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Dark matter of the human genome

Welcome! We are a young lab in the Yale Institute of Biomolecular Design and Discovery. We are developing chemical and biological tools to study the “dark matter of the human genome” - previously undiscovered small open reading frames that encode microproteins - and their functions. We utilize a broad range of interdisciplinary methods, including proteomics, fluorescence microscopy, and peptide and small molecule synthesis, to probe the roles of microproteins in human cells and disease. To learn more…

News

July 15, 2025
New postdoc Nikita Dewani joins us today after completing her Ph.D. studies at the Max Delbruck Center. She will work on cancer microproteins. Welcome Nikita!
June 13, 2025
Georgina Dabdoub has been awarded an NSF GRFP! Her NSF-funded project will help us understand how N-terminal extensions and alternative splicing diversify the dark proteome,...
June 13, 2025
Georgina, Betel and Natalia all passed their qualifying exams with flying colors and are now officially Ph.D. candidates. Congratulations!