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 sons, playing the violin, bicycling, and singing.

Nishita Gogia (BCMB)

Nishita obtained her B.S. in Zoology from the University of Delhi (India) and an M.S. in Zoology from the University of Madras (India) with a 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.

Taiwo Olajide (BCMB)

Taiwo received his BSc in Human Anatomy and MSc in Public Health Biotechnology from the University of Ibadan (Ibadan, Nigeria). His research focuses on epigenomic control of the 3D genome during cancer metastasis. In his free time, he enjoys reading the news.

Álvaro González (GST)

Lindsey Young (BCMB)

Lindsey obtained her BS in Biological Sciences from the University of Tennessee with a concentration in Biochemistry/Cellular & Molecular Biology and a minor in Philosophy. Her research focuses on the relationship between 3D genome structure and radiation response, in addition to therapeutic resistance.

Muhammad Ajagbe (GST)

Muhammad earned his BSc in Animal Physiology from the Federal University of Agriculture (Abeokuta, Nigeria) and his MSc in Biotechnology from the American University in Cairo (Cairo, Egypt). He’s applying ML models to study 3D genome dynamics during cancer perturbation. Aside from research, he enjoys road trips and teaching Arabic to non-native speakers.

Heng Li Ph.D

BCMB 2024. Currently a Postdoctoral fellow at Emory University.

Chris Playter Ph.D

BCMB 2024. Currently a Scientist and Genemarkers Biopharma in Michigan.

Rebeca San Martin Ph.D

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

Priyojit Das Ph.D

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

Yang Xu Ph.D

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