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Congratulations to Dr. Aaron Johnson! Aaron Johnson, Ph.D. received a one year, $49,808 award, Clinical and Translational Research award through the Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program beginning March 1, 2022 for his project titled, “A Functional Genomics Approach to Diagnose Rare Genetic Diseases”. 

Congratulations to Dr. Shin Imai! Shin-ichiro Imai, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Biology, has been granted membership in the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research. Dr. Imai’s  election to the Academy is based on his proven leadership and academic contributions to the field of longevity.

Congratulations to Kitra Cates, Graduate Student in Dr. Andrew Yoo’s Lab! Kitra Cates has received a $32,687 award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for her project entitled, “Investigating non-coding RNA 7SK in Huntington’s Disease neurodegeneration using direct neuronal conversion”.

Congratulations Dr. Samantha Morris’s Lab on their recent publications! Capybara: A computational tool to measure cell identity and fate transitions. Kong W, Fu YC, Holloway EM, Garipler G, Yang X, Mazzoni EO, Morris SA. Cell Stem Cell. 2022 Apr 7;29(4):635-649.e11. Identification of a retinoic acid-dependent haemogenic endothelial progenitor from human pluripotent stem cells. Luff SA, […]

Congratulations to Dr. Aaron DiAntonio’s Lab on their recent publications! Sarm1 activation produces cADPR to increase intra-axonal Ca++ and promote axon degeneration in PIPN. Li Y, Pazyra-Murphy MF, Avizonis D, de Sá Tavares Russo M, Tang S, Chen CY, Hsueh YP, Bergholz JS, Jiang T, Zhao JJ, Zhu J, Ko KW, Milbrandt J, DiAntonio A, […]

Congratulations to Dr. Aaron Johnson’s Lab on their recent publication! Spatiotemporal expression of regulatory kinases directs the transition from mitosis to cellular morphogenesis in Drosophila. Yang S, McAdow J, Du Y, Trigg J, Taghert PH, Johnson AN. Nat Commun. 2022 Feb 9;13(1):772.