News podcast: @Markusmicrobius (@KingstonUni) on the #hantavirus outbreak; Omer Gokcumen (@UBuffalo) on gene selection in indigenous Andeans; Marcus Michaelangeli (@Griffith_Uni) on salmon on cocaine; and Amy Williams (@UF) on new molecules on Mars
https://t.co/0d7qWr1vW1
Our preprint, "Read mismapping from segmental duplications drives spurious trans associations," is out!
We argue that RNA & DNA read mismapping can lead to false signals in QTLs, Hi-C, GWAS, and gene co-expression.
And there is a way to identify them!
https://t.co/fUFZNW0UrU
NEW PAPER in GBE! Saliva is key for digestion, teeth, immunity & oral health, but how did saliva proteins evolve? We show that SCPP genes expressed in salivary glands evolved rapidly via duplications, losses, & regulatory shifts, esp. in primates, with signs of positive selection
✨ one of the proudest achievements of my lab. Oldie but Goldie. we delineated the sex- and diet-dependent effects of an ancient deletion (>Neanderthal–human divergence) in the 3rd, highly conserved exon GHR (GHRd3). https://t.co/AMFKyV1ytw
#BioRenderForGrants#ScienceAdvances
Great write-up by Technology Networks on our recent work on switch-like gene expression in humans. It is short, clear, and just a 4-min read. If transcriptomic variation interests you, please give it a look!
Paper: https://t.co/ED4KHs2ze7
Write-up: https://t.co/kny0ib7Gsw
#UBuffalo researchers found nearly 500 human genes that act like light switches—either fully on or off! 💡🧬
Led by Omer Gokcumen, Alber Aqil & Naoki Masuda, the study uncovered genetic patterns linked to fertility, COVID-19, cancer & more.
Read more:
https://t.co/7MedV89CYo
Our lab's latest paper, "Switch-like gene expression modulates disease risk," led by our PhD student @AlberAqil, was published in Nature Communications. A collaboration with Naoki Masuda.
Paper: https://t.co/ED4KHs2ze7
Press release: https://t.co/YRrhvbgXTV
Our new study, "Switch-like gene expression modulates disease risk," is now out in Nature Communications: https://t.co/HW1DzEfR19
@GokcumenLab@UBBiology@UBCAS@UBuffalo
I am summarizing our key findings in this thread (1/8)