February 2022
Janardan's manuscript was accepted in Current Biology!
January 2022
Graduate students Somdutta Paul and Batula Robow join the Lacefield Lab!
Research associate Anna Zike joins the lab!
December 2021
Janardan Gavade defended his thesis and graduated. He will start his postdoc at U. Penn in January. Congrats Dr. Gavade!
November 2021
The Lacefield Lab welcomes rotation student Anjaly Prasannajith.
October 2021
The Lacefield Lab welcomes rotation student Somdutta Paul.
September 2021
The Lacefield Lab welcomes rotation student Batula Robow.
Soni gives her seminar for promotion to full professor.
August 2021
Undergraduate students Matthew Ross and Zoe Swayne join the lab!
July 2021
Moi University student Othol Isaac works with the Lacefield Lab during the virtual summer research program.
Matan Cohen successfully defended his thesis. Congrats Matan!
May 2021
Graduate student Pallavi Gadgil joins the lab! Welcome Pallavi!
April 2021
Janardan Gavade presented his work at the Student and Postdoc Meiosis Workshop.
Caitlin was awarded a Postdoc Challenge grant from the Indiana CTSI!
March 2021
Annie MacKenzie was awarded the President's Diversity Research Fellowship!
Gisela Cairo Baza was awarded the IU COAS Dissertation Research Fellowship!
February 2021
The Lacefield Lab welcomes Disha Kuchangi for her rotation!
Lacefield lab alum Gabriel Muhire Gihana was awarded a Damon Runyon Fellowship for his postdoctoral studies!
January 2021
Soni was awarded an NSF grant to study meiotic exit!
The Lacefield Lab welcomes Pallavi Gadgil for her rotation!
December 2020
Gabriel's paper came out in JCB!
October 2020
Gabriel's paper was accepted in JCB!
Welcome to rotation student Jordon Winn!
September 2020
Welcome to Lacefield lab postdoctoral fellow Caitlin Zuilkoski!
Welcome to rotation student Renee Kinne!
Soni's image made the cover of Essays in Biochemistry, published with Gisela's review!
July 2020
The Lacefield lab says goodbye to Olivia Ballew. We will miss her.
June 2020
Olivia defended her Ph.D. thesis! Congratulations Dr. Ballew!
May 2020
Gisela gave a great trainee talk in #meiosisinquarantine!
Our minireview on Aurora B and C kinase localization during meiosis came out online in Essays in Biochemistry. Congrats Gisela!
Olivia is hooded by Soni during the virtual PhD hooding ceremony.
March 2020
Our lab shuts down due to stay at home orders. We are #SeparateButTogether
Soni returns from her sabbatical at Rutgers University.
February 2020
Olivia ran the marathon in the Olympic Trials!
Soni gave a talk at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Soni gave a talk at Brooklyn College.
Soni gave a talk to several labs at New York University.
Gisela's paper came out online at JCB! Congrats Gisela!
January 2020
Soni was awarded her RO1 renewal!
Our paper on autophagy and meiotic exit is published in Developmental Cell!
Gabriel departs for his postdoctoral fellowship at UT Southwestern. He will be greatly missed.
Gisela's paper was accepted in Journal of Cell Biology!
December 2019
Kira Sims joins the lab as a new graduate student. Welcome, Kira!
Gabriel successfully defends his PhD thesis! Congrats, Dr. Muhire Gihana!
Chris graduates with an MS! Congrats Chris!
Our manuscript on autophagy and meiotic exit was accepted in Developmental Cell.
Soni attends ASCB annual meeting.
Soni serves as a group leader at ASCB Capitol Hill Day.
November 2019
Gabriel became a new dad with the birth of his daughter Bikita! Congrats Gabriel and Nicole!
We are excited to have first year graduate student Kira Sims rotate with us.
September, 2019
Soni started her sabbatical at Rutgers University.
Gabriel interviewed for postdoctoral felllowship positions.
Olivia's Current Biology publication was recommended on F1000.
August, 2019
Soni presented our research at the Dynamic Kinetochore Workshop in Paris, France.
June, 2019
Students from Moi University, Kenya, arrive for the IU-Africa Summer Research Program.
Soni had the opportunity to advocate for cell biological research on capitol hill with the American Society for Cell Biology.
May, 2019
Soni hooded Gabriel in the PhD graduation ceremony.
Soni and Olivia's review came out in Current Genetics.
April, 2019
JCB wrote a spotlight article about Gabriel. He was the first graduate student to be interviewed. Congrats Gabriel!
Soni joined the editorial board of GENETICS.
Soni presented our research at the meeting for mitotic and meiotic cell cycle control and execution in Roscoff, France.
February, 2019
Olivia was awarded a College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Year Fellowship! Congrats Olivia!
Soni's spotlight article came out in JCB.
Janardan gave the GCDB Departmental Seminar
January, 2019
Olivia's paper came out in Current Biology!
Soni gave a seminar at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
December, 2018
Gabriel and Soni attend ASCB/EMBO. Gabriel presents his work on the cell cycle regulation of polarity. Soni held a round table discussion on elevator speeches as part of the ASCB Public Information Committee.
Olivia's paper was accepted into Current Biology!
November, 2018
Gabriel was awarded a travel fellowship from JCB and from ASCB to present his work at ASCB/EMBO. Congrats Gabriel!
Olivia qualified for the Olympic Trials in the marathon! Congrats Olivia!
Soni attended ABRCMS.
September, 2018
Gisela and Annie passed their preliminary exams! They are now PhD candidates. Congrats to both of them!
We were awarded a supplement to purchase a new Nikon Ti2 microscope system!
August, 2018
Annie was awarded a Templeton Fellowship!
Hameed and Segun return to Nigeria. They had a great experience performing research at IU.
July, 2018
Soni presented our work at the FASEB yeast chromosome and cell cycle conference and was nominated as the next Vice Chair to organize the 2020 meeting.
Undergraduate researcher Lucy left the lab to study Zika virus in Peru. Good luck Lucy!
Technician Arthur left the lab to attend IU School of Medicine. Good luck Arthur!
Two students from Lagos State University, Hameed and Segun, arrived to perform research at IU. This program to bring students from Africa to perform research at IU was initiated by African students, including Gabriel, and Soni is the faculty director.
High school student Antara worked in the lab through the Holland summer research program. We will miss her.
June, 2018
Soni presented our work at the meiosis GRC in New London, NH.
May, 2018
Gabriel's paper is published.
Chris and Gisela win a Floyd plant and fungal fellowship.
An article about Gabriel and Afrisnet is published in the IDS.
April, 2018
Gabriel's paper is accepted in JCB.
Lucy wins the William Tatum Scholarship and Gabriel wins the Alfred Parson Mower Fellowship.
Lucy presents her work at CEWIT women in STEM poster session.
Chris gives departmental seminar.
February, 2018
Soni attends Hackathon.
Gabriel wins a dissertation year fellowship.
January, 2018
Olivia gives the GCDB departmental seminar.
December, 2017
Soni attends the ASCB annual meeting.
October, 2017
Chris volunteers at IU Science Fest.
Arthur and Lucy are accepted into IU School of Medicine.
The Lab attends the Midwest Yeast Meeting in Evanston, IL.
September, 2017
Gabriel gives the GCDB departmental seminar.
August, 2017
Soni teaches at Yeastcourse in Cold Spring Harbor.
Soni presents at EMBO meiosis in Croatia.
July, 2017
The Lacefield lab hosts a high school student for the Holland Summer Research Program.
June, 2017
Arthur starts work as a research associate.
Olivia and Janardan win a Floyd plant and fungal fellowship.
May, 2017
Arthur graduates with a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry. Congratulations Arthur!
Lucy is awarded a Hutton Honors College Fellowship to perform research during the summer!
Lucy wins the Rex Grossman Award.
Olivia presents her research at the Cold Spring Harbor symposium on chromosome segregation and structure.
April, 2017
Soni, Annie, Olivia, and Tiffany attend the March for Science in Washington DC.
Olivia and Gabriel are awarded a Floyd Plant and Fungal Summer Fellowship.
Olivia is a awarded a Provost's Women in Science Travel Award.
March, 2017
Oscar got a job at a company that makes medical devices. Congratulations Oscar!
January, 2017
The Lacefield Lab welcomes two GCDB graduate students, Gisela Cairo Baza and Annie MacKenzie.
December, 2016
Soni, Chris, and Gabriel attend the ASCB annual meeting in San Francisco, CA. Chris and Gabriel presented posters at the meeting.
Janardan passed his qualifying exam and is now a PhD candidate!
Oscar graduated with a BS in Microbiology. Congratulations Oscar!
October, 2016
The Lacefield lab and the Anderson lab attended the Midwest Yeast Meeting in Evanston, IL. Chris and Gabriel presented posters at the meeting.
Undergraduates Lucy Brown and Arthur Cross-Najafi join the lab.
September, 2016
Olivia passed her qualifying exams and is now a PhD candidate!
August, 2016
Soni attended the FASEB yeast chromosome meeting in Snow Mass, CO
June, 2016
Soni attended the Gordon Research Conference on Meiosis in New London, NH
May, 2016
Tiffany starts her work as a research associate in the lab.
Yang graduated with her PhD and Tiffany graduated with her BS!
Janardan and Chris win a Floyd plant and fungal summer fellowship.
Soni was promoted to Associate Professor of Biology!
April, 2016
Yang successfully defended her dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Yang!
Our collaborative paper with Angelika Amon's lab was accepted into eLIFE.
Yang accepts an offer for a postdoctoral fellow position at UT Southwestern.
March, 2016
Chris wins the Lacefield lab March Madness bracket. Congratulations Chris!
January, 2016
Undergraduate Oscar Thompson officially joins the lab.
Soni was awarded a CTSI grant.
December, 2015
Lu Zhang defended her Master's thesis. Congratulations Lu!
Soni attended ASCB 2015.
Chris Puccia passed his preliminary exams!
October, 2015
Gabriel passed his qualifying exams. Congratulations Gabriel!
September, 2015
The Lacefield lab welcomes undergraduates Tiffany Musser and Matthew Adsit.
August, 2015
Soni gave her tenure and promotion seminar.
June, 2015
Yang and Wen welcome Scarlett, their new baby girl. Congratulations Yang and Wen!
May, 2015
Yang's paper was highlighted in the JCB biobytes podcast.
Soni attended the Dynamic Kinetochore Workshop in Copenhagen.
Leah won first place for the best poster at the Hutton Honors College Research Symposium!
Kung-Hsien graduated with his PhD and Leah graduated with an MS. Congratulations Kung-Hsien and Leah!
April, 2015
Kung-Hsien defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations Dr. Ho!
Soni, Chris, and Gabriel attend the Emerging Topics in Genome Instability Symposium at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in Oklahoma City. Chris and Gabriel present posters and Soni gives a talk.
Leah presents her Master's work at the Hutton Honors College Research Symposium.
Gabriel won a Floyd Plant and Fungal Fellowship. Congratulations Gabriel!
March, 2015
Our manuscript, "Bub3 promotes Cdc20-dependent activation of the APC/C in S. cerevisiae", was accepted for publication in The Journal of Cell Biology. Congratulations Yang and Dai!
Leah attends the Velocity Conference in Berkeley, CA.
January, 2015
Yang won the Drew Schwartz Fellowship for the spring of 2015. Congratulations Yang!
The Lacefield Lab welcomes two GCDB graduate students, Olivia and Janardan!
December, 2014
Kung-Hsien and Yang present their research at the American Society for Cell Biology meeting in Philadelphia.
November, 2014
Our manuscript, "Localization and function of budding yeast CENP-A depends upon kinetochore protein interactions and is independent of canonical centromere DNA sequence" was accepted in Cell Reports. Congratulations Kung-Hsien, Dai, and Audrey.
The Lacefield lab attends Yang's wedding. Congratulations Yang and Wen!
The Lacefield lab welcomes GCDB rotation student Suba Rajendra.
October, 2014
The Lacefield lab welcomes GCDB rotation student Janardan Gavade.
September, 2014
The Lacefield lab attends the Midwest Yeast Meeting at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Kung-Hsien and Yang present posters and Soni gives a talk.
August, 2014
The Lacefield lab welcomes GCDB rotation student Olivia Ballew.
Soni was awarded a 5-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the regulation of meiotic commitment in S. cerevisiae.
June, 2014
The Lacefield lab hosts two high school biology teachers in the lab during the Biology Summer Institute. Welcome Jody and Derek!
The Lacefield lab welcomes Leah, a new Biotechnology Master’s student!
May, 2014
Our manuscript, “Positive Feedback of NDT80 Expression Ensures Irreversible Meiotic Commitment in Budding Yeast” has been accepted by PLOS Genetics! Congratulations Dai, Yang, and Soni.
Chris was awarded a position on the GCMS training grant! Congratulations Chris.
April, 2014
Yang was awarded a Floyd Microbiology Award! Congratulations Yang.
Gabriel and Chris were awarded a Floyd Plant and Fungal Fellowship. Congratulations Gabriel and Chris.
January, 2014
The Lacefield lab welcomes 2 new GCBD graduate students, Chris and Gabriel!
