News

Last week, Marie and Minji gave an incredible 1-hour presentation as part of UCI’s Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center’s Community Lecture Series. This event provides a unique opportunity for non-scientists to learn about cutting-edge research in an accessible and engaging format. Their talk showcased our lab’s research efforts and future directions, followed by an insightful Q&A session with the audience.

Watch the lecture here!

We welcome Daniella Lu as a rotation student this quarter (Fall 2024)! She earned her B.S. in Behavioral Neuroscience from Northeastern University in 2021 and worked in translational research in the biotech industry before joining the CMB program at UCI. We are excited to share our research with her and help her grow as a scientist!

We are excited to welcome Hongseok Yun to the Byun lab as a visiting scholar! Hongseok earned his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at KAIST, Korea, and has extensive experience in bioinformatics, genomics, and metabolomics. Before joining us, he worked in R&D at Samsung SDS and as a Clinical Associate Professor at Seoul National University Hospital, where he developed NGS assays and multi-omics pipelines for clinical applications. We look forward to the expertise he brings to our research team!

Congratulations to Zach Pope on officially joining the Byun lab as a second-year graduate student! After completing his spring rotation with us in 2024 and passing his preliminary exam, Zach has become a full-fledged member of our team. We’re excited to see his passion for learning and scientific growth contribute to our research!

Congratulations to Marie Strauss on joining the Byun lab as a first-year Ph.D. student! After graduating with a B.S. in Biochemistry from Biola University, Marie joined our lab as a Junior Specialist in February 2024. We are excited to see her transition into her new role as a graduate student and continue contributing her dedication and expertise to our research team!

Yoshiko brings 10+ years of research experience in Japan and the US, working with various mammalian and fish stem cells in the field of regenerative medicine and marine biology. Great news for our stem cells!

Tristan Tomasyk is a second-year undergraduate student majoring in Biological Sciences. He joined the Byun lab fall quarter 2023 as a Bio 199 student seeking to develop his research and laboratory skills. We’re excited to have Tristan in the Byun lab, bringing his passion for research to our team!

Yuri was selected as a recipient of the Posdoctoral Fellowship Program in 2023, granted by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF). Congratulations Yuri!!

Our multi-PI R01 grant with Emily Miraldi’s team at CCHMC, titled “Gene regulatory network modeling of disease-associated DNA methylation perturbations”, has officially started!

Mallory Stephens is the second member to join the lab. She received a B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics from UCLA and worked for several years in clinical cytogenetic laboratories. Welcome!