The Vuong Laboratory
Our laboratory is located on the south campus of The City College of New York in the Center for Discovery and Innovation, which is adjacent to Advanced Science Research Center of The City University of New York. Located in Hamilton Heights, our laboratory is a short walk from the New York City subway stops at 125th St. (A/C or B/D lines), 135th St. (B or C line), or 137th St. (1 line).
Alumni Spotlight - Matthew Kantorski
Alumni Spotlight - Kanelly Reyes
Trainee Spotlight - Emily Segovia
Emily Segovia presents her research at the City College of New York’s City Academy for Professional Preparation (CCAPP) poster presentation
OUR LAB’S LATEST NEWS
“Shedding Light on Immunological Research in Lyon, France. IRCI2022 Brings the Scientific World to Lyon and Bridges the Latest Immunological Findings in Cancer and Infection” was published in The Journal of Immunology
“ATM and MSH2 control blunt DNA end joining in immunoglobulin class switch recombination” was accepted for publication in The Journal of Immunology
Congratulations Dr. Emily Sible - AAI Immunology 2022 Trainee Abstract Award
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Congratulations Dr. Emily Sible - AAI Immunology 2022 Trainee Abstract Award 〰️
“Regulatory Non-coding RNAs Modulate Transcriptional Activation during B cell Development” was accepted for publication in Frontiers in Genetics
“BCR Affinity Influences T-B Interactions and B Cell Development in Secondary Lymphoid Organs” was accepted for publication in Frontiers in Immunology
“The uncharacterized SANT and BTB domain-containing protein SANBR inhibits class switch recombination” was accepted for publication at The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Congratulations to William Alread for his acceptance into the NSF CCNY STEM Community Summer Research Program!
Congratulations to Mary Attaway for receiving the 2019-2020 Bernard B. Levine Scholarship for Science and Mathematics!
2020 CCNY Vuong Lab Graduates
Happy graduation to Amna Zaheer for graduating cum laude in Biomedical Engineering and to Kristel Velez for graduating summa cum laude in Biomedical Engineering in May 2020.
Congrats to Kristel Velez for accepting a position as an R&D associate in the B cell Isolation group at Regeneron!
Congrats to Mary Attaway who was chosen to be a part of the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine’s 2020 Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
Our manuscript “Analysis of Somatic Hypermutation in the JH4 intron of Germinal Center B cells from Mouse Peyer’s Patches” was recently accepted for publication in JoVE!
Congrats to Emily Sible for winning a Doctoral Student Research Grant (2020).
Congratulations to Liz (Yeliz) Inalman for accepting a position as a Research Associate in the Antibody Screening and Assay Development group at Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery institute (TDI) in January 2020!
Congratulations to Tzippora Chwat for winning the Sharon D. Cosloy Undergraduate Scholarship in Biology!
Kristel Velez presenting at the Opportunities in Research and Creative Arts (ORCA) Symposium after winning a role in their summer scholarship program in 2019.
Our manuscript, “AID phosphorylation regulates mismatch repair-dependent class switch recombination and affinity maturation” was recently accepted into the Journal of Immunology!
Amna presenting at the Urban University Conference Series (UCC2019 CUNY Research Partnership) in Stockholm, Sweden 2019.
Emily Sible presented her poster “Elucidating the role of ATM in Base Excision Repair during CSR” at the FASEB: Genetic Recombination and Genome Rearrangements Conference in Steamboat Springs, CO (July 2019).
Sadia Rahman presenting at Albert Einstein College of Medicine's Annual SURP Research Symposium on the role of microglia-specific Axl and Mertk in EAE progression.
Congrats to Amna for winning a spot in the International Research Experience for Students (IRES) at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology for the summer of 2019 in Stockholm!
Congrats to Sadia Rahman for winning a spot in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) at Albert Einstein College of Medicine for the summer of 2019!
Congrats to Sarah (Jee Eun) Choi for being accepted to the MD/PhD Program at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo. We’ll miss your ELISA expertise!
Emily Sible after passing her Level 2 Exam June 17, 2019.
Congratulations to 2019 CCNY graduates
Xiao Hu (left) and Liz Inalman (right). Xiao graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Biology from the Macaulay Honors College and Liz graduated with a MS in Biology. Xiao will be attending New York Institute of Technology in Long Island for Physician Assistant Studies in Fall 2020.
Congratulations to Brianna Naizir, who was the recipient of a 2019 Jonas E. Salk Scholarship. Brianna will be attending the Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences with a focus on cancer immunology.
Tzippora Chwat presenting about AID and Class Switch Recombination at the Opportunities in Research and Creative Arts (ORCA) Symposium after winning a role in their summer scholarship program in 2018.
2018 CCNY Vuong Lab Graduates
Congratulations Giuseppe Fiorica (graduating summa cum laude from Macaulay Honors College in Biology), Brianna Naizir (graduating magna cum laude from Macaulay Honors College in Biology), and Heather Appleby!
Congrats to Heather Appleby for accepting a Laboratory Research Technician position in Dr. Andrea Schietinger’s lab in May 2018 at MSKCC and Giuseppe being accepted to the Albert Einstein School of Medicine MD program.
Emily Sible presenting at CUNY MCD/CNC PEEC Retreat in 2018, which she helped co-organize.
Congrats to Allysia Matthews for accepting a position as Scientific Program Manager at Yale University.
2017 CCNY Commencement
Genesis Michel completed a Master of Science Program in Interdisciplinary Studies in Biological and Physical Sciences at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem. She is completing a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Middletown, NY.
2019 CCNY Commencement: Representative John Lews (GA-5) receives an honorary degree and addresses the CCNY community. View his speech (1:48-2:04) at https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/commencement/livestream
2016 CCNY Commencement: First Lady Michelle Obama receives an honorary degree and addresses the CCNY community. View the 2016 CCNY Commencement and her speech (minutes 106 - 134) at https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/commencement/commencement-ceremony-video