Chromatin Neurobiology Lab

Genetics & Genomics MS student Bradley Cutler graduated! Bradley's research centered on histone reader protein PHF21A. He will continue...

In our effort to better understand KDM5C-related disorder, we created the KDM5C Registry: https://redcap.link/KDM5C-registry Our mission...

Our lab celebrated Rare Disease Day 2021 by hosting a virtual call with 14 KDM5C families and researchers from the Secombe lab. Thank you...

In our latest paper, we investigate the KDM1a gene (also known as LSD1) and its role as a regulator of transcription at enhancers. We...

Out this month is our latest paper showing KDM1A (aka LSD1) maintains optimal enhancer activity by counterbalancing H3K4 methylation at...

Neuroscience PhD student Patricia Garay successfully defended her thesis! Tricia's work revealed new mechanisms of RAI1 in neuronal...

Our latest work on RAI1 was published! This project was lead by PhD student Tricia Garay, collaboration with the Sutton lab and Jones...

We are happy to welcome Bradley Cutler to the lab! Bradley joins us as a Master's student in Genetics and Genomics. He will be working on...

Our latest paper shows a functional relationship between KDM5C and KMT2A in mice, providing a proof of principle for balancing a single...

We are excited to welcome Dr. Bo Zhu to the lab as a postdoctoral fellow! Bo completed his PhD from the Chinese Academy of Science and...

Bobby successfully defended his theses and became Dr. Porter! He is moving on to the next phase of his MD-PhD training at the University...

It was our honor to attend the first-ever gathering of KDM5C families at the Rare Disease Day 2020 event at Albert Einstein College of...

Christina, now Dr. Vallianatos, is Genomics Educator in the Education Department of The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine in...

Ayomiposi (Ayo) Adewakun worked for two month in the lab via Hunter College/NYU’s NIH R25 BP-ENDURE program. He found something cool...

After a successful summer expressing RAI1 peptides in insect cells, Celine officially joins the lab. She is on her way to discovering...

Christina won the Excellence in Service award from the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for her role in founding and directing...

Bobby received the Department of Human Genetic's George J. & Lucia F. Brewer Scholarship, awarded to a student pursuing an MD PhD degree...

We warmly welcome Katie Bonefas, PhD student in the Neuroscience Graduate Program, to the lab!

Liam (on the right), a freshman in the lab, presented a poster on the expression dynamics of PHF21A at the UROP symposium. He also...

Christina submitted a photo of one of her dissections to the Rackham Graduate School's "Eye On Research" graduate student research photo...