November, 2025
Amalia presented our work on the HP1 project at the annual ABRCMS meeting at San Antonio, TX. She won the Outstanding Presentation in Biochemistry Award! Congratulations, Amalia! Great job!
September, 2025
Master Student Ankita Ranjitkumar Panda joined our lab. Welcome, Ankita!
July, 2024
Lab gathering. Thanks Lada for hosting!


June, 2024
Lab retreat!
February, 2024
Welcome, Isam Adnan!
February, 2024
Big congratulations to Amber for being awarded the prestigious Graduate Council Fellowship (GCF) from the university, beginning in Fall 2024!
September, 2023
Our paper titled “DNA-translocation-independent role of INO80 remodeler in DNA damage repairs” is in press in the Journal of Biological Chemistry! Take a look!
August, 2023
Welcome, Megha Kothari and Nina Borja!
April, 2023
Congratulations to Amber Mullins for being selected to receive a 2023 URECA Biology Alumni Research (U-BAR) Award!

May 20, 2022
Congratulations to Harry for successfully defending his honors thesis and graduating!
April 27, 2022
Congratulations to Harry for being awarded the 2022 Provost’s Award for Academic Excellence.
March 15, 2022
Futurum: Dr. Dongyan Tan and lab members are highlighted as pioneers in structural biology!
September 21, 2021
Publication in Nucleic Acid Research Celebration!
(Lada, Amrita, Dongyan, Shayan, Harry, Shalvi)


June 25, 2021
First lab retreat – lunch at Pentimento
(Shayan, Emily, Lada, Tyler, Harry, Amrita, Dongyan)
June 21, 2021
Congratulations to Tyler Lewis for successfully defending his Thesis! Great job, Dr. Lewis!

April 1, 2020
Thank you, NSF for supporting our work!
September 11, 2019
Congratulations to Tyler for winning the “Best Snapshot Award 2019” at the Annual Fall Symposium!
September 7, 2019
Thank you, NIH NIGMS for supporting our work!
September 1, 2019
Victoria Steven joined our lab as M.S. student from the Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology MS Program. Welcome, Victoria!
June 18, 2019
Welcome Simon Research Fellow, Giuseppina, to conduct her research in our lab this summer!
April 17, 2019
Congratulations to Evan on being accepted into the URECA program 2019!





