July 2026
Congratulations to Dr. Runwen Yao on receiving an NIH K99 Pathway to Independence Award! This highly competitive award marks an exciting milestone in Dr. Yao’s research career and supports his transition toward becoming an independent investigator.
Congratulations, Dr. Yao, on this well-deserved achievement and the exciting road ahead!
June 2026
Xuemeng (Molly) Zheng successfully defended her thesis on June 15, 2026, entitled “Shc-driven phase separation of EML4-ALK promotes site-specific enhancement of kinase activity.” Congratulations to Dr. Zheng on this outstanding achievement and exciting milestone!
May 2026
Huabin Zhou, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher and Assistant Instructor, 2019–2026
Huabin is now a Principal Investigator at the School of Life Sciences at Westlake University, where he leads the Laboratory of Multiscale Molecular Organization and Function.
June 2025
On June 11, 2025, Lifeng Chen successfully defended his thesis "Emergent Properties of Chromatin Condensates and Biophysical Basis of Genome Organization." Congratulations, Dr. Chen! Lifeng will be returning to Medical School in July to complete his M.D.
April 2025
June Ho Hwang successfully defended his thesis on April 16, 2025, entitled "Emergent Material Properties of Biomolecular Condensates." Congratulations, Dr. Hwang!
April 2025
Dr. Huabin Zhou, postdoc in the Rosen lab, received the 2025 Brown-Goldstein Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research, and presented the University Lecture on April 23, 2025, entitled “Illuminating the Hidden Structure of Chromatin." Congratulations
Find out more September 2024
The Rosen lab attended the Keystone Symposia on Biomolecular Condensates: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities from September 6-9, 2024, Breckenridge, Colorado
Find out more about the Keystone Symposia
March 2024
Michael Cotten successfully defended his thesis on March 28, 2024. Congratulations, Dr. Cotten!
