Congratulations to Lauren, Connor, Casey, and Eric: Paper published!
Lauren and Connor share first authorship, and Casey is co-corresponding author on:
A bioinformatics screen reveals hox and chromatin remodeling factors at the Drosophila histone locus
Congratulations to Hannah: paper published!
Congratulations to Hannah (and alum Gwyn), whose paper was recently published!
A hybrid RNA FISH immunofluorescence protocol on Drosophila polytene chromosomes
Welcome, Amirah!
We are so excited to welcome Amirah Hurst as our new lab manager! Amirah earned her M.S. from Georgia State University in 2021 and her B.S. in Neuroscience in 2016. Welcome, Amirah!
Good luck, Pamela!
Today we bid farewell to Pamela, who will return to Emory in fall 2024 to start her PhD in the Emory Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis (IMP) program! Good luck, Pamela!
Bon voyage, Hannah!
Hannah has moved on to the Emory/GA Tech BME PhD program! But not before submitting her manuscript: Gilbonio, HE, GL Puckett, E Nguyen, and LE Rieder. A hybrid RNA FISH immunofluorescence protocol on Drosophila polytene chromosomes. bioRxiv: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.12.544616v1
Congratulations, Hannah!
Hiring: laboratory manager!
We are excited to hire a laboratory manager! Your primary responsibilities will include reserach support, but there are also opportunities for side research projects. Salary depends upon experience, but is hourly (with overtime options) and begins around $36k/year.
https://staff-emory.icims.com/jobs/110656/job
Note: if you have additional experience or degrees, please still apply— I will be able to hire you into a salaried, more advanced position with higher pay!
Tommy awarded F31 from NICHD
We are thrilled that Tommy was recently awarded an F31 from NICHD! Congratulations, Tommy!
Nicole and Sisi join the lab!
We are thrilled to recruit both Sisi and Nicole to join us for their PhD research!
Sisi rotates in lab!
We are excited to welcome first year GMB graduate student Sisi into the lab for the third rotation. Welcome, Sisi!
Two papers submitted to G3!
Congratulations to Lauren, Connor, Skye, Eric, and Casey for submitting the results of their bioinformatics CURE screen to G3!
Congratulations to Mellisa, Lauren, Pamela, Hannah, Robert, Skye, and Gwyn for submitting a paper based on Mellisa’s honors research to G3!
Don and Nicole rotate in lab
We bid farewell to Robert and welcome Don (BCDB) and Nicole (GMB) to the lab for their second rotations! May the flies be with you all.
Casey, Lauren, Skye, Henrik submit pedagogical paper!
We turned lemons into lemonade during the early pandemic and invented a free, virtual, bioinformatics CURE! Casey and Lauren and Skye recently submitted the CURE to bioRxiv, and included data from Henrik:
A cost-free CURE: Using bioinformatics to identify DNA-binding factors at a specific genomic locus
Congratulations to everyone who worked extremely hard on developing and testing this CURE!
Robert rotates in lab
We are excited to have Robert rotating in our lab for GMB Rotation 1! He’s already learning how to perform polytene chromosome squashes ;)
Farewell to Gwyn and Edgar!
We are excited that Gwyn is moving up to a position in the Biology Dept as Facilities Planning Coordinator, and Edgar has committed to Emory EMT training! They will do great things!
SURE 2022 wraps up
Eric and Edgar presented their summer research at the SURE 2022 symposium!
Searching for laboratory manager
We are searching for a laboratory manager to take over from Gwyn Puckett, who will soon take a full time position with Emory Biology facilities. We are accepting applicants with a range of background/experience.
Apply here:
Research Specialist - https://staff-emory.icims.com/jobs/96663/job
Research Specialist, Lead – https://staff-emory.icims.com/jobs/96660/job
Lauren to talk about CURE at freeBREWMOR meeting
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.
Skye Comstra joining Emory Biology faculty!
We are thrilled at the return of our colleague, Skye Comstra, who will join the Emory Biology faculty on August 1, 2022!
Mellisa and Greg graduate, fly the nest!
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!