Timour Baslan
@TimourBaslan
Cancer; Genetics/Biology. Maths; algorithms/analyses
3 postdoctoral positions (1 comp, 2 experimental) available @ BaslanLab/Penn. We employ computation & functional biology to develop novel therapeutics, diagnostics & prognostic markers. Further detail below. Please share w/ trainees, colleagues & friends. nature.com/naturecareers/…
Check out our new review on #polyploidy, with friends from the plant and cancer worlds! Our goals were to dispel the myth that polyploidy is rare in biology and to discuss emerging commonalities that transcend biological context. Thanks @AnnualReviews and @mei_newt !
1/ Whole genome doubling; polyploidy is a genomic feature of lethal cancers. But is it always sinister? Always associated with disease? Not at all... Quite the opposite: "Towards Integrating the Study of Polyploidy Across Organisms, Tissue, & Disease" t.ly/oR-Gd