The Athey Lab newshttps://atheylab.com/news.xml2026-09-18T00:00:00ZAthey LabDCMB, CCMB and Bioinformatics Graduate Program annual retreathttps://atheylab.com/news.html#dcmb-retreat-20262026-09-18T00:00:00ZThe department's 2026 retreat with CCMB and the Bioinformatics Graduate Program runs 8:30 am to 5:30 pm on Friday, September 18 in the Michigan Union's Rogel Ballroom. Its poster session is open to all attendees, and registration closed on September 1.Monica J. Wolfe defended her Ph.D. (Bioinformatics)https://atheylab.com/news.html#wolfe-phd-defence-20262026-01-01T00:00:00ZHer dissertation is "Single-Molecule Long-read Sequencing for Resolution of Structurally Complex Genomic Regions".UROP poster presentationshttps://atheylab.com/news.html#urop-mrads-poster-cohort-2025-20262025-01-01T00:00:00ZThree undergraduates presented posters at the 2025 UROP Symposium. Chloe Ziemelis reported on nanopore ligation efficiency for CYP2D6 haplotypes, Diya Kannappan on plasmid-based DNA standards for empirical error rates, and Rachel Case on staggered versus blunt Cas9 cutting.