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Maya Talukdar

@MayaTalukdar

M4 @HarvardMITmdphd @BIG_Harvard_PhD w/ @PageLabXY & @ChrisAWalsh1. Human genetics, comp/stats genomics, & sex differences. Aspiring neonatalogist-scientist.

 Boston, MA//Buffalo, NY
Joined January 2019
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@shailinthomasNov 9
Please for the love of all that is holy listen to doctors and give your newborn the vitamin K shot. This is an absolutely devastating read. Doctors don’t stand to gain anything from administering vitamin K other than helping ensure your newborn stays healthy.
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After their son seemed to react badly to vaccines, Stephanie and Eric declined a vitamin K shot for their baby girl, Gwen. They gave her vitamin K drops, which they trusted would help her blood clot. Then Gwen started bleeding — and couldn’t stop. propublica.org/article/vitam…
An 11-Day-Old Baby Couldn’t Stop Bleeding. For Hours, the ER Didn’t Provide a Critical Vitamin Shot.

An 11-Day-Old Baby Couldn’t Stop Bleeding. For Hours, the ER Didn’t Provide a Critical Vitamin Shot.

As more parents reject a long-standard shot for babies, hospitals are seeing cases of vitamin K deficiency bleeding — once considered virtually eliminated. Doctors don’t always recognize or know how...

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Excited to share our new paper out today in @Nature ! With @BeckyEAndersen and @ChrisAWalsh1 , we find that disrupting diverse autism genes converges on strong, shared changes in gene expression. A quick 🧵… (1/n)
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ZFX targets many genes that are downregulated in autism, and many autism-relevant genes also target ZFX. We hypothesize that female-biased expression of ZFX helps buffer females against autosomal autism-associated mutations, contributing to the female protective effect 🛡️. (15/n)
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Full paper here: nature.com/articles/s41586-0…! Thanks to all of our amazing co-authors for their work on this project, and thank you for reading! (/end)
Transcriptomic convergence and the female protective effect in autism

Transcriptomic convergence and the female protective effect in autism

Nature - Gene network analysis shows how mutations in diverse genes associated with autism spectrum disorder can converge to exert shared effects, with X-linked transcription factor ZFX emerging as...

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The only correct answer when a labmate asks “Do you want to see something cool?” is “hell yeahhh”
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Circulation@CircAHAOct 7
📣 Reminder for Submissions for the Circulation's Go Red for Women® Issue 2027: The focus: cardiovascular health, across a woman's life, including original research, reviews, perspectives, all to improve girls and women's health. Submit by Nov. 1, 2026. ahajrnls.org/3TJi1aS
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Michael Zhu Chen@michaelzhuchenOct 1
Proud to share the fruits of a 4 year effort with an amazing team at the MitoCarta Tree of Life Consortium! Today, we report insights on the origin and evolution of mitochondrial proteomes across billions of years: cell.com/consortium/mitocart… mitocarta.org
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