Tiffany Dill, a Cell&Molecular Ph.D. student in the Naya lab, recently published a paper in the journal Development. This research article, “The long non-coding RNA Meg3 regulates myoblast plasticity and muscle regeneration through the epithelial-mesenchymal transition”, demonstrates that Meg3 restricts gene expression via epigenetic mechanisms to coordinate cell state transitions in muscle differentiation and regeneration. These findings suggest that Meg3 is required for the maintenance of a myogenesis-competent state in proliferating myoblasts. You can read the paper here.
Congratulations, Tiffany!