Melike receives an RO1 from the NIH-NIGMS for developing new methods for quantifying protein stoichiometry with super-resolution microscopy! Congratulations to the Lakadamyali lab for this great achievement!
NSF-EFRI-CEE Grant
Melike receives an NSF-EFRI-CEE grant together with Carlos Castro (Ohio State University), Michael Poirier (Ohio State University) and Laszlo Tora (IGBMC) to engineer new DNA-origami tools for visualizing and manipulating chromatin. Congratulations to the whole team and excited to officially kick off this exciting collaboration.
Welcome Angel - Visiting Student
We welcome Angel, a visiting student from the Cosma lab at CRG, Barcelona. Excited to have him here to do super-resolution imaging of chromatin remodeling in reprogramming!
Histone Tail Acetylation Impacting Chromatin Structure in Nucleic Acids Research
Check out our new paper on how histone tail acetylation impacts chromatin structure, published in Nucleic Acids Research.
Welcome Alex - Undergraduate Student
We welcome Alex Zhou from the Physics Department as a new undergraduate student in the Lakadamyali lab.
Invariant Quantification of Dynein Stoichiometry in Biophysical Journal
Lakadamyali lab publishes a paper on imaging invariant quantification of dynein stoichiometry in the Biophysical Journal!
Detyrosinated Microtubules in Autophagy in JCB
Congratulations to Nitin for publishing his paper on the role of detyrosinated microtubules in autophagy in JCB!
Linda Pechenik Montague Investigator Award
Melike receives a Linda Pechenik Montague Investigator Award. We are grateful to Laddie and Linda Pechenik for their generous donation that made this award possible and the Perelman School of Medicine for the great honor.
Farewell Nitin
We bid farewell to Nitin Mohan. We will miss Nitin and wish him the best as he starts his independent PI position at IIT-Kanpur.
Frequency Multiplexing Multicolor Imaging in PNAS
Lakadamyali lab’s new paper on multicolor imaging by frequency multiplexing is published in PNAS!
NSF Pilot Award
Melike receives an NSF Science and Technology Center for Engineering Mechano-Biology pilot award to study the role of nuclear lamina in chromatin organization.
NMDA Receptor Nanoorganization on Cover of Cell Reports
Our work on NMDA receptor nanoorganization is selected for the cover of Cell Reports!
Epigenetics Institute Pilot Award
Melike, Raj Jain and Eric Joyce receive an Epigenetics Institute Pilot Award to study Lamin Associated Domains. We are excited to kick off this new collaboration.
DNA-Origami in Nature Methods
Our new paper on using DNA-origami as a template for quantifying protein stoichiometry with super-resolution is published in Nature Methods. Melike is featured in the same Nature Methods issue, check out the Author file (https://www.nature.com/articles/nmeth.4369?WT.feed_name=subjects_physical-sciences)
Welcome Melina - Graduate Student
We welcome Melina Gyparaki from the Biology Department as the first graduate student in the Lakadamyali lab!
Journal of Cell Science, Cell Scientist to Watch
Melike is featured in the Journal of Cell Science, Cell Scientist to Watch (https://jcs.biologists.org/content/130/10/1689.article-info).
Lab Relocation
Lakadamyali lab relocates to the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania! We are excited to open the lab in the Physiology Department, welcoming Nitin Mohan, Elena Sorokina, Peter Relich and Shreyasi Thakur as our first members in our new home.