Our collaborative work with Bin Zhang’s lab at MIT on Polycomb-mediated DNA looping is published!
https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/49/11/6238/6290079
The review article that LSX contributes to on the principles, designs, and applications of optical tweezers in single-molecule biophysics is published!
We dedicate this Primer to the memory of Arthur Ashkun whose ingenious invention of optical tweezers has transformed the field of single-molecule biophysics.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43586-021-00027-0
Rachel successfully defended her thesis “Single-molecule Investigation of Chromatin Associated Factors in Genome Organization & Epigenetic Maintenance”! Congrats to the first PhD from our lab!
Check out Rachel’s submission to the Dance Your PhD Contest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDvBqYXq5bU
Our work with the Kapoor Lab on the SARS-CoV-2 replicative helicase nsp13 is published at Biophysical Journal!
Our paper on PRC2-chromatin interaction is published online at PNAS!
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2003395117
Our collaborative work with the Alushin lab on force sensing by actin-binding proteins is published at eLife!
https://elifesciences.org/articles/62514
https://www.rockefeller.edu/news/29474-cells-use-mechanical-tension-sensors-interact-environment/
LSX receives the 2020 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research.
https://psscra.org/prize/2020-winners/