{"id":709,"date":"2012-03-12T13:54:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T17:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/?page_id=709"},"modified":"2026-01-08T09:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:35:42","slug":"research-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/graduate-program\/research-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Research in Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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. \u00a0Each talk is an open forum for the BU community to discuss the presenters&#8217; work or other topics after the talk.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u2022 Research in Progress <\/b>is held on alternating Tuesdays <strong>in Instructional Building room K103<\/strong> (unless otherwise noted) from <strong>3<\/strong><b>:00 to 4:00 PM.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u2022 Snacks will be served <\/b>and all interested students and faculty are welcome to attend.<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>January 20th, 2026 (Tuesday)<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u2013 Kaitlyn Alimenti<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span><strong>\u201cA novel method for mapping rna: chromatin interaction sites at genome wide resolution\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/files\/2023\/06\/Alimenti_headshot-200x300.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>4th\u00a0<\/span>Year PhD student \u2013 Dr. Michael Blower lab<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">K103, 3-4PM<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In-person, live stream<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>February 3rd, 2026 (Tuesday)<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u2013 Ali Gulhan<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span><strong>\u201cHSV-1 Infection Is Associated with Reduced Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Related Atrophy and Altered Brain Transcriptomic Signatures\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/files\/2024\/07\/GULHAN-1-306x300.png\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">3<sup>rd<\/sup><span>\u00a0<\/span>Year PhD student \u2013 Dr. Lindsay Farrer lab<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">K103, 3-4PM<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In-person, live stream<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>February 17th (Tuesday)<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u2013 Abigail Fowler<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span><strong>Title: TBD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/files\/2024\/07\/abbygpgg-224x300.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">3<sup>rd<\/sup><span>\u00a0<\/span>Year PhD student \u2013 Dr. Tuan Leng Tay lab<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">K103, 3-4PM<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In-person, live stream<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>March 17th (Tuesday)<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u2013 Sanjana Bhagavatula<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span><strong>Title: TBD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/files\/2024\/07\/headshot-1-169x300.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>3rd\u00a0<\/span>Year PhD student \u2013 Dr.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>Stefano Monti\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>lab<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">K103, 12-1PM<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In-person, live stream<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>March 24th (Tuesday)<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u2013 Owen Sanborn<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span><strong>Title: TBD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/files\/2023\/06\/Owen-Headshot-scaled-e1685971123184-238x300.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>4th\u00a0<\/span>Year PhD student \u2013 Dr.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>Daniel Cifuentes<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>lab<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">K103, 3-4PM<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In-person, live stream<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>March 31st (Tuesday)<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u2013 Keyu (Chloe) Li<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span><strong>Title: TBD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gpgg\/files\/2025\/07\/Image20250724101708-li-466x300.png\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>2nd\u00a0<\/span>Year PhD student \u2013 Dr.<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>Valentina Perissi<\/span>\u00a0lab<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">K103, 3-4PM<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: 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