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Lab News
June 18, 2025
Yudong Graduates!
Yudong defended his Master's and is going to Harvard for his PhD! Congrats Yudong!
June 10, 2025
Jasmine joins the Lab!
Jasmine joined the lab as a PhD Student. Welcome Jasmine! She will be studying Merkel Cell biology.
June 6, 2025
Elena Chairs the Gordon Research Conference 2025
Congrats on a successful conference, we heard lots of compliments!
June 2, 2025
Conference Presentation
Meng Yen had a selected short talk at Gordon Research Conference Epithelial Differentiation and Keratinization 2025.
June 1, 2025
Megha Graduates!
Megha defended her Masters and joined the Parshanth Rangan lab at Mount Sinai. Congrats Megha!
May 20, 2025
Leo Graduates to Cornell!
Leo, our current CEYE student, has been accepted to Cornell University. Congratulations!
May 1, 2025
Pooja Flora joins UC Riverside as Faculty!
Pooja accepted a position as assistant professor at University Riverside. She will be opening her lab July 1st, 2025. We are so proud of her!
March 1, 2025
Welcome Amanda!
Amanda joined the lab as a PhD Student. She will be working on the Merkel cell carcinoma studying progression and metastasis.
February 21, 2025
Conference and Travel Award
Maria presented a poster and was awarded travel fellowship at the 8th Annual Skin Symposium, University of California, Irvine at the UCI Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, 2025.
December 17, 2024
Elena Talk!
Elena presented at the Dermatology Department, University of Miami.
November 13, 2024
Conference and Travel Award
Maria presented a poster and was awarded travel fellowship at ABRCMS, Pittsburgh, PA, 2024.
November 7, 2024
Elena Talk!
Elena presented at the TCI Cancer Mechanisms Program Meeting.
October 22, 2024
Elena Talk!
Elena presented to the Melanoma Research Foundation.
October 4, 2024
Conference and Travel Award
Maria attended the Professional development in leadership skills: ABRCMS Innovation Programs at Washington, DC. 2024 and was awarded a Travel Award.
September 24, 2024
Conference and Travel Award
Maria attended a professional development conference: The Whole Scientist with a Travel Award, at the Jackson Laboratory in Farmington, CT, 2024
June 18, 2024
Welcome, Leo and Julia!
Two new students from the Mount Sinai CEYE (Center for Excellence in Youth Education) program have joined our lab: Julia Gross and Leo Mazur. We are excited to have you both!
June 18, 2024
Farewell, Alua!
We said goodbye to our previous CEYE scholar, Alua, who will be attending Columbia University in the fall. Congratulations, Alua, and good luck!
May 17, 2024
SID Talks and Posters!
Meagan and Maria attended the Society for Investigative Dermatology meeting in Dallas, Texas. Maria and Meagan both presented posters, and Meagan gave a talk on her research in wound healing.
May 6, 2024
Welcome Nazifa!
Nazifa Salsabeel joined the lab as Ph.D. student. She will be studying epigenetic regulation and drug targeting in Merkel cell carcinoma! Welcome!
April 1, 2024
F31 Award!
Meagan was awarded an NRSA F31 award from National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disease for the study of transcriptional regulation of wound healing. Congratulations!
February 9, 2024
Elena Talk!
Elena presented a lecture at the Skin Symposium at University of California Irvine.
February 8, 2024
Elena Talk!
Elena presented a lecture at Sanford Stem Cell Discovery Center at University of San Diego.
February 7, 2024
SBDRC 6 from 6 Meeting!
Elena presented activities and resources available through the Mount Sinai SBDRC at the SBDRC 6 from 6 meeting!
February 5, 2024
F31 Award!
Madison was awarded an NRSA F31 award from the National Cancer Institute to study Merkel cell carcinoma tumorigenesis. Congratulations!
February 1, 2024
Elena at Northwestern!
Elena presented a talk to the dermatology department at Northwestern University!
January 19, 2024
New Publication!
Tenascin-C expressing touch dome keratinocytes exhibit characteristics of all epidermal lineages.
Nguyen MB, Flora P, Branch MC, Weber M, Zheng XY, Sivan U, Joost S, Annusver K, Zheng D, Kasper M, Ezhkova E.
Sci Adv. 2024 Jan 19;10(3):eadi5791. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adi5791. Epub 2024 Jan 19.
January 8, 2024
New Publication!
Defining the fate trajectory of eccrine gland formation.
Branch MC, Ezhkova E.
Dev Cell. 2024 Jan 8;59(1):1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.12.004.
January 1, 2024
New Publication!
Cleavage Under Targets & Release Using Nuclease (CUT&RUN) of Histone Modifications in Epidermal Stem Cells of Adult Murine Skin.
Flora P, Ezhkova E.
Methods Mol Biol. 2024;2736:9-21. doi: 10.1007/7651_2023_499.
December 11, 2023
New York Skin Club
The lab attended the New York Skin Club meeting, where Pooja presented a talk
November 13, 2023
Elena at Northwestern
Elena presented a talk to Northwestern University's pathology department!
November 1, 2023
Welcome Megha!
Megha Padubidri joined the lab as a Master's student! She will be working on the epigenetic regulation of wound healing. Welcome!
October 26, 2023
Talk and Award!
Maria attended the SACNAS meeting in Portland, Oregon, supported by the Mount Sinai Diversity Equity and Inclusion office.
October 22, 2023
Talk and Award!
Meagan presented short talk at the Montagna Symposium on the Biology of Skin in Oregon! She was awarded the Director's Award for Diversity. Congratulations!!
October 17, 2023
CDRB/IRM Retreat!
We attended the IRM/CDRB departmental retreat. Pooja presented a talk, and Meng Yen presented a speed poster. Well done!
October 15, 2023
Welcome Yudong!
Yudong Zhou joined the laboratory as a Master's student. He will work on studies of Merkel cell biology. Welcome, Yudong!
October 11, 2023
New Publication!
Updates in SJS/TEN: collaboration, innovation, and community.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Oct 11;10:1213889. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1213889. eCollection 2023.
October 1, 2023
Aegean Stem Cell Conference
Elena and Pooja attended the 5th Aegean Stem Cell Conference in Greece. Pooja presented a poster, and Elena gave a talk!
September 21, 2023
Poster Presentation!
Madison presented a poster at the Cold Spring Harbor Cancer Biology: Microenvironment & Metastasis meeting!
June 18, 2025
Yudong Graduates!
Meagan was selected for a short talk at the Montagna Symposium on the Biology of Skin in Oregon! Congratulations!
June 5, 2023
T32 Predoctoral Fellowship
Maria was awarded a T32 predoctoral training fellowship from the Dermatology depatment. We are very proud!
May 11, 2023
International Society for Investigative Dermatology Meeting
Elena returned to Japan as a member of the organizing committee for the ISID meeting in Tokyo. See photos from both her trips here!
June 3-9, 2023
Gordon Research Conference!
Elena went to Barcelona, Spain to present at the Gordon Research Conferences: Epithelial Differentiation and Keratinization meeting. She was also a vice-chair of this GRC meeting.
May 31-June 4, 2023
Cold Spring Harbor symposium
Meng Yen, Minh, and Pooja attended the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories 87th Stem Cells Symposium and even presented posters!
June 2, 2023
Methyltransferase-independent function of enhancer of zeste homologue 2 maintains tumorigenicity induced by human oncogenic papillomavirus and polyomavirus
Michelle Khattri, Yutaka Amako, Julia R Gibbs, Joseph L Collura, Reety Arora, Alexis Harold, Meng Yen Li, Paul W Harms, Elena Ezhkova, Masahiro Shuda
May 15, 2023
Thesis proposal!
Maria successfully defended her thesis proposal and is now a PhD candidate! Congratulations!
May 30, 2023
New Publication!
Merkel Cell Polyomavirus-Mediated Reprogramming in Adult Merkel Cell Progenitors
Madison Weber, Minh Nguyen, Meng-Yen Li, Pooja Flora, Masahiro Shuda, Elena Ezhkova.
April 20, 2023
Pooja's K99!
Pooja was awarded a Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) from the NIH. This is an extremely competitive fellowship award, and we are so proud of her!
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April 14, 2023
SBDRC Retreat!
Meng Yen presented a selected talk at the Skin Center (SBDRC) Retreat! See a photo here!
February 9, 2023
Organizing in Japan!
Elena traveled to Okinawa, Japan as part of the committee organizing the International Society for Investigative Dermatology meeting! See photos from both her trips here!
December 12, 2022
New York Skin Club!
Madison gave a selected talk at the New York Skin Club meeting! Great job on her first time. See a photo here!
We also reunited with lab alumni Evan Bardot and Carmit Bar-- thank you both for for returning to speak about your careers at Nature and ImPress since the lab.
November 16, 2022
New York University seminar!
Elena gave a talk at the NYU Cancer Center!
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 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.
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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
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Idan Cohen* , Carmit Bar*, Hequn Liu, Victor J Valdes, Dejian Zhao, Phillip M Galbo Jr, Jose M Silva, Haruhiko Koseki, Deyou Zheng, Elena Ezhkova
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December 2020
New Graduate Student
Welcome, Meagan Branch!
November 2020
New Review article
Regulatory mechanisms governing epidermal stem cell function during development and homeostasis
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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
https://icahn.mssm.edu/livestream
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
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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
June 2019
Idan Cohen presents at the GRC.
Carmit Bar presents at the GRS
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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"
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