Who we are

People

Our mixed wet-and-dry lab brings together experimental and computational scientists who share a quantitative approach to genome biology.

Raluca Gordân

Raluca Gordân, PhD

Principal investigator

Professor and Vice Chair for Education, Department of Genomics and Computational Biology.

Yuncheng Duan

Yuncheng Duan

Postdoctoral fellow

The interplay between transcription factors and UV-induced damage and repair. dCas9-DNA binding models.

Sara Geraghty

Sara Geraghty

Postdoctoral fellow

Epigenome editing and cellular differentiation. (Joint with Dr. Gersbach and Dr. Crawford; Duke University)

Stephanie Hoyt

Stephanie Hoyt

PhD candidate

Allele-specific gene expression and chromatin accessibility. (Joint with Dr. Allen and Dr. Majoros; Duke University)

Michael Tian

Michael Tian

PhD candidate

Improving epigenome editing efficiency through high throughput and sensitive characterization of dCas9 and dCas12 binding.

Anthony Lau

Anthony Lau

PhD candidate

Increased DNA mutagenesis in transcription factor binding sites due to competition with base excision repair.

John Holik

John Holik

Research associate

Protein-DNA binding assays. Lab management.

Future lab member

Looking for talented trainees to join our lab.