Asst Prof at University of California, Irvine. Genetics, Genomics, Gene Regulation, Development. Views are my own. https://www.kvonlab.org/https://bsky.app/profile/evgenykvon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/evgenykvon.bsky.social/post/3mks7fr3osk27Huge congratulations to our postdoc Zhuoxin Chen on receiving the K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award after a long wait! She is amazing and is currently on a job market. https://www.bio.uci.edu/uci-postdoctoral-fellow-zhuoxin-chen-awarded-nih-k99-r00-pathway-to-independence-award/01 May 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:nilbnbfop2k455b67jszgqac/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks7fr3osk27https://bsky.app/profile/evgenykvon.bsky.social/post/3mkbtl3xwxk27Huge congratulations to Grace Bower @gracebower.bsky.social who successfully defended her PhD thesis today. You rock!25 Apr 2026 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:nilbnbfop2k455b67jszgqac/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbtl3xwxk27https://bsky.app/profile/evgenykvon.bsky.social/post/3mjf53iqofk2fDe novo formation of cis-regulatory contacts in the absence of NIPBL-driven chromatin loop extrusion https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-026-02565-313 Apr 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:nilbnbfop2k455b67jszgqac/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjf53iqofk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/evgenykvon.bsky.social/post/3mdecrop7hs2gFinally had a chance to read this beautiful paper from Susan Mackem's lab. It's interesting that even well-established paradigms, like Sonic Hedgehog's role as a traditional morphogen in limb development, can be proven wrong over time. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1534580722005470?via%3Dihub26 Jan 2026 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:nilbnbfop2k455b67jszgqac/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdecrop7hs2g