Nelson Lab – Assistant Professor BMEG

The Nelson lab attends ASGCT in New Orleans

by nelsonc | July 8, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

The Nelson Lab attended the 2025 American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, presenting four research posters highlighting our recent work in gene delivery, transcriptional control, and skeletal muscle modeling systems. It was an exciting opportunity to connect with leaders in the field and share our work with the broader scientific community.

Ahmed Recognized as a Senior of Significance and the Student Leader of the Month!

by jujjaini | May 14, 2025 | News, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Congratulations to Ahmed for being selected as the Student Leader of the Month for May and for being recognized as a Senior of Significance! Read more here: https://news.uark.edu/articles/70436/ahmed-tolba-selected-as-may-s-student-leader-of-the-month.

Ian Popp Selected as Goldwater Scholar

by jujjaini | April 28, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

Congrats to Ian for being awarded the Goldwater Scholarship, and also for being selected to present his research at the State Capitol in Little Rock, AR!

Jayita Attends the NCUR 2025 in Pittsburgh, PA

by jujjaini | April 13, 2025 | News, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Congrats to Jayita for being selected to present her poster on Analyzing the Transcriptional Control of IL-10 in Macrophages Using CRISPR-Cas9 at the annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research in Pittsburgh, PA.

4 Recipients of SURF and Honor’s College Research Grant

by jujjaini | December 30, 2024 | News, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Congratulations to Eliana and Ian on receiving the SURF grant, and to Jayita and Amie on being awarded the Honors College Research Grant!

Welcome to the Nelson Lab!

We are interested in applying genome engineering to correct genetic disease and improve tissue regeneration. Please email nelsonc@uark.edu for questions about available positions.

Support

The laboratory is currently supported by the NIH through an NIGMS R35, the Department of Defense CDMRP DMD IDEA award, the Arkansas Bioscience Institute, the University of Arkansas Engineering College, and the University of Arkansas Honors College. Previous funders include the NIH/NIBIB, the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund, The Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center, and the PhRMA Foundation.