Nathan VanDusen

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

NSF has a cool program called ACCESS for helping academic researchers access computational resources. The application is surprisingly simple, and we got an "always-on" compute allocation (like an AWS computer) for exploring AI integration into research activities. The VanDusen lab's first virtual employee is installed and ready for duty. Let's see what AI can do!

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

Very interesting, but hypothesis generation and data analysis are not rate-limiting factors in science; data generation is the bottleneck. Eventually robotics will solve that, but for now, it's a golden age for researchers with strong wet-lab expertise.

[Dr. Thomas Ichim @exosome]

Today we all lost our jobs.....

Three Nature papers showing that scientists in the conventional sense are obsolete

At least read the first one.... the AI replaced all things that the scientist does ....

https://t.co/zMsRLaaRDU

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

this is a nice write-up of the current landscape for NIH research and politics, based on a recent interview with Bhattacharya
https://t.co/zSJmJDwuyG

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

I’m happy to share that my R35 MIRA proposal on forward genetic screening got funded! I’m particularly excited because this grant will support a lot of exploratory genetic engineering-related experiments, which are what I really enjoy.

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

Postdoc Ankit Tamta representing the lab today at Weinstein, with a presentation of our genetic screening work:

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

Scientists trying to plan across the gap between NIH grant application and award activation

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

Our pre-print on in vivo cardiac applications of CRISPR/AAV-mediated precise genome editing is now available! We present two examples of disease modeling in edited cardiomyocytes, and introduce the first massively parallel reporter assay to feature a library of precisely genome-integrated enhancers. https://t.co/F4jJI2TV4O

[Mason @MasonSweatPhD]

Another important study from the @williampu66 lab!

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

Lab lunch with photographer @swetansuhota. Thanks for guiding me to an assortment of Indian food that was bland enough for me to appreciate :)

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

Our review article "Precise genome-editing in human diseases: mechanisms, strategies and applications" was published online today in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. Take a look!
https://t.co/wg2FQd6ZXB

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

Postdoc @sdey8082 presenting her poster at AHA #BCVS23

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

Former labmate and collaborator @MasonSweatPhD on the big stage at BCVS. Nice work! #BCVS23

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

In celebration of surviving my first year as a PI, my lab surprised me with Dunkin and a gift! Thanks all!

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

I'm looking to hire another #postdoc - please share with anyone who may be interested :)
#postdocjobs

[jobRxiv @jobRxiv]

Postdoctoral Fellow: Transcriptional regulation and functional genomics @njvdn

Postdoc position in genomics and gene regulation. Obtain expertise in high-demand areas like gene editing, bioinformatics, AAV vectors and more!

https://t.co/BTPq4mJ9C5...
https://t.co/BTPq4mJ9C5

[Additional Ventures @AdditionalVent]

Join #AVSpeakerSeries next Wed for New Frontiers in #SingleVentricle Gene Regulation led by Susan Liao @regevlab ft. Muge Kuyumcu-Martinez @KuyumcuLab @UVACVRC & Nathan VanDusen @njvdn @IndianaUniv

📆 April 26, 12 PM ET
Register https://t.co/udiFae0Xqx

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

The latest and greatest: our article on maturational enhancers. Lots of people made big contributions - for me it was a fun opportunity to put massively parallel reporter assays to work.

[Developmental Cell @Dev_Cell]

Online now: Dynamic changes in P300 enhancers and enhancer-promoter contacts control mouse cardiomyocyte maturation https://t.co/2Xlz7S9jvC

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

Our MPRA review is out! Massively Parallel Reporter Assays for High-Throughput In Vivo Analysis of Cis-Regulatory Elements https://t.co/w6BiXKj2rZ #mdpijcdd via @JCDD_MDPI

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

I'm hiring at all levels! If you know anyone, particularly graduating PhD students interested in doing a postdoc, let me know!
https://t.co/Ii4L9IQ1I9

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

A going away gift from the Pu lab - very nice! Now on to a new challenge at Indiana University: getting the VanDusen lab up and running!

[Nathan VanDusen @njvdn]

@MayaTalukdar Yes, there's been some work with neurons. See this paper. This was what motivated us to try cardiomyocytes. https://t.co/co93Vj2Lwf