Brenda’s paper is now posted on bioRxiv.

In this work, we characterize a complete, polymerization-competent building block of the C. elegans synaptonemal complex using mass photometry, crosslinking mass spectrometry, AlphaFold modeling, electron microscopy, and genetics.

We are proud to share this tour de force of biochemistry and genetics!

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.13.758867v1

Brenda defended her Ph.D. thesis!

Congratulations Dr. Cesar! We’re very proud of you.❤️😽

Yiran Yan joined the lab as a graduate student

Welcome aboard!

Our review on the synaptonemal complex is published in JCB

We review recent advances on the structure and function of the synaptonemal complex. Please check it out.

https://rupress.org/jcb/article/225/5/e202511222/281701/Structure-and-function-of-the-synaptonemal

Our review on synapsis initiation is published in BioEssays

We review pathways that initiate synaptonemal complex assembly across diverse species.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.70097

Ariel defended her Ph.D. thesis

Congratulations Dr. Gold! We’re very proud of you.

Ariel's paper is now published

Please check it out. Here is the link.

Ariel's paper is accepted at JCB!

Congrats to Ariel and all the authors!

Yumi receives a JHU Catalyst Award

https://research.jhu.edu/major-initiatives/catalyst-awards/johns-hopkins-catalyst-awards-2024-awardees/

Thank you Hopkins for the support.

Brenda receives an NRSA predoctoral fellowship from NIGMS

Congrats! We’re maintaining an impressive record of success in securing F31 grants!

Natalie Lewis joined the lab

Welcome Natalie! We’re excited to have you aboard.

Yumi received tenure!

Congratulations Yumi, we are all very proud to be your students!

Josh and Brenda's paper is now published

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl4876

Please check it out!

Brenda and Josh's paper is accepted at Science Advances

Congrats to Brenda and all the authors! What a great way to start the new year!

Alicia receives the KSAS Dean's ASPIRE grant

Congrats Alicia! We’re proud of you.

Theresa and Ailin pass their GBO!

Congratulations!

We are hiring a research technologist!

If you’re interested in joining our lab to work on meiosis, please apply through this job posting:

https://jobs.jhu.edu/job/Baltimore-Research-Technologist-MD-21218/1034077200/

We welcome new graduate students!

We are thrilled that Ailin Zhou and Theresa Mai joined the lab! Welcome aboard.

Josh and Brenda's manuscript is now alive on bioRxiv

Please check out here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.05.13.540652v1

Josh successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis

Congratulations, Dr. Blundon!

Jocelyn and Matt came back to celebrate. The lab has now produced three PhDs!