2024
04/04/2024
Michael successfully defends his PhD! We are so proud of the work you have accomplished! While we are sad to say farewell, we are excited for your next chapter as a patent technology specialist!
03/25/2024
Marco Todisco, a postdoc, joins the lab! Welcome Marco!
01/01/2024
Rachel’s paper has been published! We found that expanded CAG repeats can create new splice acceptor sites. This phenomenon provides a molecular explanation for the accumulation of abnormal translation products that occur in repeat expansion disorders.
Find it here! [WI news] [huntingtonsdiseasenews.org]
2023
08/01/2023
Thomas Costa, a BE graduate student joins the lab! Welcome Thomas!
04/07/2023
Ankur and Michael describe some of the lab’s work on RNA aggregation in neurodegenerative disease! See the video here.
04/01/2023
Cindy Chang, a postdoc, joins the lab! Welcome Cindy!
01/09/2023
Our lab’s first paper has been published! Spearheaded by Michael, it describes the connection between the formation of RNA foci, repeat-associated non-AUG (RAN) translation, and toxic cytoplasmic aggregates in cellular models of CAG repeat expansion disorders. Find it here! [WI news] [phys.org]
01/09/2023
Xochitl Luna, a BCS graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Xochitl!
2022
11/21/2022
Cameron passes his preliminary exam! Congratulations Cameron!
10/03/2022
Ankur and the lab’s work is recognized in The Scientist.
10/01/2022
Adrian Martinez, a BCS graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Adrian!
07/27/2022
Ankur gives a talk on Sumit’s work on Nucleic Acid Phase Separation at Dewpoint.
07/20/2022
The Jain lab has their first annual scientific lab retreat in New Hampshire!
07/05/2022
Congratulations Michael for being selected as a teaching development fellow within the teaching and learning lab at MIT!
07/01/2022
We bid farewell to Anh, who accepted an exciting new position at Ginkgo Bioworks, congratulations Anh!
06/21/2022
Amy Vo, a SURF undergraduate student from Caltech joins the lab for the summer, welcome Amy!
06/15/2022
Ankur is named a Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences for studying the role of polyamines in RNA aggregation. Ankur is one of 22 faculty to receive this prestigious award, congratulations Ankur! [Pew][WI][MIT]
05/16/2022
Klara Lesch, a graduate student from the University of Freiburg, joins the lab for the summer. Welcome Klara!
05/01/2022
An iLas TIRF Microscope joins the lab. Welcome iLas!
04/01/2022
Luke accepted an exciting new position at Matterworks, congratulations, and farewell Luke!
03/30/2022
Check out the postdoc profile for Anh published by the Whitehead Institute!
03/10/2022
Ankur and Jing-ke receive support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to find small molecules from plants that stop RNA aggregation, providing a potential intervention for neurodegenerative diseases like ALS, and Alzheimer’s.
03/01/2022
Katie Blackwell, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Katie!
01/01/2022
Olivier Lafontant-Joseph, an MIT undergraduate student, joins the lab, welcome Olivier!
2021
12/01/2022
Kelsey passes her preliminary exam! Congratulations Kelsey!
10/01/2021
Ramya Deshpande, a Harvard Bioengineering graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Ramya!
Kat Kajderowicz, a BCS graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Kat!
Caroline Bao, an MIT undergraduate student, joins the lab, welcome Caroline!
08/31/2021
Michael’s manuscript describing repetitive RNAs that undergo aberrant translation co-aggregate with repetitive proteins and RNA-binding protein is out on BiorXiv.
06/06/2021
Cameron Schmitz, a biology graduate student, joins the lab, welcome Cameron!
06/01/2021
Emily Navarrete, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Emily!
05/19/2021
Ankur describes the role of RNA aggregation in disease on Audiohelicase along Dave Bartel and Silvia Rouskin. Checkout the Whitehead series on RNA biology, which covers the lab’s work!
05/18/2021
Pushkal passes his preliminary exam! Congratulations Pushkal!
04/12/2021
Rachel passes her preliminary exam! Congratulations Rachel!
04/10/2021
Thi Bui, a research technician, joins the lab, welcome Thi!
04/01/2021
Miram Meziane, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Miram!
Julia Dierksheide, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Julia!
02/01/2021
Cameron Schmitz, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Cameron!
Bryanna Canales, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Bryanna!
01/01/2021
Anh Nguyen, a postdoctoral researcher, joins the lab, welcome Anh!
2020
10/15/2020
Michael passes his preliminary exam! Congratulations Michael!
10/01/2020
Luke Ferro, a postdoctoral researcher, joins the lab, welcome Luke!
09/01/2020
Pushkal Sharma, a chemical engineering graduate student, joins the lab, welcome Pushkal!
08/01/2020
Kelsey Farenhem, a biology graduate student, joins the lab, welcome Kelsey!
Julia Montag leaves the lab to continue studies at Columbia University, congratulations and farewell Julia!
07/13/2020
Ankur is named to the Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Career Development Professorship, congratulations Ankur! [MIT][WI]
06/10/2020
Rachel receives a Biology Award for Excellence in Teaching. Congratulations Rachel!
06/01/2020
Nika Findler, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Nika!
Ashton Strait, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Ashton!
05/01/2020
Erika Weiskopf, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Erika!
Giselle Valdes, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Giselle!
04/01/2020
Pushkal Sharma, a chemical engineering graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Pushkal!
03/01/2020
Cesar Dominguez, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Cesar!
02/01/2020
Kelsey Farenhem, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Kelsey!
Fiona Chatterjee, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Fiona!
Jenny Cascino, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Jenny!
2019
12/01/2019
Sumit Majumder, a postdoctoral researcher, joins the lab, welcome Sumit!
11/05/2019
Audrey Effenberger, a BCS graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Audrey!
11/01/2019
Yeonji Chang, a postdoctoral researcher, joins the lab, welcome Yeonji!
10/21/2019
Ankur is awarded the prestigious Packard Foundation Fellowship to examine how RNA aggregation affects cell function and contributes to disease. Congratulations Ankur! [Packard][MIT]
09/04/2019
Ankur and Pulin Li describe their labs’ work in a Whitehead Institute feature.
09/01/2019
Julia Montag, a research technician, joins the lab, welcome Julia!
08/01/2019
Colson Tomberlin leaves to start medical school, farewell, and congratulations Colson!
07/01/2019
Emily Berzolla, an MIT undergraduate student joins the lab, welcome Emily!
06/01/2019
Michael Das, a biology graduate student, joins the lab, welcome Michael!
Rachel Anderson, a biology graduate student, joins the lab, welcome Rachel!
Iris Gupta, a high school student, joins the lab for the summer, welcome Iris!
04/10/2019
Merry, an Andor Technologies Dragonfly 505 spinning-disk confocal microscope equipped with a piezo Z-stage and iXon Ultra 888 EMCCD camera, joins the lab. Welcome, Merry!
04/01/2019
Michael Das, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Michael!
Barrett Powell, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Barrett!
03/01/2019
Rachel Anderson, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Rachel!
April Lee, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome April!
Wentao Huang, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Wentao!
02/19/2019
Ankur describes the lab’s work on RNA aggregation in neurodegenerative disease on the AudioHelicase podcast.
02/01/2019
Julian Roessler, a biology graduate student, rotates in the lab, welcome Julian!
01/01/2019
Daniel Stein, an MIT undergraduate student, joins the lab, welcome Daniel!
Joshua Park, an MIT undergraduate student, joins the lab, welcome Joshua!
2018
11/01/2018
EVOS, an EVOS M7000 Microscope, joins the lab. Welcome EVOS!
10/15/2018
Colson Tomberlin, a research technician, joins the lab, welcome Colson!
10/01/2018
The Jain lab is open!