SHI LAB @ UPENN
LAB MEMBERS
JUNWEI SHI
Associate Professor of
Cancer Biology
Education and Training
B.S. (Biotechnology) Sun Yat-Sen University (China), 2008
Ph.D. (Molecular and Cellular Biology) Stony Brook University, SUNY, 2016
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DIQIU REN
Postdoc (2019 - )
We know aberrant lineage programs in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) require multiple epigenetic pathways to maintain. I am trying to identify new post-translationally modified histones as AML dependencies.
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Favorite Philly Spot
TeaDo (I recommend Black Milk Tea with Bubble, half sugar!)
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PING WANG
Postdoc (2020 - )
Co-mentorship with John Wherry
I’m interested in T cell exhaustion in cancer progression. I will apply single-cell omics and in vivo CRISPR screening method to identify the different stages of exhausted T cells and reveal some key regulatory events.
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Favorite Philly Spot
TBD
SIXIANG YU
Postdoc (2024 - )
Project in the works!
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Favorite Philly Spot
TBD
KEISUKE YAMADA
PhD student (2023 - )
Co-mentorship with Rahul Kohli
Molecular Engineering next-generation PAGE system for precision genome editing
KURTIS MCCANNELL
PhD Student (2022 - )
Investigating AML essential RNA binding protein
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Favorite Philly Spot
Wissahickon Valley Park
YUQIAO LIU
Research Specialist
All kinds of CRISPR screens in AMLs.
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Favorite Philly Spot
Philadelphia Museum of Art
DEB SNEDDON
Administrative Coordinator
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LAB ALUMNI
ERI ARAI
Research Specialist
CAROLINE BARTMAN
Collaborator, then Postdoc at Princeton University
KRISTA BUDINICH
Research Specialist, then PhD Student at the University of Pennsylvania
EMILY DUFFNER
Research Specialist, then Medical Student at Thomas Jefferson University
RODRIGO GIER
Research Specialist, then PhD Student at the University of Pennsylvania
SYDNEY SHAFFER
Postdoc, then Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
ZHUOYU WEN
Undergraduate Research Assistant, then PhD student at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
ELIZABETH FREILICH
Research Specialist
NIK EVITT
MD/PhD Student, then Scientist at Switch Bioworks
QINGZHOU CHEN
Postdoc, then Senior Research Investigator at Beigene
ZHENDONG CAO
PhD student, then postdoc at MSKCC
BIANCA PINGUL
PhD student
ZHEN ZHANG
Postdoc, then Assistant Professor at Institute of Health and Medicine at Hefei, China