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Boxun’s paper on transposon insertions causing Ataxia Telangiectasia, a rare disease in children got accepted at AJHG!

News: August 21, 2023

It is a first systematic study that reports the contribution of transposon insertions in a rare disease through a thorough WGS analysis and characterization of the insertional effects on RNA, especially on splicing. Furthermore it demonstrated a potential therapeutic intervention using ASOs for some...

Impaired Neural Stress Resistance and Loss of REST in Bipolar Disorder

Publication: Journal Article

Meyer, Katharina, King-Hwa Ling, Pei-Ling Yeo, Angeliki Spathopoulou, Derek Drake, Jaejoon Choi, Liviu Aron, et al. 2023. “Impaired Neural Stress Resistance and Loss of REST in Bipolar Disorder”. Molecular Psychiatry 29: 153–164.

Shulin Mao

Person: PhD student, Harvard Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)

Shulin is a PhD student in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) Program at Harvard University. He graduated from Peking University with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences. He is interested in studying aging and aging related diseases by analyzing sequencing data and developing new...

Brian Her

Person: Bioinformatics Research Intern (2022.7 - 2023.8), Undergraduate student, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Brian is currently pursuing his undergraduate studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His academic focus revolves around Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, complemented by a minor in Computer Science and also on the Pre-Med track. He is working in the Lee Lab on doublet detection and...

Jayoung and Mingyun join the lab as postdoctoral fellows!

News: August 30, 2023

We are excited to welcome two new postdoctoral fellows from Korea, Jayoung Ku and Mingyun Bae. Jayoung received a PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Mingyun received his Ph.D. in computational biology from the same institute...

Katerina join the lab as postdoctoral fellow!

News: April 02, 2023

We are excited to welcome our new postdoctoral fellow, Aikaterini Chatzipli. She received her PhD in Genetics from Cambridge University and previously worked at Wellcome Sanger Institute (UK) as postdoctoral fellow.

Somatic Ras/Raf/MAPK Variants Enriched in the Hippocampus in Drug-Resistant Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Publication: Journal Article

Khoshkoo*, Sattar, Y. Wang*, Yasmine Chahine, Zeynep Erson-Omay, Stephanie Robert, Emre Kiziltug, Eyiyemisi C. Damisah, et al. 2023. “Somatic Ras/Raf/MAPK Variants Enriched in the Hippocampus in Drug-Resistant Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy”. JAMA Neurology 80 (6): 578-87.

Yanming Gan

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Yanming obtained her BS in Life Science Informatics at the University of Michigan and joined the Lee lab in December 2020. She also obtained her Master's in Biomedical Informatics at Harvard University in 2023. Her research background has been in identifying and resolving different types of genomic...

Our traditional lab retreat this year at Rolling Ridge, MA!

News: August 21, 2023

Last week, all our lab members had a great time relaxing and team building at Rolling Ridge Retreat Center in North Andover, MA from Aug 16 to 18. We had a variety of activities including scientific sessions, PI/tech talks, kayaking, hiking, playing escape room and board/video games! Huge thanks to...

Pan-cancer analysis reveals multifaceted roles of retrotransposon-fusion RNAs

Publication: Journal Article

Lee*, Boram, Junseok Park*, Adam Voshall, Eduardo A. Maury, Yeeok Kang, Yoen Jeong Kim, Jin-Young Lee, et al. 2023. “Pan-Cancer Analysis Reveals Multifaceted Roles of Retrotransposon-Fusion RNAs”. BioRxiv, Preprint.