Home Department: Genetics Faculty Advisor: Dmitri Petrov Talk Title: Mutational patterns in Drosophila melanogaster Event: The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC) 2016
Awarded in 2015 Talk Title: Deep sequencing of natural and laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster reveals new insights into the spectrum of de novo deleterious mutations Event: Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2015
Awarded in 2014 Talk Title: Staggered sweeps: The obstruction of adaptation in diploids by recessive, strongly deleterious alleles Event: Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2014
The Sun lab focuses on understanding the molecular mechanism of transcription factors that govern the transformation of normal mammalian cells to a neoplastic state.
Dr. He's research is concentrated in the area of statistical genetics and integrative analysis of omics data, attempting to develop new statistical methodologies that aid with the identification and interpretation of complex biological pathways involved in human diseases, particularly neurological disorders.
Home Department: Biology
Faculty Advisor: Wing Wong
Talk Title: Statistical analysis of gene regulation from high-throughput genomic data
Event: Intl Workshop on Probability Theory, Statistics, and Their Applications to Biology 2009
Home Department: Radiology
Faculty Advisor: Craig Levin
Talk Title: Simultaneous dual isotope ToF-PET imaging
Event: 2019 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS) and Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and 26th International Symposium on Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors (RTSD) Supported by The Matthew Frank Family
Research areas in the Bao Group include synthesis of functional organic and polymer materials, organic electronic device design and fabrication, and applications development for organic electronics.
Dr. Cheng's overall objective of his laboratory is to develop novel molecular imaging probes and techniques for non-invasive detection of cancer and its metastasis at the earliest stage, so that cancer can be cured or transformed into a chronic, manageable disease.
