Lab Members
Taiping Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
tchen2@mdanderson.org
M.D. (Clinical Medicine), Xi'an Medical University, China
M.S. (Biology), The University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Ph.D. (Molecular and Cell Biology), McGill University, Canada
Research Interests:
Regulation and functions of DNA methylation and histone modifications in mammals
Jeesun Kim, Ph.D.
Instructor
jeekim@mdanderson.org
M.S. (Genetic Science), Kyunghee University, South Korea
Ph.D. (Microbiology), The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Research Interests:
Epigenetic regulators in mammalian oogenesis and neurogenesis
Tewfik Hamidi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
thamidi@mdanderson.org
M.S. (Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology), University of Besançon, France
Ph.D. (Biology), University of Marseille II, France.
Research interests:
Histone lysine methylation in adult stem cell behaviors and functions
Jiameng Dan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jdan@mdanderson.org
B.S. (Life Sciences), China Three Gorges University, China
Ph.D. (Cell Biology), Nankai University, China.
Research Interests: Epigenetic regulation of totipotency and pluripotency
Zhengzhou (Joe) Ying, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
zying1@mdanderson.org
B.S. (Biology), Huazhong Agricultural University, China
M.S. (Animal Science), Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Ph.D. (Cell Biology), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Research Interests:
DNA methylation in lymphocyte development; ICF syndrome
Nicolas Veland
Graduate Student
jnveland@mdanderson.org
B.S. (Biology), Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru
Research Interests:
Regulation and dysregulation of DNA methylation in development and cancer
Swanand Harkikar, M.S.
Senior Research Assistant
shardikar@mdanderson.org
B.S. (Microbiology), University of Mumbai, India
Post-Graduate Diploma (Clinical Analysis), University of Mumbai, India
M.S. (Biology), The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Research Interests:
Identification and characterization of DNA methylation regulators; ICF syndrome
Bigang Liu, M.S.
Research Investigator
biliu@mdanderson.org
M.S. (Pharmacology), West China University of Medicine, China
Research Interests:
IKK alpha and Nanog in cancer; epigenetic regulators in mammalian development
Yang Zeng
Graduate Research Assistant - GSBS
yzeng1@mdanderson.org
M.S. (Molecular Biochemistry and Bioinformatics), The George Washington
University, Washington, DC, USA
Research Interests: The mechanism of DNA methylation maintenance in
embryonic stem cells and early embryos
Laura Denton
Administrative Assistant
lmdenton@mdanderson.org
Responsibilities:
Grant and fellowship submission and compliance; other administrative activities
Former Trainees and Lab Members
Soo Jin Kim, Ph.D.
Instructor
Brendan Jones, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position:
Associate and Registered Patent Attorney,
Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA
Jing Wang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position:
Associate
Morgan Lewis (Law Firm), Boston, MA
David Ciccone, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position:
Senior Scientist, AbbVie, Worcester, MA
Thomas Nicholson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position:
Research Investigator, Novartis Institutes for
BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA
Naomi Tsujimoto, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position:
Scientist, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA
Hongbo Zhao, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position:
Associate Professor, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Sebastian Bedford
Summer Intern
Current Position:
Undergraduate Student, The University of Texas at Austin.
Amanda (Katie) Morgan
Summer Intern
Current Position:
Registered Nurse, Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Guy Bedford
Summer Intern
Current Position:
High School Student, Bastrop High School, Bastrop,TX.