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August 2026

Sean, our first PhD student and Daniel, our research associate, have joined the lab! Read more about them here.

We also bid farewell to our summer undergraduate Reese Nagy! 

 

Our lab's work was featured in the CUMC News!
 

June 2026

Congratulations Francisco Tenjo-Castaño on being named a Jane Coffin Childs Fellow! See announcement here.
 










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We celebrated our technician extraordinaire Ashley Heng's birthday!
 




 

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We are grateful for support from the Feldstein Medical Foundation and Columbia Initiative in Cell Engineering & Therapy!

August 2025

Thawani lab opens at Columbia University in January 2026!

We are building an energetic team to unravel how our genomic dark matter spreads and how it can be harnessed to treat genetic diseases.

We are actively recruiting at all levels and we'd love to hear from you! Please use the Contact Page for inquiries about open positions.

July 2025

Our research was supported by Burroughs Wellcome Fund CASI and Damon Runyon Dale F. Frey Breakthrough Scientist Awards!

©2025 by Akanksha Thawani

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