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Shixin Liu, PhD
Associate Professor, Head of Laboratory
Member, David Rockefeller Graduate Program in Bioscience
Member, Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology (TPCB)
Member, Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program
Ph.D., Chemistry, Harvard University, 2009
shixinliu [at] rockefeller [dot] edu
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Yukun Wang, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Ph.D., Biophysics and Bioinformatics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2014
ywang05 [at] rockefeller [dot] edu
Yukun has broad interests in the fundamental molecular and biophysical mechanisms of gene transcription and protein folding. He is currently applying single-molecule methods to understand the dynamic process of eukaryotic transcription.
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Jieru Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Ph.D., Biotechnology, Peking University, 2015
jli06 [at] rockefeller [dot] edu
Jieru has broad interests in biophysics and developmental biology, she is currently applying single-molecule techniques to study transcription dynamics and genome organization.
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Qi Jia, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Biophysics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 2021
qjia [at] rockefeller [dot] edu
Qi’s research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of chromatin modification and remodeling, and their role in gene expression and repression. He is currently applying single-molecule methods to understand the dynamics of Polycomb repression.
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John Watters
Graduate Fellow, David Rockefeller Graduate Program in Bioscience
(Joint student with the Alushin Lab)
B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2020
jwatters [at] rockefeller [dot] edu
John serves as the lab's BBQ pitmaster and is interested in characterizing the biophysical properties of transcription using single-molecule and structural biology techniques.
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Bryce Katch
Biomedical Fellow, Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program
B.S., Penn State University, 2022
bkatch [at] rockefeller [dot] edu
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Maryam Rauf
Research Assistant
(Joint with the Wahba Lab)
B.A., Hunter College, 2023
mrauf [at] rockefeller [dot] edu
Past Members
Stephany Chuquimarca, Undergraduate Research Fellow
Current Position: Medical Assistant
Xiangwu Ju, Postdoctoral Associate
Current Position: Principal Investigator, Shanghai Institut of Immunity and Infection, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Htet Ng, Research Assistant
Current Position: MD Student, Weill Cornell Medicine
Gabriella Chua, Graduate Fellow
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, O’Donnell Lab, The Rockefeller University
Sai Li, Postdoctoral Associate
Current Position: Investigator, University of Science and Technology of China
Ling Wang, Postdoctoral Associate
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Michael Wasserman, Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position: Senior Scientist II, Blueprint Medicines
Rachel Leicher, Graduate Fellow
Current Position: Principal Scientist II, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
Tuan Nguyen, Biomedical Fellow
Current Position: MD Student, Weill Cornell Medicine
Jeremy Chang, Biomedical Fellow
Current Position: MD Student, Weill Cornell Medicine
Masuda Begum, Research Assistant
Current Position: MD Student, Weill Cornell Medicine
Dayi Li, Research Intern
Current Position: Graduate Student, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Craig Thompson Lab
Enze Cheng, Visiting Student
Current Position: Graduate Student, University of California, Berkeley, Carlos Bustamante Lab
Xiaocong Cao, Visiting Student
Current Position: Postdoc, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Chang Liu Lab
Lukas Fuentes, SURF Student
Current Position: Advanced Imaging Specialist, Nikon Instruments
Dorothy Cheng, SURF Student
Current Position: Graduate Student, European Molecular Biology Laboratory