We marked Andre and Atsushi’s achievements with a celebration. Best wishes in all your future endeavors! Atsushi successfully defended his doctoral dissertation. Shingo’s paper “Enhanced HP1α homodimer interaction via force-induced salt bridge formation: implications for chromatin crosslinking and phase separation” was featured in RSC Mechanochemistry Showcase as one of the top Editor’s Choice articles. Related articles Shingo will be joining the…Shingo’s paper “Enhanced HP1α homodimer…Atsushi successfully defended his doctoral…Andre effectively defended his doctoral…Fall 2023 Lab Picture! Nya will be joining the…Dr. Zeinab Jahed joins UC…Mohaddesseh successfully defended her PhD…