Pan received the QCBio Postdoc Excellence Award
Congratulations to Pan!
JSB Lab moved to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
We are excited to announce that the Junction of Statistics & Biology (JSB) Lab has officially relocated to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington. Starting July 1, 2025, Dr. Jingyi Jessica Li began her new role as Professor and Program Head of the Biostatistics Program at Fred Hutch, where she also holds the Donald […]
Guanao received UCLA Department of Statistics and Data Science’s Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award
Congratulations to Guanao!
Guanao and Christy graduated with Ph.D. Degrees in Summer 2025
Congratulations to Guanao and Christy!
Guanao’s review paper on methods for detecting spatially variable genes was published in Nature Communications
We published a comprehensive review of computational methods for detecting spatially variable genes (SVGs) in spatial transcriptomics data—an essential task for understanding tissue organization and function. Despite the growing number of available methods, inconsistencies in how SVGs are defined and detected have led to results that are often difficult to compare. In this review, we […]
Christy Lee received the Stone Fellowship from UCLA Department of Statistics and Data Science
Congratulations to Christy!