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Rajiv McCoy is an assistant professor in the Department of Biology whose research is focused on human genetics and evolution. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and completed his postdoctoral work at Princeton University and the University of Washington.
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Daniel Ariad is a postdoc in the McCoy lab. He is a physicist by training, with research experience in condensed matter and astrophysics. He is interested in adapting theory and analytical approaches from these fields to the study of human genomics and evolution. Daniel received his Ph.D. from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and subsequently worked as postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University Bloomington.
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Stephanie Yan is a PhD student from the Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology & Biophysics Program. Prior to joining the Ph.D. program at Hopkins, she received her B.A. in Biological Sciences from Cornell University and was a summer research student at the Moffitt Cancer Center. Stephanie’s thesis research investigates the role of structural variation in human divergence and adaptation.
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Kate Weaver is a PhD student from the Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology & Biophysics Program. Prior to joining the PhD program at Hopkins, she received her B.S. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and her B.S in Mathematics from Bethel University. She was a summer research student at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the University of Notre Dame. Kate’s current project, developed in the Taylor Lab, uses machine learning approaches to predict gene expression across cell types. |
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Dylan Taylor is a PhD student from the Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology & Biophysics Program. He received his B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of Maryland. Prior to joining the Ph.D. program, he conducted post-baccalaureate research at the University of Maryland Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Dylan’s current research involves developing robust methods for mapping genotype-phenotype associations in diverse human populations. |
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Sara Carioscia is a PhD student from the Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology & Biophysics Program. Prior to joining the Ph.D. program, she was a Fellow at the IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute. She received her B.S. in Biology and Classics from Georgetown University. Sara’s current research investigates the phenomenon of segregation distortion, whereby inheritance deviates from Mendelian expectations. |
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Radhika Jangi is a rotation student from the Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology & Biophysics Program. She received her B.S. in Biochemistry from Brandeis University. She was a research technician and lab manager at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. |
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Robyn Stix is a member of the Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology & Biophysics program and NIH Graduate Partnership program. She received her B.A. in Biochemistry from from Skidmore College. She then participated in post-baccalaureate research at the National Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood at NIH in Theoretical Molecular Biophysics. She is joined by her service dog Agnes, who enjoys taking long naps under Robyn’s desk. |
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Joel Espinoza is an undergraduate student double-majoring in Public Health and Molecular and Cell Biology. He is the recipient of the Michael S. Applestein Scholarship and serves in leadership roles of multiple cultural and student services organizations. Joel’s research focuses on interpreting signatures of positive selection in human genomes. |
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Divya Nair is an undergraduate majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology. She has previously investigated differential gene expression in mice retinas sent into spaceflight at the NASA Ames Research Center, and she is passionate about the intersection between bioinformatics and healthcare. Divya’s current research focuses on quantifying the effects of structural variation on gene expression using eQTL mapping. |