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Graduate Student, James Isaiah (Ike) Emerson, Pablo Ariel, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Wei Shi, And Frank L. Conlon, Ph.D., Publish In The Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease

December 15, 2023

Congratulations to James Isaiah (Ike) Emerson, a graduate student and research assistant in the Conlon Lab, Pablo Ariel, Ph.D., Director, Microscopy Services Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Wei Shi, a postdoctoral fellow in the Conlon Lab, and Frank L. Conlon, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Genetics, for publishing article, titled “Sex Differences in … Read more

Whitney Edwards, Ph.D. And Frank L. Conlon, Ph.D., Publish In The Journal Development

November 13, 2023

Congratulations to Whitney Edwards, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology, and Frank L. Conlon, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Genetics, for publishing article, titled “The Tbx20-TLE interaction is essential for the maintenance of the second heart field”, in the journal Development. The authors generated a mouse model with a two amino acid substitution in … Read more

Doctorate Of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Student, Lucia Grandison, Receives 2023 Katherine Pryzwansky Young Investigator Award From The University Of North Carolina’s (UNC) Pathobiology and Translational Science Graduate Program

August 7, 2023

Congratulations to Lucia Grandison, a Ph.D. student, who received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology from the Washington University In St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, a member of Dr. Conlon’s Lab, for recently receiving a 2023 Katherine Pryzwansky Young Investigator Award from UNC’s Pathobiology and Translational Science Graduate Program. The Katherine Pryzwansky Young … Read more

Postdoctoral Fellow, Wei Shi, And Frank L. Conlon, Ph.D., In Collaboration With The Seidman Lab, Publish In The Journal Circulation Research

August 7, 2023

Congratulations to Wei Shi, a postdoctoral fellow in the Conlon Lab, and Frank L. Conlon, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Genetics, in collaboration with the Lab of Christine Edry Seidman, M.D., Director, Cardiovascular Genetics Center; Professor, Harvard Medical School; Cardiovascular Medicine, and Jonathan G. Seidman, Ph.D., Henrietta B. and Frederick H. Bugher Foundation Professor of … Read more

Whitney Edwards, Ph.D. And Frank L. Conlon, Ph.D., In Collaboration With The Cohen And Cristea Labs, Publish In The Journal Developmental Cell

July 12, 2023

Congratulations to Whitney Edwards, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology, formerly in the Conlon Lab, and Frank L. Conlon, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Genetics, in collaboration with the Labs of Sarah Cohen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology, and Ileana M. Cristea, Ph.D., Henry L. Hillman Professor of Molecular Biology ROLE; Director … Read more

Graduate Student, James Isaiah (Ike) Emerson, Receives Marzluff RNA Fellowship Award From The UNC Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) Discovery Center

June 1, 2023

Congratulations to James Isaiah (Ike) Emerson, a graduate student and research assistant in the Conlon Lab, for recently receiving the Marzluff RNA Fellowship Award from the UNC RNA Discovery Center. Ike is the inaugural recipient of this fellowship award, a 1-year grant, which provides stipend support for his studies of the RNA regulation of the … Read more

Frank L. Conlon, Ph.D., In Collaboration With Arthur P. Arnold, Ph.D., Publishes In The Journal Nature Cardiovascular Research

May 3, 2023

Congratulations to Frank L. Conlon, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Genetics, in collaboration with Arthur P. Arnold, Ph.D., Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), for publishing article, titled “Sex-chromosome mechanisms in cardiac development and disease”, in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research. The work was featured on the cover of … Read more

Frank L. Conlon, Ph.D., In Collaboration With Karl Shpargel, Ph.D., Awarded R01 Grant From The National Institutes Of Health’s (NIH) National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute (NHLBI)

September 20, 2022

Congratulations to Frank L. Conlon, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Genetics, in collaboration with Karl Shpargel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Genetics, for the receipt of R01 grant from the NIH’s NHLBI. The grant is titled “Function and regulation of chromatin remodeling complexes in cardiac development and disease”. The proposed studies will address the role of components … Read more

The Conlon Lab Publishes In The Journal Genes & Development

May 3, 2022

Congratulations to the Lab of Frank L. Conlon, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Genetics, for publishing paper, titled “CHD4 is recruited by GATA4 and NKX2-5 to repress non-cardiac gene programs in the developing heart”, in the journal Genes & Development. The work from Dr. Conlon’s Lab team was co-first authored by past research assistant, Zachary … Read more

The Conlon Lab Publishes In The Journal Developmental Cell

November 9, 2021

Congratulations to the Lab of Frank L. Conlon, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Genetics, for publishing paper, titled “Cardiac proteomics reveals sex chromosome-dependent differences between males and females that arise prior to gonad formation”, in the journal Developmental Cell. The work from Dr. Conlon’s Lab team was co-led by postdoctoral fellow, Wei Shi. It was … Read more