We got an new NIH R01 grant with Gerd Blobel

Our R01 grant with Gerd Blobel from University of Pennsylvania/CHOP that we originally submitted in 2024 is now funded and can be found on NIH Reporter. 
We have been collaborating with Gerd's lab for a few years now. One project focused on 3D genome reconfiguration during the mitosis-to-G1 transition, leading to the discovery that microcompartments are present in mitotic chromosomes (mitotic chromosomes were previously thought to be without patterned 3D structure), which was recently published (see also independent study from Job Dekker reporting similar findings). Another project focused on LDB1, revealing that LDB1 form E-P loops that are largely independent of loop extrusion and was also recently published. And there is much more to come. 

Thank you NIH and NHGRI for funding this continued collaboration!