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!
Jessica received 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship
Jessica has been awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The fellowship is one of the most prestigious honors in the U.S., supporting individuals who have demonstrated exceptional scholarship or creative work across the sciences and arts. This year marks the 100th class of Guggenheim Fellows. Jessica was selected for her pioneering research at the […]
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!
Catherine Higgins visited us from University College Dublin
Catherine was supported by the SFI-NSF student mobility programme to visit us for six weeks from early August to mid September. During the visit, she worked on a project on interrogating gene expression patterns in spatial trascriptomics data. It was a pleasure having Catherine with us this summer!
Jessica honored as ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholar
Jessica was recognized as a ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholar, placing her in the top 0.05% of scholars worldwide in the RNA-Seq field over the past five years. She would like to thank the tremendous work of the group members for this achievement.
Tianyi graduated and received UCLA Department of Statistics and Data Science’s Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award
Tianyi received his Ph.D. and the Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award at the 2024 Department of Statistics and Data Science Commencement. Congratulations!
Christy and Pan received the Warren Alpert Computational Biology and AI Network Fellowship
The Warren Alpert Computational Biology and AI Network Fellowship will support Christy Lee and Pan Liu to attend the Computational Genomics Summer Institute for two years and provide training opportunities. Congratulations to Christy and Pan!
Guan’ao received the Dissertation Year Fellowship
Congratulations to Guan’ao Yan for receiving the the UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship!