Shy passed his quals
04/2022
Congratulations to Shy for passing his qualifying exam!
Read moreParkinson’s Moving Day in San Francisco
04/2022
The Hockemeyer lab and Rio lab joined the Parkinson’s Moving Day in San Francisco!
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MCB Awards Sarah Short
05/2021
Congratulations Sarah Short for earning the I.L. Chaikoff Memorial Award and a poster award from her honor’s thesis!
Read moreMCB Award Alma Rechav Ben Natan
05/2021
Congratulations Alma for earning an I.L. Chaikoff Memorial Award!
Read morePh.D. Qualification Exam Jesse Dunnack
05/2021
Congratulations to Jesse on passing his Qualification Exam for Ph.D. candidacy!
Read moremedrxiv Hockemeyer Lab
01/2021
Congratulations to Hockemeyer Lab for their publication, Launching a saliva-based SARS-CoV-2 surveillance testing program on a university campus, in medrxiv
Read moreelife Sara, Emma, and Franziska
12/2020
Congratulations to Sara, Emma, and Franziska for their publication, TINF2 is a haploinsufficient tumor suppressor that limits telomere length, in elife
Read moreUndergraduate Chloe Nguyen
12/2020
UC Berkeley sophomore in Molecular Environmental Biology, Chloe Nguyen, joins the lab!
Read moreStaff Research Assistant Yogendra Verma
12/2020
CSU, Channel Islands M.S in Biotechnology, Yogendra Verma, joins the lab as Staff Research Associate!
Read moreascb MBoC John Boyle and Samuel Regaldo
10/2020
Congratulations to John Boyle and Samuel Regaldo for their publication, Telomere length set point regulation in human pluripotent stem cells critically depends on the shelterin protein TPP1, in MBoC
Read moreFirst Round Grantee of ASAP
10/2020
Hockemeyer Lab is awarded funding by ASAP for Dissecting Genetic Interactions of Parkinson’s Disease-associated Risk Loci under Biology of PD-associated Genetics!
Read moreCell Reports Dirk Hockemeyer
09/2020
Congratulations to Dr. Dirk Hockemeyer for his publication, Controlled Cycling and Quiescence Enables Efficient HDR in Engraftment-Enriched Adult Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells in Cell Reports
Read morePh.D. Qualification Exam Annika Martin
08/2020
Congratulations to Annika on passing her Qualification Exam for Ph.D. candidacy!
Read moreUndergraduate Student Lauren Aguilar
08/2020
UC Berkeley junior in Molecular Environmental Biology, Lauren Aguilar, joins the lab!
Read morePh.D. Degree Franziska Lorbeer
07/2020
Congratulations to Franziska Lorbeer on receiving her Ph.D degree and being the third student to graduate from the Hockemeyer lab! She will be missed!
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Tenure Track Dr. Dirk Hockemeyer
02/2020
Congratulations to Dr. Dirk Hockemeyer for his tenure track and promotion to Associate Professor!
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Staff Research Associate Tianlin Lu
09/2018
Miami University M.S. in Cell, Molecular, and Structural Biology, Tianlin Lu, joins the lab!
Read moreLab Manager Preetha Markose
09/2018
Research Associate, Preetha Markose, joins the lab!
Read morePostdoctoral Fellow Antonio Maffia
09/2018
University of Pavia Ph.D. in Genetics, Molecular and Cell Biology, Antonio Maffia, joins the lab!
Read moreGraduate Student Jesse Dunnack
09/2018
UC Berkeley Ph.D. student in MCB, Jesse Dunnack from the University of Connecticut, joins the lab!
Read moreNature Medicine John Blair
08/2018
Congratulations to John on his publication, Genetically engineered human cortical spheroid models of tuberous sclerosis in Nature Medicine.
Read moreJBC Daphné Dambournet
07/2018
Congratulations to Daphné for her publication, Genome-edited human stem cells expressing fluorescently labeled endocytic markers allow quantitative analysis of clathrin-mediated endocytosis during differentiation in JBC.
Read moreAwards Kunitoshi Chiba, Franziska Lorbeer, and Leslie Chan
06/2018
Congratualtions to Chiba who received the Nicholas Cozzarelli Prize. The Nicholas Cozzarelli Prize is presented annually to a graduating student for best PhD research and dissertation in Molecular and Cell Biology. Additionally, Franzi was chosen to be one of 600 young scientists under 35 to attend the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. And finally one of our outstanding undergrads, Leslie received the Departmental Citation awarded to graduating senior in the MCB Department, not only in terms of overall grade point average, but in major course work, quality of research, and such other factors that indicate promise of great success in the…
Read moreGraduations Drs. Kunitoshi Chiba and Ryan Forster, and Brendan Finnerty
05/2018
The Hockemeyer lab in proud to graduate its first Ph.D. students, Chiba and Ryan and well as a visiting masters student Brendan. They will be missed.
Read moreEMBO Conference Franziska Lorbeer John Boyle, Brendan Finnerty, and Kelsey Hennick
05/2018
Franzi, John, Brendan, and Kelsley attended the EMBO workshop on Telomere Biology in Health and Human Disease where John presented a talk on his work on TPP1 and all others where selected to present posters.
Read moreScience Ryan Forster
04/2018
Congratulations to Ryan on his publication, Observing the cell in its native state: Imaging subcellular dynamics in multicellular organisms in Science.
Read morePh.D. Qualification Exams John Boyle and Rebecca Bartke
04/2018
Congratulations to John and Rebecca on passing their Qualifing Exam for Ph.D. candidacy!
Read moreCell Reports John Blair
11/2017
Congratulations to John Blair for his publication, Widespread Translational Remodeling during Human Neuronal Differentiation in Cell Reports.
Read moreFellowships Leslie Chan and Shannon Wu
10/2017
Congratulations to Leslie and Shannon for receiving fellowships from Center for Research and Education on Aging and Koret Foundation.
Read moreScience Franziska Lorbeer and Kunitoshi Chiba
08/2017
Congratulations to Franzi and Chiba for their publication of “Mutations in the promoter of the telomerase gene TERT contribute to tumorigenesis by a two-step mechanism” in Science.
Read moreFellowships Franziska Lorbeer, Kunitoshi Chiba, and Won-Tae Kim
07/2017
Congratulations to Franzi, Chiba, ad Won-Tae on receiving fellowships from Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, University of California Cancer Research Coordinating Committee, and the Siebel Stem Cell Institute
Read moreGraduate Student Rebecca Bartke
05/2017
UC Berkeley Ph.D. student in MCB, Rebecca Bartke from the University of Michigan, joins the lab!
Read moreGraduate Student John Boyle
05/2017
UC Berkeley Ph.D. student in MCB, John Boyle from University of California Berkeley, returns to the lab!
Read morePh.D. Qualification Exam Sara Choo
04/2017
Congratulations to Sara on passing her Qualification Exam for Ph.D. candidacy!
Read moreVisiting Student Alejandro Hernandez Sanchez
02/2017
Masters student, Alejandro Hernandez Sanchez, joins the lab!
Read moreUndergraduate Student Kimberly Tang
01/2017
UC Berkeley freshman in Molecular and Cell Biology, Kimberly Tang, joins the lab!
Read moreVisiting Student Brendan Finnerty
12/2016
Masters student, Brendan Finnerty, joins the lab!
Read moreMolecular and Cell Biology Kunitoshi Chiba, Manraj Gill
11/2016
Congratulations to Chiba and Manraj on the publication of “Endogenous TERT N-terminal tagging affects human telomerase function at telomeres in vivo” in Molecular and Cell Biology!
Read moreUndergraduate Student Apaarajita Balaji
11/2016
UC Berkeley junior in Molecular and Cell Biology, Apaarajita Balaji, joins the lab!
Read morePostdoctoral Associate Won-Tae Kim
10/2016
Korea University Ph.D. in Biotechnology, Won-Tae Kim, joins the lab!
Read morePostdoctoral Associate Shirin Jenkins
10/2016
UC Davis Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Shirin Jenkins, joins the lab!
Read moreUndergraduate Student Erica Keane
09/2016
UC Berkeley junior in Molecular and Cell Biology, Erica Keane, joins the lab!
Read moreUndergraduate Student Justin Lu
09/2016
UC Berkeley freshman in Bioengineering, Justin Lu, joins the lab!
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eLife Samuel Regalado, Joshua Johnson
08/2016
Congratulations to Sam and Josh on the publication of “Minimized human telomerase maintains telomeres and resolves endogenous roles of H/ACA proteins, TCAB1, and Cajal bodies” in eLife!
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Undergraduate Student Rayyan Aburajab
07/2016
UC Berkeley sophomore in Molecular and Cell Biology, Rayyan Aburajab, joins the lab!
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Lab Manager Kelsey Hennick
06/2016
UC Davis graduate in Genetics, Kelsey Hennick, joins the lab!
Read moreUndergraduate Student Christian Gonzalez
06/2016
UC Berkeley senior in Molecular and Cell Biology, Christian Gonzalez, joins the lab!
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Undergraduate Degrees Casey Drubin and Jimmy Guo
05/2016
Congratulations to Casey and Jimmy on completing their degrees in Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, respectively!
Read moreGraduate Student Sara Seunga Choo
05/2016
UC Berkeley Ph.D. student in MCB, Sara Choo from University of California Berkeley, joins the lab!
Read morePh.D. Qualification Exam Timothy Turkalo
05/2016
Congratulations to Tim on passing his Qualification Exam for Ph.D. candidacy!
Read morePh.D. Qualification Exam Franziska Lorbeer
04/2016
Congratulations to Franzi on passing her Qualification Exam for Ph.D. candidacy!
Read moreCurrent Opinion in Cell Biology Joshua Johnson
12/2015
Congratulations to Josh on the publication of “Human stem cell-based disease modeling: prospects and challenges,” a review article in Current Opinon in Cell Biology’s themed issue on ‘Differentiation and Disease’!
Read moreUndergraduate Student Annie Lai
12/2015
UC Berkeley sophomore in Chemical Biology, Annie Lai, joins the lab!
Read moreUndergraduate Student Rachel Trujillo
10/2015
UC Berkeley freshman in Molecular and Cell Biology, Rachel Trujillo, joins the lab!
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Visiting Student Eva Schruf
09/2015
Masters student at The Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg, Eva Schruf, joins the lab!
Read moreRe-writing Genomes Symposium Kunitoshi Chiba
08/2015
Chiba gave a talk on genome editing in stem cells to uncover the transcriptional regulation of endogenous hTERT at the 3rd Annual Re-writing Genomes Symposium hosted by the UC Berkeley QB3 and the Innovative Genomics Initiative!
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eLife Kunitoshi Chiba, Joshua Johnson, Tina Wagner, John Boyle
07/2015
Congratulations to Chiba, Josh, Tina and John on the publication of “Cancer-associated TERT promoter mutations abrogate telomerase silencing” in eLIFE! The July issue of eLife also features this paper with an Insight on this paper written by Dr. Kamila Naxerova and Dr. Stephen Elledge!
Read moreUndergraduate Student Shannon Wu
06/2015
UC Berkeley sophomore in Molecular and Cell Biology, Shannon Wu, joins the lab!
Read moreVisiting Amgen Scholar Rebecca Bartke
06/2015
University of Michigan junior in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Rebecca Bartke, joins the lab for the summer as a part of the Amgen Scholars Program
Read moreUndergraduate Degree Tiffany Tsan
05/2015
Congratulations to Tiffany on completing her B.Sc. degree in Chemical Biology!
Read moreQualification Exam Joshua Johnson
05/2015
Congratulations to Josh on passing his Qualification Exam!
Read moreGraduate Students Franziska Lorbeer and Tim Turkalo
05/2015
UC Berkeley Ph.D. students, Franziska Lorbeer from Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University Bonn and Timothy Turkalo from University of Kansas, join the lab!
Read moreCold Spring Harbor Conference Kunitoshi Chiba and John Boyle
04/2015
Chiba gave a talk on transcriptional regulation of endogenous hTERT and John presented his poster on the role of TPP1 in telomere length homeostasis at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s 2015 meeting on Telomeres and Telomerase!
Read moreUndergraduate Student Leslie Chan
03/2015
UC Berkeley freshman in Molecular and Cell Biology, Leslie Chan, joins the lab!
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Masters Degree Tina Wagner
02/2015
Congratulations to Tina on completing her masters degree in Biochemistry!
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Undergraduate Student Cynthia Martinez
11/2014
UC Berkeley sophomore in Microbial Biology, Cynthia Martinez, joins the lab!
Read moreMethods in Molecular Biology Kunitoshi Chiba
11/2014
Congratulations to Chiba on the publication of “Genome editing in human pluripotent stem cells using site specific nucleases,” a chapter in the Chromosomal Mutagenesis volume of Methods in Molecular Biology!
Read moreGenes and Development Alec Sexton, Sam Regalado
08/2014
Congratulations to Alec and Sam on the publication of “Genetic and molecular identification of three human TPP1 functions in telomerase action” in Genes and Development! The September issue of Genes and Development also features a Perspective on this paper written by Dr. Jan Karlseder!
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Stem Cell Reports Ryan Forster, Kunitoshi Chiba, Sam Regalado
06/2014
Congratulations to Ryan, Chiba and Sam on the publication of “Human intestinal tissue with adult stem cell properties derived from pluripotent stem cells” in Stem Cell Reports!
Read moreResearch Specialist John Boyle
06/2014
UC Berkeley graduate in MCB, John Boyle, joins the lab!
Read morePh.D. Degree and Nicholas Cozzarelli Award Alec Sexton
05/2014
Congratulations to Alec on receiving his Ph.D. degree in MCB and on being presented with the Nicholas Cozzarelli Award at the graduation!
Read morePh.D. Qualification Exam Ryan Forster
05/2014
Congratulations to Ryan on passing his Qualification Exam for Ph.D. candidacy!
Read moreGraduate Student Joshua Johnson
05/2014
UC Berkeley Ph.D. student in MCB, Joshua Johnson from University of Carolina Upstate, joins the lab!
Read morePh.D. Qualification Exam Kunitoshi Chiba
04/2014
Congratulations to Chiba on passing his Qualification Exam for Ph.D. candidacy!
Read moreVisiting Student Tina Wagner
03/2014
Masters student at the Eberhard-Karls University of Tuebingen, Tina Wagner, joins the lab!
Read moreNews and Views Ryan Forster
02/2014
Congratulations to Ryan on the publication of “Genome editing 101: Let’s go digital,” a news and views article in Nature Methods!
Read moreUndergraduate Student Manraj Gill
12/2013
UC Berkeley freshman in Molecular and Cell Biology, Manraj Gill, joins the lab!
Read moreUndergraduate Student Tiffany Tsan
07/2013
UC Berkeley junior in Chemical Biology, Tiffany Tsan, joins the lab!
Read moreGraduate Students Ryan Forster and Kunitoshi Chiba
05/2013
UC Berkeley Ph.D. students, Ryan Forster (MCB and Chemical Biology) from Arizona State University and Kunitoshi Chiba (MCB) from Tokyo Institute of Technology, join the lab!
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