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What Cheetahs, Armadillos, and Whales Revealed About Human DNA

Gladstone in the News April 27, 2023

What Cheetahs, Armadillos, and Whales Revealed About Human DNA

New York Times—A group of studies comparing the human genome to that of 239 other mammalian species has cast light on what makes humans unique. In particular, work from Katie Pollard, director of the Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, shows that changes to the way DNA folds may have been a part of what allowed humans to evolve large, powerful brains.

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We Probably Have Big Brains Because We Got Lucky

Gladstone in the News April 27, 2023

We Probably Have Big Brains Because We Got Lucky

Popular Science—A new study from Katie Pollard, director of the Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, indicates that chance structural changes in the human genome were what allowed humans to evolve the larger brains that set us apart from our primate ancestors.

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National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members

Gladstone in the News October 17, 2022

National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members

National Academy of Medicine—Katie Pollard, PhD, senior investigator and director of the Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, in recognition of her discovery of fast-evolving regions in the human genome associated with psychiatric diseases, and of her open-source software used worldwide by genome scientists.

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What If Cells Kept Receipts of Their Gene Expression?

Gladstone in the News August 12, 2022

What If Cells Kept Receipts of Their Gene Expression?

Wired—Measuring which genes are on and which are off in a cell usually requires killing it, meaning any measurement is simply a snapshot in time. Seth Shipman explains how his lab has circumvented this problem by re-engineering parts of a bacterial immune system to create a record of molecular events within a cell.

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New DNA ‘Camcorders’ Can Record ‘Movies’ of a Cell’s Development Through Time

Gladstone in the News August 2, 2022

New DNA ‘Camcorders’ Can Record ‘Movies’ of a Cell’s Development Through Time

Singularity Hub—Genomics tools allow scientists to get a glimpse of what genes are turned on in a cell at one particular moment, but understanding how genes are turned on or off over time, and in what order, has been impossible. Gladstone Investigator Seth Shipman has developed a biological recorder that keeps track of these events, offering a window into how cells change over time.

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