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September 11, 2023- Maria Hromcenco (Duke Department of Global Cultural Studies & UNC Department of Biology, Class of 2026- The Robertson Scholars Program), and Harsha Rajkumar (Duke Department of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
Neuroscience, Class of 2027) joined the lab as undergraduate research assistants. Welcome Maria and Harsha!

August 28, 2023- Mackenzie Parmenter, an incoming DSCB graduate student joined our lab for Fall rotation. Welcome Mackenzie!

Jan 12, 2023- Kyra Chen (Duke Department of Biology, Class of 2026) joined the lab as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome Kyra!

August 2, 2022- Our recent work “Xist exerts gene specific silencing during XCI maintenance and impacts lineage-specific cell differentiation and proliferation during hematopoiesis” by Yang et al. is now published at Nature Communications.

July 21, 2022- Our research article entitled “Xist exerts gene specific silencing during XCI maintenance and impacts lineage-specific cell differentiation and proliferation during hematopoiesis” is accepted at Nature Communications. Congratulations to Tianqi and Jianhong!

March 28, 2022- Tianqi defended her PhD thesis and graduated! Congratulations Dr. Yang! We are very proud of you.

May 1, 2021- Amy graduated from Duke Biology Department with Honors! Congratulations Amy! During her gap year, Amy will do research as a Postbac at NIEHS at RTP before heading off to Med School.

May 25, 2020- Our research article on the role of Nucleoporin 153 in regulation of CTCF and cohesin binding is published at Nature Communications. Congratulations to Shin, Jianhong, Yuming and Jiayu!

June 15, 2019- Our review paper on the role of nuclear pore complex in cell type-specific gene regulation is out at Trends in Genetics. Congratulations Jiayu & Yuming!

June 4, 2019 – Vanessa Tam, Duke rising sophmore joins the lab.

September, 2018 – Amy Zhao, Duke rising sophmore joins the lab.

June 26, 2018 – Minel Arinel from Sabanci University joins the lab for summer internship.

May 13, 2018 – Yuming graduated from Duke Department of Biology with Honors! Congratulations! Yuming will spend his gap year in the lab as a research technician.

May 8, 2018- Inessa received the Department of Cell Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations Inessa!

March 28, 2018 – Jiayu passed her Prelim exam with success! Congratulations Jiayu!

February 14, 2018 – Eda was elected as a Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences and Kavli Foundation.

October 6, 2017 – Our book chapter on “Implications of Long Noncoding RNAs in Cancer Epigenetics” is published in Cancer and Noncoding RNAs, Translational Epigenetics Series Vol. 1. Edts. Chakrabarti, J. & Mitra, S. Elsevier Press.

September 16, 2017 – Tianqi received a best poster award at the annual Pharmacology & Cancer Biology Retreat! Congratulations!

September 12, 2017 – Tianqi passed her Prelim exam with flying colours! Congratulations!

September 2017- Inessa Chandra, Duke junior in Evolutionary Anthropology & Biology, joins the lab as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome Inessa!

August 2017- We welcome our second postdoc Boram Min to the lab!

June 2017- Jiayu Sun (CMB, graduate student) joins the lab. Welcome Jiayu!

April 2017- Yuming receives the Department of Cell Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations!

January 2017- Our review article on “X chromosome inactivation and pathogenesis” is published in Current Pathobiology Reports.

January 2017- Yuming and Kevin receive URS fellowships- congratulations!

September 2016- Rachel Hoffman, our second UPGG rotation student starts in the lab- Welcome Rachel!

August 2016- Valerie Gartner (UPGG) starts her rotation in the lab- Welcome Valerie!

June 2016- Soomin Myoung, a Duke freshman, becomes the youngest member of our lab- Welcome Soomin!

April 2016- Kevin receives one of the two Undergraduate Student Research Fellowships given by the Department of Cell Biology- Congratulations Kevin!

April 2016- We welcome our first PhD student Tianqi Yang from the Pharmacology and Cancer Biology Program to the lab! Tianqi has already brought a lot of enthusiasm and talent to the lab.

August 2015- Duke undergraduate students Kevin Murgas and Yuming Shi join the lab as undergraduate research assistants- Welcome Kevin and Yuming!

July 2015- Eda receives a Leukemia Research Foundation Award!

June 2015- Amita Bollapragada and Eda Erata join the lab as summer students!

May 2015- We are excited to welcome our first postdoc Shin Kadota from Tsukuba University, Japan to the lab. Welcome Shin!

October 2014- Rebecca Aikens joins the lab as a Research Technician.

September 2014- Eda is named a Whitehead Scholar!

August 2014- Yildirim Lab officially launches in the 371 Nanaline Duke Building.