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The University of Michigan Medical School
Human Genetics Department
Ann Arbor, MI, 48108
Email: siwase@umich.edu
Phone: +1-734-647-8832
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New paper published!
Work lead by Robert Porter, PhD, MSTP and Human Genetics student, uncovered how members of the LSD1 demethylase complex display...
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Jan 261 min read
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New paper published!
Postdoc Masayoshi Nagai, PhD, lead this work. PHF21A is a histone-binding protein that recognizes unmethylated histone H3K4, the reaction...
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Dec 1, 20241 min read
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SMS conference!
We attended the Prisms, Inc. annual conference for Smith-Magenis Syndrome. Thank you to PRISMS for hosting this meeting bringing together...
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Jul 13, 20241 min read
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KARES conference!
We attended the first KDM5C Family & Science Conference hosted by the KARES foundation. What a special time to connect with researchers,...
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Jun 10, 20241 min read
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Welcome, Max!
We warmly welcome Maxwell Miyasato to our lab. Max is a PhD student in the Neuroscience Graduate Program.
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Jun 1, 20241 min read
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Katie graduated!
Congratulations to Neuroscience PhD student Katie Bonefas for successfully defending her thesis! Katie's research on KDM5C revealed new...
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Dec 1, 20231 min read
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KDM5C 5K race 2023!
Race day is here and our lab is ready! We are proud to support the KARES Foundation 5K race weekend and KDM5C research. Learn more &...
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Sep 30, 20231 min read
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Farewell, Takao!
This week we bid farewell to our postdoc Dr. Takao Tsukahara. Takao was a postdoc with our group as well as the Sutton lab. He studied...
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Sep 21, 20231 min read
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Katie receives student innovator award!
Congrats to Neuroscience PhD student Katie Bonefas on earning the Neuroscience Graduate Program's Student Innovator Award!
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Jun 29, 20231 min read
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Hamza graduated!
Congratulations to Hamza Islam for graduating from the Genetics & Genomics MS program! His research focused on understanding mechanisms...
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Jun 5, 20231 min read
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Welcome, Sehj!
Sehj Rai is an undergraduate student in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. She will be studying the evolution of PHF21A with...
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Jun 1, 20231 min read
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Welcome, Jackie!
Jackie Kim is an undergraduate student in Neuroscience. She came to our lab with ideas for her own project! Jackie noticed that...
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Jun 1, 20231 min read
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Welcome, Yiannos!
Yiannos Demetriou is an undergraduate student from the School of Engineering. He will be working with Masa on PHF21A and understanding...
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Jun 1, 20231 min read
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KDM5C 5K race with KARES!
The KARES foundation organized a virtual 5k event October 8-9, 2022. Our lab was honored to join the 250+ participants from around the...
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Oct 18, 20221 min read
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Cecilia joins the lab!
We are thrilled to welcome Cecilia Gavilan to the lab as a predoctoral student! Cecilia is pursuing her PhD in Genetics & Genomics. She...
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Sep 13, 20221 min read
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Masayoshi joined the lab!
We welcome Masayoshi to our lab as a postdoc researcher. He earned his PhD of Medicine from Tohoku University in Japan, Graduate School...
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Aug 16, 20221 min read
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Bobby graduated!
Congratulations to our first MSTP student Bobby Porter on his graduation from the University of Michigan MD-PhD program, and matching the...
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May 18, 20221 min read
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Rare Disease Day 2022
Our lab had the honor of organizing some of the University of Michigan's Rare Disease Day 2022 virtual meeting. In addition to the...
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Mar 1, 20221 min read
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New review paper published!
A review by Katie Bonefas, Neuroscience PhD student, examines how impaired germline gene repression by chromatin regulators may lead to...
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Sep 21, 20211 min read
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Sophia joins the lab!
Sophia Rightmer joins our lab as an undergraduate researcher. She majors in cello and applies her musical talents to research. Welcome,...
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May 12, 20211 min read
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