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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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Article April 27, 2023

Study Suggests Catalyst for Human Brain Evolution

Large structural changes to the genomes of human ancestors could have spurred the smaller changes that set human brains apart from other primates

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Gladstone in the News April 5, 2023

4D Nucleome Program Highlights

National Institutes of Health—Senior Investigator Katie Pollard, PhD, is featured for her work on genome organization during heart development and talks about her career path in a recent highlight of the National Institutes of Health’s 4D Nucleome program.

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Article February 24, 2023

Katie Pollard Named L.K. Whittier Director of the Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology

This distinction recognizes her contributions to the expanding field of data science

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Article January 13, 2023

Evolution of Uniquely Human DNA Was a Balancing Act, Study Concludes

Many changes to the genomes of early humans had opposing effects from each other, possibly because of a delicate balance between improved cognition and psychiatric disease risk

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Article October 17, 2022

Gladstone Data Scientist Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Katie Pollard is recognized for discovering fast-evolving regions of the human genome and for creating open-source software used by scientists worldwide

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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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Gladstone in the News March 9, 2022

Three Ways to Strengthen a Collaborative Culture

The APQC Blog—Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava, MD, President Emeritus Robert Mahley, MD, PhD, Senior Investigators Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, and Katie Pollard, PhD, explain how they and others at Gladstone create a collaborative research culture and plan to balance safety with the chance encounters that fuel creativity.

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Article February 18, 2022

Getting to the Heart of Complex Disease

Gladstone researchers develop robust strategy for sifting through large-scale genetic data to better understand congenital heart problems

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Article December 23, 2021

Strains—not Species—of Gut Microbes Hold Key to Health and Disease

Two new studies underscore the importance of looking at bacterial strains when analyzing the human gut microbiome

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Gladstone in the News July 19, 2021

You’re Missing Microbes. But Is “Rewilding” the Way to Get Them Back?

New York Times—The microbiome plays a role in many autoimmune conditions, and some scientists believe that fecal transplants from individuals living in non-industrialized cultures may provide a solution. Katie Pollard, director of the Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, explains why it may not be that easy.

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Article May 19, 2021

How COVID-19 Is Changing Academic Publishing

While the practice of placing papers on preprint servers ahead of peer review remains controversial in the scientific community worldwide, many Gladstone investigators are using bioRxiv to advance their research and get information out more quickly

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Article February 15, 2021

Gladstone Scientist Elected into Elite Bioengineering Community

Katie Pollard is recognized by the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering for her pioneering creation and use of statistical research tools

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Article October 15, 2020

Gladstone Investigators Receive 4D Nucleome Award from the NIH

Benoit Bruneau and Katie Pollard study DNA folding to identify the genetic causes of congenital heart disease

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Article October 12, 2020

Strong Women in STEM: A Conversation with Katie Pollard

In honor of Ada Lovelace Day, Katie Pollard discusses what it’s like to be a woman in STEM and how being an outsider has helped shape her career.

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