PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Daniel Bauer
Principal investigator
He trained in the laboratories of Craig Thompson and Stuart Orkin, where he studied cancer cell metabolism and globin gene regulation, respectively. His Sc.B. in Biology is from Brown University, M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and clinical training in pediatrics and pediatric hematology-oncology from Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
daniel.bauer@childrens.harvard.edu
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Divya Vinjamur
Postdoctoral fellow
She obtained her bachelor’s degree in zoology from University of Pune, master’s in applied genetics from Bangalore University, and Ph.D. in human genetics from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her thesis work in Joyce Lloyd’s lab focused on the roles of transcription factors KLF1 and KLF2 in mouse embryonic and human fetal erythropoiesis.
divya.vinjamur@childrens.harvard.edu
Mir Hossain
Postdoctoral fellow
He received his B.S. in Botany from University of Dhaka (Bangladesh), M.S. in Biology from East Tennessee State University, and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from University of Florida. His master’s work focused on the role of oligomeric states of SABP2 in enzymatic function. His PhD, under the supervision of Jorg Bungert, focused on the use of zinc finger proteins to understand and manipulate globin gene expression. He has received several research awards from University of Florida, as well as an American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship.
mir.hossain@childrens.harvard.edu
Jing Zeng
Postdoctoral fellow
Jing is trained as an anesthesiologist from Southwest Hospital in Chongqing, China, where she received her MD and Master’s degrees as well as performed her clinical training. She has conducted internships at Orthopaedic University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. Her prior research projects, funded by the National Science Foundation of China, focused on the molecular mechanisms of pulmonary vascular remodeling.
jing.zeng@childrens.harvard.edu
Shuquan Rao
Postdoctoral fellow
He received his Ph.D. in Genetics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Peking Union Medical College, supervised by Professor Yan Shen. Subsequently he was a lecturer at Southwest Jiaotong University and a postdoctoral fellow at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. His research has focused on identification of genetic variants associated with psychiatric disease and exploration of the mechanisms through which these variants impact gene regulation.
shuquan.rao@childrens.harvard.edu
Chunyan Ren
Postdoctoral fellow
Chunyan received her M.S. in Biomedical Science from Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences and Ph.D. in biophysics and systems pharmacology from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, supervised by Ming-Ming Zhao. Her thesis research used biophysical, cell biology and bioinformatic approaches to identify small molecule inhibitors of epigenetic reader domains.
chunyan.ren@childrens.harvard.edu
Sabine Studer
Postdoctoral fellow
Sabine received her Ph.D. from ETH Zurich, Switzerland under the mentorship of Prof. Donald Hilvert. Her thesis research used protein engineering and directed evolution to produce highly active de novo metalloenzymes. She is co-mentored by Carl Novina, M.D. Ph.D.
sabine.studer@childrens.harvard.edu
Michael Peters
Postdoctoral fellow
Mike did his undergrad training at University of New Hampshire, was a research assistant with Jill de Jong at University of Chicago, and then received his PhD from Northeastern University. His graduate work, supervised by Bill Detrich, employed comparative transcriptomics to discover novel erythroid genes in icefish and evaluate their function by genome editing of zebrafish.
michael.peters@childrens.harvard.edu
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Steven Coyne
PhD student
Steve received his B.A. in Biochemistry (magna cum laude) from Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. He was an undergraduate research fellow in the laboratory of Daniel Broek, Ph.D., where he studied aneuploidy in yeast and human cells. He is currently enrolled in the Harvard BBS Program.
stevencoyne@g.harvard.edu
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VISITING SCHOLARS
Yao Yao
Visiting scholar
Yao received her Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine from Wenzhou Medical University and her Master’s Degree of Medicine from Peking Union Medical College. She has studied Genetics and Bioinformatics at Sichuan University under the supervision of Dr. Lu Chen.
yao.yao@childrens.harvard.edu
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Linda Lin
Research assistant
Linda graduated with a B.A. in Biochemistry and Computer Science from Swarthmore College. Her undergraduate research, in the laboratory of Prof. Liliya Yatsunyk, investigated non-canonical DNA structures implicated in disease and their interactions with small molecule ligands via both biophysical and structural methods.
linda.lin@childrens.harvard.edu
Amy Nguyen
Research assistant
Amy received her B.S. and M.S. in Biochemistry with a minor in Theater Arts from Brandeis University (summa cum laude). Her Master’s thesis, under the supervision of Prof. Timothy Street, focused on developing a model for protein folding utilizing the Hsp90/Hsp70 pathway. She received the Jencks award in Biochemistry for her undergraduate research.
anh.nguyen2@childrens.harvard.edu
Chi Trinh
Research assistant
Chi received her B.A. in Biochemistry from Wellesley College. Her undergraduate research, in the lab of Prof. Mala Radhakrishnan, employed computational modeling and analyses to investigate electrostatic interactions between drugs and BCR-ABL in chronic myeloid leukemia. She was also a summer research intern in Dr. Rani George’s lab at DFCI.
chi.trinh@childrens.harvard.edu