Roper Lab

Our research seeks to understand the genetic and developmental bases of phenotypes related to Trisomy 21 or Down syndrome. Tweets by our grad students

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Had a great time at this year’s Down Syndrome Buddy Walk 🚶 in Indianapolis!

Our lab made and gave out ribbons to fellow participants 🎗️

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Roper lab t-shirts for 2025 are live! This year’s theme is Indiana Bones and the Researchers of the Extra Chromosome. Thank you to the artist, Ava Tankersley (akt.jpeg on Insta) for bringing our idea to life!

Get them by Monday, September 25 here: https://t.co/TghHKGVHdN

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Join us at Science on Tap on July 10th to hear about our research: https://t.co/qCupKaHq4l

#scicomm #Downsyndrome #Indianapolis

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The Roper lab has published our first pre-print! We examined femoral growth across age using male Ts65Dn mice and investigated the effect of Dyrk1a copy number normalization on male and female Ts65Dn femurs. Read it here: https://t.co/zVwCNaZ2cm

#Downsyndrome #Dyrk1a #longbone

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Congratulations Dr. Laura Hawley from @RoperLab_IUPUI on the successful completion of your PhD defense! Good luck in the next stage of your scientific career! #PhDone

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New publication from the Roper lab! We identified lumbar vertebral structure deficits in a Down syndrome mouse model for the first time. Access the article here: https://t.co/4IFQFug61S

#BONE #Downsyndrome #Trisomy21 #undergraduateresearch

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We are proud to share our recent publication from Neurobiology of Disease, where we found sex-specific developmental alterations in DYRK1A expression in the brain of Ts65Dn mice.

Access the article here: https://t.co/IhGWhKk8jl

[Larry Suva @LarrySuva]

#ASBMR2023 #Down syndrome research ⁦@RoperLab_IUPUI⁩

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Thank you to everyone who bought shirts this year! Together, we were able to donate $250 to @down_indiana for the @ndssbuddywalk

Join the "Roper Trisomie Lab" this Saturday for the Indianapolis Buddy Walk!

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It's that time of year! Roper lab is selling T-shirts: https://t.co/cCNtZBUhYa

A portion of each shirt is donated to @down_indiana, come join us October 7th for @ndssbuddywalk Indianapolis!

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Happy Fall Semester! We're currently taking orders for Roper Lab t-shirts! A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Down Syndrome Indiana's Buddy Walk. T-shirts will be available to order until October 10th!

https://t.co/gEyKIOA4PJ

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Congratulations to our recently graduated researcher Faith Prochaska on her admission to the University of Iowa College of Medicine! Congrats and good luck in pursuing your MD/PhD, Faith!

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The Roper lab has a new publication! Congrats to everyone involved in this project!

https://t.co/vSvVfbtgFi

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Congrats to our 2022 graduates! We're so proud of you!

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Congratulations to lab members:
Laura Hawley (PhD Candidate) : Recipient of the IUPUI Department of Biology Creveling Award
Faith Prochaska (Undergraduate Senior) : Recipient of the IUPUI Department of Biology Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award

Great job!!!

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New publication from the Roper Lab! Thank you and congratulations to all who contributed!
https://t.co/GIJLGunW3S

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@annajoycemoyer Thank you Anna and good question! To answer your question, I think Dyrk1a overexpression is likely decreasing osteoblast number and activity. https://t.co/YRB3saixyi

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Be sure to check out the most recent publication from the Roper lab! Congratulations to all authors and to everyone who contributed to this article!
https://t.co/mAHI8ONByK
#DownSyndrome #IUPUI

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Congratulations to undergraduate researcher Kristina Powlen on her dental school acceptance!