Very sad news that Professor John Nambu passed away at the age of 55. John was one of the original Crews lab members at UCLA. John went on to become a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts, then later … Read more

Joseph Fontana, former postdoctoral fellow, begins a position as a research scientist at BASF in Research Triangle Park, NC. Congratulations to Joe on his new position.

Joseph Watson, former postdoctoral fellow, begins a position at Rho, a Chapel Hill-based contract research organization. Best wishes to Joseph for a productive career at Rho.

Stephanie Stagg, former graduate student, begins postdoctoral research in Rebecca Yang’s lab at Duke University. Dr. Yang’s lab studies the neurobiology of Drosophila decision-making.

Postdoc, Lan Jiang, has accepted a position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. Congratulations to Lan, who will be starting her position in September.

Postdoctoral fellow, Hsin-Lei Yao, has accepted a research position in the lab of Dr. Lu-Hai Wang. Dr. Wang is Director of the Division of Molecular and Genomic Medicine at the National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan.

Former undergrad, Marce Abare, begins medical school at the University of Michigan.

Former undergrad, James Oh, is now working as a research tech in the labs of Joy Wu and Sean Wu at Massachusetts General Hospital. The work involves the use of embryonic stem cells in studying bone and cardiovascular system development.

Former “Honorary” lab member, Duojia Pan, now an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.

Former undergraduate, Kenneth Hoadley, currently in Utila, Honduras will begin graduate school at UNC-Wilmington this fall to study marine biology.