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July 24, 2019
Zhen Miao was selected as a semifinalist for the 2019 Charles J. Epstein Trainee Awards for Excellence in Human Genetics Research
Zhen will present his work on characterizing cellular communication in human central nervous system by single-cell RNA-seq at the American Society of Human Genetics 2019 Annual Meeting, which will be held in Houston, Texas.
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July 24, 2019
Yafei Lyu was selected as a semifinalist for the 2019 Charles J. Epstein Trainee Awards for Excellence in Human Genetics Research
Yafei will present his work on integrative single-cell and bulk RNA-seq analysis in age-related macular degeneration at the American Society of Human Genetics 2019 Annual Meeting, which will be held in Houston, Texas.
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April 19, 2019
Mingyao Li’s R01 on ‘Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis of Human Retina’ was funded.
In collaboration with Dwight Stambolian (Ophthalmology), Christianne Strang, Christine Curcio and Paul Gamlin (all from University of Alabama at Birmingham), this project will collect and analyze retinal cells from postmortem human eyes to advance our understanding of human retinal diseases.
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April 18, 2019
Justin Lakkis presented his MS thesis on ‘Investigation of Microglia Subpopulations in Alzheimer’s Disease’.
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March 21, 2019
Mingyao Li gave a featured research talk on the DBEI & CCEB Research Day
Every cell contains the same DNA—but in each, only certain genes are expressed at same time. Traditionally we study this phenomenon using bulk RNA sequencing, but that approach doesn’t yield the highest resolution—or the clearest results. That’s why Mingyao Li […]