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Abstract Selected For Oral Presentation

News: November 04, 2021
Woo-hoo! Our abstract, titled " The nBAF (mSWI/SNF) Complex Regulates Activity-induced Neuronal Gene Transcription by Facilitating RNA Polymerase II Elongation", was accepted for oral presentation at the Gene Regulation Keystone meeting. Congratulations to Karen (the lead) and the entire team...

2021-2022 Senate Research Award

News: February 26, 2021
Ramen was awarded the 2021-2022 UC Merced Senate Research Award to study BAF complex functions in neurons using novel inhibitors.

Karen graduates

News: May 16, 2025
Congratulations, the unBAFfled Dr. Karen Cornejo!

New Funding from the W.M. Keck Foundation

News: December 17, 2025
We received the W. M. Keck Foundation’s bridge funding that will support our Tat peptide-related projects. This funding is to ' support high-impact basic science research and retention of ... early to mid-career faculty and PhD students given recent changes in traditional funding mechanisms.'...

Ramen Saha

Person: Assoc. Prof.
As the principal investigator of our laboratory, I get to wear several hats: a scientist, a teacher, a manager, an accountant, an administrator etc. My favorite role though is being the 'truth seeker', where I get to pursue enigmatic neurobiological processes with my hardworking research team. Also, I am dad to an equally curious teenager who keeps me on my toes.

Ramen's promotion to Associate Professorship

News: January 01, 2021
Ramen is now an Associate Professor (with tenure). Thanks and gratitude to every Saha lab member –past and present– for their hard work and contribution towards this success.

New publication in JBC

News: July 14, 2022
Our paper titled, ' Mild membrane depolarization in neurons induces immediate early gene transcription and acutely subdues responses to successive stimulus' is now published in JBC. In this paper we show how neurons react in the aftermath of milf depolarization. This study was initiated in 2019 by...

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In- vest-ed. Fall 2023 Ramen, Isabel, Lucy, and Courtny Campus colors. Fall 2022. Ramen, Karen, Andie, and Morgan ​ Farewell Graduating Seniors! Fall '23 Farewell to graduating seniors Lucy & Isa! With Karen, Ramen, Morgan, Mariam, Andie, and Courtny (12/06/23). Lucy's poster presentation. Spring...