Lab News
October 11-12, 2022
BFSCI/CDRB Joint Retreat presentations!
Madison gave a selected talk and Meagan gave a speed poster presentation at the annual BFSCI/CDRB joint department retreat. Congratulations to both of them, and great job!
September 8, 2022
Wayne State University talk!
Elena gave a talk at the Center for Cutaneous Biology and Immunology, Henry Ford Health System, Wayne State University
August 10, 2022
SBDRC Transition to Independence grant!
Pooja Flora received a Transition-to-Independence grant from the P30-supported SBDRC at Mount Sinai. Congratulations on this achievement!
June 20, 2022
Thesis Proposal Exam!
Congratulations to Meagan on passing her Thesis Proposal Exam and becoming a PhD candidate!
May 25, 2022
University of Toronto seminar!
Elena gave a seminar at the University of Toronto, Collaborative Specialization in Developmental Biology!
May 25, 2022
University of Toronto seminar!
Elena gave a seminar at the University of Toronto, Collaborative Specialization in Developmental Biology!
May 2, 2022
Conference seminar!
Elena gave a seminar on epigenetic regulation of skin stem cells at the 3rd Fusion Conference on Epigenetics in Cancun, Mexico. See her photo here!
May 20, 2022
Reunions!
Great to meet former Ezhkova lab members at a conference! Julian was a postdoctoral fellow in our lab and is now an assistant professor at UNAM Mexico. Wonderful to say hi!
May 18, 2022
SID presentations!
Pooja and Meng Yen gave talks at the SID Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon. Congratulations to both! Check out these pictures!
May 17, 2022
USC seminar!
Elena gave a USC Stem Cell Distinguished Seminar.
May 2, 2022
SBDRC Retreat talk!
Pooja presented her research on hair follicle stem cell regulation at the SBDRC at Mount Sinai annual retreat! Learn more about the skin center here!
April 27, 2022
FASEB Catalyst talk!
Elena spoke at the FASEB Catalyst Conferences, Form and Function - Stem Cells In Action.
March 22, 2022
PASPCR seminar!
Elena presented a seminar on UV-induced epidermal pigmentation for the PanAmerican Societ for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR).
February 9, 2022
NIH NIDDK talk!
Elena gave a seminar for the NIH Transcription Interest Group, NIH/NIDDK.
January 3, 2022
New lab member!
Welcome graduate student Maria Mercedes to the lab!
December 14, 2021
New publication!
Polycomb repressive complex 2 in adult hair follicle stem cells is dispensable for hair regeneration.
Pooja Flora, Meng-Yen Li, Phillip M. Galbo Jr., Maider Astorkia, Deyou Zheng, and Elena Ezhkova.
December 7, 2021
NY Skin Club talk!
Congratulations to Pooja for presenting her research on Polycomb regulation of hair follicle stem cells at the NY Skin Club!
November 1, 2021
Congratulations Meng Yen!
Congratulations Meng Yen for receiving the NYSTEM Institutional Training postdoctoral fellowship for his studies investigating the epigenetic mechanisms of skin photoaging!
October 14, 2021
New Lab Member!
Welcome research associate Eden Teferi to the lab!
October 12, 2021
Retreat talk!
Congratulations to Meng Yen for being selected for a talk at the BFSCI/CDRB joint retreat!
September 24, 2021
New Review Publication!
Polycomb Repressive Complex(es) and Their Role in Adult Stem Cells
Pooja Flora, Gil Dalal, Idan Cohen, and Elena Ezhkova
September 21, 2021
New Lab Member!
Welcome Postdoctoral Fellow Radhika Rao to the lab!
September 15, 2021
MedicalResearch.com Interview
Elena and Meng Yen were interviewed by MedicalResearch about our recent publication in
Developmental Cell. Thanks to MedicalResearch for giving us this opportunity!
The interview can be found at this link: https://medicalresearch.com/author-interviews/mt-sinai-researchers-explore-polycomb-induced-skin-pigmentation-without-uv-light/58113/
September 14, 2021
HCPLive Interview
Elena chatted with HCPLive about our recent publication on epigenetic regulation of epidermal pigmentation. The interview can be found using this link: https://www.hcplive.com/view/elena-ezhkova-phd-epigenetic-changes-uv-exposure
September 1, 2021
New Publication!
UV-induced reduction in Polycomb repression promotes epidermal pigmentation
Meng-Yen Li, Pooja Flora, Hong Pu, Carmit Bar, Jose Silva, Idan Cohen, Phillip M Galbo Jr, Hequn Liu, Xufen Yu, Jian Jin, Haruhiko Koseki, John A D'Orazio, Deyou Zheng, Elena Ezhkova
September 1, 2021
New Grant in the Lab!
Congratulations Meagan for receiving an NIH/NIAMS Diversity Supplement Award!
August 28, 2021
SJS/TEN Conference Talk
Elena gave a virtual talk at the SJS/TEN 2021 Conference. The title of her talk was “The role of epigenomics in skin health and inflammation.”
June 30, 2021
Thesis Proposal Defense
Congratulations to Madison for successfully defending her thesis proposal. Madison is now officially a PhD candidate!
June 7, 2021
GRC Webinar Talk
Meng Yen gave a talk at the GRC Series Webinar. The title of his talk was “UV-induced reduction in Polycomb repression promotes epidermal pigmentation.”
April 8, 2021
UPenn Epigenetics Institute Seminar
Elena gave a virtual seminar at the UPenn Epigenetics Institute. The title of her talk was “Epidermal Stem Cell and Their Epigenetic Regulation."
March 9, 2021
NYC Chromatin Club
Congratulations Carmit for presenting at NYC chromatin club and winning a CUTANA CUT&RUN kit for an outstanding presentation!
February 2021
New Publication
Polycomb complexes redundantly maintain epidermal stem cell identity during development
Idan Cohen* , Carmit Bar*, Hequn Liu, Victor J Valdes, Dejian Zhao, Phillip M Galbo Jr, Jose M Silva, Haruhiko Koseki, Deyou Zheng, Elena Ezhkova
December 2020
New Graduate Student
Welcome, Meagan Branch!
November 2020
New Review article
Regulatory mechanisms governing epidermal stem cell function during development and homeostasis
Pooja Flora, Elena Ezhkova
May 2020
Congratulations Carmit for winning the Arthur Cederbaum mentoring by a graduate student award!
Achievement award ceremony is going virtual! May 14, 2020 3:00pm
December 2019
Congratulations!
Congratulations Pooja for winning the NYSTEM training grant for stem cell biology December 17, 2019
December 2019
BFSCI Skin Club
We were proud to be a part of the BFSCI Skin Club organizing committee!
December 9, 2019, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
December 2019
New Graduate student
Welcome, Madison Weber!
December 2019
Congratulations!
Congratulations Carmit for winning the BFSCI Skin Club best poster presentation! December 9, 2019, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
July 2019
New Publication
Congratulations to Carmit for the publication "Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 Controls Maintenance of Fungiform Papillae by Repressing Sonic Hedgehog Expression"
July 2019
Congratulations to Idan and Carmit for fantastic talks at the GRS and GRC on Epidermal Differentiation and Keratinization
Idan Cohen presented at the GRC.
Carmit Bar presented at the GRS
https://www.grc.org/epithelial-differentiation-and-keratinization-conference/2019/
https://www.grc.org/epithelial-differentiation-and-keratinization-grs-conference/2019/
June 2019
Idan Cohen presents at the GRC.
Carmit Bar presents at the GRS
https://www.grc.org/epithelial-differentiation-and-keratinization-conference/2019/
https://www.grc.org/epithelial-differentiation-and-keratinization-grs-conference/2019/
July 6-12, The Jordan hotel at Sunday River, ME
May 2019
Congratulations to Idan for giving a plenary talk at the SID annual meeting!
April 2019
New Publication
Congratulations to Minh for the publication "Dissection of Merkel cell formation in hairy and glabrous skin reveals a common requirement for FGFR2-mediated signalling"
January 2019
New Publication and cover!
Congratulations to Idan for the publication "PRC1 preserves epidermal tissue integrity independently of PRC2"