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Meet the Team
The Alexander Lab Kate Alexander, PhD. Principal Investigator Originally from Oregon, Kate followed her curiosity for science to Long Island with stops in Northfield MN, Ithaca NY, and Philadelphia PA. Outside of science, Kate enjoys jiu jitsu and swimming in the sound. Hiroe Namba, PhD. Postdoctoral Fellow Hiroe is interested in gene expression regulation and how these mechanisms shape cell identity during development and tumorigenesis. Beyond the lab, her favorite things to
Nov 7, 20252 min read
Publications
Full publication list Nuclear speckles: a fundamental layer of gene regulation. Hiroe Namba, Sana Mir, Erin L Groce, Katherine A Alexander. Trends in Cell Biology, 2026 Nuclear speckles regulate functional programs in cancer. Katherine A Alexander, Ruofan Yu, Nicolas Skuli, Nathan J Coffey, Son Nguyen, Christine L Faunce, Hua Huang, Ian P Dardani, Austin L Good, Joan Lim, Catherine Y Li, Nicholas Biddle, Eric F Joyce, Arjun Raj, Daniel Lee, Brian Keith, M Celeste Simon, Shel
May 61 min read
Alexander Lab in the media
May 2026 - What tiny structures in our cells can tell us about our genes (Radio) December 2025 - On the trail of a cellular cold case (Podcast) November 2025 - Q&A Dr. Katherine Alexander 2025 KCA Grant Winner (Article) November 2025 - Alexander wins Kidney Cancer Association Trailblazer Award (Article) October 2025 - CSHL's Kate Alexander scores $2.3 mln NIH pioneer award for speckle research (Article) October 2025 - Kate Alexander wins NIH Director's New Innovator Award (Ar
Dec 18, 20251 min read
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