What’s new?

March 2024:

Jordan gave a talk at The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC) in DC! She presented her work on Arp2 diversification in flies.

November 2023:

The lab’s first paper is now published! Check it out here in Current Biology. Congrats to all authors!

October 2023:

The lab’s first postdoc joined—welcome Nuria! She will be studying recently evolved mammalian Arps that have specialized for sperm development.

July 2023:

Ricky was awarded a spot on the Chemistry-Biology Interface T32 training grant! This is a competitive program that provides financial support, including funds for his stipend, tuition, and travel to scientific meetings.

April 2023:

Kaitlin and Ricky passed their qualifying exams! They are the first students of the lab to officially become Ph.D. candidates.

Jordan Powell joined the lab as a research tech II! She will be studying Arp2/3 diversification in Drosophila.

February 2023:

The lab’s first preprint is on bioRxiv! Congrats to all authors for all their hard work. It turned out to be a fun and surprising story.

November 1, 2022:

Time flies…the lab is now 1 year old! We celebrated with pumpkin carving and bowling, and although our bowling skills may be lacking, one of us managed to get a strike.

August 2022:

Nikki Amarillo joins the lab as a research tech!

April 2022:

The lab’s first graduate students have joined the lab! Welcome to Ricky Chen and Kaitlin Stromberg.

December 2021:

Our NIH R00 grant has been officially funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, providing three years of support for the lab.

Tristan Spain joins the lab as a research technician later this month. Welcome Tristan!

May 2021: The lab was awarded a CPRIT Scholar Recruitment Grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas! Check out the press release here.