Participants
Wells Burrell
Sanjana Lab
I use genome-scale CRISPR perturbations to study fundamental processes including enhancer RNA function.


Harsh Srivastava
Carlton & Bonneau Labs
I am interested in bringing advancements made in de novo protein design and machine learning to anti-Plasmodium therapeutics.
Graeme Vissers
Huang & Birnbaum Labs
I study the gene regulatory networks that govern root development in plants.

QBIST trainees 2021-2022
Maggie Beheler-Amass
Bonneau Lab
I am a second-year PhD student studying network inference in gene regulatory networks and modeling in complex dynamical systems.


Selena Gupta
Mogilner & Christiaen Labs
I study the mechanisms of collective cell migration in the tunicate Ciona.

QBIST trainees 2020-2021
Ornob Alam
Purugganan Lab
I am a second-year PhD student studying the evolutionary and demographic history of domesticated Asian rice.

Zarina Akbary
Rojas Lab
I am a 2nd year Biology PhD student currently studying the mechanics of growth in B. subtilis.

Conor Gilligan
Rockman lab
I am a 2nd year PhD student studying the ecology and population genomics of the marine polychaete Streblospio benedicti.
Veronica Sondervan
Coruzzi lab
I am a 2nd year PhD student studying the genetic basis of ovule evolution in Gymnosperms.

QBIST trainees 2019-2020


Spencer Hobson-Gutierrez
Kussell Lab
I am interested in mathematical modeling of evolutionary dynamics.

Marissa Knoll
Gresham & Ghedin Labs
I study viral evolution and how host factors affect evolutionary dynamics.

QBIST Directors
Professor David Gresham
NYU Department of Biology

Professor Christine Vogel
NYU Department of Biology

QBIST Advisory committee
Susan Antón
NYU Department of Anthropology; Interim Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Science; Director, Faculty Diversity Equity Inclusion & Development

Liam Holt
Institute for System Genetics, NYU Langone Medical School

Jan Plass
NYU Steinhardt; Paulette Goddard Professor in Digital Media and Learning Sciences
