Here is the podcast recorded by Lucia on the gibbon genome: https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2018/07/17/lucia-carbone-talks-about-gibbon-conservation-and-the-genomic-shuffle/

Dr. Mariam Okhovat gave a brilliant presentation on the functional impact of the LAVA element on the gibbon genome at the SMBE Meeting in Yokohama, Japan (http://smbe2018.jp/). 

Our paper entitled “Epigenetic maintenance of topological domains in the highly rearranged gibbon genome” has been published in the July issue of Genome Research (https://genome.cshlp.org/content/28/7/983). Very proud of this work Continue Reading →

Walking with the hope to defeat sarcoma. Our team: Big Damn Heroes  

We are very excited about this paper just published in Genome Biology. This was a collaboration with Dr. Claudio Mello’s Lab at OHSU. There are at least 274 protein coding Continue Reading →

The Carbone lab received an amazing gift from the NW Sarcoma Foundation: a check of 15,000$!!! These funds will be used to start a study comparing sarcoma in gibbon and human. Continue Reading →

The XXV congress of the International Primatological Society was held in Hanoi, Vietnam from august 12 to 16. Lucia presented at a symposium called “GIBBON CONSERVATION 1: THE IMPACT OF HUMAN Continue Reading →

Nature news: How gibbons got their swing  Huffington post: The Gibbon Genome and Natural Genetic Engineering in Primate Evolution New Scientist: Shattering DNA may have let gibbons evolve new species Genome Web: Genome Study Continue Reading →