Shiron Drusinsky received an NSF predoctoral fellowship!
Category: News
APRIL 2023
Kathleen Keough’s paper showing that HARs are hijacked enhancers was published today in Science as part of the Zoonomia Consortium package. Our lab also contributed to two papers on evolutionary constraint, including Abigail Lind’s work on CMAH, an enzyme involved in viral infections. These discoveries were covered by the New York Times, Nature, NPR, Popular Science, and other media. Check out the press release.
APRIL 2023
The 4D Nucleome Project posted profiles of Katie and other female investigators as a program highlight.
MARCH 2023
Katie was featured in a UCSF short documentary for International Women’s Day.
FEBRUARY 2023
We were honored by a gift from the L.K. Whittier Foundation that awards Katie with a named directorship of the Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology.
JANUARY 2023
OCTOBER 2022
Graduate student Maureen Pittman was chosen as a finalist for the Epstein Award for excellence in human genetics research and gave a great talk at ASHG 2022!
OCTOBER 2022
Our lab was honored by Katie being elected into the National Academy of Medicine! Read the Gladstone story and UCSF announcement.
MARCH 2022
We are so happy to welcome Catherine Tchendjieu to Gladstone as a new investigator!
FEBRUARY 2022
Our collaborative culture was featured on the American Productivity & Quality Center Blog.
FEBRUARY 2022
Grad student Maureen Pittman published her work on using AP-MS protein networks to identify new congenital heart disorder genes. This was a great collaboration. Read the story.
DECEMBER 2021
Our Biohub team, led by postdoc Jason Shi, published a method for fast, accurate genotyping of microbiomes. Read the press release about this paper and our single-cell genomics approach for tracking how microbiome strains evolve within a person’s gut.
NOVEMBER 2021
The Pollard Lab welcomes Vijay Ramani and his lab to Gladstone!
SEPTEMBER 2021
Our lab is excited that the lab of Barbara Engelhardt is joining us at Gladstone!
SEPTEMBER 2021
In response to wildfires, lab members led by Alex Pico donated 500 KN95 and 400 N95 masks to HelpSierraBreathe.org for distribution to unhoused and evacuated people in the Carson City and Reno areas. Read the story.
JULY 2021
Katie was quoted in a New York Times article about re-wilding the human microbiome.
JUNE 2021
We published two papers in Nature this week! Pawel Przytycki was the computational lead on a study about epigenetic regulation of heart fibrosis. Svetlana Lyalina led statistical analyses for an investigation of effects of caloric restriction on the human microbiome.
MAY 2021
Read about our advocacy for open access in this story about publishing during the pandemic.
APRIL 2021
Katie is quoted about large-scale isolate sequencing from diverse human microbiomes in The Scientist.
FEBRUARY 2021
CZI interview with Katie about 3D genome folding and more.