escobarthelma.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry @UW | Research focus on Epigenetics and Immunology https://sites.uw.edu/escobart/
👤 Joined on 15 November 2024
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@escobarthelma.bsky.socialI called it. There was never a doubt in my mind. Go Bills!!
Show PostSay hi 👏 to the future of our Institute. A warm welcome to your newest cohort of IMPRS Doctoral Researchers in 2026! 🔬🧬 We wish these young researchers all the best for their next steps in Freiburg bioscience community! Welcome to #MaxPlanck.
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Show PostThe science part of science is still fun: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... A rare mito disease results from mutations in MSTO1. Patient fibroblasts have short mitochondria due to lower rates of fusion and fewer copies of the mito genome (mtDNA). How is MSTO1 regulating fusion and mtDNA copy #?
Show PostDelighted to see @biopatrika.bsky.social spotlight Dr. Drisya Vijayakumari and her recently published work from our lab on how introns help silence retrotransposons and modulate gene expression. Congratulations, Drisya, on this well-deserved recognition! 👏🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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