Illustration of the replicative helicase detecting a toxic DNA lesion and triggering its repair in frog egg extracts.

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Lab Updates

Chistol Lab Retreat Day

The Chistol lab organized their annual retreat day filled with fun activities - Breakfast at the Palo Alto Creamery, mini golf, dinner at Nola's, and ending the day with a little treat at Salt & Straw Ice Creamery. Read More »

Farewell Celebration at Chicken G’s

Sending off Abril and Donaji with a celebratory lunch at Chicken G's. Read More »

Talking Science with Abril and Donaji

As Abril and Donaji wrap up their research endeavours with the Chistol lab, they present their findings to the team. Read More »

Joining The Lab

Our lab is using real-time single-molecule imaging to (i) study how eukaryotes replicate/repair their DNA; (ii) dissect molecular mechanisms involved in maintaining large/complex genomes; and (iii) understand how multi-subunit molecular machines like the replisome are regulated.

We are looking for curious and highly-motivated undergrads, graduate students, and postdocs to join our team. Since our lab operates at the intersection of biology, chemistry, and physics - we welcome people with very diverse backgrounds, mindsets, skills, experience, and training .

If you find our work exciting we encourage you to reach out by email at chistol@stanford.edu . If you are on campus you are always welcome to drop by the lab to chat.

Prospective Graduate Students
If you are applying to graduate programs at Stanford and are interested in our lab or department - pls contact us - it will be our pleasure to answer any of your questions.

Graduate Students
If you are a first year graduate student and are interested in a rotation - pls email us, or even better - visit our lab.

Postdoc Applicants
We are currently accepting applications for postdocs. Please see our Contact page for details on how to submit your application.

Contact Chistol Lab

ADDRESS:

Chistol Lab
CCSR 3130, Mail Code 5174
Chemical and Systems Biology Department
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, CA 94305

Principal Investigator:
Gheorghe Chistol
chistol@stanford.edu
Tel: 650-498-1429

Administrative Associate:
Emma Atul
ehammock@stanford.edu
Tel: 650-725-0678