Ana Clara Garcez Gomes de Freitas, a current undergraduate at Aparicio Carvalho University in Brazil who is studying for her medical degree, has just joined us for a two month stint in lab. Ana will be examining the role of histone mimics in regulating cancer. Aditi is returning from University of Washington for her winter break and will continue to work on the mechanisms of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. Welcome Ana and welcome back Aditi!

Aamir Khan recently joined the lab after finishing his PhD at the National Institute of Immunology in India in the lab of Sagar Sengupta. Xianrong Ray Mao comes across the street after being a staff scientist and instructor in Jeff Milbrandt’s lab here at Wash U. Ray previously got his PhD at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in the lab of Steven Barger and then did his postdoctoral work in C. Michael Crowder’s lab at Wash U before joining Jeff Milbrandt’s lab. Aamir will be examining the role of histone mimetics in regulating tumorigenesis while Ray will be examining novel mechanisms of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. Welcome to Aamir and Ray!

Peter Baird, a graduate student in the Molecular Cell Biology program at Wash U, begins his rotation today. Peter will be examining the regulators of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. Caroline McNinch, a current Wash U student will also be working on transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. Maegha Tipirneni, a current Wash U student will be working on the role of histone mimics in regulating cancer. Welcome Peter, Caroline, and Maegha!