People
Principal Investigator
Sheng Chih (Peter) Jin
Peter is Assistant Professor of Genetics and Pediatrics at the Washington University School of Medicine. He is interested in understanding how genetic variation affects disease biology and using genetic and genomic analyses to infer the molecular mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental and cardiovascular diseases. His full CV is available here.
NIH Grants
- U19NS130607: INTERCEPT: Integrated Research Center for Human Pain Tissues (Role: Project 1 Co-PI and Data Core Co-PI) (Active)
- UM1DA058219: WashU-VAI Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues (SMaHT) Program Genome Characterization Center (Role: Co-Investigator) (Active)
- U24NS132103: WashU Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues (SMaHT) Program. Organizational Center (Role: Co-Investigator) (Active)
- R01NS111029: Human Genetics and Molecular Mechanisms of Congenital Hydrocephalus (Role: Co-Investigator) (Active)
- R01AR067715: Genetic Risk Factors for Severe Scoliosis (Role: Co-Investigator) (Active)
- R01NS117609: Human Genetics and Molecular Mechanisms of Vein of
Galen Aneurysmal Malformation (Role: Co-Investigator) (Active)
- R01NS106298: Genomic Insights into the Neurobiology of Cerebral Palsy (Role: Co-Investigator) (Active)
- R01NS127108: Genomic analysis of the Multiplex, Autozygous Populations in Cerebral Palsy (MAP CP) cohort: a focused approach to a complex disease (Role: Co-Investigator) (Active)
Selected Honors and Awards
- NIH Early Career Reviewer Program, 2023
- Pediatric Cardiac Genomics Consortium and Cardiovascular Development Data Resource Center Challenge Prize, 2022
- Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation Project Grant, 2022-2027
- Hydrocephalus Association Innovator Award, 2021
- Children’s Discovery Institute Faculty Scholar, 2021-2026
- Children’s Discovery Institute Zebrafish Models for Pediatric Research Services Cooperative Micro-Grant Award, 2021
- Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program Award, 2020
- K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, NHLBI, NIH
- American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
- James Hudson Brown – Alexander B. Coxe Fellowship, Yale School of Medicine
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Yale School of Medicine
- Fellow, Lucille P. Markey Special Emphasis Pathway in Human Pathobiology, Markey Foundation, Washington University School of Medicine
Postdoctoral Researchers and Fellows
Yung-Chun (David) Wang, Center of Regenerative Medicine Postdoctoral Fellow
David earned a B.S. in Agriculture Chemistry from the National Taiwan University. He did his Ph.D. with Dr. Shiyou Chen studying the mechanism underlying the regulation of JAK3 in abdominal aortic aneurysm at the University of Georgia. David has received a prestigious Center of Regenerative Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship. He is focused on genetic analyses and functional genomics of congenital hydrocephalus and cerebral palsy projects.
Graduate Students
Shujuan Zhao, Ph.D. Candidate and Markey Pathway Fellow (Molecular Genetics and Genomics)(Joint with Kris Kahle at MGH)
Shujuan is a 5th year Ph.D. student at Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her BS in Pharmaceutical Engineering at the Central South University. She is working with Dr. Jin and Dr. Kahle at Massachusetts General Hospital to figure out the genetic etiology and molecular mechanisms of Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation and Moyamoya disease.
Julie Choi, Ph.D. Candidate and T32 GATP/Precision Medicine Pathway Fellow (Human & Statistical Genetics)(Joint with Jeff Milbrandt)
Julie is a 3rd year Ph.D. student at Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her BS in Biology and Public Health at the University of Texas at Austin. She is working with Dr. Jin and Dr. Jeff Milbrandt to figure out the genetic etiology and molecular mechanisms of hereditary neuropathy.
Nahyun Kong, Ph.D. Candidate and Mogam Science Scholar/Precision Medicine Pathway Fellow (Human & Statistical Genetics)
Nahyun is a 3rd year Ph.D. student at Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her BS in Biological Sciences at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. She is developing genomic apporaches to figure out the genetic etiology and molecular mechanisms of rare movement disorders.
Wendy Dong, MSTP Candidate and T32 Fellow (Computational and Systems Biology)(Joint with Jeff Milbrandt)
Wendy is a 3rd year MD/PhD student at Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her BS in Biomedical Engineering at the Duke University. She is co-mentored by Dr. Jeffery Milbrandt and Dr. Jin to elucidate comprehensive molecular/cellular phenotypes that underlie human pain transduction, transmission, and processing.
Zitian Tang, Ph.D. Student (Biomedical Informatics & Data Science)
Zitian is a 2nd year PhD student at Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her BS in Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is developing computational strategies and tools to elucidate the impact of short tandem repeats and contribute to the somatic variation catalog for the Somatic Mosaicism Across Human Tissues consortium.
Staff
Elvisa Mehinovic, Bioinformaticist
Elle is a bioinformaticist and master’s student at Washington University in St. Louis. She completed a BS degree in computational biology at Webster University. Her favorite hobbies include cuddling with her cat and drawing.
Rotation Students and Interns
Justin Chen, Rotation Student (Computational and Systems Biology)
Tugce Iyiyol, Undergraduate Student (WashU PreMed)
Andrew Ruttenberg, Undergraduate Student (WashU PreMed)
Lab Pets
Ziggy
Alumni
Po-Ying Fu - Bioinformaticist, 2020/06 - 2023/04
Yu-Liang Yeh - Rotation Student (Biomedical Informatics & Data Science), 2023/01 - 2023/04
Devin Qiu - Research Assistant, 2022/07 - 2022/12; currently graduate student at Van Andel Institute.
Ai Zhang - Rotation Student (Human & Statistical Genetics), 2022/09 - 2022/11; currently graduate student in Gautam Dantas’s lab.
Jenna Ulibarri - Rotation Student (Molecular Genetics and Genomics), 2022/09 - 2022/11
Vincent Gillespie - Rotation Student (Molecular Genetics and Genomics), 2022/07 - 2022/09
Athziri Marcial Rodriguez - McDonnell Genome Institute OGR Summer Student, 2022/06 - 2022/08; currently a junior at St. Olaf College.
Cabria Shelton - McDonnell Genome Institute OGR Summer Student, 2022/06 - 2022/08; currently a senior Health Equity major at Rhodes College.
Max Wrubel - McDonnell Genome Institute OGR Post-Baccalaureate Extensive Study Student, 2021/11 - 2022/07; currrently bioinformatician in Alison Goate lab at Mount Sinai.
Yuxiao Xu - Rotation Student (WashU MSTP), 2022/05 - 2022/06; currently graduate student in Mayssa Mokalled’s lab.
Lei Lu - Rotation Student (Computer Science & Engineering), 2022/01 - 2022/02; currently graduate student at Northeastern University.
Mariam Khanfar - Rotation Student (Human & Statistical Genetics), 2021/09 - 2021/12; currently graduate student in Malachi Griffith’s lab.
Kuangying Yang - Rotation Student (Human & Statistical Genetics), 2021/09 - 2021/12; currently graduate student in Angela Hirbe’s lab.
Xiaobing (Dean) Yu - Master’s student (Computer Science & Engineering), 2021/03 - 2021/11; currently graduate student at WashU.
Prashant Kumar Kuntala - Rotation Student (Computational and Systems Biology), 2021/09 - 2021/11; currently graduate student in Ting Wang’s lab.
Kareena Joshipura - Mount Holyoke College’s Lynk Fellow, 2021/04 - 2021/09; currently a software engineer at Capgemini.
Changfeng Chen - Rotation Student (Molecular Cell Biology), 2021/02 - 2021/04; currently graduate student in Benjamin Humphreys’s lab.
Jian Ryou - Rotation Student (Human & Statistical Genetics), 2020/11 - 2021/02; currently graduate student in Gautam Dantas’s lab.
Sam Peters - Master’s student (Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at SLU), 2020/05 - 2021/04; currently Master’s student at SLU.
Spencer King - Master’s student (Computer Science & Engineering), 2020/05 - 2021/05; currently data scientist at Geneoscopy.
Shohaib Shaffiey - Master’s student (Computer Science & Engineering), 2021/02 - 2021/05; currently Master’s student at WashU.