A Tale of Tail: Exploring the Dark Matter of the Genome

Event Details

Type

Other Seminars

Speaker(s)

Bo Xia, Ph.D., Junior Fellow of the Society of Fellows, Harvard University; Gene Regulation Observatory (GRO) Fellow, principal investigator, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Speaker bio(s)

Dr. Bo Xia is Gene Regulation Observatory Fellow and a Principal Investigator at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. He is also a Junior Fellow of the Harvard University Society of Fellows. Dr. Xia received his Ph.D. degree from NYU School of Medicine in 2022, co-mentored by Drs. Itai Yanai and Jef D. Boeke. During Ph.D., Dr. Xia pioneered a few innovative studies on genome regulation and its impact on human development and evolution, including revealing the genetic basis of tail-loss evolution in humans and apes. He is a recipient of multiple highly prestigious awards, including the 2020 Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation, Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award (2022), and the NIH Director's Early Independence Award (2022). Most recently, Dr. Xia started his laboratory in the Gene Regulation Observatory Program at the Broad Institute. The Xia laboratory combines both experimental technologies and computational approaches to understand the principles and mechanisms of genome regulation across development, disease, and evolution.

Open to

Public

Contact

Charles Xu

Phone

(617) 548-3743

Sponsor

Charles Xu
(617) 548-3743
cxu@rockefeller.edu