Meet the Postdocs

Investigating the relationships between epigenetic controls and metabolic diseases

Pediatric leukemia immunology

Epigenetic alterations that contribute to human disease

Microglial cells control of peripheral metabolic tissues

Subtyping of ovarian cancer, with a focus on clear cell subtype, and comprehensive mapping of imprinting genes

Screening nanobodies for histone PTMs

Investigating the relationship between H2A.Z deposition and DNA methylation

Single cell resolution of immune landscape in cancer therapy

Epigenetics of pediatric and reproductive cancers

Epigenetics of colorectal cancer

The role of UHRF1 in both normal and diseased states using mouse and colorectal cancer models

Epigenetic origins of phenotypic variation in complex metabolic diseases

Identifying novel epigenetic readers and their inhibitors

Investigating chromatin conformational changes in leukemia

The role of DNA methylation in controlling gene expression during cancer development

Investigating novel histone readers and their function in cancer

Histone reader and epigenetic modifications in cancer

Histone readers and epigenomics

Identifying and characterizing novel readers of histone modifications

Identifying and characterizing novel readers and epigenetic modifications

Viral and bacterial infections as triggers for Parkinson’s disease

Investigating potential pathogen triggers for Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease, basal ganglion, brain circuitry and dopamine depletion

Functional interactions of genes that cause Parkinson’s disease

Biological characterization of variants in ATP13A2 gene associated with Parkinson disease and paraplegia

Computational analysis of epigenomics in neurodegenerative diseases

Immune therapy against prion disease

Epigenetic and transcriptional dysregulation in Parkinson’s disease

Computational methods to identify genetic predispositions to breast cancer or Parkinson’s

Immunotherapy for minimizing alpha-synuclein propagation

Exploring the mechanisms implicating VPS35 in the neuropathology of Parkinson’s disease

How environmental pollutants facilitate cerebral synucleinopathies

Role of transcription factor Nato3 on the survival of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson’s disease

Sumoylation and epigenetic silencing in the skeleton

Desumoylation pathways in joint aging and osteoarthritis pathogenesis

Wnt signaling in craniofacial bone development

Wnt/Frizzled receptor signaling during pancreatic cancer progression

Investigating the mechanisms of lipid transport across biological membranes by P4 ATPase machinery

Molecular mechanisms of DNA replication

Structural and functional studies of membrane proteins using single particle electron cyro-microscopy.

Epigenetic mechanisms and ion channels

Ion channels, single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), electrophysiology

Using cryo-EM and electrophysiology to study membrane proteins

DNMT-nucleosome complexes and PRC2-nucleosome complex

Structures and mechanistic studies of AMP-activated protein kinase

Epigenetic mechanisms in DNA damage point

The molecular mechanisms of DNA replication in bacteria

Characterizing heterogeneity of exhausted T cells and understanding the roles of peroxisomes in the tumor microenvironment

Exhaustion in T cells

Metabolic dependencies of immune and tumor cells

Nutritional impact on immunity

Mechanistic dissection of epigenetic inheritance

Mechanisms behind the epigenetic regulation of dendritic cells

Regulation of intestinal immune cells by diets

Histone H3 lysine 4 demethylase KDM5C/D functions in dendritic cells