Phillip Wulfridge (post doc in the Sarma lab, grant co-mentored by M. Bartolomei) was recently awarded an NRSA F32 fellowship to study epigenetic mechanisms of ATRX in genome regulation. Congratulations Phillip!
Ashley Karnay (CAMB graduate student in the Jain lab) was recently awarded an F31 for her proposal entitled “Deciphering the Molecular Orchestrators of Heterochromatin-Lamina Interactions at the Nuclear Periphery.” Her proposal was co-sponsored by Rajan Jain and Arjun Raj. Congratulations Ashley!
Gina Pacella, a graduate student in the Capell lab, was awarded a F31 grant from NCI for her project entitled “The role of UTX in Epidermal Homeostasis, Carcinogenesis, and Sex Mediated Risk of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma.” Congratulations Gina!
Marco Carpenter (PGG graduate student in the Heller) successfully defended his dissertation and graduated. He is the first graduate student from the Heller Lab, a recipient of a 2021 CHOP Postdoctoral Fellowship, and will soon join the lab of Dr. William Peranteau as a postdoc. Congratulations Marco!
Anna Kiseleva, postdoc in the Epstein lab, is the recipient of an AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship for her grant entitled Hdac3 loss induces changes in the chromatin organization leading to cardiac failure associated with a high-fat diet. Congratulations Anna!
Wonho Kim, postdoc in the Jain lab, is the recipient of an AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship for his grant entitled BRD4-mediated genome folding in smooth muscle cell differentiation. Congratulations Wonho!
Dr. Michael Guo, postdoctoral research fellow in the Cremins lab, is awarded an NIH R25 physician-scientist research fellowship. Congratulations!
Marco Carpenter, a postdoctoral fellow who will be joining the Heller lab in June 2021, received a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for Academic Diversity at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Welcome and congratulations!
Juan Serrano (Kohli Lab) was awarded an NIH F31 individual fellowship and also given a 2020 Patel Family Scholar Award from the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute. Congratulations!