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Meet the Team

Center for Medical Genomics

Leadership

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Fang Fang, MD, PhD

Associate Research Professor of Medical & Molecular Genetics

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Hongyu Gao, PhD

Associate Research Professor of Medical & Molecular Genetics

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Maks Luthra, MPH

 Core Administrator 

maluthra@iu.edu 
317-278-9186 

Program Management & Operations

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Michelle Finch

Human Resources Coordinator

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Katie Watson

Program Management Specialist

cawatso@iu.edu

Lab Personnel

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Samantha Barker, MS

Primary Role: WGS library preparation

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Emma Chilcoat, MS

 Primary Role: Bulk RNA / DNA library preparation

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Xiaona Chu, MS

Primary Role: Specialty library preparation

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Hui Ding, MS

Primary role: Quality control, WGS library preparation

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Jie Huang

Primary Role: Spatial transcriptomics, custom protocols, miRNA-seq and ChIP-seq

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Youngha Kim, MS

Primary role: Single cell sequencing 

Patrick McGuire, MS

Primary role: Single cell sequencing, bulk RNA/DNA library preparation

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Anastasiya Vydra

Primary role: Bulk RNA/DNA library preparation

Bioinformatic Analysts

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Farzaneh Behzadnia, MS, Pharma D

Bioinformatics Analyst

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Jia Ji

Bioinformatics Analyst