Paper published in Nature

Our first research paper from the lab has been published in Nature: Biddy BA, Kong W, Kamimoto K, Guo G, Waye SE, Sun T, Morris SA. Single-cell mapping of lineage and identity in direct reprogramming. Nature. Dec 13, 2018. Graphical abstract: Our tools, protocols, and...

Sam joins the Editorial Board of Cell Systems

Sam has recently joined the Editorial Board of Cell Systems, a Cell Press journal focusing on research that provides, supports, or applies systems-level understanding in the life sciences and related disciplines: https://www.cell.com/cell-systems

Paper published in Cell Stem Cell

Our collaborative work with Ben Humphreys, “Comparative Analysis and Refinement of Human PSC-Derived Kidney Organoid Differentiation with Single-Cell Transcriptomics” has been published in Cell Stem...

Guillermo Rivera-Gonzalez joins the lab as postdoc

Guillermo is originally from Mexico and earned his undergraduate degree from the Mexican National Autonomous University. He received his PhD from the University of York, UK and underwent initial training as a postdoctoral associate at Yale University. In the Morris...

Catie Newsom-Stewart joins the lab as technician

Catie Newsom-Stewart received her degree from Lafayette College in 2017. As an undergraduate, she spent a year and a half alongside Dr. Eric Ho compiling data required for the creation of a free-access database, namely gb4gv, to aid genomic studies of geminiviridae, a...

Sam is announced as a 2017 Vallee Scholar

Sam has recently received a Vallee Scholar award. “The Vallee Foundation’s goal to fund originality, innovation and pioneering work recognizes the future promise of these scientists who are dedicated to understanding fundamental biological processes.”...

R01 grant awarded

We have been awarded an NIH R01 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for our project, “Dissecting mechanisms of pioneer transcription factor-mediated lineage reprogramming”.