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Article September 25, 2024

Gladstone Presents Inaugural Sobrato Prize in Neuroscience to Yadong Huang, a Pioneer of Alzheimer’s Research

The prize will be awarded annually to a Gladstone scientist who has made breakthrough discoveries in brain research; funds will help advance scientific discoveries from the lab to the clinic.

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Article June 4, 2024

Scientists Push Single-Molecule DNA Sequencing to the Next Level

Two new tools created at Gladstone Institutes allow scientists to study DNA at single-molecule resolution using fewer cells than previously required, with clear applications for cancer and many other diseases.

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Article May 29, 2024

CRISPR-Based Mapping Uncovers ‘Switches’ for Immune Genes Central to Health

A new study in Nature Genetics expands our understanding of immune regulation and autoimmunity—with findings that could also be used in the development of cancer immunotherapies.

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Article May 24, 2024

Scientists Leverage Machine Learning to Decode Gene Regulation in the Developing Human Brain

A team of researchers from Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco combined high-throughput experiments and machine learning to analyze more than 100,000 sequences in human brain cells.

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Article April 18, 2024

Computational Biology Pioneer Katie Pollard Elected as AAAS Fellow

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s largest general scientific societies, has elected Gladstone Senior Investigator Katie Pollard, PhD, into its new class of AAAS Fellows, a lifetime honor within the scientific community.

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Article December 13, 2023

Using Next-Gen CRISPR Tool, Gladstone Scientists Create Unprecedented Molecular Map of Human Immune Response

The new study from the Marson Lab represents a major stride for human genetics; findings will accelerate the development of new and better therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases.

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Gladstone in the News November 7, 2023

Special Episode: JAHA Distinguished Hearts and Minds Roundtable

AHA with JAHA Podcast—In a roundtable forum, the American Heart Association’s 2023 Distinguished Scientists describe their contributions to stroke and cardiovascular research. Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava discusses the use of human iPS cells in drug discovery and his hopes for the future of science and medicine, including applications of artificial intelligence.

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Gladstone in the News June 7, 2023

Podcast: The Impact of Genomics Is Closer Than You Think

CVS Health—Innovation in biomedical science is changing the way scientists think about the future of medicine. Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava describes how advances in genomics, gene editing, and cell programming may lead to new cures for human disease.

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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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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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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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Article December 14, 2020

Study Reveals Networks of Genes Involved in Congenital Heart Disease

The findings could point toward new ways to prevent or treat one of the most common birth defects

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Article June 30, 2020

New Genomic Atlas of the Developing Human Brain

Scientists at Gladstone and UCSF created a valuable new resource for studying the origins of neurodevelopmental disease.

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Gladstone in the News June 29, 2020

“The Heart and Human Development” Featuring Dr. Benoit Bruneau

The Stem Cell Podcast—Senior Investigator Benoit Bruneau describes his lab's recent work, including their use of stem cells to model and and understand congenital heart diseases, their investigation of the role of epigenetics in human development, and their sequencing of the Komodo dragon's genome, as well as his motivation and his path to science.

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