<![CDATA[EAGEN LAB - News]]>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:44:04 -0500Weebly<![CDATA[Welcome Dana!]]>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:56:25 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/welcome-danaDana Cyril-Ramirez joins us as an Assistant Laboratory Director from a neighboring lab at Baylor College of Medicine. Welcome to the Eagen Lab!]]><![CDATA[Lab outing to Cidercade!]]>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/lab-outing-to-cidercade
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The lab had a great time at Cidercade for our latest outing! From classic arcade games to friendly competition, it was a fun way to relax and spend time together outside the lab.​
]]><![CDATA[Welcome Selina!]]>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/welcome-selinaSelina Qiu joins us as an undergraduate student! Selina is currently a student at Rice University. Welcome to the Eagen Lab!]]><![CDATA[Nature Cell Biology News & Views!]]>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/nature-cell-biology-news-viewsExcited to contribute a News & Views article on a fascinating new paper in Nature Cell Biology! Highlights include the discovery of two chromosome folding programs that establish interphase chromosome conformation as cells exit mitosis, as well as microcompartmentalization of mitotically bookmarked cis-regulatory elements. Click here for full text.]]><![CDATA[Welcome Sara!]]>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/welcome-saraSara Akram joins us as a postdoctoral associate! She recently earned her PhD at Florida State University. Welcome to the Eagen Lab!]]><![CDATA[Farewell Ivo!]]>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/farewell-ivoWe wish Ivo farewell as he starts his new position as a Senior Scientist at AstraZeneca.]]><![CDATA[Congratulations, Yi-Hung!]]>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/congratulations-yi-hungKudos to Yi-Hung as she was awarded the Bert W. O’Malley, MD Student Scholar in Medical Research Award sponsored by the Diana Helis Henry Medical Research Foundation and the Adrienne Helis Mavin Medical Research Foundation! A fantastic accomplishment! We appreciate you as a part of the lab and look forward to your future discoveries!]]><![CDATA[New Grant from The Welch Foundation!]]>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/new-grant-from-the-welch-foundation
We are honored and grateful to The Welch Foundation for funding our research project "Elucidating the Mechanism and Dynamics of Chromatin Contacts Mediated by a Molecular Bridge". We look forward to the innovative discoveries this award will support!
]]><![CDATA[Rodeo 2025!]]>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/rodeo-2025
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The lab had a great time at our annual spring outing to the Houston Rodeo!
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]]><![CDATA[Lab Outing to Slick City Action Park!]]>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/lab-outing-to-slick-city-action-park
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Team bonding at Slick City Action Park! From thrilling slides to laughter-filled moments, our lab outing was a blast!
]]><![CDATA[New NIH U01 Grant from NCI!]]>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/new-nih-u01-grant-from-nci
We truly appreciate the NIH / NCI for funding our U01 grant with long-time collaborator Dr. Christopher French on "Overcoming Limitations of BET Inhibition in NUT Carcinoma". This generous support will fund research projects to reveal how BRD4-NUT misregulates chromatin to drive tumorigenesis thereby providing insights into new therapies for NUT carcinoma. We are looking forward to exciting results from this project and are excited to by part of the NCI Targeting Fusion Oncoproteins in Childhood Cancers (TFCC) Network!
]]><![CDATA[Welcome Shuvra!]]>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/welcome-shuvraShuvra Roy joins us from the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology as a postdoctoral associate! Welcome to the Eagen Lab!]]><![CDATA[Congratulations, Cate!]]>Fri, 10 May 2024 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/congratulations-cateCongratulations to Cate as she starts medical school!]]><![CDATA[Houston Rodeo!]]>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/houston-rodeo
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In what is becoming a lab tradition, the lab had a fantastic time at the Houston Rodeo! Feeling adventurous, John, Chris, and Ivo tried the Fruity Pebbles Shrimp Fried Rice in a pineapple bowl.
]]><![CDATA[Welcome Adela and Anna!]]>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/welcome-adela-and-annaAdela Yan and Anna Thommen join us as a graduate students in the Genetics & Genomics Program at Baylor College of Medicine!  Welcome to the Eagen Lab!]]><![CDATA[Welcome Krupa!]]>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/welcome-krupaKrupa Sampat joins us from Boston University as a bioinformatics analyst!  Welcome to the Eagen Lab!]]><![CDATA[Epigenetics Podcast!]]>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/epigenetics-podcast
Kyle was interviewed for the Epigenetics Podcast by Active Motif! Listen to the podcast to learn about his scientific journey, problems we are currently thinking about, and more here!
]]><![CDATA[Cancer Research Paper Published!]]>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/cancer-research-paper-publishedWe are excited to have published a collaborative paper with Chris French's lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital in the journal Cancer Research! We identify EZH2, a chromatin regulator that epigenetically silences genes, as a novel vulnerability in NUT carcinoma, that EZH2 suppression of tumor suppressor genes acts in parallel to the activation of oncogenes by the fusion oncoprotein BRD4-NUT, and that combined treatment of mouse models of NUT carcinoma with both an EZH2 inhibitor and a BET inhibitor potently blocks tumor growth and prolongs animal survival. Congratulations to Cate, Chris, and Quan for their contributions to the success of this project! Click here for full text and also see the spotlight commentary on the paper in Cancer Research.]]><![CDATA[Congratulations, French Lab!]]>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/congratulations-french-labCongratulations to the French Lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School for their new paper "The BRD4–NUT Fusion Alone Drives Malignant Transformation of NUT Carcinoma"! We were happy to contribute to this story! Click here for full text.]]><![CDATA[Kyle receives Sontag Foundation Distinguished Scientist Award!]]>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/kyle-receives-sontag-foundation-distinguished-scientist-award
Kyle is grateful and thrilled to receive the Distinguished Scientist Award from The Sontag Foundation. This generous funding will allow the lab to expand into new research areas and determine how fusion oncoproteins that drive aggressive brain tumors alter chromosome 3D structure, nuclear organization, and transcriptional regulation. Read more about this exciting news from the Sontag Foundation news release and website.
]]><![CDATA[Lab Lunch!]]>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/lab-lunchThe team took a quick break from the lab for lunch at Winnie's in Midtown, Houston!
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]]><![CDATA[New Lab Video!]]>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/new-lab-videoWe had a great time filming a new video to highlight the lab's research! Check it out below.
]]><![CDATA[Summer 2023 Lab Outing!]]>Thu, 22 Jun 2023 23:00:57 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/summer-2023-lab-outingThe Eagen Lab is not deterred by the hot Texas weather! We began with BBQ for lunch at Truth...
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...followed by some escape room fun! Some of us made it out!
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]]><![CDATA[How we do cell culture...]]>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/how-we-do-cell-culture
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]]><![CDATA[Welcome Ivo!]]>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.eagenlab.org/news/welcome-ivoIvo Yonchev joins us from the University of Sheffield as a postdoctoral associate! Welcome to the Eagen Lab!]]>