Betty joins the McCoy lab as a PhD student from the CMDB program. Welcome Betty!
Steph’s thesis defense
Stephanie held her public thesis defense where she talked about her work using long-read sequencing and other technologies to study the evolution of structural variation in human genomes. Congrats, Dr. Yan!
Lab door re-decoration
Arjun receives Lalor Foundation Fellowship
Arjun Biddanda received a postdoctoral fellowship from the Lalor Foundation, in support of his research about the genetic causes of human pregnancy loss. Read more about this program here: https://lalorfound.org/postdoctoral-fellowship-program/.
Congratulations to Arjun, and thank you to the Lalor Foundation!
Angela receives PURA
Angela Yang received the Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) from JHU, in support of her research using simulations to study the meiotic and mitotic errors that generate aneuploidy in human embryos. Congrats to Angela!
TAGC 2024 in Washington, DC
The McCoy Lab attended The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC) in Washington, DC. Sara, Dylan, Arjun, and Angela presented posters about their research!
Michael receives ASH Scholar Award
Michael Tassia received a Scholar Award from the American Society of Hematology in support of his postdoctoral research. Congrats to Michael, and thank you to ASH!
Lab purchases matching holiday sweaters
Andrew receives Dean’s Teaching Fellowship
Andrew Bortvin was awarded a Dean’s Teaching Fellowship from the Kreiger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins. The award will support him in developing his own course that he will teach to undergraduates next fall. Congrats to Andrew!
ASHG 2023 in Washington, DC
The McCoy Lab attended the American Society of Human Genetics conference in Washington, DC. Arjun gave a talk, others give posters, and we saw Macklemore at the PacBio concert.
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