Scientist | solo mom to 3 amazing girls | occasional chocolatier | aficionado of microbial eukaryotes with scrambled genomes | views my own
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Laura Landweber retweeted
Columbia University will award the 2026 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Adrian Bird and Huda Zoghbi for their pioneering work on epigenetic regulation in the nervous system and its role in human neurological disease, particularly Rett syndrome.
Read more: cuimc.columbia.edu/news/2026…
Laura Landweber retweeted
Princeton Shuttle (Dinky) service continues to be suspended in both directions due to mechanical issues. Substitute bus services are being provided.
Laura Landweber retweeted
Still buzzing from Prof. Landweber’s visit! Her talk on Oxytricha’s mind-blowing genome rearrangements sparked so much discussion and inspiration. Huge thanks to everyone who joined & to our sponsors for their support. Stay tuned for more RNA
@LandweberLab @Columbia @CamBiochem
Laura Landweber retweeted
My second PhD project is out in NAR!
We investigate a remarkable transposase involved in genome rearrangement in the ciliate Oxytricha trifallax. Endless gratitude to Laura (@LandweberLab), Sam (@SternbergLab) and our brilliant collaborators. ⬇️
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Laura Landweber retweeted
Safeguarding the future of biomedical science in the United States: Cell cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…
Yess indeed. Been waiting for this moment! Congratulations @PhilHolliger and lab #ribozymeseveryday
YES!!! What an awesome paper from Holliger and colleagues! 🤩🤩🤩 #RibozymesEveryDay
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Ready, Set, BAKE!
ICYMI Aug. 1 was RNA Day, and @Columbia RNA Initiative scientists broke out their baking trays for the group's 2nd annual cake competition.
Which is your favorite? Cakes from the @SaraZaccara @LandweberLab @LenaSteckelberg @wu_xuebing @chaolinzhang labs.
ALT cakes with RNA designs
Laura Landweber retweeted
Exciting discussions on piRNA biology: thank you for organizing, Martine, Severine, Ramesh, and @farmgirlphd! It was wonderful seeing you all! @AlexeiAravin @ketting_rene @LandweberLab @juliusbrennecke @zamore_lab
Congrats Blake et al.! Programmable break-and-repair RNA editing is nicely reminiscent of the original guide RNA-mediated RNA editing in trypanosomes by U insertion and deletion, where "guide" RNAs all began: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1688…
Laura Landweber retweeted
Because of the wait for an FY24 budget from Congress, NASA JPL will be forced to lay off 530 employees. jpl.nasa.gov/news/jpl-workfo…
the secret to a strong endowment? Get thousands of people to pray for it. Surprised Princeton asked all students & parents to recite this at opening exercises. Made some uncomfortable. Could add grants and prizes. Pre-tenure I thought that sacrificial courage meant work all night
Laura Landweber retweeted
New Play by Columbia Scientist Explores Early Days of HIV Epidemic. Written by Dr. David J. Glass, Adjunct Professor of Department of Genetics and Development at Columbia University. cuimc.columbia.edu/news/new-…
Laura Landweber retweeted
Read our profile of PhD Biology student Matt Walker as he prepares to star in Love + Science, a play based on the real-life story of CU grad students in the '80s working to crack the code of HIV/AIDS. gsas.columbia.edu/news/biolo…
Great to see a 1919 citation to work at Columbia. @CreminsLab Yes that’s 1919! Fantastic #chromatin symposium yesterday at @ColumbiaPS Precision Medicine
