{"id":11,"date":"2023-06-20T01:22:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T05:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-03-17T10:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:45:13","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/index.php\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11\" class=\"elementor elementor-11\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71cf606 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71cf606\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59b82be\" data-id=\"59b82be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e103ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e103ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2>We&nbsp;<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">are hiring postdocs, interns, and data analysts!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For postdocs (no opening now)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">We are looking for motivated candidates with expertise in bioinformatics\/computational biology (gene regulatory network, epigenomics, deep learning, multi-omics integration) or medical genetics (function of genetic variants, QTL, G by E, genetic interaction, disease subtyping, polygenic risk score), and interested in exploring massive genetic, omic, phenotypic datasets available from Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP) and other consortia where we play active roles. Candidates are expected to have published first-authored paper(s) in prestigious journal in the fields above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please send your CV and research statement to leihou@bu.edu, titled &#8220;[BU postdoc application]&#8221;.&nbsp;<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0px; color: #7a7a7a; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><strong>For bioinformatic interns and data analysts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">We are looking for self-driven candidates with rich experience with genetic\/genomic data (WGS, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, sc-RNAseq ), and familiar with various pipeline and softwares for quality control, normalization, batch effect correction, differential expression analysis, and etc.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please send your CV to leihou@bu.edu, titled <span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">&#8220;[BU data analyst application]&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-af09ad4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af09ad4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-623ccb0\" data-id=\"623ccb0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4edd1d6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4edd1d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/self.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-135\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/self.jpg 451w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/self-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1235c32\" data-id=\"1235c32\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a6ee97 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a6ee97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Lei Hou (\u4faf\u78ca), Ph.D.<\/h3><p>Assistant Professor of Medicine,<br \/><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/genetics-people\/faculty\/lei-hou-ph-d\/\">Section of Biomedical Genetics<\/a>, <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Department of Medicine,<br \/>Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/span><br \/>72 E. Concord St., Office E244A, Boston<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Dr. Hou is a computational and systems biologist. He has over 15 years of research experience and has made significant contributions to the fields of regulatory genomics and disease genetics. <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">In the past seven years at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Hou has led several impactful projects, including study of human primordial germ cell differentiation with time series single-cell RNA-seq data, the study of genetics of m6A and H3K27ac signals and their implications in complex diseases, and the investigation of immune roles in bipolar disorder. he has collaborated with leading researchers from various institutions, including Harvard university, UCLA, Carnegie Mellon University, Mayo Clinic, Broad Institute, Mass General Hospital, Pfizer and Zhejiang University.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Dr. Hou has presented his research at several top-class national seminars and international conferences, including Broad Institute medical\/population genetics and Cell Circuits\/Epigenomics seminars, the American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting, the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting on Systems Biology, and the CSHL Asia Meeting on Molecular Basis of Aging and Disease. Dr Hou&#8217;s co-first authored work has also been published in high-impact journals, including Cell Metabolism, Nature Genetics, Cell Reports, and Aging Cell.He also served as ad hoc reviewers for high-profiled journals including eLife, Aging Cell, Cell Reports, Frontiers in Genetics, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Current in Bioinformatics, Frontiers in Microbiology, Mathematical Biosciences, International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB).<\/span><\/p><p>Dr. Hou received his BE degree in the Department of Automation, Tsinghua University (thesis supervisors: Drs. Xuegong Zhang and Jing-Dong Jackie Han), his Ph.D of bioinformatics from Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Supervisor: Dr. Jing-Dong Jackie Han), his postdoc trainings at Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (with Dr. Jing-Dong Jackie Han), and at Computer Science &amp; Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT (with Dr. Manolis Kellis).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59f4aa6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59f4aa6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-849e95d\" 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She received her Ph.D of evolutionary genetics from Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Supervisor: Dr. Jing Che). Ting-Ting is also interested in studying epigenetic regulation. She currently works on constructing context-specific TF-Enhancer-Gene networks across conditions. In addition, Ting-Ting has a wide range of hobbies including acrylic paintings, animations, traveling, playing computer games and shakuhachi (beginner).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab60a53 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab60a53\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51c547a\" data-id=\"51c547a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d8672b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3d8672b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-07-at-9.00.02-AM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-482\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-07-at-9.00.02-AM.png 568w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-07-at-9.00.02-AM-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6b4fd8\" data-id=\"f6b4fd8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73073d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73073d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #1d1c1d; font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: #f8f8f8;\"><strong>HuanChang Tu<\/strong> (<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">since<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">2024.5<\/span><span style=\"background-color: #f8f8f8; color: #1d1c1d; font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #1d1c1d; font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: #f8f8f8;\">Huanchang is a senior undergraduate student at Zhejiang University. His current research focuses on investigating the function of m6A modification on introns and developing methods to quantify the sparse signal. Beyond academics, Huanchang often goes cycling. He also has a great appreciation for Impressionist paintings. Additionally, he is a devoted LOL player.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d387d4c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d387d4c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6aae696\" data-id=\"6aae696\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56e2133 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56e2133\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/selfie-754x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-476\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/selfie-754x1024.jpg 754w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/selfie-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/selfie-768x1043.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/selfie-1131x1536.jpg 1131w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/selfie.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ad47f4\" data-id=\"9ad47f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4daa01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4daa01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Zhiyuan Zhu (<\/b>since<b> <\/b>2024.5<b>)<\/b><\/p><p>Zhiyuan is a third-year Bioinformatics student at the University of Edinburgh (Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute). His current research focuses on unraveling the intricate regulatory interactions between m6A modifications and alternative splicing events in Alzheimer\u2019s disease, with the aim of developing deep learning models. Beyond academics, Zhiyuan is passionate about photography, film, and philosophy. He also enjoys cycling through cities, capturing the unique charm of urban landscapes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c6ba6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c6ba6a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba18286\" data-id=\"ba18286\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07e6e19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07e6e19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Previous Mentees<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1074039\" data-id=\"1074039\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5347700 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5347700\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9dbb71e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9dbb71e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-561c37c\" data-id=\"561c37c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0086a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e0086a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sanjana2-1008x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-442\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sanjana2-1008x1024.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sanjana2-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sanjana2-768x781.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sanjana2-1511x1536.jpg 1511w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sanjana2-2015x2048.jpg 2015w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1685e61\" data-id=\"1685e61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9a5b2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9a5b2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Sanjana Hasyagar<\/strong> (2024.3-11)<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Sanjana is a master&#8217;s student from bioinformatics program at Boston University. She is\u00a0<\/span>a passionate 24-year-old hailing from Bangalore, India, and a vibrant individual with a multifaceted identity. Her love for bioinformatics and computational biology propels her academic journey, showcased by her Master&#8217;s Degree from Boston University, MS, in Bioinformatics, and her Bachelor&#8217;s in Biotechnology Engineering from PES University, where she specialized in Computational Biology. Not only does she excel in the realm of science and technology, but she also finds solace and joy in the graceful art of Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance form. Beyond her academic and artistic pursuits, Sanjana finds serenity amidst the mountains, where she often seeks refuge and inspiration. Her diverse interests and accomplishments reflect a curious and driven individual, poised to make significant contributions to her fields of passion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0604908 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0604908\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-447a0f9\" data-id=\"447a0f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6bb698 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c6bb698\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bhavana.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-451\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bhavana.jpeg 634w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bhavana-264x300.jpeg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d49b5ad\" data-id=\"d49b5ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05b8b09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05b8b09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Bhavana Kapalli<\/strong> (since 2024.1-11)<\/p>\n<p>Bhavana is a Master&#8217;s student in Bioinformatics at Boston University. She completed her undergraduate studies in biochemistry at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, where she focused on constructing biological network pathways and conducting research on epilepsy. Bhavana contributed to the development of the cEpiReg database in the Hou Lab. Beyond her research pursuits, she enjoys traveling, sketching, hiking, and cooking.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c59cee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c59cee\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8d3fbc\" data-id=\"a8d3fbc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e02cf23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e02cf23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"802\" src=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Profile-Photo-1024x855.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-271\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Profile-Photo-1024x855.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Profile-Photo-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Profile-Photo-768x641.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Profile-Photo-1536x1282.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Profile-Photo-2048x1709.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20dbd4d\" data-id=\"20dbd4d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdf6964 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdf6964\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Ryan Tong (<\/b><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Co-mentored with Dr. Manolis Kellis @MIT,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">since 2022.9<\/span><b style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">)<\/b><\/p><p>Ryan is a rising high school junior at Basis Independent Brooklyn. He is an avid learner of Biology, Math, and Computer Science. Ryan&#8217;s hobbies include sailing and chess; you might often find him online at chess.com. Additionally, Ryan can also be found dying from butterfly during swim practice with his friends.<\/p><p>Now admitted to Stanford University!<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e138d8b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e138d8b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9839fd\" data-id=\"d9839fd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f32f908 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f32f908\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Yashi_Photo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-331\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Yashi_Photo.jpg 930w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Yashi_Photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Yashi_Photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Yashi_Photo-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d51f2e\" data-id=\"6d51f2e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef5a194 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef5a194\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Yashi Gu (<\/b>Co-mentored with Dr. Di Chen @ Zhejiang University , since 2021.10<b>)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Yashi is a PhD student in Bioinformatics at University of Edinburgh (Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute, Chen lab website www.chenlab2019.com). She has worked in the integrative bioinformatic analysis of human primordial germ cells to reveal the developmental regulatory mechanism, and she is working in deep learning approaches to sturdy the post-transcriptional regulation. Yashi\u2019s hobbies are basketball and badminton.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b753126 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b753126\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64b5375\" data-id=\"64b5375\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5644ec2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5644ec2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jawahar.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-455\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jawahar.jpeg 709w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jawahar-295x300.jpeg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5acdb23\" data-id=\"5acdb23\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c8ebda elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c8ebda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Jawahar Mahendran<\/strong> (2024.1-2024.8)\u00a0<\/p><p>Jawahar is a Master&#8217;s student in Bioinformatics at Boston University. Originally from Chennai, India, he completed his Bachelor&#8217;s in Biotechnology at Anna University before moving to the US for his graduate studies. Jawahar has a deep fascination with the world of biological data analysis and is thoroughly enjoying his immersion in this field. He joined the Hou Lab and played a key role in developing the cEpiReg database. Jawahar has an inquisitive mind and loves learning and trying new things. When not studying or in the library, he can be found marveling at the mysteries of space and astrobiology, playing Call of Duty, or exploring new unseen places he&#8217;s never been before.<\/p><p>Now a data science intern @GSK<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-227a341 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"227a341\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6818c3\" data-id=\"f6818c3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bc7e36 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4bc7e36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Neha.2-1024x925.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-425\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Neha.2-1024x925.png 1024w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Neha.2-300x271.png 300w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Neha.2-768x694.png 768w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Neha.2-1536x1388.png 1536w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Neha.2.png 1574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d2f05d\" data-id=\"6d2f05d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-528b3bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"528b3bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Neha Rao<\/b> (2024.1-2024.5)<\/p><p>Neha is a driven bioinformatics major at Boston University with a passion for leveraging computational tools to unravel biological complexities. In the dynamic environment of the Hou Lab, Neha contributed to constructing the CEPIREG database. Her prior investigations span innovative realms, from pioneering machine learning techniques for precision cancer immunotherapy to crafting gene circuits aimed at detecting DNA mutations within cancer cells. Beyond the lab bench, Neha finds inspiration in the realms of art and travel, fueling her holistic approach to life and science.<\/p><p>Now a data analysis @Walter Reed Army Institute of Research\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-af37ba1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af37ba1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12b1de3\" data-id=\"12b1de3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85bb6c5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"85bb6c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/unnamed-1024x575.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-248\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/unnamed-1024x575.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/unnamed-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/unnamed-768x431.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/unnamed.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4339c27\" data-id=\"4339c27\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e71744 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e71744\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Simon Mack<\/b> (Co-mentored with Dr. Manolis Kellis @MIT,\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">2023.4-2023.9<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">)\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Simon is a visiting master student from\u00a0<\/span>E\u0301cole Polytechnique &amp; HEC program, Paris, one of the top business and engineer programs in France<span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Roboto; font-weight: bold; color: #404040;\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Unrelated to the truck company and the Europa-Park resort families, Simon has worked in data science both in industry and academia and is currently living it up with Dr. Lei Hou at the Kellis Lab, researching the imputation of epigenomic marks using deep neural networks.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dea660b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dea660b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f62ec59\" data-id=\"f62ec59\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35f5a5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35f5a5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Judson-1024x928.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-250\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Judson-1024x928.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Judson-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Judson-768x696.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Judson-1536x1393.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Judson.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de8b35d\" data-id=\"de8b35d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-486186e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"486186e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Judson Lam\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">(Co-mentored with Dr. Manolis Kellis @MIT,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">2023.4-2023.8<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">)\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Judson is a rising junior undergraduate student at MIT (computer science + math. + biology).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d73cec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d73cec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ef4147\" data-id=\"7ef4147\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b20c2c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b20c2c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sundeep-758x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-249\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sundeep-758x1024.jpg 758w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sundeep-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sundeep-768x1038.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sundeep-1137x1536.jpg 1137w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sundeep-1516x2048.jpg 1516w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sundeep.jpg 1663w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f6a21e\" data-id=\"6f6a21e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f67c495 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f67c495\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div title=\"Page 1\"><p><b>Sundeep Chakladar (<\/b><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Co-mentored with Dr. Manolis Kellis @MIT,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">2022.9-2023.8<\/span><b style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">)<\/b><\/p><p>Sundeep is a rising senior undergraduate student at MIT (Biology + Chemistry + Science, Technology, Society). He is interested in building computational pipelines that uncover biological phenomena hidden within microcopy images and genetic data. Outside of research, I enjoy playing tennis, cooking with friends, and giving back to the Cambridge and Boston communities as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).<\/p><p>Sundeep is now admitted to WashU School of Medicine!<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-607df7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"607df7e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5c8268\" data-id=\"a5c8268\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-966c099 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"966c099\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aria-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-261\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aria-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aria-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aria-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aria-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aria-1367x2048.jpg 1367w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aria-scaled.jpg 1709w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b17ca99\" data-id=\"b17ca99\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4b6e50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4b6e50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Aria Eppinger\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">(Co-mentored with Dr. Manolis Kellis @MIT, 2022.9-<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">2023.2<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">)\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Aria is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science and Molecular Biology at MIT. Her research interests include using computational approaches to analyze human health and disease and to improve online educational tools. She is also a member of the MIT Varsity Swimming and Diving Team.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f1f0e0b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f1f0e0b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-adea0be\" data-id=\"adea0be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11dda03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"11dda03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image_50415105-692x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-320\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image_50415105-692x1024.jpg 692w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image_50415105-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image_50415105-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image_50415105-1038x1536.jpg 1038w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image_50415105-1383x2048.jpg 1383w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image_50415105-scaled.jpg 1729w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcaed23\" data-id=\"dcaed23\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-879a6a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"879a6a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Lilia\u00a0Evgeniou <\/b>(Co-mentored with Drs. Manolis Kellis and Xushen Xiong @MIT, 2021 summer)<\/p><p>Lilia is an incoming PhD student in the Harvard Systems Synthetic and Quantitative Biology course. She was previously at the University of Oxford studying Biochemistry, and had worked in Manolis Kellis&#8217; group for a summer internship under the supervision of Lei Hou and Xushen Xiong, comparing different epigenomic signals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c87ced elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c87ced\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23a7ae3\" data-id=\"23a7ae3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6e410c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e6e410c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/aman_pic-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-257\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/aman_pic-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/aman_pic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/aman_pic-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/aman_pic-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hougroup.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/aman_pic.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-439e8ec\" data-id=\"439e8ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53e4582 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53e4582\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Aman Patel\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">(Co-mentored with Dr. Manolis Kellis @MIT, 2018.4-<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">2020.5<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">)\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p>Aman Patel is a PhD student in Computer Science at Stanford, working with Anshul Kundaje on machine learning approaches to study the evolution of gene regulation. 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