Tommy H. Taslim won the 2026 Charles Turner Award!
As the recipient of the 2026 Charles Turner Award, he will use the award to support his research during the summer.
Outstanding Achievement in Research and Scholarship Award Recipient
The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology program awards this honor to students for their work in research and academic achievements
Undergraduate Researcher | NSF-REU in Gene Expression, Boston University (2025) Research Fellow
Undergraduate researcher pursuing a BA in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and a minor in Data Science. Presented “Viral Peptides Modulate Apoptosis Likely Through a p53 -Dependent Mechanism” at Boston University’s annual UROP Symposium.
The vTR preprint is out!
On September 2, 2025, a study investigating the functions of viral transcriptional regulators (vTRs) was posted on bioRxiv. This large-scale effort, spearheaded by Jaice, systematically explores how vTRs reprogram host gene expression across multiple modalities, including transcriptomics, protein–DNA interactions, protein–protein interactions, and transcriptional activity assays. Read the full preprint here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.01.691387v1
The lab presents research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory!
Benedetta, Berkay, Yousry and Tommy spent three days in Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where they attended the Systems Biology: Global regulation of gene expression meeting in March 2026, where they presented posters on their work characterizing viral cis-regulatory elements and silencers. Juan also gave a talk titled “Viral transcriptional regulators extensively rewire host pathways through diverse mechanisms”.