We had a micro publication accepted and published today. This is work that was originally started many years ago under former graduate student Ruby Boateng and continued with the follow-up experiments by an undergraduate in the Allen lab Kyrionna Golliday and graduate student Michelle Fernando. Congrats to all the authors!
News and Events
Dr. Lourds Michelle Fernando
Congratulations are in order to Dr. Fernando! She successfully defended her PhD dissertation today. Michelle gave an amazing presentation that thoroughly impressed all of her committee members, and her very proud mentor. Michelle will be heading off to St. Jude’s Research Hospital in early 2021 to start a post-doctoral fellowship in mouse neurodevelopment. Can’t wait… Continue reading Dr. Lourds Michelle Fernando
Michelle’s RPN-12 paper has been submitted and is up on bioRxiv!
What a feat and an accomplishment during a pandemic. But we got the paper written and submitted to Developmental Dynamics. Now we just wait for the reviews. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.11.146472v1
The Allen Lab Spring 2020
This was a really, really unusual semester. From March on, the lab was spread out all across the country. We stayed in contact from DC, MD, VA to California and St. Lucia! But today we had our final Zoom lab meeting to chat and say “bye”. I missing seeing everyone in person. Hopefully we’ll be… Continue reading The Allen Lab Spring 2020
Congrats Caroline (HU Class of 2020)
Caroline graduated today! In strange times and through a virtual commencement ceremony, her time at HU has come to an end. Caroline has worked in the lab for the last year+ and is fantastic! She’s applying for MD/PhD programs. So sorry we couldn’t celebrate in person.
Micropublication 2020- Loss of proteasome subunit RPN-12 causes an increased mean lifespan at a higher temperature in C. elegans
We had a micro publication accepted and published today. This is work that was originally started with the generation of a mutant rpn-12 strain in Andy Golden’s lab by Tyler Hansen. And continued with the follow-up experiments by an undergraduate in the Allen lab Victoria Nguyen and graduate student Michelle Fernando. Congrats to all the… Continue reading Micropublication 2020- Loss of proteasome subunit RPN-12 causes an increased mean lifespan at a higher temperature in C. elegans
March 13, 2020- Temporary closure of lab due to COVID-19
Like labs around the country and around the world, the Allen lab has been temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the in-person research has been shut down, everyone is trying to be productive working from home. Michelle is busy trying to write-up her RPN-12 story for publication. Benedict and Taina are busy using… Continue reading March 13, 2020- Temporary closure of lab due to COVID-19
Dr. Allen’s Sabbatical is Over
I’m back in the lab after my Fall 2019 sabbatical. I think the lab is getting used to having me back around.
Welcome Taina!
The Allen lab welcomes Taina to the lab! She’s a first year graduate student in the Department of Biology at Howard University. She’ll be joining Team Proteasome in the lab and working to elucidate the role of individual proteasome subunits in C. elegans reproduction.
Allen Lab is recruiting new graduate students!
The Allen laboratory will have space for a new graduate student (or two) starting in Fall 2020. If you are interested in working in the reproduction field and using the amazing model system C. elegans, please contact Anna at anna.allen@howard.edu. We have lots of interesting projects to investigate, current funding for that research (thank you… Continue reading Allen Lab is recruiting new graduate students!