Research in Progress
Throughout the year, each of our students and postdocs gets a chance to present their research to the Genetics and Genomics community at Boston University for feedback to help drive their research in new directions. Each talk is an open forum for the BU community to discuss the presenters’ work or other topics after the talk.
• Research in Progress is held on alternating Tuesdays in Instructional Building room K103 (unless otherwise noted) from 3:00 to 4:00 PM.
• Snacks will be served and all interested students and faculty are welcome to attend.
January 20th, 2026 (Tuesday) – Kaitlyn Alimenti
“A novel method for mapping rna: chromatin interaction sites at genome wide resolution”
4th Year PhD student – Dr. Michael Blower lab
K103, 3-4PM
In-person, live stream
February 3rd, 2026 (Tuesday) – Ali Gulhan
“HSV-1 Infection Is Associated with Reduced Alzheimer’s Disease Related Atrophy and Altered Brain Transcriptomic Signatures”
3rd Year PhD student – Dr. Lindsay Farrer lab
K103, 3-4PM
In-person, live stream
February 17th (Tuesday) – Abigail Fowler
Title: TBD
3rd Year PhD student – Dr. Tuan Leng Tay lab
K103, 3-4PM
In-person, live stream
March 17th (Tuesday) – Sanjana Bhagavatula
Title: TBD
3rd Year PhD student – Dr. Stefano Monti’s lab
K103, 12-1PM
In-person, live stream
March 24th (Tuesday) – Owen Sanborn
Title: TBD
4th Year PhD student – Dr. Daniel Cifuentes lab
K103, 3-4PM
In-person, live stream
March 31st (Tuesday) – Keyu (Chloe) Li
Title: TBD
2nd Year PhD student – Dr. Valentina Perissi lab
K103, 3-4PM
In-person, live stream