Lab Members

Michelle Barton, Ph.D.
Professor
Dean, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
mbarton@mdanderson.org
Research Interests: p53, TRIM24, transcription, and chromatin regulation

Kendra Allton, M.S.
Research Investigator
kallton@mdanderson.org
Research Interests:  p53 interacting proteins, stem cells, and chromatin

Cem Dede, M.D., M.Sci.
Graduate Student
cdede@mdanderson.org
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, large scale data analysis, genomics,
high-throughput CRISPR Cas9 screening

Abhinav K. Jain, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Co-director, Epigenomics Profiling Core
Director, High-Throughput ChIP-Seq Services
ajain@mdanderson.org
Office: 713-834-6366
Research Interests: p53, lncRNAs and chromatin regulators in stem cells and cancer.  

Anna Miao, B.S.
Master's Student
smiao@mdanderson.org
Research Interest: Tumor organoids cancer models and TRIM24

Lalit Patel, M.S.
Graduate Student
lrpatel@mdanderson.org
Research Interests: Genomics, epigenetics, and transcriptomes in cancer

Vrutant Shah, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
vvshah@mdanderson.org
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Trim24 and tumor evolution 

Sabrina Stratton
Research Laboratory Manager
sastratt@mdanderson.org
Research Interests: Chromatin regulation, tissue regeneration and protein function