JAN 2024
Work by Dimitris is published in Cell Reports - congrats to everyone!
SEP 2023
Our lab is moved to the 16th floor of Hammer Building. We look forward to the new lab space and interacting with new neighbors!
JULY 2023
Dimitris successfully passed his thesis defense. Congrats Dr. Karagiannis!
JULY 2023
Work by Sean and Yinglu is published in Nature Communications - congrats!
MAY 2023
Lab lunch to celebrate Yinglu’s “paper of the year” award, Chao’s Schaefer Scholar Award, and Vaib getting accepted into UCSF MD/PhD program!
OCT 2022
Yinglu, Lizzy and Sean’s study on NSD1 and tumor immune evasion is published. Also check out this “meet the authors” article about their journey. Congrats to all!
AUG 2022
Lab goof off day 2022! We went for Korean BBQ in K-town followed by mini-golf at Swingers. Organized by Vaib who also won the lab mini-golf tournament.
MAY 2022
Lizzy (our first graduate student) defends her thesis with flying colors! Congrats and we wish you the best returning to medical school.
MAR 2022
Chao receives 2022 Hirschl Trust Research Award.
FEB 2022
Lab receives grants from NCI (with KJ Armache lab), NIDDK (with Que lab) and NIDCR. We are excited to start these collaborative projects!
SEP 2021
Lizzy receives the NIH/NIDCR NRSA (F31) Fellowship - congrats!!
Tahir’s project on epigenetic therapy for chondrosarcomas is published - great work!
AUG 2021
We went rafting for this year’s goof off day - so many things to celebrate, especially for Xiao who has obtained a tenure-track PI position at Shandong University!
JUN 2021
Our collaborative project with Majewski/Allis group on DNMT3A recruitment is published. Good show!
MAY 2021
Yinglu and Xiao’s review on DNA/histone methylation crosstalk is published. Congrats!
FEB 2021
Xiao’s work on H3K36M oncohistone mutation is published! Congrats to Xiao and our collaborators!
NOV 2020
Our grant application to the V foundation is funded! This project allows us to explore new epigenetic therapies for childhood leukemias.
OCT 2020
We received grant from the CONCERN Foundation to study epigenetic regulation of immune evasion in head and neck cancers.
SEP 2020
The lab received grant from the Ines Mandl Research Foundation to study overgrowth syndrome associated with epigenetic dysregulation.
Dimitrios is awarded the NYSTEM training fellowship - congratulations!
AUG 2020
The lab received MIRA (R35) grant from NIGMS to continue our study of H3K36 methylation, as well as seed funding raised from Velocity, Columbia’s Ride to End Cancer.
We want to thank the agencies for their support and everyone for their hard work!
DEC 2019
Our holiday and lab anniversary dinner. Thanks Tahir for picking the restaurant. Happy holidays!
OCT 2019
Our first goof off day! Went to escape the room game. Finished in 43 min with no help asked. The host said we were amazing as beginners but she did not know we are cracking the histone code every day.
SEP 2019
Lu lab at the 34th Genetics and Development Department Retreat! Yinglu gave a talk and Lizzy and Dimitrios presented posters. Dimitrios won the best poster prize. Good job to everyone!
SEP 2019
Our first paper is published! A great collaborative effort that identifies H3K36 di-methylation as a key player in recruiting de novo DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A and maintaining intergenic DNA methylation. We hope that these findings will translate into better management of patients with cancers and overgrowth disorders that are associated with mutations in these enzymes.
AUG 2019:
Lab farewell lunch for our awesome undergraduate summer students. Look forward to seeing Vaib and David back for the new semester. Abe and Andrés - you will be missed!
Jun 2019:
Several good news for the group: Dimitris has joined the lab as a graduate student; four undergraduate students, Andrés, Abe, Vaib and David, have received prestigious fellowships to perform summer research; and Chao has been named as a Pew-Stewart Scholar! Here is a news coverage by HICCC.
May 2019:
The lab went to a Yankee’s rained-out game. We still had fun but next time someone other than Chao should pick the date….
APR 2019:
Chao gave talks at the AACR annual meeting and the Gordon Conference on Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics on recent findings from the group.
MAR 2019:
Dave and Dan from the Allis lab visited us from Rockefeller. It was fun lab lunch with our academic grandfather!
JAN 2019:
Our collaborative project with Gary Schwartz’s lab receives funding from the Emerson Collective.
DEC 2018:
The floor holiday party with Ciccia, Abate-Shen and Mendelsohn was a big success! Happy holidays to everyone!
DEC 2018:
Welcome Yinglu, who joins us from Peking University as a postdoc fellow.
NOV 2018:
Chao gave a talk at the EpiCypher Conference on Biological & Clinical Frontiers in Epigenetics.
OCT 2018:
Lizzy, a MD/PhD student, has joined the lab - welcome!
SEP 2018:
Sean presented a poster at the Dept of Genetics & Development retreat - great job!
Jul 2018:
John joins the lab as a technician - welcome John!
APR 2018:
Chao presented lab’s research at the AACR annual meeting.
APR 2018:
Our lab receives funding from the Matthew Larson Foundation!
MAR 2018:
Chao gave talks at the AACR meeting: Targeting DNA Methylation and Chromatin for Cancer Therapy & Keystone Symposium: Gene Control in Development and Disease.
MAR 2018:
Chao receives the 2018 AACR Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Award.
MAR 2018:
Welcome Jing and Sean to the lab!
NOV 2017:
Chao receives the Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.
OCT 2017:
Chao is the winner of 2017 Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists! Here is a news coverage by China Daily.
Sep 2017:
The 32nd Department of Genetics and Development retreat was held at Wyndham Hamilton Park Hotel and Conference Center.
Sep 2017:
The lab website is alive!