May 2026
Contessoto Lab website launched
The Contessoto Lab website is now live, highlighting research in genome architecture, chromatin dynamics, physical modeling, molecular simulations, and machine learning.
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News and media coverage from the Contessoto Lab, including genome architecture research, chromatin modeling, mammoth chromosome work, mosquito genome simulations, and lab updates.
January 2026
New data-driven 3D chromosome model reveals structural and dynamic features of DNA
Rice News highlights FI-Chrom, a data-driven chromosome model developed with physics-based modeling trained on experimental Hi-C data.
Read moreJuly 2024
Researchers discover ancient chromosomes in 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth
Rice News covers the discovery of preserved 3D chromosome architecture in a woolly mammoth skin sample and the modeling used to reconstruct chromosome ensembles.
Read moreJuly 2024
pt-BRComo pesquisadores desafiaram a ciência e descobriram na Sibéria o 1º fóssil de cromossomo da história
G1 reports on the woolly mammoth fossil chromosome discovery and the broader scientific context for ancient 3D genome structure.
Read moreFebruary 2023
Mosquito's DNA could provide clues on gene expression, regulation
Rice News covers work showing that Aedes aegypti chromosomes are liquid crystalline and can sense mechanical cues.
Read moreJuly 2021
Rice, Rutgers developing inhalable COVID-19 vaccine spray
Rice News reports on CTBP contributions to inhalable COVID-19 vaccine strategies involving molecular simulations of viral epitopes.
Read moreMay 2021
Biologists construct a 'periodic table' for cell nuclei
Baylor College of Medicine covers research organizing cell nuclei by 3D genome features and nuclear architecture.
Read moreOctober 2020
At our cores, we're all strengthened by 'dumbbells'
Rice News highlights chromosome-structure simulations connecting genome organization with gene expression regulation.
Read moreApril 2020
Contessoto Presents Research
CTBP notes Vinicius Contessoto's presentation on DNA interactions within chromosomes to prospective Frontiers in Science undergraduates.
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