News

Eric's paper on using high-throughput FISH to screen for pairing factors is being published in Plos Genetics (2012, vol. 8, issue 5)!

2012-05-19T20:32:00Z

Eric has completed a massive undertaking in identifying factors that either promote or antagonize pairing factors by using RNAi screening combined with high-throughput FISH. It has been published in Plos Genetics (2012, vol. 8, issue 5), click here for the article!

Eric presented his screen for pairing factors to the Genetics Department! (May 19th)

2012-05-19T14:57:59Z

Armed with the data from his newly pubished Plos Genetics paper, Eric presented to the Genetics Department and fielded questions with amazing calm and collectiveness. Judging by the response, the department was surely impressed by the scientific rigor that Eric displayed through his research.

Mohammed Hannan joins the lab (May 7th)!

2012-05-07T15:19:00Z

We would like to welcome Mohammed Hannan to the the Wu Lab. He will provide the lab with much needed technical assistance as we expand our research efforts!

Katherine completes her internship with a stunning lab meeting (May 4th)

2012-05-04T15:27:00Z

Katherine Chen has concluded her six-week internship and surprised the lab with a wealth of data! Sadly for us, she is returning to UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and we wish her the best with the rest of her medical education.

Marnie, Lauren, Dana, and Ting present to educators at the Genomes Environments Traits (GET) Conference (April 24-25th)

2012-04-24T15:31:00Z

Marnie, Lauren, Dana, and Ting brought nearly 40 educators from around the nation and beyond to Boston on April 24th-25th to participate in pgEd's educational GETed sessions of the Genomes Environments Traits (GET) Conference of the Personal Genome Project (PGP).

Brian presents his OligoPaints technology to the Genetics Department!

2012-03-29T15:38:00Z

Brian delivered an impressive presentation on his OligoPaints project, and he has clearly inspired fellow scientists in the audience to use his technology for their own research. We can only imagine how the rest of the scientific field will benefit from Brian's hard work. Good job Brian!

Katherine Chen, a UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School student, starts her 6-week internship in the Wu Lab!

2012-03-26T15:45:00Z

We are pleased to have Katherine fulfill a six-week intership in our lab. She comes with research experience during her undergraduate career at Rutgers, as well as a fresh perspective for potentially advancing our research towards more translational purposes.

Eric presents a Platform talk at the 54th Annual Drosophila Conference (March 9th)

2012-03-09T16:40:00Z

Eric was selected by the program coordinators of the 54th Annual Drosophila Conference to present his talked titled "A FISH-based RNAi screen identifies genes involved in somatic homolog pairing of heterochromatic regions". He will be presenting at the "Cell Cycle and Cell Death" platform session.

Brian has won a poster award at the MIT Sloan BioInnovations Conference (Feb 24th)!

2012-02-24T16:46:00Z

Congratulations to Brian for getting an award for his poster titled "Oligopaints - developing high-resolution, low-cost chromosome paints". Earning this award is a clear testament by judges at the MIT Sloan BioInnovations Conference that Brian's project will have an impact on the scientific community.

Niroshi has passed her qualifying exam!

2012-01-12T21:19:34Z

Let us all congratulate Niroshi, who has passed her exam with flying colors! Everyone is so proud of her and her major step into Ph.D. candidacy! We all celebrated with some nice bubbly and ice cream cake, as seen here.