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Lab PI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Xiaojun (XJ) Ren<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Irwin Belk Distinguished Scholar in Biology\/Associate Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Chinmaya Patel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am passionate about contributing to Dr. Ren\u2019s innovative research on Polycomb group proteins and chromatin organization through LLPS. I am eager to help advance our understanding of how LLPS regulates genes and its role in disease. I am honest and kind. In my free time, I enjoy playing badminton, cricket, and tennis, and I love discovering new places to go trekking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PhD Students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ahmed Saif<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My current research focuses on the fascinating field of epigenetics, specifically the mechanisms and regulations that organize the human genome and control gene expression. When I am not in the lab, you\u2019ll often find me exploring mountains, experiencing cultures through travel and cooking, playing games, or getting lost in the stories of movies and anime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chengjie Zhu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chengjie Zhu is a sunny and positive boy from mainland China. His research focuses mainly on Single-Molecule Imaging of Epigenetic Processes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Karthikeya Dandu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Caian Pickles<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rama Kayali<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lab PI Dr. Xiaojun (XJ) Ren Irwin Belk Distinguished Scholar in Biology\/Associate Professor (CV) Postdoctoral Fellows Dr. Chinmaya Patel I am passionate about contributing to Dr. Ren\u2019s innovative research on Polycomb group proteins and chromatin organization through LLPS. I am eager to help advance our understanding of how LLPS regulates genes and its role in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4691,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[5],"class_list":["post-118","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/renlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/renlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/renlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/renlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/renlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/renlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":634,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/renlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions\/634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/renlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/renlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}