Megan Dennis
@mydennis.bsky.social
Assoc Prof & Assoc Director of Genomics @UCDavis Genome Center. Neurogenetics, evolution/function of gene duplications, human, zebrafish. Posts my own. #firstgen #jogger (mee-gun)
http://dennislab.org
http://dennislab.org
Lego Legends of the Genome Center
October 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Lego Legends of the Genome Center
Ooh sorry about that @ocklenburg.bsky.social - thx to all authors!
October 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Ooh sorry about that @ocklenburg.bsky.social - thx to all authors!
Just saw this post- congrats Mitchell! 🥳
October 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Just saw this post- congrats Mitchell! 🥳
Finally, thank you to @naltemose.bsky.social for help accessing his DiMeLo dataset!
October 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Finally, thank you to @naltemose.bsky.social for help accessing his DiMeLo dataset!
Analysis of duplicated and adjacent regions points to altered genome positional effects as a likely larger contributor. We also generated two useful long-read Kinnex datasets from SHSY5Y & GM12878, validating ancestral paralogs generally maintain highest expression across hundreds of gene families.
October 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Analysis of duplicated and adjacent regions points to altered genome positional effects as a likely larger contributor. We also generated two useful long-read Kinnex datasets from SHSY5Y & GM12878, validating ancestral paralogs generally maintain highest expression across hundreds of gene families.
link to paper! www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
Human-specific gene expansions contribute to brain evolution
A complete human genome and functional modeling in zebrafish pinpoint gene expansions
that may underlie the evolutionary innovations of the human brain.
www.cell.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
link to paper! www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
😭 ooh that had to hurt
July 31, 2025 at 6:06 AM
😭 ooh that had to hurt
Juice from a grilled jalapeño once squirted directly into my eye, and I’ve never experienced such pain. I essentially pepper sprayed myself.
July 31, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Juice from a grilled jalapeño once squirted directly into my eye, and I’ve never experienced such pain. I essentially pepper sprayed myself.