News
May 2020
We have moved! The lab is now based at the School of Biochemistry at the University of Bristol.
January 2020
Our work with Patrick Cramer's lab on the SAGA coactivator complex is published in Nature. Congratulations to Haibo Wang! And also to Patrick Schultz's lab who published a similar study back-to-back in Nature.
September 2019
Criska Li joins the lab as a UCL master (MSci) student. Welcome Criska!
September 2019
Eugene Sun joins the lab as a postdoctoral research associate. Welcome Eugene!
August 2019
Ciara Leonard-Booker joins the lab as a research technician. Welcome Ciara!
December 2018
Our work with Alessandro Costa's lab on the replicative CMG helicase and Pol Epsilon is published in Nature Communications. Congratulations to Panchali and Ferdos!
November 2018
Alan is selected for the EMBO Young Investigator Programme!
November 2018
Alan gets his Wellcome and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship extended to March 2022.
October 2018
Our latest [review] paper comes out in Transcription.
September 2018
Karen Fung joins the lab as a UCL MSci student. Welcome Karen!
June 2018
Alan gives a talk at the EMBO meeting "Gene transcription in yeast: From global analyses to single cells" in St Feliu, Spain.
December 2017
Our work with Finn Werner's lab on the archaeal transcription factor TFS4 is published in Nature Communications. Congratulations to Thomas Fouqeau!
September 2017
Alan gives a talk at the EMBL in Heidelberg, as part of the EMBO conference: "The Nucleosome: from atoms to genomes"
August 2017
We've published our first paper in eLife! A high resolution Cryo-EM structure of the Tra1 protein, a huge subunit from coactivators SAGA and NuA4. Congratulations to Luis Miguel!
November 2015
Luis Miguel starts his UCL PhD in the lab.
Sept 2015
Emir Aciyan joins the lab as a ISMB MRC-funded PhD student. Welcome Emir!
January 2015
Our work with Jens Michaelis' lab on the architecture of the archaeal RNAP open complex is published in Nature Communications. Congratulations to Julia Nagy!
May 2014
Luis Miguel Diaz-Santin joins the lab as a technician. Welcome Luis Miguel!
February 2014
Alan starts his Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship.
October 2013
Alan starts his UCL Excellence Fellowship in the joint UCL/Birkbeck Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology.
We have moved! The lab is now based at the School of Biochemistry at the University of Bristol.
January 2020
Our work with Patrick Cramer's lab on the SAGA coactivator complex is published in Nature. Congratulations to Haibo Wang! And also to Patrick Schultz's lab who published a similar study back-to-back in Nature.
September 2019
Criska Li joins the lab as a UCL master (MSci) student. Welcome Criska!
September 2019
Eugene Sun joins the lab as a postdoctoral research associate. Welcome Eugene!
August 2019
Ciara Leonard-Booker joins the lab as a research technician. Welcome Ciara!
December 2018
Our work with Alessandro Costa's lab on the replicative CMG helicase and Pol Epsilon is published in Nature Communications. Congratulations to Panchali and Ferdos!
November 2018
Alan is selected for the EMBO Young Investigator Programme!
November 2018
Alan gets his Wellcome and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship extended to March 2022.
October 2018
Our latest [review] paper comes out in Transcription.
September 2018
Karen Fung joins the lab as a UCL MSci student. Welcome Karen!
June 2018
Alan gives a talk at the EMBO meeting "Gene transcription in yeast: From global analyses to single cells" in St Feliu, Spain.
December 2017
Our work with Finn Werner's lab on the archaeal transcription factor TFS4 is published in Nature Communications. Congratulations to Thomas Fouqeau!
September 2017
Alan gives a talk at the EMBL in Heidelberg, as part of the EMBO conference: "The Nucleosome: from atoms to genomes"
August 2017
We've published our first paper in eLife! A high resolution Cryo-EM structure of the Tra1 protein, a huge subunit from coactivators SAGA and NuA4. Congratulations to Luis Miguel!
November 2015
Luis Miguel starts his UCL PhD in the lab.
Sept 2015
Emir Aciyan joins the lab as a ISMB MRC-funded PhD student. Welcome Emir!
January 2015
Our work with Jens Michaelis' lab on the architecture of the archaeal RNAP open complex is published in Nature Communications. Congratulations to Julia Nagy!
May 2014
Luis Miguel Diaz-Santin joins the lab as a technician. Welcome Luis Miguel!
February 2014
Alan starts his Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship.
October 2013
Alan starts his UCL Excellence Fellowship in the joint UCL/Birkbeck Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology.
