Jun 16Way to go, Dr. Patiño Descovich!On May 5th 2022, Carlos successfully defended his dissertation! Carlos gave a wonderful talk to family, friends, and colleagues on his...
May 5Congrats newly minted Dr. Brown!Bethany successfully defended her dissertation work titled, "Novel Mouse Models for Investigating Genetic Drivers and Influencers of Oral...
Nov 8, 2021Kendall (re)joins the lab!Kendall's post-doctoral work will aim to uncover the mechanisms guiding the formation and function of the gut-brain axis during...
Jun 9, 2021Juliet chosen for the Cellular Systems and Integrative Physiology training grant!Congratulations to Juliet for being chosen to be part of the Cellular Systems and Integrative Physiology (CSIP) training grant! This is...
Apr 1, 2021Juliet joins the lab!The lab is delighted to welcome Juliet King! Over the course of her thesis project, Juliet plans to uncover the mechanisms by which cell...
Oct 21, 2020It’s all unicorns and rainbows!!!Scott just received a terrific score on his R01 submission to NIAMS. Thanks to everyone in the lab for working hard to generate the data...
Oct 16, 2020Kevin starts new research scholar position at the ADACongratulations Kevin on accepting your new faculty position at the American Dental Association! Kevin is the Anthony R. Volpe Research...
Oct 16, 2020Bethany wins PumpkinOff VICongratulations Bethany on being the repeat winner of the 6th annual Williams lab Pumpkin cook off! Bethany’s creation this year was...
Jul 25, 2020Kevin wins AAP Regeneration Research AwardCongratulations to Kevin Byrd for winning yet another award. This time it’s the James T. Mellonig Regeneration Research Award from the...
Jul 13, 2020Team Kendall’s paper on the role of Nectin mutations in cleft palate published in DevelopmentDisruption of the nectin-afadin complex recapitulates features of the human cleft lip/palate syndrome CLPED1 Congratulations to Kendall...
Jul 6, 2020Abby joins Julie Baker’s lab at StanfordFormer standout Williams lab undergrad Abby Bergman has realized her life-long dream of studying placental biology by joining Julie...
Jul 1, 2020Kendall starts a postdoctoral position with Xiling Shen at DukeCongratulations Kendall on starting a post-doc with Xiling Shen. Kendall will be working on projects related to both epidermal...
Mar 9, 2020Kendall successfully dissertates! With actual people in the room!Congratulations Kendall on a wildly successful thesis defense. Who knew it would be the last one before the pandemic made everything...
Dec 14, 2019Kendall’s telophase correction paper published in eLifeTelophase correction refines division orientation in stratified epithelia Congratulations to Kendall and crew for his exciting new paper...
Dec 5, 2019Kevin’s oral stem cell paper published in Cell Stem CellHeterogeneity within Stratified Epithelial Stem Cell Populations Maintains the Oral Mucosa in Response to Physiological Stress Highlights...