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Category: Departmental News

Nelson Lau named director of the Genome Science Institute

in Departmental News, Research News

Dean Karen Antman annouced today that Nelson Lau, PhD, has been named Director of the Genome Science Institute (GSI), effective […]

New Research Discoveries: Prions and Synaptic Toxicity

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In a new research study from the Harris laboratory in PLOS pathogens, first author Cheng Feng and collaborators defined a new […]

Message from the Chair, September 2018

in Departmental News

In a new “Message from the Chair” Dr. David Harris describes the exciting, new developments in the Department.

Ladan Amin Receives Alzheimer’s Fellowship

in Departmental News, Grant Funding News, Harris Lab News, Research News

Congratulations to Ladan Amin, a Postdoctoral Associate in the Harris laboratory, who was just awarded a three-year research fellowship from […]

Barbara Schreiber Appointed as Assistant Dean

in Departmental News

Dr. Schreiber has recently been appointed as Assistant Dean GMS Alumni Affairs. As the Assistant Dean for GMS Alumni Affairs, […]

Dr. Cathy Costello honored with special issue in The Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

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In recognition of Dr. Catherine Costello’s 2017 ASMS Award for a Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry, the entire June 2018 […]

New Software Developed for Glycosaminoglycan Analysis

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The Zaia laboratory’s recent study: “Software for peak finding and elemental composition assignment for glycosaminoglycan tandem mass spectra” has been selected […]

Valentina Perissi Promotion

in Departmental News

The Department would like to congratulate Dr. Valentina Perissi on her recent promotion to AssociateProfessor of Biochemistry. This is a well-deserved […]

Research Discoveries: Jello in Your Fat

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A new study from the Layne lab “Aortic carboxypeptidase-like protein enhances adipose tissue stromal progenitor differentiation into myofibroblasts and is upregulated […]

Matthew Layne receives GMS Faculty Recognition Award

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The winner of the 2018 Graduate Medical Sciences Faculty Recognition Award was announced yesterday at John McCahan Medical Education Day […]

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New Publication from the Varelas Lab: LATS1/2 inactivation drives a distinct venous endothelial cell response that contributes to fibrotic remodeling of the lung

September 9, 2026

A new study from the Varelas Lab reveals that blood vessels in...

New Publication from the Grishok Lab: Proteolytic activation of c-MYC facilitated by DOT1L, appeared in PNAS online on July 28, 2026.

July 29, 2026

A publication from the Grishok Lab: Proteolytic activation of c-MYC facilitated by...

Calendar

  • 5NovIn-House Research Seminar : Annie Wen, Ph.D student (Cifuentes Lab) & Ashley Tai, Ph.D student (Zaia Lab)
  • 9NovBiochemistry & Cell Biology Seminar Series: Ariel Bazzini, Ph.D. - "Post-transcriptional gene regulation in vertebrate development and viral infection"
  • 12NovGSI Symposium
  • 16NovBiochemistry & Cell Biology Seminar Series:Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan, Ph.D.

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