Edward Grow, PhD

Excited to share our work on chromatin landscape remodeling in cloned embryos! 🐄🐄We started off w/ simple question: how does the somatic epigenome reprogram to prepare for the onset of transcription (EGA)? tinyurl.com/yc4wv76p

Congratulations to #UTSW molecular biologist Benjamin Sabari, Ph.D., on receiving the prestigious Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize. The award will support innovative research aimed at targeting biomolecular condensates, opening new paths to treat cancer. bit.ly/4dr9tME

I had a chance to read your annual report. Thanks for sharing your Google scholar cite count compared to everyone else in your department. Oddly, removing self citations you don’t do quite as well. But at least now I understand why your chair rated you low for collegiality.

"Scientists studying the exact same topic would anonymously review each other’s papers and grants. And the fate of your career was just sitting there in their inbox"

A short write-up about the journey of our lab. Starting as T cell immunologists, we stumbled across Wnt signaling in flies and frogs. Worked on colon cancer. Then Nick Barker (left) discovered the gut stem cell and Toshi Sato invented organoids authors.elsevier.com/a/1n3No6tu0CxX…

The next Dan Brown novel will feature Prof. Robert Langdon trying to uncode the Concur travel system and unlocking Canvas from a ransomware attack by the Illuminati

RFK Jr. has called the HPV vaccine “the most dangerous vaccine ever invented.” A staggering new review covering 274 studies found the opposite (again). HPV vaccines, without a doubt, remain one of the greatest cancer prevention tools in modern medicine.

Out today in @ScienceMagazine: with the amazing Haochuan Cui, Yiling Lin, & @LingfeiWu, we analyzed 3.6 million scientists publishing 1960–2020. The findings reshape a century-old debate about age and scientific creativity.

Hantavirus on board with Prof. Vincent Racaniello ⚓️ A review of the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, as of 6 May 2026, including what we know so far, background on hantaviruses in general, and analysis of the previous Andes virus outbreak. 📺 bit.ly/4eznMQl

Update for those interest. No change in assessment: this is a logistically complex outbreak, but not likely to expand although some additional cases may be identified. who.int/emergencies/di… Also initial virus sequences confirm its close relatedness with Andes.

Iconic British naturalist David Attenborough, whose work has shaped science for decades, turns 100 today go.nature.com/4f9c9zQ

Every cancer drug you prescribe today was once an NIH grant nobody noticed. Pharma celebrates launches. Few notice the 20–40 year runway behind that. Gleevec took 41 years from NIH-funded discovery of the Philadelphia chromosome → FDA approval. Behind every “breakthrough” sits a graveyard of failed attempts that made it possible. Cut that lineage today, the next Gleevec doesn’t arrive in 2067. Funded science matters. If someone says NIH funded science is inefficient, show them this. - - - - - Source: NIH RePORTER · FDA · via @Jori_health - - - - -

In a genome not so far away, the most elegant design in the galaxy was already wrapped into ~147 base pairs. #HappyNucleosomeDay, May-The-Fourth Be With You.

A history of viral encephalitis is one of the strongest risk factors for developing dementia. With @JacobJacobog02, Yifan Chen, @RNA_Life, and @RyanDhindsa, we refine this link by describing a neuronal cell type that can reactivate HSV-1 in humans 1/n biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

Nature research paper: Cytoplasmic competition between separate parental pronuclei in zygotes go.nature.com/4tGeEOu

@yodai_takei @biohub Congrats, Yodai! This is fantastic news

I'm very excited to share that I've started a new position as a Group Leader at CZ Biohub NY! @biohub

Now online in @NatureSMB - We combine AlphaFold, structural, and biochemical approaches to show that SMO directly inhibits PKA via a pseudosubstrate mechanism—revealing a new mode of #GPCR signal transduction in the #Hedgehog pathway. Big thanks to everyone who contributed!

The Trump administration has downsized US science by historic margins — but it's not just via grant or workforce cuts. Our new @nature analysis reveals the government has cut more than 100 scientific advisory panels across all major science agencies.

John Gurdon (1933-2025) Sir John Gurdon was a towering figure in developmental biology, respected and admired throughout the world. In this Obituary, Jim Smith writes about his legacy. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15…

TWiV explains a study showing that viral DNA load in blood & saliva varied markedly with age, time of day season, sex & depended on dozens of genetic loci, & identification of an emerging human eye disease associated w/ aquatic virus zoonotic infection. 📺 bit.ly/4txGah0