Congrats to our postdoc Dr. Gabor Egervari, who will be starting as an Assistant Professor in January 2023 in the Department of Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine. His lab will study metabolic and epigenetic aspects of substance use disorders and neurodegeneration.

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Congrats to our postdoc Khoa Tran for being named a Duke Next Generation Leader. Great job, Khoa!!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dr. Khoa Tran from Penn is a Duke Next Generation Leader! Dr. Tran investigates the regulation of chromatin proteins in eliciting specific gene expression programs during cellular senescence, a process

Congrats to our graduate student Michael Gilbert for receiving the ASMS Graduate Student Award for the development of mass spectrometry techniques in Ants!

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Check out our postdoc Charly Good on the American Cancer Society’s #TheoryLab podcast talking about our recent collaborative work on CAR T dysfunction in Cell Press. @carlhjune @MAngelaAznar

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Congratulations to our lab’s newest Ph.D., Dr. Mariel Mendoza!!! (co-mentored by Dr. Ben Garcia) Dr. Mendoza delivered a fantastic defense of her work on Acss2 and histone acetylation! Great job, Mariel!

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Check out our newest study on epigenetics and metabolism led by Mariel Medoza & Gabor Egervari. Intact acetate can be transferred between histone acetyl-lysine residues, acting as a reservoir to rapidly induce genes. With the Garcia Lab.

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We welcome our newest postdoc David Bernstein to the lab! David plans to study ACSS2 inhibitors in neurodegenerative diseases and addiction.

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Say hello to our new post-baccalaureate scholar Marisol Hook joining us from the #PennPREP program. Marisol studies how senescence affects epigenetic regulation of the male germline with the great Lacey Luense! Welcome, Marisol!

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Our newest paper is out in Cell Press today! Our postdoc Charly Good in collaboration with Angela Aznar and Shun Kuramitsu from Carl June’s lab, identify new features and regulators of CAR T cell exhaustion!

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Kicking off the 2021 Penn Epigenetics Institute Retreat at Citizens Bank Park. Looking forward to a great day of talks, reuniting with colleagues, and making new connections.

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