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 […]
Congratulations to Guanao!
Congratulations to Guanao and Christy!
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 […]
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 […]
Congratulations to Christy!
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 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 received his Ph.D. and the Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award at the 2024 Department of Statistics and Data Science Commencement. Congratulations!
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!