News
December 2019
Our preprint “Genetic background and diet affect brown adipose gene co-expression — metabolic associations” is available on bioRxiv.
November 2019
Anna Grobelny joins the lab as a rotation student! Welcome Anna!
August 2019
Our preprint “Natural brown adipose expansion and remission of hyperglycemia in obese SM/J mice” is available on bioRxiv.
Natalie Butler presents her summer research at the OGR symposium!
June 2019
Juan and Celine give podium presentations at the Complex Trait Consortium in San Diego!
Caryn Carson presents a poster at the Brown and White Adipose in Metabolism meeting in Copenhagen!
Natalie Butler joins the lab as a summer OGR scholar! Welcome Natalie!
May 2019
Jorge Bahena joins the lab as a summer intern! Welcome Jorge!
Our preprint “Epistatic Networks Associated with Parent-of-Origin Effects on Metabolic Traits” is available on bioRxiv.
Alex Miranda presents his research at the Department of Genetics Friday Research Talks!
April 2019
Celine St Pierre is awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Congratulations Celine!
Jeongmin Lee joins the lab for a rotation! Welcome Jeongmin!
Juan and Priscilla present their research at the NHGRI Research Training and Career Development Annual Meeting!
March 2019
Alex Miranda is inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. Congratulations Alex!
Juan Macias presents his research at the Department of Genetics Friday Research Talks!
February 2019
Our manuscript entitled “Dietary iron interacts with genetic background to influence glucose homeostasis” has been accepted for publication in Nutrition and Metabolism!
December 2018
Caryn Carson presents her research at the Department of Genetics Friday Research Talks!
November 2018
Celine and Caryn present posters at the Diabetes Day Symposium!
October 2018
Marcus Kunzmann presents a poster at the Undergraduate Research Symposium!
Celine St. Pierre wins “Best Poster” at the MGG/HSG/CSB retreat! Congratulations Celine!
Our manuscript entitled “Ironing Out the Details: Untangling Dietary Iron and Genetic Background in Diabetes” has been accepted for publication in Nutrients!
Celine presents a poster at the MGG/HSG/CSB retreat!
September 2018
Alex Miranda gives a talk at the WUSM IMSD symposium!
Our manuscript entitled “The Epigenetics of Metabolic Syndrome” has been accepted for publication in Physiological Genomics!
August 2018
Priscilla Rodriguez joins the lab through the McDonnell Genome Institute’s Opportunities in Genomics Research Extensive Study Program. Welcome Priscilla!
July 2018
Anh presents her research at the YSP Summer Focus Symposium!
The Lawson Lab (sans Heather) successfully escapes!
Celine St. Pierre joins the lab for her thesis study! Welcome Celine!
Heather Schmidt joins the lab as a Senior Research Technician. Welcome Heather!
June 2018
Anh Nguyen joins the lab for the summer through the YSP program. Welcome Anh!
Lucian Agnello joins the lab as a summer programmer. Welcome Lucian!
May 2018
Alex gives a talk at the Developmental Biology retreat!
April 2018
Marcus Kunzmann is awarded a Washington University BioSURF Fellowship to continue working in the lab this summer. Congratulations Marcus!
Our manuscript entitled “Early onset disc degeneration in SM/J mice is associated with ion transport systems and fibrotic changes” has been accepted for publication in Matrix Biology!
March 2018
Juan presents a poster at the NHGRI Research Training and Career Development Annual Meeting in Los Angeles!
February 2018
Celebrating Alex’s successful defense of his thesis proposal. Congratulations Alex!
January 2018
Our manuscript entitled “The NIEHS TaRGET II Consortium and environmental epigenomics” has been accepted for publication in Nature Biotechnology!
December 2017
Brown and white adipocyte sugar cookies for the holidays!
November 2017
Alex and Caryn present posters at the WUSM Diabetes Day Symposium!
October 2017
Celebrating Caryn’s successful defense of her thesis proposal. Congratulations Caryn!
September 2017
The Lawson Lab represents at the CSB/MGG/HSG annual retreat!
Farewell tacos and margaritas for Sakura, who is leaving to begin graduate studies at the University of Cambridge in England. Congratulations Sakura – we’ll miss you!
Marcus Kunzmann joins the lab as an Undergraduate Researcher!
August 2017
Celine St. Pierre joins the lab for a rotation!
June 2017
Caryn and Alex present their research at the ADA meetings in San Diego!
Alex presents a poster at the Developmental Biology retreat!
May 2017
The Lawson Lab celebrates Cinco de Mayo!
Sakura presents a poster at the Undergraduate Research Symposium!
April 2017
The Lawson Lab represents at the Saint Louis March for Science!
Sakura Oyama has been selected as a Gates Cambridge Scholar! Congratulations Sakura!
Juan presents a poster at the NHGRI Research Training and Career Development Annual Meeting!
January 2017
Our manuscript entitled “Physiologic and genetic evidence links Hemopexin to triglycerides in mice and humans” has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Obesity!
Nicolette Laird joins the lab for a rotation!
December 2016
We have been awarded a Pilot and Feasibility grant from the WUSM Diabetes Research Center (DRC) to explore the molecular and functional basis of brown adipose expansion in mice.
October 2016
Caryn and Juan present posters at the MGG/HSG/CSB retreat!
September 2016
Juan Macias joins the lab for his thesis study! Welcome Juan – Gabba Gabba Hey!
August 2016
Sakura Oyama joins the lab as an undergraduate researcher! Welcome Sakura!
May 2016
Heather is an invited speaker at the Penn State Center for Medical Genomics retreat.
April 2016
Lunchtime Shenanigans!
Alex Miranda receives an Honorable Mention in the 2016 NSF GRFP. Congratulations Alex!
March 2016
Alex Miranda joins the lab for his thesis study! Welcome Alex!
Caryn Carson joins the lab for her thesis study! Welcome Caryn!
February 2016
Jessica Wayhart is promoted to Senior Research Technician! Congratulations Jessica!
January 2016
Alex Miranda joins the lab for a rotation!
Caryn Carson joins the lab for a rotation!
December 2015
The Lawson Lab has officially moved in to the 6th floor of the Scott McKinley Research Building!
November 2015
Brian Leon-Ricardo joins the lab for a rotation!
Juan presented his poster entitled “Identification of Genes Associated with Parent-of-Origin Effects in Obesity” at the CIFAR Genetic Networks meeting.
October 2015
Juan Macias joins the lab for a rotation!
July 2015
On July 1st, Heather joined the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences and the Lawson Lab officially launched!
May 2015
Former graduate student Igor Nikolskiy’s paper entitled “Using whole-genome sequences of the LG/J and SM/J inbred mouse strains to prioritize quantitative trait genes and nucleotides” is accepted for publication in BMC Genomics!
January 2015
Claire Schulkey joins the lab!
November 2014
Jessica presented her poster entitled “Physiologic and Genetic Evidence Links Hemopexin to Adipocytes in Obesity” at the Diabetes Research Center Diabetes Day Symposium.
February 2014
Jessica Wayhart joins the lab!
October 2013
Heather received a second year of funding from the Washington University Nutrition and Obesity Research Center Pilot and Feasibility Studies Program (NORC). Her research project is titled “Methylation profiling parent-of-origin effects on dietary obesity in mice”.
September 2013
Our paper entitled “Genomic imprinting and parent-of-origin effects on complex traits” has been published and is available here.
Heather recently received an NIH-K01 Mentored Career Development Award from the NIDDK. With this award, she is conducting her research in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research. She is also training in molecular physiology and learning about clinical aspects of metabolic disease as part of her career development.