News

May 3, 2025

Team Spring Get-together

We wrapped up the semester with a fun spring trip. Looking forward to a productive summer!

Apr 21, 2025

Thomas Presented at the McCormick Undergraduate Research Symposium

Thomas Thornton presented his poster at this year’s McCormick Undergraduate Research Symposium. Great job, Thomas!

Mar 25, 2025

Chenshu and Irene Awarded GGA Summer Research Team Mini-grants

Congratulations to Chenshu Yang and Irene Silvernail on winning the GGA summer research team mini-grant! This precious opportunity will support Chenshu in her undergraduate research under Irene’s mentorship.

Mar 19, 2025

Welcome, Chenshu!

Chenshu Yang, a first-year Bioinformatics student, is joining our group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome aboard!

Mar 4, 2025

New Publication in Biochemistry

Our paper on acetylation-modulated chromatin structural transition is now published in Biochemistry. Good job, Rina!

Jan 31, 2025

Yafan Receives the 2025 GGA Travel Award

Congratulations to Yafan Zhang on receiving the 2025 Travel Award from the Genetics and Genomics Academy!

Dec 20, 2024

Eduardo Awarded GAANN Molecular Biotechnology Fellowship

Congratulations to Eduardo Cisneros on receiving the prestigious GAANN Molecular Biotechnology Fellowship. Well deserved!

Dec 11, 2024

Eduardo and Yafan Presented at North Carolina RNA Symposium

Eduardo and Yafan presented their posters at the 2024 Symposium on RNA Biology XV: RNA Tool and Target. Great discussions during the symposium!

Nov 3, 2024

Yafan Awarded CMI Young Scholars Award

Congratulations to Yafan Zhang on winning the Young Scholars Program in Comparative Medicine Institute for his proposed research projects, together with Md Abul Shahid from Dr. Yang Zhang group. We Looking forward to more research outcomes!

Nov 3, 2024

Thomas Awarded PPEP Scholarship

Congratulations to Thomas Thornton on being awarded the Provost’s Professional Experience Program (PPEP) scholarship to support his undergraduate research. Well done!