People
Biologists, computational scientists and engineers working side by side on the 3D genome.
Jane Skok, PhD
Principal Investigator · Professor of Pathology
Jane Skok's interest in visualizing recombination in individual cells, tracing the dynamic changes in chromosome architecture and nuclear location at different stages of this complex process, unites two lifelong passions: science and art.
After completing her PhD in Immunology and Genetics at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in Lincoln's Inn Fields, Jane took 12 years off and pursued training in art while caring for her young children. She then returned to science, joining David Gray's lab at Imperial College London as a postdoctoral fellow to study B cell biology and acquiring expertise in Mandy Fisher's lab to understand how the nuclear organization of the antigen receptor genes helps regulate V(D)J recombination.
Jane continued to pursue these questions in her own lab at University College London and elucidated the roles of Pax5 in locus contraction, and nuclear sub-compartmentalization in establishing maintaining allelic exclusion. In 2006 she was recruited to New York University School of Medicine, where her lab has revealed the activities of several signaling factors in guiding B cell development. Here, the Skok lab made the surprising discovery that the RAG proteins and the DNA damage response factor ATM help ensure allelic exclusion at the immunoglobulin gene loci (Hewitt et al., 2009). Furthermore they discovered that RAG2 C-terminus and ATM control RAG activity to limit the number of potential translocation substrates through modulation of 3D conformation (higher order loops) and repositioning of uncleaved loci to repressive pericentromeric heterochromatin. Ongoing work in the lab is focused on understanding how localized and long-range chromatin contacts impact gene regulation in health and disease settings.
Current members
Join the lab-
Giulia Cova, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Background
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Mundlos Lab, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin
- PhD in Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Pavia and Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
- MSc in Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Pavia
- BSc in Biotechnology, University of Pavia
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Guimei Jiang, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Background
- PhD, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, with joint training at Tsinghua University, Beijing
- MSc in Preventive Immunology, Jilin University, Changchun
- BSc, Jilin University, Changchun
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Annia Carre Simon, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Background
- PhD in Genetics, Fabre Lab, Hôpital Saint-Louis, INSERM, University of Paris
- MSc in Genetics, University of Paris
- BSc in Biomedicine, University of Barcelona
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Gabriela Bianchi Leao
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow
Background
- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow, NYU (2025–present)
- Pediatric Residency, University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville (2022–2025)
- Medical School, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Elyes Ben Ahmed
Predoctoral Fellow
Background
- Master’s student in Engineering, Mines Paris–PSL, Paris
- Preparatory Classes (CPGE) in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Lycée Sainte-Geneviève, Versailles
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Louis Maguer
Predoctoral Fellow
Background
- Master’s student in Engineering (Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics), Mines Paris–PSL, Paris
- Preparatory Class (CPGE) in Mathematics and Physics, Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris
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Lara Ladney
Lab Manager
Background
- MSc in Bioinformatics, Kanzok Lab, Loyola University Chicago
- BSc in Molecular Biology and Cellular/Molecular Neuroscience, Loyola University Chicago
Alumni
Former members have gone on to lead labs at the NIH, the Institut Cochin and the Institut Curie, and to research roles in industry.
Ramya Raviram, PhDAssistant Professor; earlier a PhD student in the lab
Margarita Karapetian, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow
Oscar Pundel, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow
Tom SchippkePredoctoral Fellow
Camille HuaPredoctoral Fellow
Manel WafraPredoctoral Fellow
Catherine Do, PhDAssistant Professor
Tristan Montalbetti, PhDPredoctoral Fellow
Kiyomi ArakiLab Manager
Stephanie BelliniComputational Research Intern
Theodoros Sakellaropoulos, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow
Ariel Kuan, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow
Nata Kakabadze, MScAssistant Research Scientist
Aram Modrek, MD, PhDAram Lab at USC
Raphael Silveira Vidal, PhDAssociate Research Scientist
Anupama VermaResearch Technician
Nishana Mayilaadumveettil, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow
Priscillia Lhoumaud, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow
Fara Faye D. Regis, DVMAssociate Research Scientist
Roxanne Debaugny, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow
Javier Rodriguez HernaezData Analyst
Sana Bendaoud BadriPhD Student, Biomedical Informatics Program
Veronica Uribe-Echevarria, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow
Anil Vittal KanthiData Analyst
Ali RanjbaranResearch Data Associate
Caryn HaAssistant Research Technician
Ester Marina ZárateVisiting Student
Jason WongPhD Student, Molecular Oncology and Tumor Immunology Program
Erica ChioUndergraduate Student
Nikolaos Vosnakis, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow
Paul Vrana, PhDResearch Associate Scientist/Lab Manager
Lili BlumenbergPhD Student, Genome Integrity Program
Gunjan SethiaData Analyst
Deirdre GreenidgeMasters Student
Daniel BowerMasters Student
Yi LiLab Manager
Pedro Rocha, PhDPrincipal Investigator, NIH-NICHD
Jeanne KimLab Technician
Jeanne AllinneStaff Scientist at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Valentina SnetkovaPh.D. Student, Stem Cell Biology Program
Arafat AljoufiTechnician, Columbia University, New York, USA
Beth CarellaBone Marrow Transplantation Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mariann MicsinaiSenior Data Scientist at Pivotal Inc.
Julie ChaumeilPrincipal Investigator, Cochin Institute, Paris, France
Susannah HewittScientist, Onkaido Therapeutics, Boston
Kristen J JohnsonSenior Principal Scientist at Pfizer CTI
Charlotte ProudhonDirector of Clinical Biomarker Group, Curie Institute, Orsay University, Paris, France
Bingtao HaoPrincipal Investigator, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou City, Guangdong, China
Hongxi Chen
JungHyun Kim
Yi FuGraduate Student, NYU Sackler Institute, New York, USA
Vincent LuoGraduate Student, McGill University, Canada
Joy Wang