Lauren will discuss the CURE that she ran during Casey’s genetics class at the 2022 Bridging Research and Education with Model Organisms (BREWMOR) meeting.
This free meeting will take place virtually on Monday, July 25, from 1–5 p.m. EST and is intended for anyone interested in incorporating hands-on research including model organisms into the undergraduate classroom.
We are thrilled at the return of our colleague, Skye Comstra, who will join the Emory Biology faculty on August 1, 2022!
Mellisa graduated from Emory with highest Biology honors! She will attend medical school at University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in the fall!
Greg graduated from Emory and will attend Princeton for graduate school in the fall!
Congratulations, Mellisa!
Lauren won third place for her talk at Emory DSAC!
Greg learned today that he will receive an NSF GRFP for his PhD studies! We are proud of you, Greg!
Read more: Emory students, recent grads receive National Science Foundation graduate research fellowships
We have several posters at DRC 2022!
In person:
Reserach technician Pamela Diaz, poster 507B: In vitro identification of critical cis elements in the embryonic Drosophila histone locus
Virtual:
Grad student Lauren Hodkinson, poster 517V: Determinants of transcription factor function
Grad student Tommy O’Haren, poster 478C: Developmental regulation of histone genes by pioneer factor Zelda
Undergrad student Eric Albanese, poster 521V: It's *abo*ut time: an investigation into the role of abnormal oocyte (abo) in embryonic histone gene regulation
Undergrad student Greg Kimmerer, poster 477B: Initiating and Maintaining the Histone Locus Body: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Mellisa defended her senior research thesis and earned highest honors! Congratulations, Mellisa!
Casey was awarded an F32 from NIGMS to support her postdoctoral reserach. Thanks, NIGMS!
Eric and Edgar were awarded Emory Summer Undergraduate Reserach Experience (SURE) fellowships for their upcoming summer research! Congrats Eric and Edgar!
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!
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 are joining the lab as reserach specialists! We are excited to have them!
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 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!
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
We welcome two new Emory undergraduate students, Eric and Egar, to our group. Can’t wait to see what they can do!
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!
Tommy submitted an F31 to NICHD!
Casey submitted an F32 to NIGMS!
Good luck, Tommy and Casey!
Leila’s final postdoctoral paper was recently published in ELife:
CLAMP and Zelda function together to promote Drosophila zygotic genome activation