Bioinformaticist

Devin works as a Bioinformaticist in the Cruchaga lab. He received both his MS in Genome Bioinformatics and BS in Bioinformatics from the University of Pittsburgh. His former experiences include work in computational cancer research and organic chemistry labs. He enjoys video games, movies, and sports in his free time.

Ellen works as a Senior Bioinformaticist in Cruchaga lab.  She received her master's degree in business  analytics; healthcare analytics track from Washington University in St. Louis and has a BS in Economics.  Since joining the lab, she has been working on analyzing variants for Apolipoprotein E (APOE) to find a relation between demographic character and Alzheimer’s disease (AD).  She is also supporting other researchers to manage large datasets associated with AD and Parkinson Disease.

Zixuan received Bachelor of Medicine degree in China and a Master of Health Science degree in Genetic Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University. During her master's, she concentrated on understanding the interplay between human genetics and infectious diseases. Now, as a member of the Cruchaga lab, her primary focus is utilizing and building bioinformatics tool, aiming to elucidate the genetic mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases.