Principal Investigator
Yishi Jin
- Principal Investigator
- Distinguished Professor, Neurobiology
Dr. Jin received her B.S. degree from Peking University, China, and her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. She completed her postdoctoral training at MIT.
Lab Members
Yunbo Li
- Visiting Scholar
PhD from Univ. Mainz Postdoc, UCSD
Erin Ritchie
- PhD Student
B.S. Univ. Utah
Xiaohui Lyu
- PhD student
B.S. Peking University
Junxiang Zhou
- Postdoc
BS: University of Science and Technology, China PhD: Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology
Jen Jin
- Postdoc
BS: Reed College PhD: UTSW, USA and Free University, Berlin
Ziyuan (Christina) Han
- PhD student
BS: Zhejiang-Edinburgh University
Anjali Sandhu
- Postdoc
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Daniel Fortunati
- Postdoc
PhD, Trinity College
Jianing Shi
- BS/MS student
B.S. UC San Diego
Leanna Rondon
- Undergraduate
undergrad, biological Sciences, UC San Diego
Alumni
Alex Goncharov
- Electron microscopy specialist
M.S. Russia Current position, USC SOM Microscope Imaging Center
Arunima Debnath
- Postdoc
PhD, Toledo University
Bhavika Anandpura
- Summer undergraduate researcher
Student, Claremont McKenna College
Bokun Xie
- Visiting undergraduate researcher
BS, Univ. of Sci. and Technology, China Now in PhD program, Cornell Univ
Brian Ackley
- Associate Professor, Kansas University
Postdoc 2000-2005, UC Santa Cruz
Brock Grill
- Professor, Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington
Postdoc 2004-2007, UC Santa Cruz Associate Professor, Scripps Research Institute, Florida
Chi Hin (Davey) Feng
- BS/MS student
BS. and MS, Univ. Calif. San Diego PhD student, MIT
Chris Piggott
- Scientist, CRISP-HR Therapeutics
BS from Univ. Toronto; PhD. 2020, Univ. California San Diego Scientist, CRISP-HR Therapeutics
Chris Steinke
- Student of Law, UC Irvine
BS & MS from UCSD Research Technician
Dana Byrd
- Research Scientist
BS, UC San Diego PhD, Univ. Calif. Santa Cruz
Dong Yan
- Associate Professor, Duke University, School of Medicine
Postdoc 2007-2013, UC San Diego
Gloriana Trujillo
- Director, Faculty and Lecturer learning, Stanford University
PhD 2010, UC San Diego.
Heather Brown
- Assistant Professor, California Northstate University
PhD 2007
Heather Van Epps
- Senior Scientist, Experimental Therapeutics, Seattle
Postdoc 2004-2009
Hidenori Taru
- Associate Professor, Hokkaido University
Postdoc 2003-2008
Kancheng Yi
- BS/MS student
B.S. UC San Diego, class 2023 M.S. UC San Diego, 2024 PhD student, Baylor College of Medcine
Karina Cerda
- Research Associate
BS, Biology, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California MS, Molecular Ecology and Biotechnology, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Graduate student, San Diego State University
Karina Kono
- Senior research associate, System Biosciences (Palo Alto)
MS 2017 Research Technician, Salk Institute
Kate McCulloch
- Scientific Advisor, Law Firm
PhD from University of Minnesota Postdoc, UCSD
Kavanaugh Kaji
- lab technician
Undergrad, University of Puget Sound
Keming Zhou
- Program Leader, Drug Discovery, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
PhD, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Institute of Biophysics, CAS, China Postdoc 2009-2017, UCSD Research Scientist, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Carsbad, CA
Kentaro (Ken) Noma
- Associate Professor, Nagaya University, Japan
Postdoc 2010-2017 UCSD
Kevin Shim
- Research Associate
BS, Purdue University
Kyung Won (Kai) Kim
- Assistant Professor, Hallym University, South Korea
PhD from Univ. Wisconsin; American Heart Association postdoc fellowship Research Project Scientist
Lizhen Chen
- Associate Professor, UT Health Science, St Antonio
Postdoc 2009-2016, UCSD
Matt Andrusiak
- Patent Agent, Glowings WLG
PhD from Univ. Ottawa CIHR fellowship
Mei Zhen
- Professor, University of Toronto
Postdoc 1996-2000, UC Santa Cruz
Ming Zhu
- Research Scientist
PhD Beijing Normal University Postdoc, UCSD
Naina Kurup
- Jane Coffin Childs Postdoc, Harvard University
Biological Science PhD 2017
Panid Sharifnia
- Resident Physician at UCSF
Neurosciences PhD 2015 from UCSD
Qianyi 'Hazel' Qi
- undergrad student researcher
B.S. UC San Diego. class 2022 M.S. UC San Diego, class 2023
Renee Baran
- Associate Professor, Occidental College
Postdoc 1998-2003, UC Santa Cruz
Rose Malinow
- PhD student
BS in Bioengineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Salvatore (Sam) Cherra
- Assistant Professor, Univ. Kentucky, College of Medicine
PhD from Univ. Pittsburgh NRSA postdoc fellowship K99/R00 awardee
Seika Takayanagi-Kiya
- JSPS Postdoctoral fellow
- and Lecturer, Kanazawa University
Biological Sciences PhD 2016, UCSD
Steve Blazie
- Postdoc
PhD from Arizona State University Postdoc, UC San Diego Current position: R&D, Singular Genomics
Steven Hallam
- Professor, University of British Columbia
PhD 2000 from UCSC
Tamara Stawicki
- Assistant Professor, Lafayette College
Neurosciences PhD 2011 from UCSD
Wassim Ouchetto
- Master Student, Lyon University
Visiting Master Student, UCSD
Xiangming Wang
- Research Scientist, Institute of Biophysics, CAS
Visiting Student, 2005
Xinghaoyu Wan
- Visiting undergraduate researcher
Senior student, Univ. of Science and Technology, China
Xun Huang
- Principal Investigator, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
PhD, 2001 UC Santa Cruz Postdoc, Stanford Univ
Ya Dai
- Science Teacher, Renda High School, Beijing, China
Postdoc 2004-2007
Yan Zhao
- Research Associate, ChaiBio
BS, UCSD MS, UCSD
Yingchuan (Billy) Qi
- Assistant Professor, Shanghai Tech, China
Postdoc 2006-2011 UC San Diego
Yue Sun
- Postdoc
BS from Capital Normal University, Beijing, China PhD, Biological Sciences, UC San Diego Current position: Postdoc, Stanford Univ
Zhiping Wang
- Assistant Professor, Institute of Neuroscience, Zhejiang Univ. China
Postdoc 2008-2013
Zilu Wu
- Research Technician
PhD