Gilbert Giri

Pre-doctoral trainee @UNCBBSP @UNC | @UofR Class of 21

[Aditi Merchant @aditimerch]

What if we could autocomplete DNA based on function?

Today in @Nature, we share semantic design—a strategy for function-guided design with genomic language models that leverages genomic context to create de novo genes with desired functions.🧵

https://t.co/P5qVJB3qIY

[Sanju Koirala @KoiralaSanju1]

Reposting with a link that works🙃: https://t.co/A4viwzhwaZ

[UNC Pharmacology @UNC_PHCO]

🌟 Another year, another incredible research retreat! 🎉 Thank you so much to the committee (@Songlaboratory, Nick Brown, @bryant_kl, @NitDawg) and all who participated. 📚 Let's carry this momentum forward and continue to push the boundaries of knowledge in the year ahead! 💡

[Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz]

We just updated our large database of PhD fellowships.

For each of the 190 entries, we provide description of the fellowship, link, amount, deadline, and eligibility criteria (e.g. citizenship).

Downlonad this database here: https://t.co/1h76jJaHOv

[Aki V. @akvweg]

Our new story on Airn - a 90kb long, unstable lncRNA that recruits Polycomb and transcriptionally silences a 15-megabase genomic domain. How? With the aid of 3D chromatin architecture and DNA regulatory elements.

[Gilbert Giri @GilbertGiri2]

@jpflores_31 Might wanna add a section in your podcast about conspiracy theories 👀

[Michael Love @mikelove]

The BCB students of @UNCBBSP with seminar speaker @aaronquinlan. Amazing talk on new tech to understand Human Germline Mutation. As always great to chat genomics and data with Aaron!

[Saheed Kolawole @temabef]

20 Scholarships in the United States that offers more than 500 scholarships combined for international students (BSc, MSc, PhD).

Thread 👇👇

[Chad Pecot, MD @ChadPecot]

🚨📢 Spread the word...

The UNC RNA Discovery Center Has Launched!!!

Stay tuned for a Twitter handle and many exciting initiatives
@UNC_Lineberger @GladfelterLab @weekslab @materalab @alaederach @QiZhangLab @jesseraab @TheHectorFranco @TheFentonLab @dominguez_lab @RNASociety

[Lior Pachter @lpachter]

This is the paper that the terrorist who killed 10 people in Buffalo cited. @sapinker described the genetic variants as "collectively predict[ing] a big chunk of variance in educational attainment", which is false. 1/2

[nicole hondrogiannis @nicolehondro]

Life in a PhD program get busy, a quick 40 second reminder not to lose touch with other hobbies that you enjoy 😊

[Sanju Koirala @KoiralaSanju1]

went back to my school in Nepal in dec,as the only scientist the students have ever met; who looks like them! Had a great discussion about developing scientific infrastructures globally! This #WomenInScience day, reminding myself & everyone that representation is the first step!

[jp flores (he/him) @jpflores_31]

Normalize channeling Disney characters during scientific poster sessions 😤😤

[Hector L. Franco, PhD @TheHectorFranco]

Thrilled to share our recent paper using matched scRNAseq and scATACseq of human tumors to understand the regulatory logic of cancer cells! Shoutout to @RegnerMJ and Kamila for leading the project! @MolecularCell @UNC_Lineberger
https://t.co/CZ4AEzCatj

[UNC Graduate School @UNC_GradSchool]

The Leadership Development Scholars Program has selected five new scholars for the 2021-2022 academic year: @lizachartampila, @gilbertgiri2, Amanda Velez, Emily Bulik-Sullivan with @UNCBBSP and Anneliese Long with anthropology: https://t.co/rJT5CDGA4R

[Sanju Koirala @KoiralaSanju1]

no wonder why academia is a family business...! I recently had a "money" conversation with my mentors and as an int'l student who is here completely on her own, a simple "we'll figure this out TOGETHER goes a long way!" #hopethischanges

[Gilbert Giri @GilbertGiri2]

Feeling left out because all my friends are working on @NSF GRFP and I can’t even apply to it. Are there any fellowships international students can apply for? 🤔🥸
#phd #biomed #globalgrad #UNC #international #biology #fellowships #GRFP #biomed #fund

[Gilbert Giri @GilbertGiri2]

@jpflores_31 So you were not a D3 athlete?

[Jonas Adler @JonasAAdler]

Extremely proud of the team for getting this out! Open sourcing and documenting the method was a massive effort (60 page appendix, 10k lines of code) but #AlphaFold is now free to use for anyone! Really excited to see it widely used.