Congratulations to Simon and the rest of the Dictyostelium team for their exciting paper! We got to enjoy a nice day outside too!

After 3 years in our lab we are sad to see Ken Takashima head back to Japan. That being said, we look forward to seeing the next steps of Ken’s exciting research career. Congratulations Ken! We are also happy to welcome Ernst Schmid, a Harvard BBS graduate student, for his rotation in the Greer lab. Ernst will be examining the role of a histone mimetic protein in regulating breast cancer. Welcome Ernst!

Nana Yaa Amoh, a Harvard BBS graduate student, begins her rotation this week. Nana will be working on the molecular mechanisms that regulate transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. Roberto Sotomayor Mena, a Harvard BBS graduate student, begins his rotation this week. Roberto will be studying the role of RNA epitranscriptomics in regulating longevity. Joseph Al Haddad, an undergraduate at the University of Waterloo, will be joining us for a few months starting this week. Joseph will be studying RNA epitranscriptomics. Welcome to Nana, Roberto and Joseph!

Maximillian Soltysiak, a Harvard BBS graduate student, just began his rotation remotely while still in Canada. Maximillian will be studying the role of epigenetics in multicellularity and microproteomics. A big virtual welcome to Maximillian until he is allowed to join us in person!