Penn Genetics

Excited to announce the Penn Postdoctoral Fellowship in Genetics! We seek to empower and nurture talented early-stage researchers to pursue cutting-edge research in our department.

Learn more here, due Jan. 15.
med.upenn.edu/apps/my/bpp_po…

We're celebrating Karl Glastad and Daniel Park, recipients of the Kaushal Awards! Thanks to all who joined the celebration last Friday.

We are pleased to announce that this year’s Tom Kadesch Prize in Genetics will be awarded to Rina Kim! This prize will be presented to Rina at a special session of the Genetics Friday Research in Progress Talks this winter (date TBD). Please join us in congratulating her!

An exciting new study from Naomi Goldman a Ph.D. student in the @vahedilab @golnaz_v laboratory demonstrating the intrinsically disordered domain of TCF-1 endows specificity to this transcription factor during T cell development:
nature.com/articles/s4159…

A new study from @vahedilab @golnaz_v published in @ImmunityCP demonstrate that the multiplicity of enhancers interacting with the Ets1 gene in T cells is essential to control the precise dosage of Ets1 in response to cytokine cues. Check it out!

cell.com/immunity/fullt…