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Principal Investigator UMMS (2003 – Present),USA
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University (1998-2003),USA
PhD Utrecht University, 1997, The Netherlands
M.Sc Biology, Utrecht University, 1993, The Netherlands
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Nicki Fox
Research Specialist II
PhD in Molecular Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
BSc in Biochemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
Research Focus: Molecular mechanisms of interphase-to-mitotic transition
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Liyan Yang
Research Associate II
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Ye Zhan
Research Scientist, Sr
MS in Biochemistry at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MA USA
Research Focus: Exploring the mechanisms of folding of the peculiar dinoflagellate chromosomes using genomic and imaging approaches
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Johan Gibcus
Research Instructor
PhD in Medical Biology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Research Focus: DNA folding in early mitosis, Coordination of 4D nucleome project
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Sergey Venev
Bioinformatics Specialist I
PhD in Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
MS in Physics of Condensed Matter, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Research Focus: Development and maintenance of sequencing data processing pipelines for chromosome capture based methods.
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Allana Schooley
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD in Biochemistry, University of Tübingen,Tübingen Germany
MS in Biochemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Canada
BSc in Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London Canada
Research Focus: Nuclear positioning and chromosome conformation in dividing cells
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Bastiaan Dekker
PhD Student
MS in Biomedical Science, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Research Focus: Understanding the spatial genome structure using chromosome conformation capture techniques
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Denis Lafontaine
PhD Student
MS in Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
BS in Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Research Focus: Biophysical and dynamic properties of genome structure
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Xiangru Huo
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD in Biochemistry and molecular biology, Fudan University, China.
Research Focus: Inheritance and heterogeneity of genome folding
Jiangyuan LiuPhD Student
MSc in Bioinformatics, Northeastern University, USA
BSc in Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
BSc in Biological Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Research Focus: Data analysis of dynamic changes in 3D genome organization during development

Nicola E Minchell
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD in Genome Stability, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Research Focus: Sister chromatid conformation during S-phase

Emily Navarrete
Ph.D. Student, MIT Biology
Research Focus: Emily is studying the dynamics of euchromatin and heterochromatin organization during development. She is co-advised by Leonid Mirny at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Yu Fu
PhD Student
BS in Biochemistry, UMass Amherst
BS in Computer Science, UMass Amherst
Research Focus: Role of cohesin in chromosome folding and gene regulation

ULFAT SYED MIR
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD in Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, INDIA
Research Focus: Understanding the molecular mechanisms behind mitotic chromosome assembly