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Blobel Laboratory Team
The Blobel Lab is a fun place to do science with a very dedicated and interactive team whose members have very diverse sets of expertises. The lab is integrated with the Penn Epigenetics Institute and collaborates with several labs across the Penn and CHOP research campuses. There are many training opportunities and resources available to lab members.

Gerd Blobel, MD, PhD
Investigator
Dr. Blobel investigates the fundamental mechanisms involving transcription factors, chromatin regulators, and higher order chromatin. He is gearing his basic science discoveries towards genetic and epigenetic treatment modalities. In addition, Dr. Blobel is interested in mechanism of epigenetic memory.
Our Team
Nick Aboreden
Graduate Student
aboreden@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Carly Geronimo, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
geronimoc@chop.edu
Anna (Anran) Huang
Research Technician
huanga5@chop.edu
Peng Huang, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
huangp1@chop.edu
Eugene Khandros, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
khandrose@chop.edu
Maryanne Kihiu
Research Technician
kihium@chop.edu
Xianjiang Lan, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
lanx@chop.edu
Jessica Lam
MD, PhD Student
lamj2@chop.edu
Jing Luan
MD, PhD Student
jluan@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Scott Peslak, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
scott.peslak@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Kunhua Qin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
qink@chop.edu
Malini Sharma
Research Technician
sharmam3@chop.edu
Camille Syrett, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
camille.syrett@gmail.com
Marit Vermunt, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
vermuntm@chop.edu
Aoi Wakabayashi
Graduate Student
aoiwaka@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Jennifer Yano, MBA
Lab Manager, Research Technician
yanoj@chop.edu
Adam (Haoyue) Zhang, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
zhangh7@chop.edu
Di Zhang
Graduate Student
dizhang.penn@gmail.com
Jim (Zhe) Zhang
Bioinformatician
zhangz@chop.edu