Lab Members — Salzman Lab

Julia Salzman

Associate professor of Biomedical Data Science and of Biochemistry
Favorite activity outside of lab is hiking
Don't make me choose a favorite circle!
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Postdocs

Roozbeh Dehghannasiri

NIH Cancer systems Biology Scholars Fellow, NLM Clinical Data Science Fellow
I'm currently working on gene fusion identification and splice site degeneracy.
My favorite activity outside of lab is hiking
My favorite circular RNA is ASINC1
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Graduate Students

Julie Wang

I am currently exploring SPLASH downstream applications in RNA secondary structure. Favorite activity outside lab is indoor climbing.

Conor Messer

I am currently working on developing new statistics for analyzing spatial sequencing data. Outside of the lab, I enjoy cycling, hiking, and eating good food!

Khoa Hoang

I'm working on sequence based interpretation of SPLASH output. Outside of lab, I enjoy playing guitar and go hiking.

Research Scientists

Peter Wang

I am currently working on cancer fusion discovery and validation
Favorite activity outside food and cooking
Favorite circular RNA CDR1as
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Bioinformaticians

George Henderson

I am working on the NOMAD+ project where I’ve introduced Compactors as a novel and statistically valid assembly approach. My favorite type of diversity generating element is microsatellite repeats.

Punit Sundar

Currently working to uncover the role of the microbiome in human diseases. My favorite activity outside of work is to watch murder mysteries.

Previous Members/Alumni

Tavor Baharav

NSF and SGF fellow, co-advised by David Tse
Worked on designing efficient data-driven algorithms that adapt to problem structure by leveraging techniques from multi-armed bandits. My favorite activity outside the lab is powerlifting. My favorite circular RNA is ELMO1.

Julia Olivieri

Lieberman Fellow, Co-president of WiMSCE
Worked on information compression methods for sequencingOutside of the lab I enjoy listening to podcasts while biking around Palo AltoMy favorite circular RNA is PSTVd

Elisabeth Meyer

Cellular and Molecular Biology Trainee, NSF Fellow, tutor with EPATT, member of the Biochemistry Advocacy Coalition.
Worked on snRNAs and Alu repeats affecting alternative splicingMy favorite activity outside of lab is drinking boba teaMy favorite circular RNA is rsmM

Jordi Abante

Worked on reference-free algorithms for de novo discovery of diversity-generating and mobile elements. Outside of the lab I enjoy cooking and running. My favorite circular RNA is ITCH

Kaitlin Chaung

Worked on data analysis and integration, to assist in projects of the lab.My favorite activities outside of the lab are baking and tending to my houseplants.My favorite circular RNA is circ-FOXO3.

Rob Bierman

Stanford Blavatnik Fellow. F31 fellowship
Worked on unannotated splice site identification from RNA-Seq dataMy favorite activity outside of the lab is indoor rock wall climbingMy favorite circular RNA is Sry

Caroline Horn

Worked on on RNA-seq technology developmentMy favorite circRNA is HIPK3My favorite activity outside of lab is practicing Spanish subjunctive tenses while biking through Stanford

Marieke Vromman

Visiting Scholar

Vicky Cepeda

Postdoc

I'm currently working on analyzing expression of RNA following viral infection.
My favorite activities outside the lab are sightseeing and practicing yoga.

Darren Liu

Summer student

I am working to extract partial isoform information from MERFISH imaging data based on which exons probes are known to bind.
My favorite activity outside of lab is playing piano and my favorite circular RNA is circlMbl

Sophie Andrews

Undergraduate researcher

I’m working on analyzing splicing with statistical models.
Outside of lab, I enjoy playing violin.
My favorite circular RNA is ciRS-7.

Sarthak Satpathy

Undergraduate researcher

I am interested in circular RNA detection methods in single-cell RNA-seq data.
Apart from research work, I enjoy cooking and cycle rides.
My favorite circular RNA is circMYLK.

Jason Qin

Graduate student

I'm working on analyzing expression of RNA following viral infection.
My favorite activity is hiking and exploring nature.
My favorite circular RNA is circCAMSAP1.

Ammar Zaghlool

Postoc

I am currently working on exploring the function and mechanism of action of CDRas1 in the nervous system using high throughput genome wide screens.
My favorite activity outside lab is playing squash
Favorite circular RNA is CDR1as

Nikhita Damaraju

Summer Student

I am looking at genomic repeats and circRNA expression

My favorite activity outside of the lab is (still) playing violin, and my favorite circRNA is MAN1A2

Darren Liu

Summer Student

I am currently working on analyzing data from our project to optimize sequencing

My favorite activity outside of lab is playing piano and my favorite circular RNA is circlMbl

Adrienne Evans

Summer Student

This summer I am looking to further my knowledge when in comes to working in the lab environment in addition to exploring how genes coupled with environmental factors influence depressive symptoms in adolescents.

My favorite activity outside of the lab is playing soccer.

My favorite circular RNA is ciRS-7.

Taylor Fortnam

Summer Student

My project is working on improving the accuracy of gene fusion detection in SPORK.

My favorite activity outside of lab is going for long trail runs. My favorite circular RNA is Homer1.

Gucci Gu Urban

Research Scientist

I'm developing new molecular tools, including tools related to RNA seq data.

My favorite activity outside of lab is working out.

My favorite circular RNA is Sry.

Tara Ahsan

Summer 2018 Visiting Scholar

I am looking at the genomic context of circles across simple eukaryotes. I'm a high school student from Sequoia. I enjoy playing tennis, baking and hanging out with friends. Favorite circular RNA is Sry.

Prachi Shah

Research Scientist

I am currently working on gene fusion detection algorithms
My favorite activity outside lab is hiking
Favorite circular RNA is Sry

Nikhita Damaraju

2018 Summer Student

I am looking at circRNA expression regulation across simple single celled eukaryotes.
My favorite activity outside lab is playing Violin
Favorite circular RNA is cxdA. More here!

Steven Barrett

Graduate Student in Biochemistry

I am currently working on figuring out how circular RNAs are produced and regulated.
Favorite activity outside of the lab: Singing in the shower
Favorite Circular RNA: S. pombe mrps16

Gillian Hsieh

Medical Research Fellow in Obstetrics & Gynecology

Meritxell Jodar

Visiting Scholar

I am a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Barcelona, Spain, but visiting the Salzman laboratory!

Linda Szabo

Graduate Student in Biomedical Informatics

I am currently working on developing novel algorithms for genome-wide de novo detection of RNA from RNA-Seq data in the Lab.
Favorite activity outside of the lab: rock climbing
Favorite Circular RNA: They are all pretty amazing, but if I had to pick just one it would be NCX1

Jonathan Howard

Post-Doctoral Scholar

I’m currently working on elucidating the cis-elements regulating circular RNA biogenesis and stability in the Lab
Favorite activity outside of the lab: Abalone Diving
Favorite Circular RNA: circNCX1

Heyun Li

Summer 2017 Undergraduate Researcher

I'm an undergraduate student from Peking University and visited Julia's lab in the summer of 2017! My favorite activity outside of lab is hiking/bird watching, and my favorite circular RNA is CDR1as.