RESEARCH SCIENTIST

Vince obtained his PhD in Biological Sciences with Kyle Johnson at The University of Texas at El Paso, where he studied the molecular function of RNA polymerases in viral RNA replication. He completed his postdoctoral training with Karen Rabin at Baylor College of Medicine, where he studied the function of risk variants in acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children with Down syndrome.

Vince joined the Banaszynski lab in 2020. He is interested in genome biology and coordinates many projects in the lab.

Key Publications
H3.3 contributes to chromatin accessibility and transcription factor binding at promoter-proximal regulatory elements in embryonic stem cells
Tafessu A, O’Hara R, Martire S, Dube AL, Saha P, Gant VU, Banaszynski LA. (2023) Genome Biology 24, 25. [paper]

ATRX promotes heterochromatin formation to protect cells from G-quadruplex DNA-mediated stress
Teng Y-C, Sundaresan A, O’Hara R, Gant VU, Li M, Martire S, Warshaw JN, Basu A, Banaszynski LA. (2021) Nature Communications 12, 3887. [paper]

IKZF1 variants and risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children with Down syndrome
Gant VU, Junco JJ, Terrell M, Rashid R, Brown AL, Zorman B, Sumazin P, Lupo PJ, Rabin KR. (2021) PLOS One 16, e0244863. [paper]