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Back to our regular scientific programming…mini retreat with #MeffLabDreamTeam today St. Jude Research to celebrate our accomplishments and set goals for 2023! #epilepsy #genetics #RareDiseases #organoids 🧬🧠🧬

In our latest blog, Rajeev Azad takes us behind the scenes of his and Soham Sengupta pursuit of alien genes in bacteria, published in Microbial Genomics.🦠 Read it here 👉 microb.io/3kxqb4C #MGen BioDiscovery Institute

Celebrating #InternationalWomensDay with the incredible #MefLabDreamTeam at St. Jude Research! #WeAreStJude (Missing @esmatfa. Photo crew Soham Sengupta)

Genes on the move: Mapping the pathways of horizontal gene transfer phys.org/news/2023-03-g… BioDiscovery Institute UNT College of Science #UNTBiology

Meet Dr. Soham Sengupta, a bioinformatics scientist who spent the past seven years conducting research in the lab of Dr. Rajeev Azad at University of North Texas. #UNTproud Learn about his recently published papers and experience as a research scientist at UNT here: cos.unt.edu/news/post-doct…

Memphis + World BBQ Championship = lab lunch outing. Thanks to Chris Mefford Community Attributes for hosting with Hog Wild BBQ! 🍗 🍖 ☀️

I really think I work in the best lab with the best boss Dr. Heather Mefford @hcmefford.bsky.social 🧠 🧬St. Jude Research ♥️ blogs.stjude.org/progress/creat… Edith Paola Almanza Fuerte Helen Chen, PhD Emily Bonkowski @esmatfa Soham Sengupta Helen.Pennington

Thrilled to share our work in Dr. Heather Mefford @hcmefford.bsky.social lab on genome-wide #DNAmethylation analysis in pediatric #epilepsy. In this preprint, we looked for regions of rare DNA methylation and screened for established episignatures to determine diagnostic utility (1/6): medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Want to hear more about how #DNA #methylation can be used to diagnose #pediatric #epilepsies? Come out and hear me speak about it at the #ASHG2023 platform tomorrow morning at 10:45am in convention center/ballroom A/level 3! 🧠🧬

Just Ethidium Spill™️🩸groupies here #ASHG2023 🧬

Such an incredible experience at my first #ASHG conference, especially being part of the amazing Dr. Heather Mefford @hcmefford.bsky.social Lab team ! Grateful for the shared knowledge, connections made, and the fantastic memories created together. Here's to more enriching experiences ahead! #ASHG2023 🧬🔬

Cheers to an amazing colleague & friend...Emily Bonkowski Your wealth of knowledge and unwavering support make each day brighter. Happy Genetic Counselor Day!!

Catastrophic neurological disorders in children are often caused by a single gene mutation. Most have no effective treatments, making it a huge unmet need. Dr. Heather Mefford @hcmefford.bsky.social, MD, focuses on neurological diseases like epilepsy & works with PTNI to alter the landscape of these disorders.

Great #RareDiseaseDay2024 event today St. Jude Research! So many rare neurological diseases in need of better treatments. We hope to make a difference! 🧠🧬

It's finally out! Congrats St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences student Christy W. LaFlamme on her 1st first-author pub using #methylation for #epilepsy diagnosis Nature Communications! Super collab effort - thx to ALL (50+) authors! 🧬🧠🧬🧠 rdcu.be/dP6PZ

Happy Halloween from the Mefford Lab! 🎃👻🧹

Had a fantastic time at #ASHG2024! Learned so much, met amazing people, and can't wait to see where new connections and ideas take us. Here's to more great science ahead!

We're looking for a talented scientist 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬to join our group St. Jude Research! Help us develop/characterize #stemcell/#organoid models of #raredisease #epilepsy disorders. 🧠🧬🧠🧬 Details below - join us! talent.stjude.org/careers/jobs/J…

Congratulations to Dr. Heather C. Mefford, MD, PhD, recipient of the 2024 Basic Science Research Award!

Scientists developed a patient-derived organoid model for UBA5-associated encephalopathy, revealing stunted GABAergic interneuron growth as a cause of seizures. Boosting activity of the hypomorphic UBA5 gene shows promise as a potential therapy.