Liana joins the lab!
Liana is joining us from Louisiana State University where she got her masters researching immunotoxicological effects of free radicals on the mouse lung. We’re so excited to have her! Welcome Liana!
Kathryn and Sveta attend SDB 2023
Kathryn and Sveta presented posters at the Annual Society for Developmental Biology meeting in Chicago. First time for deep dish pizza!
Anea joins the lab!
Welcome to Anea, who is coming to us from her undergraduate at University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She will be joining the cardiomyocyte project. So excited to have you here!
Roxanna joins the lab!
A big welcome to Roxanna! She comes to Yale from her undergraduate at Boston University. She is joining the left-right asymmetry project in early embryogenesis. We are so excited to have her!
Jessica joins the lab!
We are so excited to welcome Jessica as our new research coordinator! She comes to us from John Hopkins School of Public Health/NIH where she trained as a Genetic Counselor.
Kathryn attends the GRC: Endothelial Cell Phenotypes in Health and Disease 2022
Kathryn presented a poster titled: “Primary Cilia as Endocardial Mechanosensors during Heart Development“.
Faith presents her Honors Research Project
Faith presented her Honors Research, titled “Primary Cilia’s Role in the Regulation of Mechanosensitive Klf2 and Klf4 Expression during Endothelial to Mesenchymal Transition”. She is set to graduate in one month! Congrats Faith!
Kathryn and Faith attend NESDB 2022
Kathryn and Faith went to NESDB 2022 to present their poster: “Primary Cilia as Mechanosensors during Heart Valvulogenesis”
Kathryn co-first authors review in Nature Cardiology Rev.
The review, ‘A change of heart: new roles for cilia in cardiac development and disease’, can be found here. Congrats Kathryn, and her co-first author Lydia Djenoune!
Syndi successfully defends!
Syndi has officially gotten her PhD in Genetics for her project looking into the role of H2Bub1 in heart development. Congratulations Dr. Barish!
Syndi and Nick co-author on a review in Genes
The review, "‘Molecular Genetics and Complex Inheritance of Congenital Heart Disease, can be found here. Congrats Syndi and Nick!
Kathryn is Awarded NIH F31
Kathryn scored in the top 10th percentile for her F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award proposal titled “Mechanical and Transcriptional Roles for Primary Cilia during Heart Development”, receiving 3 years of funding from NIH-NHLBI. Congrats!
Lab attends Yale Genetics Retreat 2020
The Genetics Retreat this year was held virtually through zoom. Both Kathryn and Syndi were able to present a flashtalk on their research. Kathryn: “Primary Cilia Mediate Mechanical and Genetic Signals During Heart Valve Formation”, Syndi: “Selective Maintenance of RNF20-complex mediated histone ubiquitination is required for heart development”.
Nick Joins the Lab
Nick has joined us for the PhD portion of his MD/PhD education here at Yale. He is coming from Vanderbilt University with a BA in Molecular and Cellular Biology. Welcome, Nick!
Syndi Presents Poster at Bench to Bassinet Conference 2019
Syndi attended and presented a poster titled “The RNF20 complex is dynamically regulated during heart development” at the PCGC Bench to Bassinet Conference in Rockville, Maryland.