Ben Umans

Postdoc in genomics with an interest in neuroscience, physiology, and evolution. Chicago-native and sometimes-resident of other parts.

[Ben Umans @BenUmans]

@zhang_chuchu Ha! But I would totally recommend folks to check out your lab too if you're hiring ;)

[Ben Umans @BenUmans]

Interested in the interactions between brain development, stress, social behavior, and addiction? Zhuzhu Zhang is recruiting postdocs and techs (https://t.co/fITVbDKvYG). Great opportunity to join a young lab with an ambitious, supportive (and funded!) PI in a great city!

[Genevieve Housman @gahousman]

The call for PhD students @MPI_EVA_Leipzig is out - come join us!

https://t.co/8FjrVLm8l0

[Ben Umans @BenUmans]

Very cool

[Eli Weinstein @EliWeinstein6]

I’m thrilled to announce: at @jura_bio we’ve constructed a new kind of generative protein model, which allows us to manufacture its generated designs in the real world at petascale.
Paper: https://t.co/qgxfNPP30K
Blog: https://t.co/An1USoCNoz

[Ben Umans @BenUmans]

Cool!

[Evgeny Kvon @evgenykvon]

How do enhancers work over distances that sometimes exceed megabases? Excited to share our work led by @gracecbower where we uncover a unique sequence signature globally associated with long-range enhancer-promoter interactions in developing limb buds: https://t.co/n0p7BdxSdq 1/

[Xin Jin, PhD @xinjin]

📢 Our latest paper is out in @CellCellPress! Led by the multi-talented @XinheZheng, we accelerated AAV-based gene delivery to 2 days & enabled in vivo CRISPR screens with single cell-level readout, a leap from existing capabilities 🤯 How does it work? (1/8)

[Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai]

The biggest myth about creativity is that it cannot be learned - either you have it or you don’t..
But psychologists have shown that creativity is linked with 'openness to experience' which increases with cultural activities, new hobbies, mental challenges and becoming awestruck.

[fenna krienen @fennamk]

‼️Job alert! ‼️ multiple #postdoc positions open in my lab @Princeton.
Interested in single cell #genomics & brain development?

#studyBRAIN projects, cell type tools for 🐒🧠, weird evolutionary phenomena (chimeric microglia??)

Check us out https://t.co/pbpmXa1ipv & pls RT!

[Victoria E. Abraira @VAbraira]

Join our journey into the science of touch! 🧬🤝 Our lab is seeking a passionate postdoc researcher to explore the fascinating world of tactile perception. Ready to make groundbreaking discoveries? Apply now! https://t.co/HowE7OBFyq

[Elizabeth Wood 🧬🖥️🥼 @lizbwood]

Any really good #biotech analysts looking to make the switch and work inside an up and coming biotech? Need help pricing deals, deciding on targets, & helping improve the way we manage patients with cancer & autoimmune disease. Would love a quant. Want your recs. @jura_bio

[Nick Banovich @NeBanovich]

Excited to share our study characterizing eQTL at cell type resolution in human lung tissue is now published in @NatureGenet. https://t.co/auABpaGD74

This was a collaborative effort co led by @HeiniMNatri and @cbazodi and co supervised by myself, @JKropski and @davisjmcc

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[Ben Umans @BenUmans]

Amazing! Maude has always done such fantastic research, so great to see the scope take a huge leap

[MPI for Biological Intelligence @MPIforBI]

Maude Baldwin becomes the 8th director of our institute! Her previous group will broaden its research as department and investigate the evolution of diverse sensory and physiological systems, such as taste and digestion in vertebrates. Congratulations Maude, we are thrilled!

Read more: https://t.co/6QeCr8riIY

@maxplanckpress

[Shan Meltzer @shanmeltzer]

📢 My lab at Vanderbilt University is recruiting 1-2 postdocs and 1-2 technicians to work on mammalian somatosensation development and function! Application details are available at my lab website. https://t.co/wXSRgd2rID Please apply soon and get in touch!!
Please help me RT! :)

[Wenhe Lin @Wenhe_Lin_]

Our paper is out in @CellGenomics! Huge thanks to all the collaborators for making it possible!
https://t.co/mx3J47V6eR

[Rahul Satija @satijalab]

Want to hear about the latest updates/new techniques in single cell and spatial genomics? Check out the full agenda for our Single Cell Genomics Day on Friday, 3/29. All talks will be live-streamed (no registration required) at https://t.co/KJpeGwWLIr

[Ben Umans @BenUmans]

@SLiberles Now Mike has discovered that NEBs are sensors for a more mysterious and probably more clinically important sensory modality. Very exciting to see where this leads.

[Ben Umans @BenUmans]

I really enjoyed reading this beautiful new paper from Mike Schappe and @SLiberles and colleagues shedding new light on lung sensation. Very cool! https://t.co/laDtj5cRdc

[Ben Umans @BenUmans]

@SLiberles Several(...) years ago, we observed that NEBs express Piezo2 and are innervated by stretch-responsive neurons and we naively hypothesized that NEBs might be the site of stretch detection, even though pieces of the story didn't add up.

[Ibrahim I. Taskiran @ibrahimihsan]

Exciting news! Our latest research on "Cell type directed design of synthetic enhancers" has been published in @Nature. We've harnessed deep learning to design enhancers with cell-type specificity. Find our paper here: https://t.co/wC44fDMp70. Highlights below: [1/n]

[Ben Umans @BenUmans]

A cool (and totally wild!) story...