New preprint on RNA mediated dimerization of PRC2
Vignesh is a corresponding author on a new preprint on bioRxiv titled “Structural basis for inactivation of PRC2 by G-quadruplex RNA” in collaboration with the Cech lab at CU Boulder. Read it here.
Vignesh is a corresponding author on a new preprint on bioRxiv titled “Structural basis for inactivation of PRC2 by G-quadruplex RNA” in collaboration with the Cech lab at CU Boulder. Read it here.
First year biochemistry student Aubrey Wolfe begins her rotation in the lab. Welcome Aubrey!
Mark presents at the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology student seminar. Great job, Mark!
MCDB graduate student Phuoc Huynh begins his rotation in the lab. Welcome Phuoc!
Jessica and Vignesh are part of a new preprint on bioRxiv on “DNMT1 inhibition by pUG-fold quadruplex RNA” in collaboration with the Cech lab and the Rinn lab at CU Boulder.
Read it here.
The lab welcomes STEM Uplift student Malavika Vinod! Malavika is a sophomore at CU and will spend the next 8 weeks shadowing a different member in the lab. We are so excited to have you here!
Read more about the STEM Routes Uplift program here.
Jessica passed her written comprehensive exams! Next step orals!
Jessica receives an award for excellence in graduate teaching of general chemistry! Great job!
Undergraduates Avy and Emma each receive the Biological Sciences Initiative Award for the academic year 2022-2023. Well done!!
Mark and Ash learned how to do cryo-CLEM and lots of milling of waffles 🧇
Niraj submits a paper to arXiv on “Deep learning-based identification of sub-nuclear structures in FIB-SEM images.”
See the manuscript here.
Jessica will be a part of the 2022-2023 NIH SCR Training Grant! Congrats Jessica!!
Emma Judge, and Carson Mckenna join the lab as summer undergraduate research students. This takes the total number of undergraduates in the lab to SEVEN!! Go Undergrad Army!
Ryan Otten joins the lab as part of a summer research outreach program from Front Range Community College! We are super excited to welcome Ryan to the lab. Ryan will be working with our very own Jessica Song in the lab! More about Ryan coming soon …..
Our first graduate student Danielle has passed her qualifying exams and is now a PhD candidate! Congrats Danielle!
Biochemistry students Miranda Juarros and David Vaisar begin their 4th rotation in the lab.
Lab’s first undergraduate student Ryan Stoner defends his Undergraduate Honors Thesis! Congrats Ryan!!
Undergraduates Angel & Maggie each receive the UROP Individual Grant. Angel receives the UROP for Summer 2022 and Maggie receives it for AY 22/23. Congrats you two!! Well done!
Lab’s first graduate student Danielle Guillen receives the prestigious NSF GRFP! Congratulations Danielle!!
Mark & Jessica gave fantastic exit talks. They might soon be back!
Mark Matyas (MCDB) and Jessica Song (Biochemistry) start their rotations in the lab. More people in the lab now … more science and more banter. Love it!!
Sophomore Elijah Ortivez joins the labs as an Uplift STEM research student. Elijah will be with us for AY 21-22. Welcome Elijah!!
Akhil and Liqi’s perspective on PRC2 is now accepted at Biochemical Society Transactions! Congrats! Link to perspective will be posted soon!
Ryan has been awarded the Biological Sciences Initiative (BSI) fellowship for the AY 21-22 to continue his research in the lab! Congrats Ryan!!
Danielle has been awarded the 2021-2022 NIH Molecular Biophysics Training Scholarship. Congrats Danielle!!
Danielle Guillen is the lab’s first graduate student! Welcome Danielle!!
Vignesh’s first paper as corresponding author now out in Science!
The lab will open at the Department of Biochemistry at CU Boulder in Jan 2021. We are looking for motivated postdocs and students interested in cryo-EM, chromatin, and all things interesting!