KorbLab

The Korb Lab works at the intersection of epigenetics and neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Opinions are our own.

[KorbLab @KorbLab]

Thrilled to announce that our first PhD student Emily Feierman just won the UPenn Flexner Award for best 2024 Neuroscience Thesis. We couldn't be prouder. Check out her published paper here with a second paper already submitted. https://t.co/tMhcLUCeMw

[KorbLab @KorbLab]

Making the move. Come find us: @korblab.bsky.social

[KorbLab @KorbLab]

@avoss2022 I suspect #3 is really #1 on this list as far as priorities go...

[KorbLab @KorbLab]

@EAHellerPhD @avoss2022 Well done @EAHellerPhD. Good to have some serious competition in the building!

[KorbLab @KorbLab]

👇

[Anna Voss @avoss2022]

This. Just This. 😍

[Dr. Angélica Torres-Berrío 🇨🇴👩🏻‍🔬🧠🧬🚴🏻‍♀️ @angelica_atb]

"A histone post-translational modification linked to lifelong susceptibility to stress in mice"
An excellent overview of our work on H3K27me1 in @medical_xpress.
Thanks to Lily Armstrong-Davies for the lovely Cover Art: The Weight of a Histone. I'll frame it in my office!

[Penn Medicine CSO @PennMedCSO]

Congratulations to @efeierman (@korblab/ @PennNGG) & Katherine Alexander (@berger_lab/ @PennCDB), recipients of the 2024 Kaushal Family Awards in Genetics! A ceremony with presentations by the recipients will take place on 10/25 at 1pm in the CRB Austrian Auditorium @PennGenetics

[KorbLab @KorbLab]

WOOHOOOOOOO🎉🎉🎉
Go Emily and Kate!!!
#proudPI

[Penn Medicine CSO @PennMedCSO]

Congratulations to @efeierman (@korblab/ @PennNGG) & Katherine Alexander (@berger_lab/ @PennCDB), recipients of the 2024 Kaushal Family Awards in Genetics! A ceremony with presentations by the recipients will take place on 10/25 at 1pm in the CRB Austrian Auditorium @PennGenetics

[ShorterLab @ShorterLab]

Philly

[KorbLab @KorbLab]

@Caroline_Bartma @kc_palozola Also don��t expect to jump back in full force. I came back just for the lab stuff only for the first few weeks and kept my ooo message up for a few weeks longer to prioritize the science when my bandwidth was limited. Best decision ever.

[KorbLab @KorbLab]

@Caroline_Bartma My lab came up with some casual lab meeting plans for my ~8 week absence. Like an informal journal club day and a troubleshooting round table. I take zero credit (postdoc @kc_palozola led the charge and I wasn’t there!) But it helped keep the science moving and kept spirits up.

[KorbLab @KorbLab]

Contacting co-authors over the summer:
Europeans: I am away for 2 months. Please email in September.
Americans: Looks good. What journal are you submitting to? Want to write a grant on this?
Canadians: The manuscript looks wonderful!! Here are some edits. How else can we help??

[Penn Medicine CSO @PennMedCSO]

#ICYMI: This paper was also featured on the cover of the latest issue of @MolecularCell! (cover art by @willdelannoy)
Learn more about @efeierman & @KorbLab in their #MeetTheAuthors feature➡️ https://t.co/69tiqJnJ44

[KorbLab @KorbLab]

Check out this week's Mol Cell with the Cover and all. Great job @efeierman and team and a huge thanks to @willdelannoy for the beautiful image.

[Emily Feierman @efeierman]

Our beautiful cover image by @willdelannoy !

This issue features my thesis work in the @KorbLab and a q&a with me and Erica!

[Penn Epigenetics @PennEpiInst]

Huge congratulations to @efeierman and the @KorbLab on their new publication, cover, and interview in @MolecularCell!!

[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory @CSHL]

New CSHL Assistant Professor Katherine Alexander specializes in nuclear speckles (the proteins and RNA housed in the nucleus). Exploring their potential influence on gene regulation could lead to enhanced cancer patient outcomes. https://t.co/tMXDZeXLiR

[Benoit Bruneau @benoitbruneau]

PI back at the bench for the one thing he still can do better than anyone else

[KorbLab @KorbLab]

Lovely lab hike today with 2 lab doggies joining in! Also randomly happened upon a film set for an HBO show in the middle of the woods...

[KorbLab @KorbLab]

@Yael_David__ @PrescottNico @qinggaochem Thank you! Your lab's efforts truly elevated this paper.

[KorbLab @KorbLab]

And a big shoutout to @DulacLab and Steven Santoro for discovering H2BE a decade ago and a thank you for sharing mice that helped get this project started.

[KorbLab @KorbLab]

Check out our new publication out today! We found that the histone H2B variant, H2BE is widely expressed and functions to open chromatin at promoter regions. In neurons it controls expression of synpatic genes and promotes memory formation.

[Cell Press @CellPressNews]

"Histone variant H2BE enhances chromatin accessibility in neurons to promote synaptic gene expression and long-term memory" @MolecularCell

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https://t.co/mJPutpR5g6

[KorbLab @KorbLab]

A huge congrats to @efeierman, our lead author and newly minted PhD and to the whole team. We couldn't have done this without multiple others in the lab and incredible collaborators from the labs of @Yael_David__ , @hao_wu_7, and @Fuccillomarc .