Congratulations to Shelley L. Berger, Ph.D., and M. Celeste Simon, Ph.D., for being named 2021 fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research, recognized for their contributions that have propelled innovation and progress against cancer.

https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2021/march/shelley-l-berger-phd-and-m-celeste-simon-phd-named-2021-fellows-of-the-aacr-academy

Congratulations to our postdoc Paula Agudelo Garcia for receiving an NRSA F32 Fellowship to study how metabolism regulates the epigenetic landscape in T cell exhaustion! A very exciting grant co-mentored by John Wherry.

Our postdoc Lacey Luense wrote a preview for this month’s Cell Host and Microbe on recent work by Deborah Bourchis and colleagues on m6A methylation of ERVKs. Also, check out the latest genre-bending artwork from our postdoc Karl Glastad.

https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128(21)00094-9

We are excited to introduce our newest postdoc Naemeh Pourshafie coming from the ⁦National Institutes of Health (NIH)! Naemeh plans to study neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease and senescence. Welcome, Naemeh!

We are excited to introduce our newest postdoc ⁦⁦Ruofan Yu joining us from ⁦Baylor College of Medicine⁩! Ruofan will be working on the epigenetic mechanisms of aging. Welcome to Philly Ruofan!

Congrats to Gabor Egervari for receiving a K99/R00 transition award from National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. He is excited to continue studying the epigenetic-metabolic aspects of AUD and early developmental alcohol exposure.

We are excited about the Penn Epigenetics Institute Podcast launch, co-hosted by Janice Reynaga and our own Balint Kacsoh.

Listen to the episode with the link below: https://hosting.med.upenn.edu/epigenetics/podcast/… #PodcastRecommendations #Podcasting #Penn

The #CanJZoology cover features the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes super major caste.

Access the journal at https://cdnsciencepub.com/journal/cjz