Jason Tennessen
@TennessenLab
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Joined August 2014
This is ridiculous. This is not the IU I joined 10 years ago.
IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our paper. Upon pushback, IU fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision. Letter from the editors to come.
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IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our paper. Upon pushback, IU fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision. Letter from the editors to come.
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Not happy. Censorship isn’t the way. I gave money to IU general fund for the IDS last year, so they could pay everyone and not run a deficit. I gave more than they asked for. I told them I’m happy to help because the IDS is important to kids at IU
IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our paper. Upon pushback, IU fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision. Letter from the editors to come.
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🚨New @biorxivpreprint: We model the splicing disease Verheij syndrome using C. elegans. Disruption of methionine and phospholipid metabolism drives growth defects; vitamin #B12 restores the balance and rescues development! #metabolism #RNAsplicing
https://t.co/L24VjbMz5o
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Verheij syndrome (VRJS) is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the poly(U)-binding splicing factor 60 (PUF60), a core component of the spliceosomal complex. VRJS triggers multiple congen...
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I'm looking for PhD students to join the lab starting August 2026. We study the evolution of insect chemical signals combining evolutionary biology, chemical ecology, molecular biology, behavior, and genetics. More info here: https://t.co/uXGhUy5ZZc
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FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate:
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My lab's newest research paper on the Drosophila eye is published in Development today. Thanks to the editorial staff for writing a research highlight and interviewing us about our work. https://t.co/7hkteRpiBs
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Highlighted Article: Distinct gene sets are differentially expressed in response to the knockdown of Polycomb Group (PcG) members, suggesting that multiple avenues may exist for the eye to be...
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In #G3journal, @RaiMadhulik, @TennessenLab, and colleagues generated new loss-of-function mutations in the #Drosophila D2hgdh gene to study D-2-hydroxyglutarate, a potent oncometabolite, function during development and disease. Read more: https://t.co/ZzZVNWO0A1
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Latest #MetabolismMondays interview has just dropped 👀 Find out more about #newPI @KStapornwongkul and her research 👇
#MetabolismMondays Meet @KStapornwongkul, #newPI at @IMBA_Vienna @viennabiocenter, alumni from @viktri08 lab @EMBLBarcelona @embl - discussing metabolism of embryonic development using #gastruloids. #theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the_Node #DevBio #stemcell
https://t.co/0i1ao6exLo
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The IU corpse flower (Wally) is blooming! Take a look via the live web stream and consider supporting our greenhouse: Excitement is in the air – and soon an unforgettable scent
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Wally, the resident Amorphophallus titanum — also known as the corpse flower — at the Indiana University Bloomington Biology Building Greenhouse, is p...
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The corpse flower in the IU Biology Greenhouse might be getting ready to bloom! You can watch the livestream of our favorite plant here: https://t.co/X27B2GtXr7
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Here is the published version of our paper (w/@smishra677) in Genetics: https://t.co/vQiygp9HSK
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Abstract. Standard methods for estimating the population recombination parameter, ρ, are dependent on sampling individual genotypes and calculating various
Here is a video of my talk for those interested: https://t.co/HJUjbROtAG
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See post from Brian Calvi below. Flybase at IU is setting up a means to support Flybase efforts in the US.
@FlyBaseDotOrg We ask for everyone’s patience as we establish a parallel U.S. + other country fee system at Flybase IU
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@FlyBaseDotOrg We ask for everyone’s patience as we establish a parallel U.S. + other country fee system at Flybase IU
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We have a call for support that has gone out to European labs, to support FlyBase-UK. We're asking our colleagues from labs in the US other countries to wait for a similar call to them that will go out in the near future, to support the US sites. We thank you for your patience.
The cancellation of Harvard grants has put @FlyBaseDotOrg on life support. The Flybase grant is at Harvard and everything else is a subcontract. This community resource is absolutely essential!
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The cancellation of Harvard grants has put @FlyBaseDotOrg on life support. The Flybase grant is at Harvard and everything else is a subcontract. This community resource is absolutely essential!
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The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University...
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Had a wonderful time @cshlmeetings #cshlmetab 2025 ! Grateful to everyone who stopped by and gave feedback on my work. Spl mention @AHAScience @American_Heart for supporting us AHA predoc fellows with conference support !! @IUBiology @TennessenLab
#phdlife #AcademicTwitter
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Do you have some cool results to present to the #Drosophila community at #EDRC2025 ? Please do not forget that abstract submissions are opened until the 28th of May https://t.co/aXJFlA7hMi
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Our new study, published on Neuron, shows how Alzheimer’s disease impact the whole body at the single cell level. Led by @YeJin_YeahGene and @TzuChiaoLu.
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Park and Lu et al. create a whole-organism Alzheimer’s disease (AD) Fly Cell Atlas to reveal how AD-associated proteins systemically affect the brain and body. Their work uncovers distinct effects of...
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The Fat of the Matter #MetabolismMondays Meet Lianna Wat, @StanfordPath postdoc & @EJRideout lab alumni who’s decoding how #fat #metabolism differs between sexes using #Drosophila & mice. #theNodeCorrespondents #devbio @the_Node
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https://t.co/clEcLfCGfv
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All the world's a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism Dr. Lianna W Wat, Post doctoral
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