Zach has joined the Dowen lab to carry out his Post Doctoral work on the link between genome organization and gene expression. We are really excited to have Zach around and for the expertise he brings on chromatin structure. Welcome Zach!
Welcome Undergraduate Researcher Caitlin Vickery!
Caitlin is a first-year undergraduate who is jumping right into lab. We are happy that she will be helping us out with lab tasks and experiments this year.
Welcome Graduate Rotation Student Nicole Arruda!
Nicole is a graduate student in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program (BBSP). She has selected the Dowen Lab for her fall rotation and we are excited to have her expand her expertise in chromatin and epigenetics.
Megan Justice awarded T32 training grant!
Megan Justice was selected for the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology T32 training grant. This grant is from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and will fund Megan’s graduate work for one year. Congratulations Megan on receiving this competitive award!
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Welcome undergraduate researcher Blythe King!
Blythe King has joined the lab this summer to perform undergraduate research. We are glad to have you join us!
Welcome Graduate Students Megan Justice and Alison Homstad!
Megan Justice and Alison Homstad have joined the Dowen Lab. They are both in the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB) PhD Program. We are excited to have you in the lab!
Congratulations to Jill Dowen on being selected as a Kimmel Scholar!
The Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research has selected the 2016 recipients for the Kimmel Scholars Program. Fifteen of the nation’s most creative and innovative young investigators will receive 2-year grants totaling $200,000. The program emboldens young scientists at the start of their careers to take imaginative approaches to fighting cancer.
Dowen paper referenced in Nature Review Genetics
The et al. paper Control of cell identity genes occurs in insulated neighborhoods in mammalian chromosomes, originally published in Cell, was referenced in a recent Nature Review Genetics piece showcasing “…two studies [that] provide new insights into the factors shaping higher-order chromatin structures from yeast to mammals and the pivotal role of genome organization in regulating gene expression.”
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