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Transcription initiation profiling defines the regulatory logic of astrocyte gene regulation

Transcription initiation profiling defines the regulatory logic of astrocyte gene regulation

Ashley Kumar, Yanning Zuo, Numaan Formoli, Daimeng Sun, Narayan Pokhrel, Carlos Guzman, Sven Heinz, Christopher Benner, Francesca Telese

bioRxiv 2026.05.03.722406; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.03.722406

Kumar, A., Zuo, Y., Formoli, N., Sun, D., Pokhrel, N., Guzman, C., Heinz, S., Benner, C., & Telese, F. (2026). bioRxiv 2026.05.03.722406; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.03.722406

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Novel candidate genes for vestibular function identified through GWAS in the hybrid mouse diversity panel

Ninoyu, Y., Pan, C., Luu, J., Rashid, S., Johnston, J., Ortega, B., Boussaty, E., Lu, L., Clifford, R., Mohammadi, P., Telese, F., Palmer, A. A., Lusis, A. J., & Friedman, R. A. (2026). Novel candidate genes for vestibular function identified through GWAS in the hybrid mouse diversity panel.

BMC Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-026-12810-y

Ninoyu, Y., Pan, C., Luu, J., Rashid, S., Johnston, J., Ortega, B., Boussaty, E., Lu, L., Clifford, R., Mohammadi, P., Telese, F., Palmer, A. A., Lusis, A. J., & Friedman, R. A. (2026). BMC Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-026-12810-y

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Profiling active RNA polymerase II transcription start sites from total RNA by capped small RNA sequencing (csRNA-seq)

Mackenzie K. Meyer, Oluwadamilola J. Olanrewaju, Patricia Montilla-Perez, Anna L. McDonald, Eva M. Rickard, Francesca Telese, Christopher Benner, Marina I. Savenkova & Sascha H. Duttke.

Nat Protoc (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-025-01285-y

Mackenzie K. Meyer, Oluwadamilola J. Olanrewaju, Patricia Montilla-Perez, Anna L. McDonald, Eva M. Rickard, Francesca Telese, Christopher Benner, Marina I. Savenkova & Sascha H. Duttke  (2026). Nat Protoc (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-025-01285-y

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Whole Genome Sequencing of Sporadic Vestibular Schwannoma Reveals Novel Genetic Changes

Benjamin T Ostrander, Olivia La Monte, Vivienne Li, Vivian Vo, Ashley Kumar, Francesca Telese, Marc S Schwartz, Rick A Friedman  (2026).

Otol Neurotol; doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000004727.

Benjamin T Ostrander, Olivia La Monte, Vivienne Li, Vivian Vo, Ashley Kumar, Francesca Telese, Marc S Schwartz, Rick A Friedman  (2026). Otol Neurotol; doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000004727.

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