NOVEMBER 2021

The Pollard Lab welcomes Vijay Ramani and his lab to Gladstone!

SEPTEMBER 2021

Our lab is excited that the lab of Barbara Engelhardt is joining us at Gladstone!

SEPTEMBER 2021

In response to wildfires, lab members led by Alex Pico donated 500 KN95 and 400 N95 masks to HelpSierraBreathe.org for distribution to unhoused and evacuated people in the Carson City and Reno areas. Read the story.

JULY 2021

Katie was quoted in a New York Times article about re-wilding the human microbiome.

MAY 2021

Read about our advocacy for open access in this story about publishing during the pandemic.

APRIL 2021

Katie is quoted about large-scale isolate sequencing from diverse human microbiomes in The Scientist.

FEBRUARY 2021

CZI interview with Katie about 3D genome folding and more.

JANUARY 2021

Congratulations to Alex Pico on receiving the Distinguished Achievement in Scientific Leadership award from Gladstone!

JANUARY 2021

Kudos to graduate student Maureen Pittman on receiving the NIH F31 fellowship for her work on genetic determinants of congenital heart defects!

DECEMBER 2020

Lab alumnus Hassan Samee was recognized for his excellent teaching by the Baylor College of Medicine Graduate School. Congratulations to Hassan on receiving the Outstanding Lecturer award!

OCTOBER 2020

We celebrated Ada Lovelace Day. Katie shared her experiences as a woman in data science in this interview.

OCTOBER 2020

We were awarded an NIH grant to join the 4D Nucleome consortium with the Bruneau lab. Read about the project here.

SEPTEMBER 2020

Congratulations to Luis Diaz for being a peer mentor in the SF Build / Metro College Success program!

JULY 2020

Reuben Thomas is leading an effort to predict clinical outcomes in HIV and COVID-19 with machine learning applied to blood biomarkers and genomics. Read the story.

June 2020

Our enhancer atlas of the developing human brain was published in Cell. Read the story.

JUNE 2020

The lab participated in ShutDownSTEM and other anti-racism protests.