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Dadi Gao, PhD
Dadi Gao is an Assistant Professor in Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) with a research focus on the computational analyses of multi-modal sequencing data in neurological disorders (NDs). After receiving his PhD in Bioinformatics from the University of Sydney in Australia, he joined the labs of Dr. Michael Talkowski and Dr. Susan Slaugenhaupt at the Center for Genomic Medicine (CGM) of MGH as a postdoc, where he co-led the functional genomics team that aims at understanding the molecular etiology in multiple NDs and developing treatments using advanced computational strategies. Upon completion of his postdoc training, he started his own lab in the Neurology Department at MGH and is actively exploring functional genetic elements in non-coding regions and how those disruptions are associated with neurological disorders.
Huilin Xu
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Huilin joined the Gao Lab in July 2024 as a postdoctoral research fellow, co-mentored by Dr. Michael Talkowski. She holds an MD in Medical System Biology from Fudan University. Her previous research focused on identifying potential biomarkers for chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia, nausea, and vomiting in colorectal
Postdoctoral Fellow
Huilin joined the Gao Lab in July 2024 as a postdoctoral research fellow, co-mentored by Dr. Michael Talkowski. She holds an MD in Medical System Biology from Fudan University. Her previous research focused on identifying potential biomarkers for chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia, nausea, and vomiting in colorectal cancer patients by integrating multi-omics data, including genomic, transcriptomic, epigenomic, and metabolic data. In the lab, her primary research interests include the functional interpretation of splicing events, such as poison exons and their regulation in the human brain. Huilin is also passionate about leveraging cutting-edge algorithms to advance biological discoveries.
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