Lab Members
Blaine Bartholomew, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
B.S in Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California, Davis
Solomon G. Hailu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Education:
B.Sc. in Biology (Graduated with Distinction), University of Asmara, Asmara, Eritrea
M.Sc. in Zoology (Population Genetics), Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Ph.D. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Research interests: Molecular mechanisms governing chromatin remodeling complexes (SWI/SNF and ISWI) and how they regulate transcription invivo using biochemical, genetic, genomic and bioinformatic approaches.
Other interests: Latin music and salsa dancing, architecture and computer programming.
Junwoo Lee, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Education:
B.Sc. Dept. of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea.
Integrated M.Sc. and Ph.D degrees in Chromatin Biology, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
Research interests:
The role of chromatin remodelers during transcription elongation and termination; in cancer development; and in pluripotency and totipotency of stem cells.
- B.Sc. in Dept. of Biological Sciences from KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea.
- Integration of M.Sc. and Ph.D in Chromatin Biology from KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
- Research interests.
- The role of chromatin remodelers during transcription elongation and termination.
- The role of chromatin remodelers in cancer development and pluripotency and totipotency of stem cells.
Somnath Paul, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Education:
B.Sc. (Hons) in Physiology from Presidency College, Calcutta
M.Sc. in Genetics from Calcutta University, Kolkata, India
Ph.D. in Life Science and Biotech, Jadavpur University via CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata
Research interest: To understand the regulation of higher order chromatin remodeling by principles of epigenetics.
Jim Persinger, Jr.
Research Laboratory Manager
Education:
B.A. in Biology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Dhurjhoti (DJ) Saha, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Education:
B.Sc. (Hons) in Zoology from B.K.C. College, Kolkata, India
M.Sc. in Zoology from Calcutta University, Kolkata, India
Ph.D. in Life Science, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB), New Delhi, India
Research interest:
To understand ARID1A mediated regulation of higher order chromatin structure in both normal development and cancer.