Professor of Human Genetics;
Diller-von Furstenberg Family Endowed Chair in Precision Clinical Genomics;
Vice Chair, Department of Human Genetics;
Director of Cardiometabolic Genomics, Institute for Precision Health;
Director of Genetics and Genomics PhD Program,
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
ppajukanta@mednet.ucla.edu
Marcus Alvarez, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Human Genetics
MAlvarez@mednet.ucla.edu
Research interest:
I am interested in studying how adipose and liver tissue changes occur at the transcriptional level in cardiometabolic disorders. My work involves integrating bulk and single cell RNA sequencing methods to profile cell type composition and gene expression changes in tissues.
Yash Vinod Bhagat, M.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Human Genetics
yashvinodbhagat@gmail.com
Research interest:
The objective of his project is the identification of secreted signals that modulate adipose-liver cross-talk in the setting of obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease using single cell RNA-sequencing and exosome sequencing techniques. Additionally, his other projects involve the molecular follow-up of Mexican-specific BMI, cholesterol, and TG GWAS variants using bulk RNA-sequencing and molecular assays, such as electrophoretic mobility shift assays, luciferase assays, and promoter capture Hi-C sequencing.
Sankha Subhra Das, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Human Genetics
sankhadas@mednet.ucla.edu
Research interest:
I am interested in investigating tissue-specific expression and methylation profiles of adipose and heart cell-types, as well as metabolic genomics in diverse populations.
Kyla Gelev
PhD Student, Human Genetics
kzg@g.ucla.edu
Research interest:
My research focuses on applying multi-omic methods to uncover sex-specific and cell-type-specific pathways that drive obesity and other metabolic disorders.
Huiling Huang
PhD Student, Bioinformatics
huilinghuang@ucla.edu
Asha Kar
PhD Student, Bioinformatics
ashakar@g.ucla.edu
Research interest:
My research explores regional differences underlying metabolic disorders through integrating single cell and bulk transcriptomics with population genetics.
Seung Hyuk (Tony) Lee
PhD Student, Human Genetics
seunghyuklee@g.ucla.edu
Research interest:
My research focuses on identifying biological mechanisms underlying cardiometabolic disorders in European and admixed Mexican populations through the integration of genetic variants and single cell omics data.
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Zitian (Andy) Wang
PhD Student, Bioinformatics
zitiansunsh1ne@ucla.edu
Research interest:
I am interested in utilizing multi-omics data to study about the sex-specific and obesity-related cellular mechanisms in adipose tissues.
Ximeng Guo
Undergraduate student, Computer Science major
ximeng@g.ucla.edu
Research interest:
I have been focused on Identifying sex-specific transcriptome profiles at the tissue and cell-type level during weight loss.
Mihir Sukhatme
Undergraduate student, Computational and Systems Biology major
msukhatme@g.ucla.edu
Research interest:
My research focuses on analyzing multiomic data to reveal relationships between the epigenome and obesity risk mechanisms.
Milena Deal, BS
Lab Assistant, Human Genetics
milenadeal@g.ucla.edu
Research interest:
I am interested in investigating cell-type specific mechanisms of obesity using GWAS and single cell omics.
Zoeb Jamal, BS, current position: PhD Student in the Integrative Genetics and Genomics program at UC Davis
Caroline Comenho, BS, current position: PhD student in Systems, Synthetic, and Quantitative Biology at Harvard University
Nicholas Darci-Maher, MS, BS
Kristina Garske, PhD, current position: Postdoctoral student in Princeton University
Zong Miao, PhD, current position: Computational Biologist in Meliora Therapeutics
David Pan, PhD, current position: Research Scientist in Gilead Sciences
Sandhya Rajkumar, BS, current position: MD/PhD student in NYU Grossman School of Medicine
