MD-PhD student @ University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
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Benjamin Emert retweeted
What are the functional roles of 3D genome organization? In a new preprint led by @_prashantbhat, we demonstrate a critical role for dynamic 3D organization of genomic DNA around nuclear speckles in controlling the efficiency of mRNA splicing.
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Benjamin Emert retweeted
BMP party in @CellSystemsCP hosted by @ElowitzLab
Many intercellular communication systems (BMP, Notch, Wnt, FGF, etc) use sets of promiscuously interacting ligand and receptor variants rather than seemingly simpler one-to-one architectures. Why? Our 2 papers grappling w/this question just out in @CellSystemsCP
Benjamin Emert retweeted
Congratulations to Michael B. Elowitz of @Caltech @ElowitzLab who joins the National Academy of Sciences for his outstanding contributions to synthetic and systems biology. #NAS159
Read more: ow.ly/KyJU50IYASx #systemsbiology
Benjamin Emert retweeted
1/ Excited to share our preprint from @arjunrajlab on clampFISH 2.0: a method for rapid, multiplexed RNA imaging (e.g. 10 genes in 1 million cells in ~1.25 days) @pennbioeng biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
If you’ve done conventional single-molecule RNA FISH, you’ll know it is slow…
Congrats Yogesh on the incredible work!
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Benjamin Emert retweeted
I am very excited to share the work of @kofi_acheampion and @DylanLSchaff as well as the first pre-print from the lab!! 🥳 -- Multiplexed detection of SARS-CoV-2 genomic and subgenomic RNA using in situ hybridization
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Congrats Connie! A true tour de force!
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Benjamin Emert retweeted
Excited to see our paper finally out! A co-equal collaboration with Alex Sakers (twitterless) in the @LabSeale We sought to identify the cell types involved in making energy burning fat cells around blood vessels.
Benjamin Emert retweeted
It is my great pleasure to introduce *Dr.* @laurenbeck131, who just successfully defended her thesis! I have been so lucky to work with her on her awesome organoid constraint work for the past few years. She is brilliant, talented, and has taught me so much about perseverance.
Benjamin Emert retweeted
SUPER excited to finally share what I've been working on with @arjunrajlab for the last few years! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Benjamin Emert retweeted
Happy to share our latest work just out at @CellSystemsCP ➡️ bit.ly/34yBDC6. We discovered a single-cell signaling mechanism by which melanoma cells can survive and slowly proliferate despite being targeted with precision anti-cancer drugs RAF/MEK inhibitors (1/6)
Benjamin Emert retweeted
Excited to share: Defining the lineage of thermogenic perivascular adipose tissue in coequal collaboration with Alex Sakers! This study was motivated by our interest in how the body makes energy burning fat cells during development and adulthood. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor…
Benjamin Emert retweeted
Very proud of our 1st graduate student @jloops22 for her leadership throughout this project, and MD/PhD candidate @dsjpark for major contributions! Let's go @ericjoycelab!
Excited for this to be out! Here, we explored the relationship between variable TAD boundaries, cohesin activity, and gene regulation. Led by @jloops22 @dsjpark @SonCNguyen Yemin Lan, Zhuxuan Xu, and Rebecca Yunker
nature.com/articles/s41588-0…
Benjamin Emert retweeted
Recently at a conference a good-intentioned professor asked me, “Shouldn’t we just lower our standards if we want to diversify our faculty?” If we are honest with ourselves, this thinking is widespread. Allies can help by combating the idea that diversity=lowering of quality.
Benjamin Emert retweeted
And some can say well you’ve become a professor. You’ve been able to rise above this noise. Its true. I’m a resilient optimist. But do we really want a system that selects not for innovation/creativity but for Black scientists who can tolerate racial hostility and isolation?
Benjamin Emert retweeted
If you think your rights have been violated while protesting, try to do the following:
Write down everything you remember including officers' badge or patrol car numbers.
Get bystanders' contact information for witnesses.
Take photos of any injuries.
aclu.org/know-your-rights/pr…