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Mustafa Mir receives grant from the Margaret Q. Landenberger Research Foundation
Mustafa received a grant from the Margaret Q. Landenberger Research Foundation to study Molecular dynamics of gene regulation during development and in cancer. Congratulations Mustafa!
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Jessica Nelson, Granato Lab Postdoc, Receives Faculty Position
Congratulations to Jessica Nelson, postdoc in the Granato lab, on her Faculty position at the University of Colorado, Denver starting November 1 2021! Supported by a NIH K99 award Jess will continue her research on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of habituation learning. We wish Jess the best of luck […]
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Mustafa Mir – NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Recipient
Congratulations to Mustafa Mir for receiving the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award!! Project Title: Quantifying the Dynamics of Gene Regulation and Nuclear Organization During Embryogenesis The Mir lab is developing and applying novel advanced fluorescence microscopy technologies and computational analysis tools to study and manipulate the molecular scale dynamics of gene […]
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Designer membraneless organelles sequester native factors for control of cell behavior
Garabedian, M. V., Wang, W., Dabdoub, J. B., Tong, M., Caldwell, R. M., Benman, W., Schuster, B., Deiters, A., & Good, M. C. (2021). Designer membraneless organelles sequester native factors for control of cell behavior. Nature Chemical Biology, 1-10. Please read the publication here.
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Bushra Raj Joins the CDB Faculty as Assistant Professor
Dr. Raj’s laboratory will develop and utilize single cell lineage tracing technology to study the hierarchy and cell lineage relationships underlying neuronal development and diversity in the zebrafish brain.
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Marisa Bartolomei and Celeste Simon elected to the national academy of sciences, joining three other CDB faculty members
Marisa Bartolomei and Celeste Simon have been elected into the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Cell and Developmental Biology now has five NAS members, all of whom are women. Please read this article for more information on their research and […]
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Ken Zaret Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Ken Zaret, Ph.D., has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Ken is known for discovering the first “pioneer factor”, which are transcription factors that can directly bind condensed chromatin. The concept of a pioneer factor, as formulated by Ken, is that only a small subset of […]
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Shelley Berger & Celeste Simon Elected As Fellows of the AACR Academy Class of 2021
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) today announced its newly elected class of Fellows of the AACR Academy, and it includes Shelley Berger and Celeste Simon. Congratulations! The mission of the AACR Academy is to recognize and honor distinguished scientists whose scientific contributions have propelled significant innovation and progress against […]
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Rajan Jain receives 2021 Seldin~Smith Award for Pioneering Research
The American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) is pleased to announce Rajan Jain, MD, as the recipient of the 2021 Donald Seldin~Holly Smith Award for Pioneering Research. Dr. Jain will receive an unrestricted award of $30,000 to advance his academic efforts and will deliver a scientific talk at the 2022 […]