Alexandre Gaspar Maia

@maialab.bsky.social

Biologist | Associate Professor | Mayo Clinic l #LabFunEpi

The Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences @mayoclinic had its first round of recruitment interviews for the PhD program in Rochester MN. It was lovely to see the energy and enthusiasm of all these young scientists.

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When I was a graduate student the process of DNA de-methylation was a complete mystery. Until Dr. Anjana Rao described for the first time how the TET enzymes mediate the process. It was amazing to meet one of my scientific heroes this week.

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Yesterday I was invited by the graduate students to talk about my career path. Did not expect to have so much fun digging into my PhD and postdoc and eventually some undergraduate treasures: Perkinsus atlanticus was my first organism of interest and how I became fascinated with nucleus.

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The Ovarian Cancer Midwest focus meeting is now open for registration. Please join in Minneapolis, MN November 10-11 for an amazing line up of speakers including Ernst Lengyel, University of Chicago, and Joan Brugge, Harvard Medical School.

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