Visitors!
Former OCG lab undergraduate researcher Joanne Lee, now an MD-PhD student at Brown, and Nhu Tran, who just completed a Fulbright Scholarship in Vietnam, came to visit! Wonderful to see you both!
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Rajan Thakur is awarded a Simons Fellows-to-Faculty Award
Dr. Rajan Thakur has been awarded a prestigious Simons Fellowship to support his postdoctoral and independent lab’s research into the links between lipid signaling and autism. A big congratulations to Rajan!!
Summer Research Symposium
UTRA Awardee Olesya Naryshkina, SRA Awardee Lina Baki, and Alice Yacubovich, who joined us from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County through the Brown University SR-EIP and Leadership Alliance program present their summer research projects. Congratulations Olesya, Lina, and Alice!
Lab party at Kate’s
Soaking in the summer (even though the weather didn’t really cooperate)!
Gunjan and Pavan get married!
Celebrating Gunjan and Pavan!
Sydney Brown joins the lab!
Sydney Brown, first year PhD student in the Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry Graduate Program, has joined the lab! Sydney’s research will focus on the role of tRNA modifications in regulating gene expression during nervous system development. Welcome Sydney!
Catching up with Audrey and Jenn in Boston
Went to Boston to catch up at the Convening of the Cores organized by OCG lab alum Audrey Medeiros and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center. Big bonus — also got to catch up with lab alum Jenn Dumouchel!
Lab lunch
Ringing in the Spring 2026 semester!
Lab outing to the Snowport Holiday Market
Looks like we found a new lab tradition!
Warren Alpert Medical School’s 20th Academic Symposium
Tom Moore presents his summer research after heading back to medical school. Great job Tom!