Lab Members
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Yufeng Shen, PhD PI. CV ys2411@columbia.edu Developing and applying computational methods to study human genetics and diseases |
Casey Overby, PhD NLM postdoc fellow. Pharmacogenomics. Genetics of drug adverse reactions; risk prediction. |
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Angad Singh Research associate. De novo assembly and variant calling from high-throughput sequencing; Cancer genomics |
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Nanfang Xu Rotation PhD student in DBMI. Cancer genomics, genome sequencing |
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Edwin Lin Master student in biotechnology. Cancer diagnosis, genome sequencing |
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Cathy Huang Master student in Biostatistics Statistical genetics |
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Samreen Zafer Scientific Programmer at Genome Center. Whole genome / exome sequencing for genetic studies. Algorithms to infer genetic variants. |
William DeWitt Scientific Programmer at Genome Center. Genome assembly |
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Xiaoyun Sun Scientific Programmer at Genome Center. RNA-seq and systems biology |
Open positions
Postdoctoral fellows
Please contact me for postdoc position queries.
Graduate students
Interested prospective students should contact me via e-mail. Graduate students may join the lab through two programs:
- C2B2 Graduate Program. The C2B2 program includes a 1-year core curriculum and 3 lab rotations.
- PhD or MD/PhD Program in Department of Biomedical Informatics.
Undergraduates or master students
If you are an undergraduate or master student interested in gaining research experience to prepare for graduate schools, please contact me directly to discuss possible projects. Students with good programming skills or mathematical background are particularly encouraged to apply.
