Welcome, Michael Leonard! We are delighted to welcome Michael Leonard to the Nguyen Lab as our first Professional Research Assistant! Michael completed his undergraduate training at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, where he studied plant-fungi interactions in the lab of Dr. Kelly Lyons. Michael will be spearheading our work investigating how gene requirements change…

We are excited to welcome Dr. Sara Przetocka to the team as a Research Associate. Sara joins us from the Salk Institute and brings extensive experience in molecular and cell biology, where her previous research focused on mechanisms that preserve genome stability, including the regulation of telomere function. In the lab, Sara will investigate how…

Huge congratulations to Molly, who presented her poster at the CU Anschutz Annual Postdoc Research Day and came home with a poster presentation award! We’re so excited to see her hard work recognized, incredibly well deserved!

The lab spent the day at the beautiful University of Colorado Boulder campus for the Front Range Cytoskeleton Meeting. Michael presented his latest research, and everyone enjoyed a day of great science, catching up with colleagues, and representing the lab. It was a fun day all around!!

Molly Receives the Howell Travel Award! Congratulations to Molly on receiving the Howell Travel Award! Molly will use the award to attend the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory course on Chromatin, Epigenetics, and Gene Expression, a wonderful opportunity to deepen her expertise and learn new techniques in genome biology. Congratulations Molly, well deserved!