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Ronald Kyong-Shin

May 24, 2023

Ronald Kyong-Shin
ronky@ad.unc.edu 

Originally from: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo 
Previous institutions: University of Kinshasa 
Research interests: Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics

“I would like to study any topics related to genetic diversity, genetic population structure, drug resistance mechanisms, evolutionary changes mechanisms, host-pathogen immunological interactions, detection of evolutionary pathway in the emergence of drug resistant variants, detection of new biomarkers for infectious diseases, statistic modelling, computational software building for bioinformatics. “

Will Nenad

May 24, 2023

Will Nenad
wcnenad@unc.edu 

Originally from: Arizona, USA 
Previous institutions: University of Arizona 
Research interests: Bioinformatics, Drug Discovery, Genomics

“I’m very interested in pursuing computer aided drug discovery. I would like to work on a project that has to do with prediction of molecular targets or drug interactions using computational tools. Or I would also like to use genomics to get a better understanding of diseases to eventually to apply to drug discovery.”

Hope Kellner

May 24, 2023

Hope Kellner
hkellne1@ad.unc.edu 

Originally from: Pennsylvania, USA 
Previous institutions: Binghamton University 
Research interests: Cancer Biology, Immunology

“I’m interested in exploring immunotherapy treatments in colon/colorectal cancer and ways to improve them, either through looking at the tumor microenvironment or improving immune cell function. I’d like to do animal model research mainly. “

Seth Tart

May 24, 2023

Seth Tart
sethtart@live.unc.edu 

Originally from: North Carolina, USA 
Previous institutions: UNC Chapel Hill 
Research interests: Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Neurobiology

“I am interested in exploring the role of glial cells in neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases. Additionally, I am interested in how glial cells influence neural circuit formation and synaptic plasticity. Finally, I aim to undercover novel cellular and molecular targets that can be utilized to treat or prevent various CNS diseases.”

Yiyan Zhang

May 24, 2023

Yiyan Zhang
yiyan@ad.unc.edu 

Originally from: Hebei, China 
Previous institutions: Pennsylvania State University 
Research interests: Computational Biology

” I am interested in the trust-worthy statistical and computational tool development for next generation sequence data analysis.”

Yunan Hu

May 24, 2023

Yunan Hu
yunan@ad.unc.edu 

Originally from: Beijing, China 
Previous institutions: China Agricultural University 
Research interests: Genomics, Molecular Biology, Organismal Biology

“Microbiology, especially the gut microbiome regulated by nutrients and response to the environment or stress. It could be the cellular mechanisms or the clinical applications.”