URMC / Labs / Hayes Lab / Lab Members Lab Members Principal InvestigatorJeffrey J. Hayes, Ph.D.MCPhone: (585) 273-4887Email JeffreyResearch Interest: Regulation of transcription, nuclear processes, related to chromatin structure and function FacultyJaveed Bhat, Ph.D.Research Assistant ProfessorMCPhone: (585) 275-1706Email JaveedAshok Kumar, Ph.D.Research Assistant ProfessorMCPhone: (585) 275-1706Email AshokGraduate StudentsElizabeth LucasBMB - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: The Role of the Architectural Transcription Factor HMGN1 in Modulating Inter-nucleosome InteractionsNicholas RugelisBSCB - Biophysics, Structural & Computational Biology Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Exploring diverse nucleosome binding modes of H1 subtypes