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“Inside lab where scientists are searching for omicron variant,” NBC News, features Kristen Jepsen, PhD, Natasha Martin, DrPhil, and Smruthi Karthikeyan, PhD, postdoc
“First Case of Community Acquired Omicron Variant in San Diego,” features Christopher Longhurst, MD, CMO, CDO, Rob Knight, PhD, Louise Laurent, MD, PhD, Gene Yeo, PhD, Kristen Jepsen, PhD, Kathleen Fisch, PhD, and Davey Smith, MD
See also The Medical News, Yahoo! News, NBC Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, 10News, KPBS, FOX 5 and Times of San Diego
Elizabeth Winzeler, PhD, professor in the Division of Host Microbe Systems and Therapeutics in the Department of Pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine and adjunct professor in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UC San Diego, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Read the full article here.
“We Might Not Know Half of What’s in Our Cells, New AI Technique Reveals,” features Trey Ideker, PhD, Gene Yeo, PhD, and Yue Qin, grad student
See also GEN, SciTech Daily, ScienceDaily, The Medical News, Neuroscience News, Science Blog, Laboratory Equipment, La Jolla Light, Times of San Diego and Patch
"Awards Announced for the 2021 Accelerating Innovations to Market Cycle," features Kelly Frazer, PhD
“Lab-Grown Human Brain Organoids Mimic an Autism Spectrum Disorder, Help Test Treatments,” features Alysson Muotri, PhD See also ScienceDaily, ScienceBlog, SciTech Daily, The Medical News, Medical Xpress, and Technology Networks
“Stem cell research finds a unique lab — the International Space Station,” Washington Post, features Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD, and Alysson Muotri, PhD See also SF Gate
“New Grant Seeks to Fill Knowledge Gaps Regarding Spina Bifida,” features Joseph Gleeson, MD See also KPBS and FOX 5
“‘We can make it work’: UC San Diego lab bringing low-cost coronavirus testing to local schools,” La Jolla Light, features Louise Laurent, PhD, Rob Knight, PhD, and Gene Yeo, PhD
Susan Ackerman, PhD appointed as Vice Dean for Research at UC San Diego School of Medicine
"DrugCell: New Experimental AI Platform Matches Tumor to Best Drug Combo,” features Trey Ideker, PhD, Brent Kuenzi, PhD, postdoc,, and Jisoo Park, PhD, postdoc
See also AZoLifeSciences, Med India, Health IT Analytics, and ScienceDaily
“How COVID-19 can damage the brain,” Nature, features Alysson Muotri, PhD See also Interesting Engineering and Indian Express
“How the Coronavirus Attacks the Brain,” New York Times, features Alysson Muotri, PhD See also Yahoo! News
“Inflammatory bowel disease linked to an overactive memory immune cell,” Medical News Today, features Gene Yeo, PhD, John Chang, MD, and Brigid Boland, MD See also SciTech Daily
“Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to an Immune Cell Run Amok,” features John Chang, MD, Gene Yeo, PhD, Brigid Boland, MD, Zhaoren He, PhD, and Matthew Tsai, MD, PhD See also GEN, ScienceDaily and The Medical News
“Overlooked ‘Housekeeping’ Gene Plays Unexpected Role In Seizures,” ScienceBlog, features Susan Ackerman, PhD
“Why Young and Female Patients Don’t Respond as Well to Cancer Immunotherapy,” features Hannah Carter, PhD, and Maurizio Zanetti, MD See also The Medical News, ScienceBlog, Med India, Scienmag and Pharmacy Times
“Eclipse Cofounders Publish Foundational Dataset Revealing Extensive Hidden Signals in Human Genes,” Markets Insider, features Gene Yeo, PhD
Q&A with Dr. Chip Schooley on How SARS-CoV-2 Spreads, Vaccine Trials Underway and More,” features Robert Schooley, MD, Rob Knight, PhD, Gene Yeo, PhD, and Louise Laurent, MD, PhD
“ReadCoor Launches Spatial Multiomics Platform at AGBT,” GenomeWeb, features Alon Goren, PhD
“New method to measure mutations in father's sperm may reveal ASD risk in future children,” The Medical News, features Jonathan Sebat, PhD, Danny Antaki, postdoctoral scholar, Joseph Gleeson, MD, and Martin Breuss, project scientist
“Zika Virus’ Key into Brain Cells ID’d, Leveraged to Block Infection and Kill Cancer Cells,” features Tariq Rana, PhD, Jeremy Rich, MD, Alysson Muotri, PhD, and Pinar Mesci, PhD
“New iPSC Culture Medium Promises Weekends Off at Low Costs,” The Scientist, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Measuring Mutations in Sperm May Reveal Risk for Autism in Future Children," features Jonathan Sebat, PhD, Joseph Gleeson, MD and Martin Bruess, PhD
See also GEN, Daily Mail, The Medical News, Med India, Reach MD and Neuroscience News
"How to calculate your dog's real age," BBC, features Trey Ideker, PhD
"Gene Variations May Explain Resistance to Lung Infections in Some CF Patients, Study Says," Cystic Fibrosis News Today, features Kelly Frazer, PhD, and Matteo D'Antonio, PhD
"Miniature Brains Recently Sent Out Brain Waves for the First Time," Smithsonian, features Cleber Trujillo, PhD, postdoc, and Alysson Muotri, PhD
“Modifier Gene May Explain Why Some with Cystic Fibrosis are Less Prone to Infection,” features Kelly Frazer, PhD, and Matteo D’Antonio, PhD
See also The Medical News, Scienmag, Technology.org and Science Blog
“Brain Organoids Grow Neural Circuits, Begin Producing Recognizable Brain Waves,” Discover Magazine, features Alysson Mutori, PhD
“A New Way To Calculate Your Dog's Age,” NPR, features Trey Ideker, PhD
See also New York Daily News
Blog: “Many Psychiatric Disorders Arise from Common Genes,” features John Kelsoe, MD, and Caroline Nievergelt, PhD
"Vicious Circles: Ring-shaped DNA Provides Cancer Cells with a Malignant Twist," features Paul Mischel, MD, and Bing Ren, PhD
See also New York Times, Live Science, Daily Mail, ScienceDaily, Express & Star, Medical Xpress, Irish Examiner and The Medical News
"Genetic Variation in Individual Brain Cell Types May Predict Disease Risk," features Inge Holtman, PhD, Christopher Glass, MD, PhD, Nicole Coufal, MD, PhD, and Alexi Nott, PhD
See also Med India and Technology Networks
Blog: "Not All Heart Cells-in-a-Dish are the Same — and that's OK," features Kelly Frazer, PhD, and Agnieszka D'Antonio-Chronowska, PhD
"Lab-grown brainlets will not become conscious… just yet," Medium, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
See also Gizmodo and Times of India
"Machine Learning Algorithm Can’t Distinguish These Lab Mini-Brains from Preemie Babies" features Alysson Muotri, PhD
See also Wall Street Journal, New York Times, STAT, NPR, Gizmodo, Newsweek, Inverse, Scientific American, KPBS, San Diego Union Tribune, The Scientist, and Mother Jones
"Protein Clumps in ALS Neurons Provide Potential Target for New Therapies," features Gene Yeo, PhD See also ScienceDaily and Scienmag
"Remember Zika? We Now Know How Bad the Virus Was for Infants," Healthline, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
This Week: “Locana Lights up Investors," features Gene Yeo, PhD
This Week: “UCTV Launches New Stem Cell Channel," features Alysson Muotri, PhD, David Traver, PhD, and Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD
“'Eye-in-a-dish' model helps scientists to uncover 'surprising' AMD gene variant," The Medical News features Kelly Frazer, PhD and Agnieszka D'Antonio-Chronowska, PhD
“The Winners of the 2019 Xconomy Awards San Diego Are…,” features Gene Yeo, PhD as 2019 Big Idea Winner
“Finalists of the Prestigious Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists Announced,” features Gene Yeo, PhD
“Personalized ‘Eye-in-a-Dish’ Models Reveal Genetic Underpinnings of Macular Degeneration,” features Kelly Frazer, PhD, Erin Smith, PhD, and Agnieszka D'Antonio-Chronowska, PhD
See also GEN, The Medical News, ScienceDaily, Becker's Hospital Review,and ECN
Podcast: “Classroom crowdscience competition,” features Trey Ideker, PhD
“Three UC San Diego professors elected to National Academy of Sciences” SDNews.com features Susan Ackerman, PhD
Blog:“Introducing ‘Contact Propensity’: How Often Your DNA Forms a Loop, and Why it Matters,” features Kelly Frazer, PhD, William Greenwald, and Erin Smith, PhD
"Drugs that modify gene expression show promise for autism," Spectrum News, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Cause of rare pediatric brain disorder," ScienceDaily, features Joseph Gleeson, MD
Blog: "Genetic Study of Impulsiveness Reveals Associations with Psychiatric Disorders,"features Abraham Palmer, PhD,, and Sandra Sanchez-Roige, PhD
"How Men Continually Produce Sperm — and How that Discovery Could Help Treat Infertility," features Miles Wilkinson, PhD See also BioCompare, Technology Networks, ScienceDaily, Med India, The Medical News, and Phys.org
"Obituary: Waun Ki Hong (1942–2019) John Mendelsohn (1936–2019)," Cancer Cell, authored by Scott Lippman, MD, and Razelle Kurzrock, MD, and features Jill Mesirov, PhD, Georgia Sadler, PhD (Emeritus), and Mehran (Mickey) Goulian, MD (Emeritus)
See also The Cancer Letter
"Novel Autism Mouse Model Based on an Epigenetic Gene Developed" features Alysson Muotri, PhD
See also ScienceDaily, Science Blog, The Medical News and Technology Networks
“Open-source drug discovery takes aim at malaria and neglected diseases,” C&EN, features Elizabeth Winzeler, PhD
"Large Study Identifies Genetic Variants Linked to Risk Tolerance and Risky Behaviors," features Abraham Palmer, PhD and Sandra Sanchez-Roige, PhD
See also The Daily Mail and ScienceBlog
"Half a Million Tests and Many Mosquitoes Later, New Buzz about a Malaria Prevention Drug," features Elizabeth Winzeler, PhD
"ChIP off the old block: Beyond chromatin immunoprecipitation," Science, features Alon Goren, PhD, and Christopher Benner, PhD
"New Cancer Immunotherapy Approach Turns Immune Cells into Tiny Anti-Tumor Drug Factories," features Maurizio Zanetti, MD, and Hannah Carter, PhD
"Just the FAQS: Building a Better (Mouse) Gene Trap," features Abraham Palmer, PhD
"HIV drugs may help people with Alzheimer's and Down syndrome, says new hypothesis on Alzheimer's origins," San Diego Union Tribune, features Guoliang Chai, PhD, and Joseph Gleeson, MD
"What Does It Take To Beat Addiction?," iHeartRadio, features Abraham Palmer, PhD
"Scientists Re-create Baby Brain Readings in a Dish," Popular Mechanics, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
“3D organ maps bring $14 million to UC San Diego's Kun Zhang,”San Diego Union Tribune, features Kun Zhang, PhD
"The Role of HPV Virus in Head & Neck Cancer," Oncology Times, features Trey Ideker, PhD
"Meet The Scientists Connecting Lab-Grown “Mini Brains” to Robots," Discover, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Stem cells have become keys to unlock how life develops," San Diego Union Tribune, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Mapping the Pancreatic Islets," features Maike Sander, MD, Kyle Gaulton, PhD, David Gorkin, PhD, Sebastian Preissl, PhD, and Bing Ren, PhD
Blog: "From Gene to Gin: Largest Study of its Kind Reveals Genes Linked to Alcohol Abuse," features Abraham Palmer, PhD
Blog: "Reference Database Helps Scientists Estimate a Person's Genetic Repeats," features Melissa Gymrek, PhD
"As stem cell and gene technologies advance, La Jolla conference mushrooms," San Diego Union Tribune, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Cancer Immunotherapy Might Benefit From Previously Overlooked Immune Players," features Hannah Carter, PhD
"57% of Americans OK with Genetically Engineering Animals for Organ Transplants," BioSpace, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Lab-grown brain bits open windows to the mind — and a maze of ethical dilemmas," Washington Post, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
“Scientists find immune cell with unexpected power to fight cancer,” Newsday, features Hannah Carter, PhD
"Opinion: Feds Obey 'Hypocritic Oath' with Family Separations, Child Abuse," Times of San Diego, authored by Theodore Friedmann, MD
"Genetic Mutations of Appendix Cancer Identified, May Impact Treatment," features John Paul Shen, MD, Trey Ideker, PhD, and Olivier Harismendy, PhD
"Researchers Characterize "Mutational Burden" of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells," features Kelly Frazer, PhD
"Scientists Successfully Grow Neanderthal 'Minibrains' in Petri Dish," Geek.com, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Healthbeat: Potential Zika treatment in animal trials," ABC 7, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
Exclusive: Neanderthal 'minibrains' grown in dish," Nature, features Allyson Muotri, PhD
"Grant awarded to UC San Diego for cannabis/autism research," San Diego City Beat, features Doris Trauner, MD, Alysson Muotri, PhD, and Gabriel Silva, PhD
"Repurposed drug for Zika," KTVA, features Alysson Muotri, PhD, and Miguel Del Campo MD, PhD
"Study of short Peruvians reveals new gene with a major impact on height," Science, features Emma Farley, PhD
"Researchers identify gene that helps prevent brain disease," Medical Xpress, features Susan Ackerman, PhD
"Study to Explore Whether Cannabis Compound Eases Severe Symptoms of Autism," features Igor Grant, MD, Doris Trauner, MD, Alysson Muotri, PhD, and Gabriel Silva, PhD
See also Newsweek, High Times, Live Science, Phys.org, The Medical News, KPBS, San Diego Union Tribune, NBC Los Angeles, New York Post and Sacramento Bee
"Variants in Non-Coding DNA Contribute to Inherited Autism Risk," features Jonathan Sebat, PhD, and William Brandler, PhD
See also Science, GEN, ScienceDaily and Technology Networks
"Infinitesimal Odds: A Scientist Finds Her Child's Rare Illness Stems From the Gene She Studies," New York Times, features Joseph Gleeson, MD
"Variants in Non-Coding DNA Contribute to Inherited Autism Risk," features Jonathan Sebat, PhD
"Even DNA that Doesn't Encode Genes Can Drive Cancer," features Trey Ideker, PhD
"Even DNA that Doesn't Encode Genes Can Drive Cancer," features Trey Ideker, PhD, and Wei Zhang, PhD
See also GEN, The Medical News, Laboratory Equipment, ScienceDaily and Medical Xpress
"How a Yeast Cell Helps Crack Open the "Black Box" Behind Artificial Intelligence," features Trey Ideker, PhD, and Jianzhu Ma, PhD
See also Phys.org, Science Blog, R&D Magazine and Technology Networks
"Why is loneliness so toxic? Scientists are exploring what it does to the human body," The Globe and Mail, features Abraham Palmer, PhD
"Olympics Could Require Athletes' Genetic Code to Test For Doping," Wired, features Theodore Friedmann, MD, PhD
"Repurposed Drug Found to be Effective against Zika Virus," feature Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Lab-Grown Brain Balls Are Starting to Look More Lifelike," Wired, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Knowing How Your Neurons Respond to Stress Could Help Diagnose and Treat ALS," features Gene Yeo, PhD, and Sebastian Markmiller, PhD
"Researchers Map Druggable Genomic Targets in Evolving Malaria Parasite," features Elizabeth Winzeler, PhD
"Lab-grown neurons showcase effects of autism mutations," Spectrum News, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
Podcast: "'Minority Report' for cancer," features Hannah Carter, PhD
"One in the Hand Worth Two in the Bush? Tendency to Undervalue Future Rewards Linked to ADHD, Obesity," features Abraham Palmer, PhD, and Sandra Sanchez-Roige, PhD
See also Newsweek, Science Newsline, 23andMe Blog, ScienceDaily and Medical Xpress
"Updated brain cell map connects various brain diseases to specific cell types," Phys.org, features Kun Zhang, PhD
"Cancer Drug Provides Neuroprotection for Huntington's Disease," GEN, features Albert La Spada, MD, PhD
"Anti-malaria Drug May Help Prevent Zika Infections," features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Human 'mini-brains' make themselves at home in mice, Spectrum, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Feeling off his prime, gorilla gets checkup at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park," San Diego Union Tribune, features Eric Adler, MD, Paul Kim, MD, and Mark Greenberg, MD
See also NBC San Diego
"A Piece of Your Genome Might Predict Your Cancer Risk," Fox Chase Cancer Center, features Hannah Carter, PhD
"MHC-I Genotype Restricts the Oncogenic Mutational Landscape," Cell, features Hannah Carter, PhD, Trey Ideker PhD
“How a gene that usually protects against cancer becomes the disease’s aggressor,” San Diego Union Tribune, features Sascha Duttke, PhD, and Christopher Glass, MD, PhD
“Zika Virus Infects Developing Brain by First Infecting Cells Meant to Defend Against It,” features Alysson Muotri, PhD
See also Brazil Business Today, Infection Control Today, The Medical News, San Diego Union Tribune and Times of San Diego
Blog: “What a Person’s Immune System Says About Their Cancer,” features Hannah Carter, PhD
“Salk Institute scientists get $25 million for brain atlas,”, San Diego Union Tribune, features Bing Ren, PhD and Eran Mukamel, PhD
See also CBS 8,
“Scientists Working Toward Reversible Kind of Gene Editing,” New York Times, features Gene Yeo, PhD
"Inflamed Support Cells Appear to Contribute to Some Kinds of Autism", features Alysson Muotri, PhD
See also Science Newsline, Medical Xpress and HealthCanal
"In a First, Gene Therapy Halts a Fatal Brain Disease," New York Times, features Theodore Friedmann, MD
"UCSD Computer Whiz Mesirov to Help Pioneer Governor’s Precision Medicine Panel," Times of San Diego, Jill Mesirov, PhD
See also San Diego Business Journal
"Arming Bodies with CRISPR to Fight Huntington’s Disease and ALS", Technology Review, features Gene Yeo, PhD
"One Dangerous Mutation May Cause the Devastating Birth Defect Tied to Zika", Newsweek, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"The Oldest Mini-Brains Have Lifelike Young Cells", Quanta Magazine, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Novel Stem Cell-Derived Model Created of Inflammatory Neurological Disorder", features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"New Version of DNA Editing System Corrects Underlying Defects in RNA-based Diseases", features Gene Yeo, PhD, David Nelles, PhD, and RanjanBatra, PhD
Cross Country Adventure: ’77 Volkswagen van travels from California to Chicago ... and back to La Jolla, La Jolla Light, features Abraham Palmer, PhD, and Stephanie Dulawa, PhD
UCSD-TV: "A Faster Antidepressant: The Molecular and Cellular Possibilities with Abraham Palmer,"features Abraham Palmer, PhD
Brain's immune cells linked to Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, schizophrenia, Medical Xpress, features Fred Gage, PhD, and Christopher Glass, MD, PhD
See also GEN
"Faster than Prozac", Drug Discovery News, features Abraham Palmer, PhD, and Stephanie Dulawa, PhD
"Carmel Valley pediatric neurogeneticist wins national award for contributions to neuroscience," Del Mar Times, features Joseph Gleeson, MD
"Did our mitochondria really evolve from bacteria-like parasites?" features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Pathways Leading to Beta Cell Division Identified, May Aid Diabetes Treatment" features Maike Sander, MD
See also GEN, World Pharma News, Med India, and The Medical News
"Scientists Surprised to Find No Two Neurons Are Genetically Alike", Scientific American features Alysson Muotri, PhD
The Oldest Mini-Brains Have Lifelike Young Cells, Quanta Magazine, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
Frontline Cancer: Genetic background can provide clues about possible future tumors, La Jolla Light, authored by Scott Lippman, MD, and features Hannah Carter, PhD, and Trey Ideker, PhD
UC San Diego School of Medicine’s Christopher Glass Joins National Academy of Sciences features Christopher Glass, MD, PhD, and David Brenner, MD, vice chancellor, UC San Diego Health Sciences and dean, UC San Diego School of Medicine
See also San Diego Union Tribune
Developing Brains in Dishes, The Scientist, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
Change of Heart – and Voice, features Eric Adler, MD, and Paul Kim, MD
"Why diminishing the role of science hurts all of us," San Diego Union Tribune, authored by Bruce Hamilton, PhD
See also The Signal
"In Four Related Papers, Researchers Describe New and Improved Tools for Stem Cell Research,"features Kelly Frazer, PhD
See also Science Newsline
"Risk for Anorexia Could Be Genetic: Study", NBC Los Angeles, features Walter Kaye, MD, and Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Mouse Study Identifies New Method for Treating Depression", features Abraham Palmer, PhD, and Stephanie Dulawa, PhD See also UPI, Medical News Today, Lab Manager Magazine, Business Insider, CW6 and ScienceDaily
"With tweaks, brains in a dish may yield clear clues to autism", Spectrum News, authored by Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Researchers discover key to drug resistance in common breast cancer treatment", ScienceDaily, features Christopher Glass, MD, PhD, and Joshua Stender, PhD
"Researchers Create Model of Anorexia Nervosa Using Stem Cells," features Alysson Muotri, PhD See also Scienmag, KFI AM, ScienceDaily,KPBS, 10 News, Medical Xpress and The Medical News
"New Blood Test Could Help Detect and Locate Cancer Early On," HealthCanal, features Kun Zhang, PhD See also CW6, NBC Bay Area and Voice Of America
"Why I want to march for science," Spectrum News, authored by Jonathan Sebat, PhD
"San Diego Lab Creates Partially Human Pig Embryos", KPBS, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Mini-brains made from teeth help reveal what makes us sociable", New Scientist, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"CRISPR Edits Cells' RNA", Discover, cites research by Gene Yeo, PhD
"8 Things We Learned About Human Nature in 2016", Live Science, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Is it okay to feel lonely? It could be in the genes", Irish Times, features Abraham Palmer, PhD
"New Grant Boosts UC San Diego-Led Malaria Research Program," features Elizabeth Winzeler, PhD See also PhysOrg, San Diego Union Tribune, Times of San Diego, Science Newsline and CW6
"CIRM Approves New Funding to UC San Diego Researchers Fighting Zika Virus and Cancer", features Alysson Muotri, PhD, and Dan Kaufman, MD, PhD
See also San Diego Metro, KPBS and Times of San Diego
"A New Way for Viruses to Hijack Cells", The Atlantic, features Gene Yeo, PhD, and Deborah Spector, PhD
Largest Study of its Kind Finds Rare Genetic Variations Linked to Schizophrenia, features Jonathan Sebat, PhD
See also KPBS, Laboratory Equipment, Medical News Today, ScienceDaily, HealthCanal and Times of San Diego
"Resources for the comprehensive discovery of functional RNA elements", Molecular Cell. Features Gene Yeo, PhD.
"Programmable RNA tracking in Live Cells with CRISPR/Cas9," Cell. Features Gene Yeo, PhD.
"Scientists And Doctors Are Freaking Out About A President Trump", Buzzfeed, features Jonathan Sebat, PhD
UC San Diego School of Medicine Researchers Receive $5 Million in Type 1 Diabetes Grants, features Maike Sander, MD, and Kelly Frazer, PhD
See also San Diego Metro
"A Human (And Humane) Quest To Find Therapies For Autism Disorders", Huffington Post, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"MicroRNA Specifically Kills Cancer Cells with Common Mutation," features Tariq Rana, PhD See also Futurism,eCancer News, Yahoo! and Medical Xpress
Autism risk may originate in stretches of uniquely human DNA, Spectrum, features Johnathan Sebat, PhD
ALS Study Reveals Role of RNA-Binding Proteins, features Gene Yeo, PhD
See also HealthCanal and Technology Networks
Cytomegalovirus Infection Relies on Human RNA-Binding Protein, features Gene Yeo, PhD, and Deborah Spector, PhD
See also Infection Control Today, Drug Discovery Today, Kaiser Health News and The Medical News
Zika Virus Infection Alters Human and Viral RNA, features Tariq Rana, PhD
See also USA Today, Lab Manager Magazine, California Healthline and Drug Discovery News
Can Math Crack Cancer’s Code? The Wall Street Journal, features Trey Ideker, PhD
"Researchers Find Fertility Genes Required for Sperm Stem Cells" features Miles Wilkinson, PhD, and Hye-Won Song, PhD.
See also Sciencemag, Medical Xpress, ScienceDaily, HealthCanal and The Medical News
"Do These Genes Make Me Lonely? Study Finds Loneliness is a Heritable Trait" features Abraham Palmer,PhD
See also Med India, Huffington Post, Newsmax, Medical Xpress, Elite Daily and Medical Daily.
"San Diego Scientists Find Zika May Infect Adult Brains Too",KPBS features Joseph Gleeson, MD , Alysson Muotri, PhD, and Jair Lage de Siqueira-Neto, PhD
"Neurodevelopmental Model of Williams Syndrome Offers Insight into Human Social Brain" features Alysson Muotri, PhD
See also The Daily Mail, KPBS, Live Science, Medical Design Technology and Times of San Diego
"Harper's legacy: Family donates 5-year-old's brain to science after death from rare condition," FOX News, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
See also News/Talk 1010
"Zika Infection May Affect Adult Brain Cells", features Joseph Gleeson, MD
See also NOVA Next , Miami News Times, Voice of America, Popular Mechanics, and Newsweek
"Researchers ID Cancer Gene-Drug Combinations Ripe for Precision Medicine," features Trey Ideker, PhD, and John Paul Shen, MD
See also FierceBiotech, Scienmag, Lab Manager, The Medical News, HealthCanal and ScienceDaily
"Neurons from boys with autism grow unusually fast," Spectrum News, features Alysson Muotri, PhD
"Asia’s Rising Scientists: Gene Yeo," Asian Scientist, features Gene Yeo, PhD
"Mini-brain Model of Idiopathic Autism Reveals Underlying Pathology of Neuronal Overgrowth,"features Alysson Muotri, PhD
See also HealthCanal, Medical News Today, Science Codex and Med India
"New Technique Helps Link Complex Mouse Behaviors to the Genes that Influence Them" features Abraham Palmer, PhD
See also Science Codex and Science Newsline
"Gene Mutation "Hotspots" Linked to Better Breast Cancer Outcomes," features Kelly Frazer, PhD, and Matteo D’Antonio, PhD
See also MSN, Med India, ScienceDaily, Genome Web and eCancer News
"Brazilian Zika Virus Strain Causes Birth Defects in Experimental Models" features Alysson Muotri, PhD
See also The Scientist, NOVA Next, The New Yorker, San Diego Union Tribune, Smithsonian Magazine and Yahoo! News
"Zika Virus May Cause Microcephaly by Hijacking Human Immune Molecule," features Tariq Rana, PhD
See also The New York Times, WebMD, San Diego Union Tribune, KPBS, Yahoo! News, San Diego 7 and Newsweek
"HIV Infection Prematurely Ages People by an Average of Five Years,"features Trey Ideker, PhD
See also NPR, MD Magazine, HealthCanal and The Medical News
"New Computer Program Can Help Uncover Hidden Genomic Alterations that Drive Cancers," features Pablo Tamayo, PhD, and Jill Mesirov, PhD See also Phys.org, ScienceDaily, Science Newsline and Technology Networks
In an effort to find ovarian tumor-specific molecules that could be used as new diagnostic and therapeutic targets, custom bioinformatics algorithms were developed and used
05/26/2015, PNAS, Features Kelly Frazer, Ph.D.
Bing Ren, Maike Sander and Kelly A. Frazer receive funding from NIH for Type 2 diabetes research
05/19/2015
New map of human genetics contains clues for Alzheimer's and cancer
02/18/2015,The Verge, Features Bing Ren, PhD
Is This Company the Big Winner in Obama's Push for Precision Medicine? (The Motley Fool, IGM and the IGM Genomics Center
Tariq Rana and Team Building Mini-Brains to Study Disorders Caused by HIV and Meth Use (Medical Design Technology, Tariq Rana, PhD)
UCSD, UCSF Launch Multimillion Dollar Cancer Cell Map Initiative (Genome Web, Trey Ideker, PhD)
Friedmann Named 2015 Japan Prize Winner
Method predicts impact of DNA variants on gene expression (SFARI News, Gene Yeo, PhD)
Gene Mutation Found for Aggressive Form of Pancreatic Cancer ( Miles Wilkinson, PhD and Rachid Karam, MD, PhD)
Studying Tumor Mutations via a Network Approach (Trey Ideker, PhD)
Kelly Frazer recognized as Women Who Mean Business
IGM Welcomes Kelly Frazer, PhD as its New Director!
Whole Genome Sequencing in Autism Identifies Hotspots for De Novo Germline Mutation (Cell, Jonathan Sebat, PhD)
Convergent pathway revealed by divergent ALS-linked proteins FUS/TLS and TDP-43 (Nature Neuroscience, Gene Yeo, Ph.D.)
Two teams with IGM faculty members receive NIH ENCODE grants: Bing Ren Ph.D. and Gene Yeo Ph.D. with Xiang-Dong Fu
Gene Yeo, Ph.D. and Miles Wilkinson, Ph.D. receive funding from CIRM Basic Biol IV for stem cell research
LIN28 Binds Messenger RNAs at GGAGA Motifs and Regulates Splicing Factor Abundance (Molecular Cell, Gene Yeo, Ph.D. & Melissa Wilbert)
Gene Yeo and other UC scientists receive Early Transition Grant from CIRM to find molecules to rescue aberrant RNA signatures in neurodegenerative diseases
PGC-1α Rescues Huntington's Disease Proteotoxicity by Preventing Oxidative Stress and Promoting TFEB Function (Science Translational Medicine, Albert La Spada, Ph.D. M.D.)
Exome Sequencing Can Improve Diagnosis and Alter Patient Management (Science Translational Medicine, Joseph Gleeson, MD)
Base-Resolution Analyses of Sequence and Parent-of-Origin Dependent DNA Methylation in the Mouse Genome (Cell 2012 Feb 17, Bing Ren, Ph.D.)
CEP41 is mutated in Joubert syndrome and is required for tubulin glutamylation at the cilium (Nature Genetics 2012, Joseph Gleeson, M.D.)
High Frequencies of De Novo CNVs in Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia (Neuron 2011, Jonathan Sebat, Ph.D.)
Integrative Genome-wide Analysis Reveals Cooperative Regulation of Alternative Splicing by hnRNP Proteins (Cell Reports - 16 February 2012, Gene Yeo, Ph.D.)
Benjamin Yu, MD, Ph.D., Receives Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
New cellular targets for devastating neurological disorder (The Medical News, features Al La Spada, MD, PhD)
Non-coding RNA Has Role in Inherited Neurological Disorder – And Maybe Other Brain Diseases Too (Albert LaSpada, MD, PhD)
Long pre-mRNA depletion and RNA missplicing contribute to neuronal vulnerability from loss of TDP-43 (Gene Yeo, Ph.D.)
Gene Yeo, Ph.D., Receives Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2011
Trey Ideker and Cytoscape featured in New York Times
Schizophrenia gene mutation found; target for new drugs (Jonathan Sebat, Ph.D.)
Frazer, Fu and Ren labs find genetic link from inflammatory signaling to coronary artery disease (Nature paper) – ( video)
Nature Genetics Poster, Trey Ideker and Sourav Bandyopadhyay
Sebat to Head New Center Focused on Advancing the Understanding and Management of Mental Illness
Faulty gene stops cell 'antennae' from transmitting (Joseph Gleeson, MD)
Yeo and Pasquinelli labs identify MicroRNA Targets in C. Elegans
Rosenfeld, Glass and Fu labs find specificity in cancer translocations
Frazer named Chief of Genome Information Sciences
Gleeson lab identifies genetic mutations in ciliopathies
Kolodner lab uncovers genomic defenses against chromosome rearrangements