The Korb Lab works at the intersection of epigenetics and neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Opinions are our own.

Philadelphia, PA
Joined June 2018
"A histone post-translational modification linked to lifelong susceptibility to stress in mice" An excellent overview of our work on H3K27me1 in @medical_xpress. Thanks to Lily Armstrong-Davies for the lovely Cover Art: The Weight of a Histone. I'll frame it in my office!
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Congratulations to @efeierman (@korblab/ @PennNGG) & Katherine Alexander (@berger_lab/ @PennCDB), recipients of the 2024 Kaushal Family Awards in Genetics! A ceremony with presentations by the recipients will take place on 10/25 at 1pm in the CRB Austrian Auditorium @PennGenetics
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#ICYMI: This paper was also featured on the cover of the latest issue of @MolecularCell! (cover art by @willdelannoy) Learn more about @efeierman & @KorbLab in their #MeetTheAuthors feature➡️ tinyurl.com/jpdkykff
#H2BE & chromatin accessibility in neurons ft. @efeierman, Sean Louzon, @QiQiu8788, @kc_palozola, @avoss2022, Shreya Mehta, Camille Quaye, Katherine Lynch, @hao_wu_7, @KorbLab (@PennGenetics/ @PennEpiInst), Kyuhyun Choi & @Fuccillomarc (@PennMINS) tinyurl.com/ys654jn3
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Huge congratulations to @efeierman and the @KorbLab on their new publication, cover, and interview in @MolecularCell!!
Our beautiful cover image by @willdelannoy ! This issue features my thesis work in the @KorbLab and a q&a with me and Erica!
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New CSHL Assistant Professor Katherine Alexander specializes in nuclear speckles (the proteins and RNA housed in the nucleus). Exploring their potential influence on gene regulation could lead to enhanced cancer patient outcomes. cshl.edu/katherine-alexander…
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PI back at the bench for the one thing he still can do better than anyone else
Turkey sent a 51 yr old guy with no specialized lenses, eye cover or ear protection and got the silver medal
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#NGG is proud to present our next Thesis Defense, given by Emily Feierman (@efeierman) of the Korb Lab (@KorbLab) ! Please join us in person or virtually (DM us for the link) on 7/16. Best of luck, Emily! #PhAlmostDone 🥳
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Oops I did it again 🤭 #TotalSolarEclipse
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... just got asked about other genes mapping to the Rspo2+ BLA0 & BLA4 nociceptive cell-types ... we did compare to many published single-gene markers, but if you have any other suggestions we can update the figures accordingly before we release the dataset after peer-review
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... And obviously huge congrats to Jess, all the authors and @KorbLab that made this a fun project: Alekh, Juli, Malaika, Corinna, Blake, Lisa, Nora, Alan, Lindsay, Samar, Rick & Ben
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⚡️🧠Thrilled to share our new preprint on pain-related valence cell-types + circuits — A nociceptive amygdala-striatal pathway for chronic pain aversion Check out the stellar work of Jessica Wojick, in a co-senior collab with @KorbLab biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… THREAD 1/13
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Excited to announce the Penn Postdoctoral Fellowship in Genetics! We seek to empower and nurture talented early-stage researchers to pursue cutting-edge research in our department. Learn more here, due Jan. 15. med.upenn.edu/apps/my/bpp_po…
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More than 260,000 patients have agreed to share their DNA for research at Penn Medicine's #BioBank, and the discoveries have already yielded promising results related to #heartdisease, hearing loss, #diabetes, and other conditions. spr.ly/6012R8oO4
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Proud of the @KorbLab senior grad students presenting at SfN! The first conference we all went to together and I’m here to confirm that friendship makes the science sweeter 🥼❤️
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#ICYMI: Wellness at @Penn is partnering with Sunray to host a 3-day #COVID Vaccine Booster Clinic for all students, faculty, staff & postdocs from November 8-10 at 3535 Market Street (Mezzanine)💉 -Learn more➡️ shorturl.at/ejrs2 -Register➡️ shorturl.at/kAYZ6
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We're celebrating Karl Glastad and Daniel Park, recipients of the Kaushal Awards! Thanks to all who joined the celebration last Friday.
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No one does Halloween like the @KorbLab !!! Forget Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory-They call us Erica Korb and the H2BE factory 🧠 @PennNGG @PennEpiInst
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Thank you to everyone who attended the Epigenetics Institute Retreat at the Penn Museum! From exquisite scientific talks to a robust poster session, we had a "monumentally" great time!
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Join us tomorrow for our Friday Research Discussion with the Burslem Lab!
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