jxtxFoundation
@jxtxfoundation.bsky.social
James P. Taylor Foundation for Open Science (https://jxtxfoundation.org)
Congrats to Ryan Moreno for winning a JXTX scholarship to Genome Informatics! Ryan is a PhD student in Biomed Data Science at UW-Madison, advised by Dr Sushmita Roy. He leverages evolutionary info to enhance computational analyses of gene regulation and expression. [6/8]
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Congrats to Ryan Moreno for winning a JXTX scholarship to Genome Informatics! Ryan is a PhD student in Biomed Data Science at UW-Madison, advised by Dr Sushmita Roy. He leverages evolutionary info to enhance computational analyses of gene regulation and expression. [6/8]
Congrats to Megan Le for winning a JXTX scholarship to Genome Informatics! Megan is a PhD student in Computer Science at MIT, advised by Drs. Heng Li and Bonnie Berger. She develops algorithms for genome analysis, tackling problems in genome assembly, variant calling, and read alignment. [4/8]
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Congrats to Megan Le for winning a JXTX scholarship to Genome Informatics! Megan is a PhD student in Computer Science at MIT, advised by Drs. Heng Li and Bonnie Berger. She develops algorithms for genome analysis, tackling problems in genome assembly, variant calling, and read alignment. [4/8]
Congrats to Zoe Rudnick for winning a JXTX scholarship to Genome Informatics! Zoe is a 2nd-year PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins, developing algorithms to analyze RNA-seq data—incl long-read and single-cell datasets—to improve isoform quantification.
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Congrats to Zoe Rudnick for winning a JXTX scholarship to Genome Informatics! Zoe is a 2nd-year PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins, developing algorithms to analyze RNA-seq data—incl long-read and single-cell datasets—to improve isoform quantification.
On this day, five years ago, we lost James Taylor. The Galaxy continues, and the JXTX Foundation has enabled numerous students to attend genomic data science meetings. Help us continue by donating here: jxtxfoundation.org/donate/
April 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
On this day, five years ago, we lost James Taylor. The Galaxy continues, and the JXTX Foundation has enabled numerous students to attend genomic data science meetings. Help us continue by donating here: jxtxfoundation.org/donate/
Congrats to William DeGroat (Undergrad, Rutgers, Kreimer lab) focuses on the development of computational methods to understand cell type-specific networks of cis-regulatory interactions and their perturbations. [8/8]
March 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Congrats to William DeGroat (Undergrad, Rutgers, Kreimer lab) focuses on the development of computational methods to understand cell type-specific networks of cis-regulatory interactions and their perturbations. [8/8]
Congrats to Amy Longtin (PhD student, Vanderbilt U, Lea lab) focuses on genotype by environment interactions and epigenetics in human and non-human primate species through the lens of evolutionary medicine. [7/8]
March 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Congrats to Amy Longtin (PhD student, Vanderbilt U, Lea lab) focuses on genotype by environment interactions and epigenetics in human and non-human primate species through the lens of evolutionary medicine. [7/8]
Congrats to Elysia Chou (PhD student, UMichigan, Sartor lab) studies pinpointing cell type-specific gene regulatory mechanisms in psoriasis by building computational tools to link disease-associated variants or cis-regulatory elements to their target genes [6/8]
March 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Congrats to Elysia Chou (PhD student, UMichigan, Sartor lab) studies pinpointing cell type-specific gene regulatory mechanisms in psoriasis by building computational tools to link disease-associated variants or cis-regulatory elements to their target genes [6/8]
Congrats to Betselot Zerihun Ayano (Bioinformatician, Ethiopian Public Health Institute) specializes in pathogen genomics. He focuses on integrating bacterial genomics by linking genomic and epidemiological data to enhance antimicrobial resistance surveillance. [5/8]
March 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Congrats to Betselot Zerihun Ayano (Bioinformatician, Ethiopian Public Health Institute) specializes in pathogen genomics. He focuses on integrating bacterial genomics by linking genomic and epidemiological data to enhance antimicrobial resistance surveillance. [5/8]
Congrats to Sakuntha Gunarathna (PhD student, U of North Dakota, Takaku lab) focuses on using machine learning to analyze cell-free DNA (cfDNA) for non-invasive cancer detection. [4/8]
March 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Congrats to Sakuntha Gunarathna (PhD student, U of North Dakota, Takaku lab) focuses on using machine learning to analyze cell-free DNA (cfDNA) for non-invasive cancer detection. [4/8]
Congrats to Maria Carilli (PhD student,CalTech, Pachter lab) studies single-cell omics data using statistical and machine learning-based approaches. [3/8]
March 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Congrats to Maria Carilli (PhD student,CalTech, Pachter lab) studies single-cell omics data using statistical and machine learning-based approaches. [3/8]
Jason Kunisaki is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from @universityofutah.bsky.social who will present "Exploring the role of de novo germline and somatic mutagenesis in male subfertility" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...
February 22, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Jason Kunisaki is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from @universityofutah.bsky.social who will present "Exploring the role of de novo germline and somatic mutagenesis in male subfertility" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...
Chandler Sutherland is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from the University of California Berkeley who will present "Roles of mutation and selection in the rapid evolution of plant innate immune receptors" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...
February 22, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Chandler Sutherland is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from the University of California Berkeley who will present "Roles of mutation and selection in the rapid evolution of plant innate immune receptors" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...
Omar Ahmed @oahmed.bsky.social is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from Johns Hopkins University who will present "Compressed pangenome indexing for rapid and robust taxonomic read classification" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...
February 22, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Omar Ahmed @oahmed.bsky.social is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from Johns Hopkins University who will present "Compressed pangenome indexing for rapid and robust taxonomic read classification" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...
Xiang Zhang is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities who will present "Mapping human gene function through a global genetic interaction network" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...
February 22, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Xiang Zhang is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities who will present "Mapping human gene function through a global genetic interaction network" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...
Prajna Hebbar is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from @ucsantacruz.bsky.social who will present "Improving Gene Annotations for Vertebrates and Human Pangemomes" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...
February 22, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Prajna Hebbar is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from @ucsantacruz.bsky.social who will present "Improving Gene Annotations for Vertebrates and Human Pangemomes" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...
Yuyao Song is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from EMBL-EBI who will present "Constructing a cross-species knowledge graph of the cell type pattern of gene expression" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...
February 22, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Yuyao Song is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from EMBL-EBI who will present "Constructing a cross-species knowledge graph of the cell type pattern of gene expression" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...
Meet the six recipients of the JXTX Foundation & @cshlaboratory.bsky.social Scholarships for the 2024 Biology of Genomes conference! jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02... #bog24
February 22, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Meet the six recipients of the JXTX Foundation & @cshlaboratory.bsky.social Scholarships for the 2024 Biology of Genomes conference! jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02... #bog24
Application deadline for the @jxtxFoundation scholarships to attend the 2024 Biology of Genomes conference at @cshlaboratory.bsky.social HAS BEEN EXTENDED to Monday, Feb 5. Are you a grad student working in the intersection of #datascience and #genomics? Apply. jxtxfoundation.org/news/2023-11...
February 1, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Application deadline for the @jxtxFoundation scholarships to attend the 2024 Biology of Genomes conference at @cshlaboratory.bsky.social HAS BEEN EXTENDED to Monday, Feb 5. Are you a grad student working in the intersection of #datascience and #genomics? Apply. jxtxfoundation.org/news/2023-11...
Genome Informatics 2023 meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp... Poster 94: ⇒ Computational analysis of copy number variations in spatial transcriptomics data ⇒ Presented by Rongting Huang (University of Hong Kong) ⇒ buff.ly/3TewuZA
December 8, 2023 at 4:01 PM
Genome Informatics 2023 meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp... Poster 94: ⇒ Computational analysis of copy number variations in spatial transcriptomics data ⇒ Presented by Rongting Huang (University of Hong Kong) ⇒ buff.ly/3TewuZA
Genome Informatics meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp... Poster 97 ⇒ Investigating RNA splicing as a source of cellular diversity using a binomial mixture model ⇒ Presented by Karin Isaev (
@karini925.bsky.social @ Columbia ) ⇒ buff.ly/47YJXZE
@karini925.bsky.social @ Columbia ) ⇒ buff.ly/47YJXZE
December 8, 2023 at 3:59 PM
Genome Informatics meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp... Poster 97 ⇒ Investigating RNA splicing as a source of cellular diversity using a binomial mixture model ⇒ Presented by Karin Isaev (
@karini925.bsky.social @ Columbia ) ⇒ buff.ly/47YJXZE
@karini925.bsky.social @ Columbia ) ⇒ buff.ly/47YJXZE