News - Apostolou Lab

Feb 2024

Double celebration for Alex for obtaining a grant from the Sackler Brain and Spine Institute and for being promoted to research Assistant Professor!

Dec 2023

Dylan’s graduation! Congratulations Dr. Murphy!!!

Jul 2023

Our first NCI R01 grant for studying plasticity and stemness in GC reaction and Lymphomagenesis

Nov 2021

Our collaborative work with the Stadtfeld group on the regulation of imprinting stability of Dlk1-Dio3 locus is published in DEVELOPMENTAL CELL!!! Congratulations Boaz and Laurianne for a wonderful teamwork!

Sep 2021

The Apostolou team is bigger and stronger than ever! We welcome three new members Chris, UkJin and Lucy! Cheers to many new discoveries and great time together!

Jun 2021

Our multi-PI RM1 grant was funded by the NIGMS after getting an unbelievable score! We are thrilled to be part of such a great inter-campus collaboration with our leader John Lis and other wonderful colleagues in Steve Josefowicz, Haiyuan Yu, Hening Li, Abdullah Ozer and Liz Kellog!

Jun 2021

Goodbye Boaz!!! We hope you enjoyed the ride in the Apostolou lab! We will all miss you! Go and save the world now!

Apr 2021

Our study on the post-mitotic molecular resetting of pluripotent stem cells is finally out in MOLECULAR CELL!!! Great work by Bobbie, Alex and colleagues!!! Although our cover image was not selected, it’s too cool to remain unpublished. So here it is!

Mar 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Pelham-Webb for a glorious PhD thesis defense! Now back to the clinic! Bobbie we are missing you already!

Feb 2021

Bobbie’s farewell and Ada’s welcome hike at the Bronx zoo~!

Jan 2021

Effie was awarded the prestigious Emerging Leader Award from the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research! This is our first cancer-focused grant for a very exciting project against glioblastoma!

Oct 2020

Our Multi-PI U01 with Drs. Huangfu and Leslie from MSKCC is funded by the 4D Nucleome. Honored to be part of this consortium!

Jul 2020

Our research on 3D regulatory hubs in early developmental decisions is funded by an R01 from NIGMS. So excited to dive into the organizational principles and the functional impact of these hubs!!! So many reasons to celebrate finally in person! Let’s sail!

May 2020

Dylan is selected for the T32 Training Grant in Developmental & Stem Cell Biology. Congratulations Dylan!

Mar 2020

Laurianne is awarded a fellowship from the Lymphoma Research Foundation for her efforts to dissect the stem-like properties of Germinal Center B cells and their implications in lymphoma. In addition, she obtained a Core Facility seed grant from the Cornell Center for Immunology! We are so proud of you!!!

Sep 2019

Our paper on 3D-enhancer rewiring during reprogramming is out in Nature Cell Biology. Great work everyone!

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Sep 2019

Effie presents at the CSHL Stem Cell Biology meeting

Jul 2019

Boaz is awarded an MTOR T32 training grant for his project on mechanisms of imprinting maintenance. Congratulations!!!

Jun 2019

Farewell lunch and rowing at Central Park for Dafne! We miss you already!

May 2019

Effie presents at the EMBO 3D genome workshop at Kyllini. Magical place and incredible audience!