Taiping Chen Laboratory
Taiping Chen, Ph.D.
tchen2@mdanderson.org
M.D. (Clinical Medicine), Xi'an Medical University, China
M.S. (Biology), The University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Ph.D. (Molecular and Cell Biology), McGill University, Canada
Regulation and functions of DNA methylation and histone modifications in mammals
Tewfik Hamidi, Ph.D.
thamidi@mdanderson.org
M.S. (Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology), University of Besançon, France
Ph.D. (Biology), University of Marseille II, France.
Histone lysine methylation in adult stem cell behaviors and functions
Zhengzhou (Joe) Ying, Ph.D.
zying1@mdanderson.org
B.S. (Biology), Huazhong Agricultural University, China
M.S. (Animal Science), Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Ph.D. (Cell Biology), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
DNA methylation in lymphocyte development; ICF syndrome
Swanand Hardikar, M.S.
Senior Research Assistant
shardikar@mdanderson.org
B.S. (Microbiology), University of Mumbai, India
Post-Graduate Diploma (Clinical Analysis), University of Mumbai, India
M.S. (Biology), The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Identification and characterization of DNA methylation regulators; ICF syndrome
Bigang Liu, M.S.
Research Investigator
biliu@mdanderson.org
M.S. (Pharmacology), West China University of Medicine, China
IKK alpha and Nanog in cancer; epigenetic regulators in mammalian development
Yang Zeng
Graduate Research Assistant - GSBS
yzeng1@mdanderson.org
M.S. (Molecular Biochemistry and Bioinformatics), The George Washington
University, Washington, DC, USA
Research Interests: The mechanism of DNA methylation maintenance in
embryonic stem cells and early embryos
Laurie Rector
lbhancock@mdanderson.org
Grant and fellowship submission and compliance; other administrative activities
Former Trainees and Lab Members
Nicolas Veland, Ph.D.
Current Position:
Postdoctoral Fellow,
MRC-London Institute of Medical Sciences,
Imperial College, London
Soojin Kim, Ph.D.
Medical Affairs Scientist
Jeesun Kim, Ph.D.
Brendan Jones, Ph.D.
Associate and Registered Patent Attorney,
Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA
Jing Wang, Ph.D.
Morgan Lewis (Law Firm), Boston, MA
David Ciccone, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, AbbVie, Worcester, MA
Thomas Nicholson, Ph.D.
Research Investigator, Novartis Institutes for
BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA
Naomi Tsujimoto, Ph.D.
Scientist, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA
Hongbo Zhao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Sebastian Bedford
Summer Intern
Undergraduate Student, The University of Texas at Austin
Amanda (Katie) Morgan
Registered Nurse, Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Guy Bedford
Jiameng Dan, Ph.D.