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CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 12d

Are you 🤓 considering applying📝to CAMB this fall?! Join us at our Virtual Admissions Open House🏫 Wednesday, October 22nd - 4pm EST. 🍂 Register using the QR code 🍂

A flyer with QR code to register for the CAMB Admissions Open House scheduled for 4pm EST 10/22/25

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CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 1d

BGS is celebrating 40 years this Thursday and Friday! 🔬 See you there! www.med.upenn.edu/bgs-at-40/sc...

CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 5d

Applications are open! 📝 Submit yours by the deadline - 12/1/25, 11:59 PM - to be considered for admission Fall 2026.
More information here: www.med.upenn.edu/camb/admissi...

CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 7d

Do you have questions about applying to CAMB? Join CAMB Grad Group Chair, Dr. Craig Bassing, and CAMB Admissions Chair, Dr. Greg Bashaw for a Virtual Q&A on October 30th. Register here: upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 12d

Are you 🤓 considering applying📝to CAMB this fall?! Join us at our Virtual Admissions Open House🏫 Wednesday, October 22nd - 4pm EST. 🍂 Register using the QR code 🍂

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Golnaz Vahedi @vahedilab.bsky.social · 15d

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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CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 14d

Deadline ⏱️ Monday, September 29th! Students✨ Alumni🎓 Faculty🧪 - Are you registered?! In 2 weeks, BGS is celebrating 40 years. 🔬 Everyone who plans to attend should register in advance. 🍂 For more info and to see who's coming: lnkd.in/eJVfA6NR

CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 15d

Michael Noji from the Wellen and @aranylab.bsky.social labs defends his thesis tomorrow!

CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 17d

Zachary Gardner in the Jain lab defends his thesis tomorrow!

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CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 19d

Join Dr. Lauren Brady, @cambupenn.bsky.social alum from the @costas-koumenis.bsky.social lab at the Penn Bookstore Monday, September 22nd!

CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 20d

Get ready for the annual Flu Clinic at Penn! Easy and free shots for Students, Faculty, and Staff (Flu Clinic | Wellness at Penn) wellness.upenn.edu/flu-clinic-2...

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CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 20d

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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CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 22d

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.…

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CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 23d

Priyanka Chatterjee (@chattergenius) in the @PohlschroderLab defends her thesis tomorrow!

CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 26d

Ben Kahn alum of the @benstanger01.bsky.social lab has a recent spotlight publication -- Primed to be primed: a new, second phase www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 27d

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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CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 28d

Julia Han Noll (@jh_noll) in the @JoeFraietta lab defends her thesis tomorrow!

CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · Sep 3

Meet us in the BRB Lobby this afternoon to welcome our new students in person!

CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · Sep 2

Calling all BGS alumni - come celebrate 40 years of BGS with us this fall, as we bring together alumni, students, and faculty to revisit where we've been and make new, lasting connections. We can't wait to welcome you back to campus! Register here: pennmed.events.alumniq.com/go/bgs40

Biomedical Graduate Studies 40th Anniversary

Registration by AlumnIQ

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CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · Aug 27

Amy Gladstein in the Feldser lab defends her thesis tomorrow!

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Michael P Hart 🏳️‍🌈 (he/him) @michaelphart1.bsky.social · Aug 13

Do you like neuronal #plasticity? #genetics? #Celegans? Check out 1st installment of work by Kristi Zoga in the lab. Kristi screened 20 conserved #autism genes for roles in experience-dependent #neuron remodeling and a related behavior.
doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyaf156

Multiple autism genes influence GABA neuron remodeling via distinct developmental trajectories

Abstract. Variation in over 100 genes are now associated with increased risk for autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions, but how this variation r

doi.org

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CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · Aug 14

Our new students started on Monday, August 11th and are busy orienting themselves to graduate school. Meet us in the BRB Lobby on September 3rd to welcome them in person!

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Vikram Paralkar @paralkarlab.bsky.social · Aug 2

📣 New preprint 📣

We present a detailed map of nascent and mature ribosomal RNAs in mouse hematopoiesis and AML (including absolute rRNA molecule numbers), and outline principles of rDNA regulation.

Work by Eleanor Sams (@eleanor44.bsky.social) & Victoria Feist (@victoriafeist.bsky.social). (1/x)

Dynamics of Ribosomal RNA Transcription and Abundance in Normal and Leukemic Hematopoiesis

Transcription of ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) from rDNA repeats is the first step of ribosome biogenesis, accounting for a major portion of all cellular transcription. Often regarded as a housekeeping proce...

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PennMedCSO @pennmedcso.bsky.social · Jul 16

New research out in @natmicrobiol.nature.com finds that environmental stress drives clearance of a persistent enteric virus in mice ft. @christinviral.bsky.social, A. Lustig, @gcwb.bsky.social, @cadwelllab.bsky.social (@PennGIHep) & E. Agostino (@cambupenn.bsky.social) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · Jul 27

Ethan Fein in the Seale lab defends his thesis tomorrow!

CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · Jul 21

Kaitlyn Shen in the Jain lab defends her thesis tomorrow!

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