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Scientist #mom interested in #DNA repair #mouse genetics #immunodeficiency #lymphoma, and #leukemia. Opinions are my own.
Manhattan, NY
Joined December 2018
Excited to share our new paper on Nature - how Ku accommodates Alu expansion in primates by binding to dsRNA, providing a clue for both the high levels of Ku and its essentiality in human cells. Thank @chaolinzhang @hchung03 @LenaSteckelberg More to come https://t.co/MQhQUK3soO
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Nature - Studies on the essentiality of Ku in human cells reveal that Ku interacts with diverse double-stranded RNA molecules, including antisense Alu, and enables tolerance of Alu sequence...
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Thank you, Raphael for a great talk. Dr. Zhao will take us to the core of BRCA2 and recombination. Sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q
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Thank @YouLab_WashU for a great talk. Are you ready for Halloween? Not until the talk by Dr. Raphael Ceccaldi! Sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q
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Thank Felipe for a nice talk. Dr. Zhongsheng You @YouLab_WashU from Wash U will tell us how Ca2+ regulates DNA repair. Sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q
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Welcome back. Dr. Cortes-Ledesma will join Social DNAing this week to talk about human DSB repair. Sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9LsycS
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Due to an unforeseen personal emergency, tomorrow’s Social DNAing (Thu, Oct 9) is canceled. We’ll be back on Thu, Oct 16. Thanks for understanding.
Thank @TeamChenCurie for a great talk. Due to the US government closure, Dr. Kunkel (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)'s webinar has been rescheduled for Feb 2026. Dr. Zhenkun Lou will discuss their new paper in Nature this week. https://t.co/pUlkhfUKec
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Thank @TeamChenCurie for a great talk. Due to the US government closure, Dr. Kunkel (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)'s webinar has been rescheduled for Feb 2026. Dr. Zhenkun Lou will discuss their new paper in Nature this week. https://t.co/pUlkhfUKec
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Thank @POberdoerffer for a rich talk. Dr. Chunlong Chen @TeamChenCurie at @institut_curie will take us to the high-content world of single cell-DNA replication. Sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q
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Thank Laurie for explaining the Mito DNA for us. Social DNAing will move to JHU @JHU, where Dr. Oberdoerffer @POberdoerffer will tell us about epigenetic guardiance of DNA stability in cancer. Sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q
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Registration is open! Join us in sunny California for an exciting week of discussion about Genomic instabilities and Cancer! Pl re-tweet!
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Thank Ulrich for a wonderful talk. Laurie will join us to talk about Mitochondrial DNA. Sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q
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Thank all the rising stars for exciting new talks and cool techniques. Dr. Rass from the University of Sussex will explain DNA2 from yeast to human. Sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9LsycS
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Thank Sergei for a strong finish for the summer. Welcome to the new academic year with three rising stars. Sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9LsycS
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Thank Rachel for a "cool" talk in the summer! The summer would not complete without the talk from Dr. Sergei Mirkin ! Let us talk about REPEAT EXPANSION! sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9LsycS
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Due to unforeseen reasons, this week's Social DNAing webinar by Dr. Rachel Flynn will be canceled. Social DNAing will return next week as usual. Thank you all very much for your understanding.
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This week's webinar by Dr. Rachel Flynn is canceled. Social DNAing will return next week as normal.
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Thank Ben for a very interesting talk. This week Dr. Flynn from Boston University will discuss the ALT pathway, which came to rescue at replication stress. Sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q
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Thank Haiyun for a wonderful talk! Dr. Black from UPENN and PCGI @BasserBRCA will join Social DNAIng this week to discuss artifical chromosomes! Sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q
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Thank Dr. Yan. Welcome to the August! We have a special talk from Dr. Hanyun Gan, who will discuss their new excitng finding on ecDNA formation and expansion - hot out of Cell this year! Sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q
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Thank Mitch for a nice tour in flying end-joining! Dr. Yan @ShanYanLab for UNC-Charlotte will take us to the frogs and up! Sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9LsycS
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Than Dr. Petr Cejka @CejkaLab for another great webinar. Dr. Mitch McVey will join us from Boston! Let the fly fly! Sign up at https://t.co/XaGM9Lt62q
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