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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Human Genetics Department
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iwaselab
- Sep 13, 2022
- 1 min
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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iwaselab
- Aug 16, 2022
- 1 min
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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iwaselab
- May 18, 2022
- 1 min
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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iwaselab
- Mar 1, 2022
- 1 min
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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iwaselab
- Sep 21, 2021
- 1 min
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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iwaselab
- May 12, 2021
- 1 min
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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iwaselab
- Apr 29, 2021
- 1 min
Bradley graduated!
Genetics & Genomics MS student Bradley Cutler graduated! Bradley's research centered on histone reader protein PHF21A. He will continue...
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iwaselab
- Apr 28, 2021
- 1 min
KDM5C Registry is now live
In our effort to better understand KDM5C-related disorder, we created the KDM5C Registry: https://redcap.link/KDM5C-registry Our mission...
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iwaselab
- Mar 1, 2021
- 1 min
Rare Disease Day 2021
Our lab celebrated Rare Disease Day 2021 by hosting a virtual call with 14 KDM5C families and researchers from the Secombe lab. Thank you...
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iwaselab
- Jan 30, 2021
- 1 min
New research paper published!
In our latest paper, we investigate the KDM1a gene (also known as LSD1) and its role as a regulator of transcription at enhancers. We...
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iwaselab
- Jan 19, 2021
- 1 min
New LSD1 paper published!
Out this month is our latest paper showing KDM1A (aka LSD1) maintains optimal enhancer activity by counterbalancing H3K4 methylation at...
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iwaselab
- Nov 25, 2020
- 1 min
Tricia graduated!
Neuroscience PhD student Patricia Garay successfully defended her thesis! Tricia's work revealed new mechanisms of RAI1 in neuronal...
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iwaselab
- Aug 18, 2020
- 1 min
New RAI1 paper published!
Our latest work on RAI1 was published! This project was lead by PhD student Tricia Garay, collaboration with the Sutton lab and Jones...
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iwaselab
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
Bradley joins the lab!
We are happy to welcome Bradley Cutler to the lab! Bradley joins us as a Master's student in Genetics and Genomics. He will be working on...
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iwaselab
- Jun 3, 2020
- 1 min
New KDM5C paper published!
Our latest paper shows a functional relationship between KDM5C and KMT2A in mice, providing a proof of principle for balancing a single...
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iwaselab
- Jun 1, 2020
- 1 min
Bo joins the lab!
We are excited to welcome Dr. Bo Zhu to the lab as a postdoctoral fellow! Bo completed his PhD from the Chinese Academy of Science and...
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iwaselab
- Mar 25, 2020
- 1 min
Bobby Graduated!
Bobby successfully defended his theses and became Dr. Porter! He is moving on to the next phase of his MD-PhD training at the University...
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iwaselab
- Feb 29, 2020
- 1 min
Rare Disease Day 2020
It was our honor to attend the first-ever gathering of KDM5C families at the Rare Disease Day 2020 event at Albert Einstein College of...
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iwaselab
- Aug 20, 2019
- 1 min
Dr. Vallianatos Graduated!
Christina, now Dr. Vallianatos, is Genomics Educator in the Education Department of The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine in...
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