Micropublication on CRISPR tagging WEE-1.3!

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!

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

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

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!