hiring, please share! The FMI seeks a tenure-track Group Leader (Assistant Prof) in Structural Biology 🔬
Innovative scientists in genome regulation, RNA metabolism, or protein homeostasis—especially using cutting-edge approaches—apply now at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Innovative scientists in genome regulation, RNA metabolism, or protein homeostasis—especially using cutting-edge approaches—apply now at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
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📢 TODAY, September 11th, beginning at 10am, join us in the Smilow Lobby for Cores Day 2025 to learn more about the many outstanding biomedical research resources & services available across @pennmedicine.bsky.social, @chopresearch.bsky.social, @PennVet & @TheWistar! tinyurl.com/yc83cmj4
September 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
📢 TODAY, September 11th, beginning at 10am, join us in the Smilow Lobby for Cores Day 2025 to learn more about the many outstanding biomedical research resources & services available across @pennmedicine.bsky.social, @chopresearch.bsky.social, @PennVet & @TheWistar! tinyurl.com/yc83cmj4
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Please repost! We are looking for a new research specialist for our lab. See korblab.com for more about what we do and apply at wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
September 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Please repost! We are looking for a new research specialist for our lab. See korblab.com for more about what we do and apply at wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
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My great pleasure to introduce DR. Aoife O’Farrell!! An incredible scientist and human being. @aofarrell.bsky.social not only produced an amazing thesis by her own sheer brilliance and will, but also provided tireless service to Penn Bioengineering. Will be sorely missed!
September 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
My great pleasure to introduce DR. Aoife O’Farrell!! An incredible scientist and human being. @aofarrell.bsky.social not only produced an amazing thesis by her own sheer brilliance and will, but also provided tireless service to Penn Bioengineering. Will be sorely missed!
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#ICYMI: Registration is now open for Cores Day on Thursday, September 11th!🥳🎉 @pennmedicine.bsky.social @chopresearch.bsky.social @PennVet @wistar.org
-Free registration➡️ tinyurl.com/3bu5pjfd
-Event website➡️ tinyurl.com/yc83cmj4
-Free registration➡️ tinyurl.com/3bu5pjfd
-Event website➡️ tinyurl.com/yc83cmj4
September 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
#ICYMI: Registration is now open for Cores Day on Thursday, September 11th!🥳🎉 @pennmedicine.bsky.social @chopresearch.bsky.social @PennVet @wistar.org
-Free registration➡️ tinyurl.com/3bu5pjfd
-Event website➡️ tinyurl.com/yc83cmj4
-Free registration➡️ tinyurl.com/3bu5pjfd
-Event website➡️ tinyurl.com/yc83cmj4
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Amy Gladstein in the Feldser lab defends her thesis tomorrow!
August 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Amy Gladstein in the Feldser lab defends her thesis tomorrow!
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New from the lab led by @natrigg.bsky.social. We started by characterizing mRNA in sperm, EVs, and the epithelium across epididymal transit. This revealed evidence that sperm acquire specific mRNAs through fusion with epididymal EVs, which we further established with in vitro co-incubation assays
Epididymal extracellular vesicles harbor and convey mRNA to sperm for transfer to zygotes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.18.670952v1
August 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
New from the lab led by @natrigg.bsky.social. We started by characterizing mRNA in sperm, EVs, and the epithelium across epididymal transit. This revealed evidence that sperm acquire specific mRNAs through fusion with epididymal EVs, which we further established with in vitro co-incubation assays