Past trainees of CEGR reunite at the Summer Symposium on chromatin and Transcription. From left to right Bede Portz (Gilmour), Arnob Dutta (Reese), Tom Owen-Hughes (Workman), Brooks Crickard (Reese), Rob McGinty (Tan), Ho Sung Rhee (Pugh), Jian Li (Gilmour).
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Joseph Reese Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and member of the Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation was appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Current Opinion in Genetics and Development. The journal publishes timely reviews and opinions on articles published within the past two years on the topics of cancer genomics, genome architecture and expression, molecular…
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Congratulations to Graduate student Haoyang Jiang from the Reese lab. His paper entitled “Ccr4-Not maintains genomic integrity by controlling the ubiquitylation and degradation of arrested RNAPII” on the role of Ccr4-Not is removing RNAPII from DNA lesions came out on-line in Genes and Development April 4th. http://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/early/2019/04/02/gad.322453.118.short?rss=1 Read the news article here.
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ASBMB Symposoim entitled “Transcription Regulation: Chromatin and RNA polymerase II” October 4th-8th 2018 Dr. Joeseph Reese, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and member of the Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, is co-organizing the 8th biennial ASBMB symposium entitled; “Transcription Regulation: Chromatin and RNA polymerase II.” The Symposium is to be held in early October…
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The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology would like to announce the Russell Marker Lectures in Genetic Engineering. Fred M. Winston, John Emory Andrus Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, will present the Russell Marker Lectures in Genetic Engineering on March 12 and 13, 2018, at the Penn State University Park campus. Winston’s lab studies…
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The CEGR is composed of ten laboratories with over 70 students and staff. We aim to provide a conducive learning environment for making cutting edge discoveries on fundamental mechanisms of eukaryotic gene regulation. Most labs share common space to promote a community of interactions. Academic Environment The research interests of all CEGR members are focused on…
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July 25, 2017 – J. Brooks Crickard, Ph.D. was named to the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation’s Top Young Scientist List in a report from the Foundation on July 14, 2017. The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on supporting innovative early career researchers, named Crickard as one of the 18 new Damon Runyon Fellows at its spring Fellowship Award Committee…
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July 14, 2017 Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Grants Prestigious Fellowship Awards to 18 Top Young Scientists Grants totaling nearly $4.16M give early career investigators independence to pursue novel ideas New York, NY (July 15, 2017) – The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on supporting innovative early career researchers, named 18…
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2016 CEGR Fall Retreat Every year, the PIs leading the labs in The Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation (CEGR) invite their staff and families to a Fall retreat. Our faculty host a Center-wide activity outside of normal collaborative lab work and the Megameeting on Tuesdays. This year’s event will be hosted at the Civil Engineering Lodge on Lake…
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