Todd Lab @UM

Peter K Todd MD/PhD Lab @Umich. We study how short tandem repeats impact neuronal function and human disease. Ataxia, ALS/FTD, Fragile X/FXTAS, CANVAS.

[Todd Lab @UM @realToddLab]

It took a near-collapse of our research infrastructure and a constitutional crisis to make it happen, but we are moving our former Twitter activities to Bluesky. Looking forward to a happier scientific discussion in this new space:
https://t.co/M3sVRgb7Iu

[Sinem S. Ovunc, M.D. @sinem_ovunc_MD]

AANs across the journey—from student to research fellow to intern…#aanam @AANmember #cerrahpasa #umich @realToddLab @VCU_IMRes @VCUNeuro

[UMich RNA Center 〽️🧬 @umichrna]

🗣📢REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! 10th Annual RNA Symposium, March 6-7, 2026! 🧬RNA Frontiers: From Mechanisms to Medicine. Celebrate a decade of innovative RNA science and medicine @UMich. For more information, visit https://t.co/zsXt0HxmZj @umichmedicine @realToddLab #UMichRNA

[Todd Lab @UM @realToddLab]

If the PNAS version of the article is behind a paywall for you, the preprint is here: https://t.co/jaW1urtbbN

[Todd Lab @UM @realToddLab]

Ever wonder how intronic repeats in C9orf72 get translated into toxic proteins in ALS? We found that transcription initiates within the intron to generate novel endogenous mRNA templates for RAN translation in patient neurons and mouse models. 1/5 https://t.co/q4KfAF2mEa

[Todd Lab @UM @realToddLab]

@sh4nnonmiller @KatelynMGreen @BoyleLab @BarmadaLab @NINDSfunding @VAResearch actually that should be @alanboyle.bsky.social

[Todd Lab @UM @realToddLab]

This project was led by @sh4nnonmiller and @KatelynMGreen with help from @BoyleLab and @BarmadaLab and everyone in @realToddLab. Thanks to @NINDSfunding and @VAResearch for support!

[Todd Lab @UM @realToddLab]

Bummed I missed it this year!

[Junjie Guo 郭俊傑 @guo_lab]

Happy AUG1 RNA Day! We celebrated it by many great discussions at the Gordon conference on #ALS in the beautiful Portland ME. Many thanks to @LuVaDeBo Christine Vande Velde @BarmadaLab Magda Polymenidou for organizing it! @FrattaLab @RueppLab @smslmoon

[Todd Lab @UM @realToddLab]

You deserve better. We all do.

[Steven Shuken @stshuken]

Harvard notified me today that this K99 grant is terminated.

[Dr Kareem Carr @kareem_carr]

Half of children died. A thread. 🧵

[Todd Lab @UM @realToddLab]

Excited to organize this CSHL Asia meeting with @pengjinATL on Repeat Expansion Disorders. Hope you all can join us!

[Peng Jin @pengjinATL]

Cold Spring Harbor Asia Meeting - Short Tandem Repeats in Gene Regulation and Disease @CSHANews https://t.co/hLXT2Qpevh

[Peng Jin @pengjinATL]

Cold Spring Harbor Asia Meeting - Short Tandem Repeats in Gene Regulation and Disease @CSHANews https://t.co/hLXT2Qpevh

[Dr. Theresa Desrochers @DesrochersLab]

Stand Up For Science DC #StandUpForScience
Science will not be silenced

[Tony Zador @TonyZador]

Thank you NIH funded basic science

[nature @Nature]

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for the motor-neuron condition while in the womb.

https://t.co/gNlSXnkFGn

[Eva Feldman, MD, PhD @EvaFeldmanMDPhD]

Sharing a symposium on #RareDiseaseDay that will be held at the Kellogg Eye Center Auditorium.

RSVP using this link: https://t.co/wasAT6q5i8

[Max Kozlov @maxdkozlov]

NEW: The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep funding frozen at the NIH - a move that some legal experts say is illegal.

Federal Register notices are blocked so no grant-review sessions can be scheduled.

All the gritty details in @Nature
https://t.co/IXctBuXhLT

[Olivier George @brainaddiction]

Last night my brilliant friend with 20 years of expertise in Neuroscience including a decade at NIDA was fired because she was recently promoted for her outstanding performance and it triggered the probation period.

This is not making NIH more efficient, this is not making us healthier, this is not punishing the people who misled the public, this is destroying America’s talent.

Her work is instrumental for testing whether new medications to fight addiction are safe and efficacious before they are tested in humans. now that research is at risk.

She was the backbone of the lab the most senior person. So much knowledge, talent, know how, wasted, so much science destroyed for the wrong reason.

Sigh…