Tag: Ed Banigan
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Ed Banigan receives IMES Spotlight award for mentorship
Ed Banigan with Graduate students Henrik Dahl Pinholt and Tingran Wang, with 2025 MSRP researchers Rhyan Hurns, Adam Mohammed, and Solomon Amir Mubashir and with Emily Navarette celebrating a productive summer at the MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP)Closing Luncheon. December 17th 2025 Ed Banigan was recognized by IMES with a Spot Award for his “generous…
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Ed Banigan co-corresponding author on this month’s Nature Structural & Molecular Biology cover article
Mitotic chromatin microcompartments Viraat Y. Goel, Nicholas G. Aboreden, James M. Jusuf, Haoyue Zhang, Luisa P. Mori, Leonid A. Mirny, Gerd A. Blobel, Edward J. Banigan & Anders S. Hansen Dynamics of microcompartment formation at the mitosis-to-G1 transition. Nat Struct Mol Biol 32, 2614–2627 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-025-01687-2 Abstract As cells exit mitosis and enter G1, chromosomes decompact and transcription…
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Happy Holidays from the Mirny Lab!
Wishing everyone a restful and happy holiday and a wonderful New Year!
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Looking forward to the next year! Lab Retreat 2025
We spent a beautiful lab retreat day at the MIT Endicott House, touring the grounds, reflecting on the past year, and setting strategy for the year ahead. In the afternoon we got creative capturing shadows with cyanotypes, imprinting porcelain cups, and creating custom flatbreads and ice cream sundaes with our friends and families. Thank you…
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PDS5 proteins control genome architecture by limiting the lifetime of cohesin-NIPBL complexes
Gordana Wutz, Iain F Davidson, Edward J Banigan, Ryotaro Kawasumi, Roman R Stocsits, Wen Tang, Kota Nagasaka, Lorenzo Costantino, Ralf Jansen, Kouji Hirota, Dana Branzei, Leonid Mirny, Jan Michael Peters. PDS5 proteins control genome architecture by limiting the lifetime of cohesin-NIPBL complexes. bioRxiv: 673243 (2025) doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.30.673243 Abstract Cohesin-NIPBL complexes extrude genomic DNA into loops…
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Congratulations, Adam, Rhyan, and Solomon!
This summer, our lab was fortunate to host Adam Muhammed, Rhyan Hurns, and Solomon Amir Mubashir, three talented and dedicated interns from North Carolina Central University. From June 9th to August 9th, 2025, their self-possession, perseverance, and good humor filled the lab as they tackled complex projects and achieved remarkable results. We are proud of…
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Summer MSRP Students Join 3D Genome Research
We’re happy to welcome our MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) students! Undergraduates Adam Mohammed, Rhyan Hurns, and Solomon Mabashir are joining us for the summer before their senior year from North Carolina Central University. The MSRP is designed to provide undergraduate students with an immersive research experience, fostering their development in academic and research careers.…
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Welcoming Prof. Valentina Boeva to Campus
We had the pleasure of hosting Professor Valentina Boeva from ETH Zurich today for a special joint group meeting with the Hansen lab. Dr. Boeva, who leads the Computational Cancer Genomics Group, shared her recent work on “UniversalEPI: harnessing attention mechanisms to decode chromatin interactions in rare and unexplored cell types.” The day provided a…
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Dynamics of microcompartment formation at the mitosis-to-G1 transition
Dynamics of microcompartment formation at the mitosis-to-G1 transition Viraat Y. Goel, Nicholas G. Aboreden, James M. Jusuf, Haoyue Zhang, Luisa P. Mori, Leonid A. Mirny, Gerd A. Blobel, Edward J. Banigan, Anders S. Hansen bioRxiv 2024.09.16.611917; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.16.611917 This article is a preprint and has not been certified by peer review Abstract As cells exit mitosis and enter G1, mitotic chromosomes decompact and transcription is reestablished. Previously, Hi-C studies showed that essentially all interphase 3D…
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Science, Sun, and Seaworms. Falmouth 2024
The lab escaped to Falmouth for 4 days of science and summer. We had two days packed with talks by lab members and guests (Johan Gibcus and Anders Hansen) where we caught up on each other’s work and discussed the exciting directions our research is heading in the next year. We were lucky to visited…
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2024 Summer School Lectures & Genome Architecture and Function Workshop | Boston, MA
Ed Banigan and Aleksandra Galisyna help co-organize the 2024 International Summer School & Genome Architecture and Function Workshop this July 8th to 12th at Northeastern University. Ed and Sasha organized speakers and the summer school, increasing the diversity and participation by your researchers.