GMB student Tommy has passed his oral qualifying exam with quali-flying colors! Congrats, Tommy!
Undergraduate researchers Dabin and Mary graduate
Congratulations, Dabin and Mary! Don’t forget us when you’re famous!
Undergraduate researcher Mary achieves highest honors
Mary worked with postdoc Casey Schmidt to define new protein components of the histone locus body. She wrote and defended her thesis to her committee and achieved highest honors! Great job, Mary!
Greg wins Goldwater Foundation Fellowship!
Undergraduate researcher Greg has won a prestigious Goldwater Foundation Fellowship!
We’re so proud of you, Greg!
Presentations at the 2021 GSA Drosophila Research Conference
Casey will be giving a talk: “Remote research: A bioinformatics adventure for undergraduates” (3/24 5-6:30pm) Talk #68 during the Education Platform Session
Mellisa will be talking about her research: “Mapping of high-throughput datasets reveal Max and E93 cluster at the histone locus” (3/25 5-6:30pm) during the Undergraduate Platform session
Dabin will be presenting his research: “Pipsqueak localization to the histone locus body” poster 453C
Mellisa will be presenting her research: “Mapping of high-throughput datasets reveal Max and E93 cluster at the histone locus” poster 278B
Casey will be presenting her research: “Investigating interactions that coordinate histone expression” poster 471C
Tommy passes written qual!
Congrats Tommy! One step closer to Dr. Tommy!
Undergraduates are winning awards!
Greg was selected as an Emory nominee for the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship!
Dabin won a Victoria Finnerty award to attend the 2021 Drosophila Research Conference!
Mellisa won a GSA Undergraduate Travel Award to attend the 2021 Drosophila Research Conference!
Seeking a few good undergrads for Spring 2021
We realize that it is difficult for undergraduate students to get research experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are offering a remote bioinformatics-based opportunity to a few interested Emory undergraduate students during the spring 2021 semester. For more information, or to express interest, please email lrieder [at] emory.edu
Lauren wins advanced teaching fellowship!
Can’t wait to learn from Lauren! Congratulations, Lauren!
Lauren awarded T32 support
Lauren has been awarded T32 support for her third year as a PhD student. Congratulations, Lauren!
John presents in Morehouse McNair Fellows Symposium!
John worked remotely all summer with Skye and today he presented his work using Galaxy to analyze embryo ChIP-seq data. Well done, John! #MorehouseMcNair #McNairScholar
John joins lab for summer!
John is a Morehouse undergraduate student who loves street photography, Marvel movies, and coding. He is working with Skye over the summer and we are excited to have him! Welcome, John!
Lauren passes oral qualifying exam!
A significant achievement! Congrats, Lauren!
Lab turns 1 year!
Happy birthday, lab! <3
Tommy joins lab!
Tommy is a rising second year student in the Emory GMB graduate program. Welcome Tommy!
Greg presents poster at virtual TAGC 2020 Conference!
Check out Greg’s poster:
#786C: Initiation and Maintenance Mechanisms of the Drosophila Histone Locus Body
at TAGC 2020!
Casey accepted to FIRST program!
Casey was accepted to the Emory FIRST IRACDA program! Congratulations, Casey!
Lauren wins teaching award!
Lauren has won the GDBBS TATTO Teaching Award! Congratulations, Lauren!
Dabin and Mellisa earn SURE fellowships!
The SURE fellowship funds Dabin and Mellisa to perform 10 weeks of research this summer. Well done, Dabin and Mellisa!
Lauren joins lab!
Lauren is a second year graduate student in the GMB program and an accomplished artist! Welcome, Lauren!