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

Jinlan He
Graduate Student

Education:
B.C.M., Bachelor of Clinical Medicine, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, China
M.Sc. Oncology, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, China

Research interest: 
Roles of CHD7 and CHD8 subunits
in the development of mouse embryonic stem cell

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.

Yuan-Chi (Irene) Lin, M.S.
Graduate Student

Education: 
B.Sc. Biology, National Chung Hsing University
M.S. in Molecular Biology, University of Southern Mississippi

Research interests: Roles the ISW2 catalytic subunit's C-terminal domains in nucleosome remodeling in yeast.

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.

Somnath Paul
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.