Joseph Bradley, BS

Joseph Bradley, BS

Graduate Student, Human and Statistical Genetics

Joseph has a BS in Biology from Harris-Stowe State University in Mid-town St. Louis, MO. His Hobbies include gaming, music, and mixed martial arts. 

Thomas Marsh, MS

Thomas Marsh, MS

Graduate Student, Human and Statistical Genetics

Thomas is a PhD student in the Human and Statistical Genetics program at Washington University in St. Louis. He came to St. Louis from Montreal, Canada.  He completed a BA in Honours Psychology at Concordia University and a BSc in Honours Biology at McGill University.  He completed an undergraduate thesis during both his undergraduate experiences; he assessed the involvement of estrogen in heroin addiction in female rats in the laboratory of Dr. Uri Shalev at Concordia University, and he assessed the involvement of specific Zasp proteins in the flight of Drosophila melanogaster in the laboratory of Dr. Frieder Shoeck at McGill University.  He then completed an MSc in Human Genetics at McGill University in the laboratory of Dr. James Engert and Dr. George Thanassoulis.  During his MSc, he used haplotype analysis to better understand the genetic underpinnings of calcific aortic stenosis and other cardiovascular diseases.  His main interest is in using wet and dry lab techniques in tandem to uncover the genetic basis of neurological and psychological issues.

Bridget Phillips, BS

Bridget Phillips, BS

Graduate Student, Computational and Systems Biology

Bridget earned her Bachelor’s degree in Genetics and Genomics with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Utah. During her undergrad, she studied the genetics of eye color variation in the domestic pigeon using computational approaches such as QTL mapping and RNA-Seq.

Ciyang Wang, BS

Ciyang Wang, BS

Graduate Student, Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Ciyang received her Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. During college, she worked on identifying the role of anticipatory UPR-triggered calcium in transcription regulation in ERα+ breast cancer utilizing approaches including ChIP. As a graduate student, she takes advantage of a comprehensive metabolomics dataset derived from brain tissues and uses metabolites as quantitative traits to decipher their roles in Alzheimer’s disease

Dan Western, BS

Dan Western, BS

Graduate Student, Human and Statistical Genetics

Dan earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Genetics and Genomics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During his undergraduate education, he studied a mouse model of retinal degeneration, focusing on a deficiency of proteoglycans in the retina. Dan is utilizing multi-omic computational approaches to analyze sex-specific differences in Alzheimer disease diagnosis.