Mellisa defended her senior research thesis and earned highest honors! Congratulations, Mellisa!
Casey awarded F32 from NIGMS
Casey was awarded an F32 from NIGMS to support her postdoctoral reserach. Thanks, NIGMS!
Eric and edgar awarded summer fellowships
Eric and Edgar were awarded Emory Summer Undergraduate Reserach Experience (SURE) fellowships for their upcoming summer research! Congrats Eric and Edgar!
Mellisa awarded travel grants!
Mellisa was awarded both an Emory Conference Grant and an ASBMB Student Chapter Travel Award to attend the 2022 ASBMB annual meeting in Philadelphia. Watch out for her poster!
EAKC
We had an amazing time exhibiting our Insect Petting Zoo at the East Atlanta Kids Club yesterday! Many thanks to ASCB for a supporting COMPASS grant! Pictures at: https://www.riederlab.org/people
Pamela and Hannah join the lab!
Pamela and Hannah are joining the lab as reserach specialists! We are excited to have them!
Gwyn and Leila awarded ASCB COMPASS outreach grant!
Gwyn and Leila were just awarded an ASCB COMPASS outreach grant to support the insect petting zoo. New cuddly pets are on the way! Thank you, ASCB!
Greg gives talks!
Greg recently gave a talk at the in-person BIMEs meeting for reserach he did over the summer with Ashlee Ford Versypt (Buffalo). Next week, Greg will be speaking at the gulf coast undergraduate research symposium, where he will discuss his research on initiation and maintenance of the histone locus body in Drosophila!
Hiring: technician!
We are searching for a BA/BS-level research technician to join us! The position is for 1-2 years (flexible) and is great if you want some laboratory experience before moving on.
Details/apply here:
https://staff-emory.icims.com/jobs/76818/research-specialist/job
Welcome: Eric and Edgar
We welcome two new Emory undergraduate students, Eric and Egar, to our group. Can’t wait to see what they can do!
Hiring: Postdoc!
The lab is searching for a postdoc! If interested, please send CV to leila.rieder[at]emory[dot]edu and explain in your email why you’d like to join us!
Grants submitted!
Tommy submitted an F31 to NICHD!
Casey submitted an F32 to NIGMS!
Good luck, Tommy and Casey!
Paper in ELife!
Leila’s final postdoctoral paper was recently published in ELife:
CLAMP and Zelda function together to promote Drosophila zygotic genome activation
Tommy (T32) and Casey (K12) grant news!
Tommy will soon be supported on the prestigious GMB graduate program T32 grant!
Casey will soon be supported by the fantastic IRACDA K12 grant!
Congratulations, Tommy and Casey!
Farewell Skye!
Skye has left us to take a Visiting Assistant Professor at Emory - Oxford College. We will miss her!
Congratulations, Skye!
Traveling Insect Petting Zoo!
Gwyn has curated an “Insect Petting Zoo!” It includes live baby mantids, friendly bess beetles, and other species, as well as beautiful pinned specimens from around the world and educational materials. We deployed our zoo at the East Atlanta Kids Club and had a fantastic time! Most of the kids were happy to eat cricket bites and cricket lollipops. We can’t wait to return.
See the people page for pictures of the event!
Tommy passes oral qual!
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!