• R. Babak Faryabi, PhD, MSc

  • Yeqiao Zhou is a PhD candidate at the Genetics and Epigenetics Graduate Group. She is interested in elucidating causes and consequences of genome misfolding in cancer.

  • Gregory Schwartz joined the lab after his doctoral training at the Drexel University. Gregory interests lies in developing computational methods to integrate and interrogate high-dimensional experimental data sets using graph theory and machine learning. Dr. Schwartz research has been support by NIH T32 Immunobiology of Normal and Neoplastic Training Grant.

  • Jingru Zhao is a Cell and Molecular Biology PhD candidate. She works on optical mapping of genome folding in breast cancer.

  • Aanchal Mongia joined the lab after her doctoral training at the IIIT Delhi. Aanchal develops machine learning algorithms for the analysis of spatial genomics data.

  • Ashkan Bigledi joined the lab as a PhD student after his training in bioinformatics at Harvard. Ashakan is specialized in developing clinical sequencing workflows and researches pathogenic mutation prioritization.

  • Emily Ferrari manages the lab and studies role of long non-coding RNAs in breast cancer. Emily joined us after studying Lamb-Shaffer Syndrome at Lefebvre Lab at CHOP. Emily received a B.A. in Biology from Swarthmore College in 2019, where she conducted research on long non-coding RNAs in human cells and their role in cancer progression.

  • Brent Perlman is UPenn Vagelos Scholar undergraduate. Brent studies impact of transcription factors on loop extrusion.

Alumni

  • Jingru Zhao: Rotation student, GTV - Current: Faryabi Lab UPenn

  • Jelena Petrovic (joint with Warren Pear): Postdoctoral fellow - Current: Research Scientist at Genentech

  • Rupa Khanal: Rotation student, Biology

  • Benjamin Kahn: Undergraduate independent study - Current: MD/PhD student at UPenn

  • Mark Boltengagen: Postdoc - Current: Researcher at Dresden University of Technology

  • Parisa Samareh: Rotation student, GCB - Current: Berger Lab

  • Jose Liboy Lugo: SUIP undergraduate student - Current: PhD student at UCSF

  • Drishty Vora: Former: MS student of Biotech - Current: UPenn Data Coordinator

  • Rohan Alur: UPenn computer science, MS program - Current: Bridgewater Associates

  • Yeqiao Zhou: Former: Post-bac - Current: Faryabi Lab UPenn

  • Thomas Campbell: Rotation student, BMB

  • Tosin Ajiboye: Lab Technician - Current: North Philadelphia Health System

Yeqiao passed her prelim with a full score.

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Lab photo at the end of Fall 2018 semester.

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We had many things to celebrate with our colleagues at Vahedi Lab (Yeqiao’s BD, our first HiCHiP data, and a productive Spring 2017 semester).

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