People

Job Dekker

Principal Investigator

- Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, USA
- PhD Utrecht University, The Netherlands
- M.Sc Biology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Lynn NeJaime

Executive Assistant to Dr. Dekker

Nicki Fox

Senior Scientist

- 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

Guoyun Chen

PhD Student

- MSc in Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
- BSc in Chemical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Research Focus: Regulation of DNA loop extruding motors

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

Liyan Yang

Research Associate II

Research Focus: Development and refinement of advanced genomic methodologies

Ye Zhan

Senior Research Scientist

- 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

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

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

Xiangru Huo

Postdoctoral Fellow

- PhD in Biochemistry and molecular biology, Fudan University, China.

Research Focus: Inheritance and heterogeneity of genome folding

Jiangyuan Liu

PhD Student

- MS in Bioinformatics, Northeastern University, USA
- BS in Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
- BS in Biological Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China

Research Focus: Data analysis of dynamic changes in 3D genome organization during development

Nicola Minchell

Postdoctoral Fellow

- PhD in Genome Stability, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

Research Focus: Sister chromatid conformation during S-phase

Emily Navarrete

PhD Student, MIT Biology

- BS in Biology, Northeastern University, Boston

Research Focus: Dynamics of euchromatin and heterochromatin organization during development. Co-advised by Leonid Mirny, MIT.

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

Sergey Venev

Bioinformatics Specialist III

- PhD in Condensed Matter Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
- MS in Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Research Focus: Development and maintenance of sequencing data processing pipelines for chromosome capture based methods.

Alumni

Johan Gibcus

Former: Assistant Professor

Currently: Sequencing Core Director at MIT

Yu Liu

Former: Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently: Assistant Professor at Fox Chase Cancer Center

Snehal Sambare

Former: Bioinformatician II

Currently: PhD student at Umass Chan Medical School

Anne-Laure Valton

Former: Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently: Researcher at University of Toulouse, France

George Spracklin

Former: Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently: Researcher at Moderna Therapeutics

Erica Hildebrand

Former: Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently: Researcher at nChroma Bio

Davood Norouzi

Former: Staff Scientist

Currently: Researcher at Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Betul Akgol Oksuz

Former: PhD Student

Currently: Researcher

Marlies Oomen

Former: PhD Student

Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Munich

Kristin Abramo

Former: PhD Student

Currently: Consultant in industry

Houda Belaghzal

Former: PhD Student

Currently: Researcher at Omega Therapeutics

Ankita Nand

Former: Bioinformatician II

Currently: Bioinformatician at University of Toronto

Hakan Ozadam

Former: Bioinformatician III

Currently: Research Scientist at the University of Texas, Austin

Filipe Tavares-Cadete

Former: Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Lisbon, Portugal

Noam Kaplan

Former: Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently: Principal Investigator, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Bryan R. Lajoie

Former: Bioinformatician II

Currently: Bioinformatics Scientist II, Illumina, San Diego, California

Gaurav Jain

Former: Bioinformatician

Currently: Bioinformatics Research Scientist at DZNE, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

Jon-Matthew Belton

Former: PhD Student

Currently: Researcher at Arrima Genomics

Rachel Patton McCord

Former: Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently: Assistant Professor at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee

Natalia Naumova

Former: Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently: Scientist at Epinomics, San Francisco Bay Area

Jennifer E. Phillips-Cremins

Former: Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently: Principal Investigator, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Amartya Sanyal

Former: Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently: Principal Investigator, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Emily Smith

Former: PhD Student

Currently: Assistant Professor at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana

Rasim Barutcu

Former: PhD Student

Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Josee Dostie

Former: Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently: Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Nele Gheldof

Former: Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently: Human Genetics Specialist at Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Lausanne Area, Switzerland

Adriana Geldart

Former: PhD Student

Currently: Sample Prep Support Manager, Roche, Greater Boston Area

Tomoko Tabuchi Morin

Former: Research Associate

Currently: Assistant Project Scientist at UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California

Nynke van Berkum

Former: Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently: Projectmanager Microbiology and Systems Biology, TNO, Utrecht Area, The Netherlands

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Alumni

Johan Gibcus

Yu Liu

Snehal Sambare

Anne-Laure Valton

George Spracklin

Erica Hildebrand

Davood Norouzi

Betul Akgol Oksuz

Marlies Oomen

Kristin Abramo

Houda Belaghzal

Ankita Nand

Hakan Ozadam

Filipe Tavares-Cadete

Noam Kaplan

Bryan R. Lajoie

Gaurav Jain

Jon-Matthew Belton

Rachel Patton McCord

Natalia Naumova

Jennifer E. Phillips-Cremins

Amartya Sanyal

Emily Smith

Rasim Barutcu

Josee Dostie

Nele Gheldof

Adriana Geldart

Tomoko Tabuchi Morin

Nynke van Berkum

Job Dekker

Lynn NeJaime

Nicki Fox

Guoyun Chen

Allana Schooley

Liyan Yang

Ye Zhan

Bastiaan Dekker

Denis Lafontaine

Xiangru Huo

Jiangyuan Liu

Nicola Minchell

Emily Navarrete

Yu Fu

Ulfat Syed Mir

Sergey Venev