People

Rachel Patton McCord, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator

Rachel received her BS in Biophysics from Davidson College (Davidson, NC), building optical tweezers with advisors Dr. Karen Bernd and Dr. John Yukich.  She received her Ph.D. in Biophysics from Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) for work on transcription factor sequence preferences supervised by Dr. Martha Bulyk. She carried out postdoctoral research on 3D genome structure with Dr. Job Dekker in the Program in Systems Biology at UMass Medical School.  In addition to science, she enjoys playing with her son, playing the violin, bicycling, and singing.

Heng Li (BCMB)

Heng obtained his BS in Biology from Nanchang University (China), and a MS in Genetics from Nanchang University (China). He joined BCMB on 2019. His research focus on 3D genome organization changes during DNA damage.

Nishita Gogia (BCMB)

Nishita obtained her B.S. in Zoology from University of Delhi (India) and M.S in Zoology from University of Madras (India) with gold medal as an accolade. Her current research focuses on studying chromosome-progerin interactions in HPGS patients.

Tianchun Xue (GST)

Tianchun received her BS in Biochemistry and Biotechnology from Xiamen University (Xiamen, China) and an MS in Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine from the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA). Her research focuses on the relationship between 3D genome structure and cell types.

Chris Playter

Chris received his BS in Genetics from Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN). He currently is studying the relationship between 3D genome structure and cancer migration. In his free time, he enjoys golfing, and going to sporting events.

Rebeca San Martin

Former Postdoctoral fellow. Currently an Assistant Professor in the departments of Oncology and Cell Biology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Priyojit Das

GST 2022. Currently a Postdoc in Jeannie Lee lab, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital

Yang Xu

GST 2022. Currently a Machine Learning Scientist I at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Rosela Golloshi Ph.D

BCMB. Currently a Postdoc in Andrew Ewald lab, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Jacob Sanders Ph.D

BCMB. Currently a Lecturer in Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee