The Hunter lab strives to understand the molecular mechanisms and regulation of homologous recombination in the context of meiosis. The lab synthesizes molecular genetics, cell biology and biochemical approaches to understand how chromosomes are accurately distributed into gamete cells.

Latest News

Latest preprint is out! 
A cohesion optimum underlies chromosome segregation fidelity in oocytes.  (May 2026)



Undergraduates Zijing Zhang, Elise Park, Ava Chao-Mendoza and Mikaela Lee presented their work at the 2026 Undergraduate Research Conference
Well done and congratulations! (April 2026)


Checkout our preprint on BioRxiv! 
SUMO mediates the coordinate regulation of meiotic chromosome length and crossover rate. (March 2026)

Congratulations to Dr. Sunkyung Lee!
Wish you the very best on the next chapter of your research journey. (Dec 2025)