Aki V.

No longer active. ✌️

[Aki V. @akvweg]

Fresh off the press! We did it, Joe. https://t.co/4sciIvFpjB

[Aki V. @akvweg]

@SG_Swygert congrats swygert lab!

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

"We repeated the protocol as previously described"

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

"what is your ice bucket doing on my bench?"

[Aki V. @akvweg]

MEF mania (making stocks of irradiated MEFs)

[Aki V. @akvweg]

@sheilateves So sad to hear this. Thank you, Gabe, for inspiring me when I was a young scientist at the Hutch.

[Sheila Teves @sheilateves.bsky.social @sheilateves]

Heartbroken. Saying good bye to colleague and friend Gabe Zentner. Grad school was full of nerdy fun and rock and roll because of you.

[Aki V. @akvweg]

Another day, another job application. This is certainly a period in which I feel the most vulnerable and a high degree of imposter syndrome.

[Ming "Tommy" Tang @tangming2005]

GenoFig: a user-friendly application for the visualisation and comparison of genomic regions https://t.co/DLBsZ3sOjY

[Aki V. @akvweg]

Join some of the coolest cats doing the coolest science.

[Calabrese Lab at UNC @calabrese_lab]

The Calabrese lab at UNC is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow interested in studying relationships between structure and gene regulatory functions in long noncoding RNAs. Applicants should send a statement of accomplishments, research interests, and a CV to [email protected].

[Aki V. @akvweg]

@McknightLaura I hate when that happens. 😫

[Aki V. @akvweg]

@McknightLaura Still the best sandwiches I’ve ever had.

[Aki V. @akvweg]

@McknightLaura Makes me miss our Hutch lunches. 😭

[Jamie C. Tijerina @jamietijerina]

PhD student @UCBerkeley Gabriel Trujillo was killed while collecting plant samples 🌱 in Mexico. We need the Mexican government to fully investigate and get justice for Gabriel and his family, and for all researchers who are targeted while doing fieldwork. (1/2)

[Aki V. @akvweg]

Our lab’s recent preprint is now up! Thanks to some amazing molecular biology, genetics, and teamwork, we were able to directly compare the expression and repressive actions between the lncRNAs Xist and Airn from the same chromosomal locus.

[bioRxiv @biorxivpreprint]

Ectopically expressed Airn lncRNA deposits Polycomb with a potency that rivals Xist https://t.co/ngQCw5woxt #bioRxiv

[bioRxiv @biorxivpreprint]

A monoclonal antibody raised against human EZH2 cross-reacts with the RNA-binding protein SAFB https://t.co/UqgjiowmRc #bioRxiv

[Rockefeller University @RockefellerUniv]

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved colleague and friend, C. David Allis. Aside from his groundbreaking contributions to biomedical science, David will be remembered for his warmth, humility, and relentless optimism.

[Aki V. @akvweg]

This work is a follow-up to our previous study led by my kickass former colleague, Megan Schertzer.
https://t.co/K9BT4EN5HY.

[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.

[bioRxiv @biorxivpreprint]

Proximity-dependent recruitment of Polycomb Repressive Complexes by the lncRNA Airn https://t.co/k42iVTLeCz #bioRxiv

[Aki V. @akvweg]

Can confirm, the flu is no joke. It is awwwwfulllll. Treat it as serious as COVID (for those who did).