2025
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Postdoc Schuyler Melore joins the lab!
10/1/25 Schuyler received his PhD from Duke University in the lab of Tim Reddy where he developed novel CRISPR epigenetic editing technologies. Welcome, Schuyler!
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First X-plainers curators join the lab!
9/28/25 Duke Sophomore Devyn Deschamps and Freshman Jimin Lee join us this semester to create content for the public.
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Alexis LaRosa rotates in the lab
9/22/25 - Alexis is an MD/PhD student originally from Long Beach, Mississippi. She received her BS in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Tulane University in 2023. During her time at Tulane, Alexis was a member of the Belancio lab, where she studied the relationship between LINE-1 transposon expression and exposure to light at night. Outside of lab, Alexis enjoys traveling, learning new languages, and indoor cycling. Welcome, Alexis!
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Lab participates in SciREN curriculum development initiative!
[date] See their lesson plan here!
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Launch of the "X-plainers" Communication Initiative!
9/1/25 Spearheaded by PhD student Hannah Kubinski, this initiative brings undergraduates interested in science communication into the lab to create content about our research that is accessible for the public.
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Hannah Kubinski wins Duke Precision Genomics Collaboratory Pilot Award!
8/8/25 This pilot award will support RNA sequencing costs for Hannah’s project. Congratulations, Hannah!
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Maike Bensberg presents poster at the Human Genetics and Genomics Gordon Research Conference in Portland, Maine
7/5/25
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Adrianna presents at the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences Annual Conference in Albuquerque, NM
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Adrianna presents at the Southeast Regional Society for Developmental Biology Annual Meeting
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Nelanne Bolima is accepted to PhD program!
5/20/25 She will be attending the NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program starting this summer! Congratulations, Nelanne!
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Hannah Kubinski joins the lab in our first cohort of PhD students!
4/23/25 Hannah joins us from the Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Graduate program. Welcome, Hannah!
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Alia Johnson wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
4/8/25 This national fellowship will support Alia’s graduate training for the next three years. Congratulations, Alia!
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Alia Johnson joins the lab as our first PhD student!
3/25/25 Alia joins us from the University Program in Genetics and Genomics. Welcome, Alia!
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Ariella Ruiz is accepted to PhD program!
3/5/25 She will be attending the Emory University Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Program starting this summer! Congratulations, Ariella!
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Maike Bensberg joins the lab as our first postdoc!
1/15/25 Maike joins us from the University of Linköping, where she recently received her PhD studying DNA methylation in healthy and malignant T-cells in the group of Colm Nestor. Welcome, Maike!
2024
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Molly and Nelanne win 1st and 2nd place poster awards at Duke Genomics Scientific Retreat!
12/13/24 Congratulations Molly and Nelanne!
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Ariella wins an undergraduate poster award at the ABRCMS conference in Pittsburgh, PA!
11/13/24 Ariella also won a Duke DiSTEM Travel Award that supported her travel to the conference!
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Adrianna presents at the Columbia University Precision Medicine Conference
[date] [link to more info]
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Lab attends the Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Annual Retreat in Greensboro, NC!
9/6/25 Ariella won best undergraduate poster and the lab won first place in trivia. Read more here!
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Ire presents the first lab poster at the Duke Summer Research Symposium!
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Our first cell culture in the lab!
All hands on deck for our first cell culture experiment in the lab!
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Meredyth (Molly) Albright is our first lab member!
1/29/24 Molly joins the lab as a research technician and lab manager. Welcome, Molly!
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The San Roman Lab is officially open!
1/2/24