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2024
Prof. Fan chairs a panel on the role of AI in neuroscience for the Kavli NDI Annual Symposium.
on April 8, 2024
Prof. Fan serves on a panel on the future of genomic technologies for JHU BME's 60th anniversary symposium.
on April 5, 2024
Prof. Fan gives an invited seminar at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
on April 3, 2024
Prof. Fan gives a talk at OneNeuro.
on March 22, 2024
Prof. Fan gives a lightning talk at the BME Faculty Retreat.
on March 8, 2024
JEFworks Lab members give guest lectures in the Genomic Data Visualizations class.
on March 1, 2024
The Johns Hopkins News reports on STalign.
on February 20, 2024
Caleb Hallinan successfully completes his rotations and will join the lab for his PhD! Glad to have you on the team Caleb!
on February 19, 2024
Lyla gives a talk at the Spatial Multi-Omics for Cancer Systems Biology workshop at Dana Farber.
on February 12, 2024
Kalen gives an interview about spatial transcriptomics and STalign for an episode of the podcast CompBio Cafe produced by the Black Women Comp Bio network.
on February 12, 2024
JEFworks lab members present their work at the DOM/WSE Research Retreat!
on February 9, 2024
JEFworks lab members go ice skating!
on February 7, 2024
Prof. Fan is interviewed for The Johns Hopkins News-Letter.
on February 6, 2024
Gohta presents his work at the JHU Genomics Floor Meeting.
on January 24, 2024
We welcome back Mayling and also Vivien as new undergraduate students in the lab!
on January 22, 2024
Prof. Fan teaches Genomic Data Visualization again this semester!
on January 8, 2024
2023
Prof. Fan gives an invited talk at the JHU Epigenomics Workshop.
on December 11, 2023
Prof. Fan gives an invited talk at the Stanford Biostatistics Workshop in the Department of Biomedical Data Science.
on November 30, 2023
Prof. Fan gives a keynote talk at RECOMB/ISCB Conference on regulatory and systems genomics at UCLA.
on November 29, 2023
JEFworks Lab members present their work at the 3rd Annual JHU SIngle Cell Symposium.
on November 10, 2023
JEFworks Lab members present their work at the Cold Spring Harbor Single Cell Analysis conference.
on November 8, 2023
JEFworks Lab members carve pumpkins at a fall lab retreat.
on October 29, 2023
We welcome Caleb Hallinan to the lab! Welcome Caleb!
on October 24, 2023
Dr. Fan hosts Dr. Jingyi Jessica Li for the Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Seminar series.
on October 23, 2023
Dr. Fan speaks to prospective graduate students at the Explore Hopkins Presentation - Future of Medicine seminar.
on October 20, 2023
Rafael gives an invited virtual talk on CRAWDAD at the Sao Paulo Workshop on Spatial Omics.
on October 17, 2023
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk at Single Cell Genomics Conference.
on October 11, 2023
Dr. Fan hosts Dr. Yun Li for the Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Seminar series.
on September 25, 2023
Dr. Fan gives the keynote talk in the Machine Learning algorithms for advancing spatial biology session at the Basel Computational Biology Conference.
on September 12, 2023
We welcome Srujan (Sami) Singh to the lab! Welcome Sami!
on September 7, 2023
We welcome Dee Velazquez to the lab! Welcome Dee!
on August 28, 2023
Lab alumni Mayling starts as an undergraduate student in BME at Hopkins! Welcome (back) to the nest Mayling!
on August 18, 2023
Manju presents and wins a best poster award at the Cerebellum Gordon Research Conference! Congrats Manju!
on August 7, 2023
Kalen passes her PhD qualifying exam with flying colors! Congratulations Kalen!
on July 27, 2023
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk on How to be Successful as an Undergraduate in Biomedical Engineering at the Hop-In Summer Workshop series for first generation and limited-income college students.
on July 26, 2023
Iris completes her summer internship and presents her results at lab meeting. Great job Iris!
on July 21, 2023
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk at the CSHL Single Cell Analysis course.
on July 10, 2023
We welcome Rabira Dosho to the lab! Welcome Rabira!
on July 3, 2023
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk at the Keystone Conference - Single Cell Biology from Development to Cancer.
on June 20, 2023
Nikita successfully completes her rotations and has joined a lab for her PhD work focusing on agent-based modeling in aging. Best of luck in your future pursuits Nikita!
on June 14, 2023
Gohta graduates from Hopkins and continues with the lab as a software developer!
on May 30, 2023
We welcome Iris Kwon to the lab! Welcome Iris!
on May 22, 2023
Feiyang Huang graduates from Hopkins and will be heading to New York City to pursue his PhD at the Tri-Institutional Computational Biology and Medicine program! Thanks for being a part of the team and best of luck in your future pursuits!
on May 19, 2023
Dr. Fan shares her views on why it's worth making computational methods easy to use in a Nature Careers column.
on April 27, 2023
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk at BME Seminar Series at Columbia University.
on April 21, 2023
Brendan Miller transitions to a new role as a Spatial Transcriptomics Computational Biologist at Merck! Thanks for being a part of the team and best of luck in your future pursuits!
on April 13, 2023
Prospective BME PhD student Ruiyang visits the JEFworks Lab!
on March 31, 2023
Manju receives an Honorable Mention for her NSF GRFP. Congratulations Manju!
on March 30, 2023
Dr. Fan gives a talk at the HuBMAP Demo Day.
on March 27, 2023
Manju presents her work at the JHU Genomics Floor Meeting.
on March 22, 2023
Manju passes her PhD qualifying exam with flying colors! Congratulations Manju!
on March 10, 2023
Kalen and Manju give guest lectures for Prof. Fan's course on Genomic Data Visualization.
on March 6, 2023
Rafael dos Santos Peixoto successfully completes his rotations and will join the lab for his PhD! Glad to have you on the team Rafael!
on February 20, 2023
Brendan gives an invited talk for the Bioinformatics Training and Education Program at the National Cancer Institute
on February 17, 2023
Lyla present her research at the DOM/WSE Research Retreat!
on February 17, 2023
Prof. Fan is featured in the latest edition of JHU Engineering Magazine.
on January 31, 2023
We welcome Gohta Aihara to the lab! Welcome Gohta!
on January 27, 2023
Prof. Fan teaches Genomic Data Visualization again this semester!
on January 23, 2023
2022
Happy holidays from the JEFworks Lab!
on December 19, 2022
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk at the Spectra of Life EMBL PhD Symposium.
on December 7, 2022
Brendan gives an invited talk at the Single Cell Club at NYU Langone ABL (Applied Bioinformatics Laboratories).
on November 14, 2022
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk at the Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences (IBBS) 21st anniversary sympsoium.
on November 10, 2022
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk at the Translational Data Science Seminar Series at Fred Hutch.
on November 3, 2022
We welcome Rafael dos Santos Peixoto to the lab! Welcome Rafael!
on November 1, 2022
Dr. Fan hosts Dr. Michalina Janiszewska for the Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Seminar series.
on October 17, 2022
Vikram successfully completes his rotations and has joined a lab for his PhD work focusing on genomics. Best of luck in your future pursuits Vikram!
on October 15, 2022
JEFworks Lab members give invited talks as part of the Partnering Towards Discovery seminar series.
on October 11, 2022
Dr. Fan speaks to the current cohort of NCI F99/K00 awardees as a panelist at the annual fellows meeting.
on September 23, 2022
JEFworks Lab members present their research at the DOM/WSE Research Retreat! Congrats to Brendan for winning the WSE Trainee Award!
on September 20, 2022
JEFworks Lab joins the HuBMAP consortium!. Dr. Fan meet other consortia members at the annual Kickoff Meeting!
on September 13, 2022
Mayling successfully completes her lab internship and will be writing up her research results for the Regeneron Science Talent Search competition. Best of luck Mayling!
on August 19, 2022
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Department of Biostatistics Seminar series.
on August 18, 2022
JEFworks Lab members paint their science at a summer lab retreat.
on August 2, 2022
Dr. Fan teaches highschool summer students about spatial transcriptomics and data analysis as part of the ISPEED program.
on July 27, 2022
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk at the Workshop in Computational Biology at ICML.
on July 22, 2022
JEFworks Lab members give invited talks and poster presentations at Bioengineering Solutions for Biology and Medicine in Munich Germany.
on July 6, 2022
Kalen presents her work at the JHU Genomics Floor Meeting.
on June 29, 2022
JEFworks Lab members make tie dye shirts!
on June 28, 2022
We welcome Mayling Chen to the lab! Welcome Mayling!
on June 21, 2022
Manju Anant successfully completes her rotations and will join the lab for her PhD! Glad to have you on the team Manju!
on June 20, 2022
Lyla gives an invited talk for the virtual forum on Understanding Cells in Context - Spatial Transcriptomics organized by The Jackson Laboratory.
on May 23, 2022
Arpan Sahoo graduates from Hopkins and will be pursuing his MD at the Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida! Thanks for being a part of the team and best of luck in your future pursuits!
on May 20, 2022
Dr. Fan co-chairs the Single Cell and Developmental Biology session at the Biology of Genomes conference at Cold Spring Harbor.
on May 12, 2022
Irika successfully completes her rotations and has joined a lab for her PhD work focusing on neurodegeneration and glia. Best of luck in your future pursuits Irika!
on May 4, 2022
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk at the Biomedical Engineering Seminar at AUB.
on April 25, 2022
Dr. Fan speaks with the Boston-area Women in Bioinformatics group as part of their Fireside Chat series.
on April 7, 2022
We welcome Vikram Shivakumar to the lab! Welcome Vikram!
on April 4, 2022
Dr. Fan gives a talk at ENAR as part of the session on Recent Advances in Statistical Methods for Spatially Resolved Transcriptomics Data Analysis.
on March 30, 2022
We welcome Kalen Clifton to the lab! Welcome Kalen!
on March 21, 2022
Brendan gives an invited talk as part of the CNS Research Showcase at Indiana University.
on March 21, 2022
Prospective BME PhD students Jodi and Nikita visit the JEFworks Lab!
on March 18, 2022
Brendan and Lyla give guest lectures for Prof. Fan's course on Genomic Data Visualization.
on March 9, 2022
Lyla passes her PhD qualifying exam with flying colors! Congratulations Lyla!
on February 24, 2022
Arpan presents his work at the JHU Genomics Collective meeting.
on February 23, 2022
Brendan gives an update to his work at the JHU Genomics Collective meeting.
on February 9, 2022
Dr. Fan joins the BICCN as an affiliate member and gives a talk on common coordinate frameworks for aligning spatially resolved transcriptomics data.
on February 7, 2022
Prof. Fan teaches a new course on Genomic Data Visualization this semester!
on January 24, 2022
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk at the Maths in Life Sciences Seminar Series jointly run by the Applied Maths and Biostats/Data Science departments here at the University of Manchester in the UK.
on January 17, 2022
2021
Happy holidays from the JEFworks Lab!
on December 20, 2021
Lyla gives an invited talk at the Learning Meaningful Representations of Life conference at NeurIPS 2021.
on December 14, 2021
Dr. Fan gives a grand rounds presentation at Weill Cornell Medicine's department of Pathology.
on December 13, 2021
We welcome Irika Sinha to the lab! Welcome Irika!
on December 7, 2021
Jose Delgado successfully completes his ICR Internship with the lab. Best of luck in your future pursuits Jose!
on December 6, 2021
Congrats to the 2021 Rising Stars in Engineering in Health!
on November 21, 2021
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bioinformatics and Comp Bio Seminar series.
on November 18, 2021
Dr. Fan hosts Dr. Elham Azizi for the Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Seminar series.
on November 15, 2021
Dr. Fan kicks off day 3 of the CSHL Single Cell Analysis meeting with her invited talk on Computational Approaches for Spatial Transcriptomic Data Analysis.
on November 12, 2021
Lyla gives a lightning talk on VeloViz at the CSHL Single Cell Analysis meeting.
on November 10, 2021
Have a fun and spooky Halloween from the JEFworks Lab!
on October 29, 2021
The JEFworks lab goes on a lab hike!
on October 24, 2021
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk at the MIT Bioinformatics Seminar series.
on October 20, 2021
Lyla presents VeloViz at the JHU Symposium on Genomics and Bioinformatics 2021.
on October 14, 2021
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk at The SBP Medical Discovery Institute for the C3 Single Cell Space Force seminar series.
on October 4, 2021
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk at Next Generation Genomics 2021.
on September 27, 2021
We welcome Jose Delgado to the lab as part of the Introduction to Computing Research (ICR) program. Welcome Jose!
on September 21, 2021
We welcome Manjari (Manju) Anant to the lab! Welcome Manju!
on September 14, 2021
Brendan presents his work at the University of Sydney Statistical Bioinformatics Seminar series.
on September 13, 2021
Dr. Fan talks with JHU graduate students and post-docs about Research Intensive [STEM] Positions at the PHutures Academic Job Search Series.
on September 2, 2021
The JEFworks lab receives support from the NIH/NIGMS Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (R35 MIRA).
on September 1, 2021
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk with Daniel Tward and Michael Miller on Multi-scale representations of the molecular and tissue continuum at the BICCN morphology working group meeting.
on September 1, 2021
The JEFworks Lab is slowly transitioning to in-person. Welcome back!
on August 30, 2021
Dr. Fan gives the Keynote address at the Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (HGWISE) + Learn with Leaders Summer Research Workshop to a group of highschool girls.
on August 23, 2021
Leela successfully completes her summer internship with the JEFworks Lab under the mentorship and guidance of Lyla. Best of luck Leela!
on August 22, 2021
Local JEFworks Lab members meet for the first time in person for Lab Lunch!
on July 15, 2021
We welcome Leela Mehta-Harwitz to the lab! Welcome Leela!
on June 22, 2021
Dr. Fan gives an invited seminar at the Spatial Omics Seminar series.
on June 11, 2021
Dr. Fan participates in the Break Through Cancer panel on Spatial Profiling.
on June 9, 2021
The JEFworks lab receives support from the NSF CAREER awards.
on June 8, 2021
Lab alumni Catherine graduates from highschool! Congrats Catherine!
on June 2, 2021
Dr. Fan gives an invited seminar at the USC Biostatistics Division.
on May 20, 2021
Brendan presents his work at the JHU Genomics Collective meeting.
on May 19, 2021
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk to the Pfizer Single Cell working group.
on April 26, 2021
Lyla presents her work at the Broad Single Cell Working Group.
on April 20, 2021
Dr. Fan teaches undergraduate students about analyzing single cell spatially resolved transcriptomics data in a hands-on coding workshop.
on April 10, 2021
Lyla presents her work at the Women of Whiting Symposium Women in STEM Symposium
on April 9, 2021
Congratulations to Tobi Adelaja on the new position in his home city of Chicago. Best of luck Tobi!
on March 26, 2021
Dr. Fan gives an invited talk at the Single Cell Biology Keystone eSymposium.
on March 18, 2021
Dr. Fan hosts Dr. David Van Valen for the Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Seminar series.
on March 15, 2021
Dr. Fan gives an invited seminar at the Brigham and Women's Hospital Channing Division of Network Medicine.
on March 9, 2021
Dr. Fan gives an invited seminar at the UCLA Brain Mapping Center.
on March 4, 2021
Dr. Fan gives an invited seminar and spends the day virtually with the SKCCC Research Program in Quantitative Sciences at JHMI
on February 18, 2021
Lyla presents her work on VeloViz at the JHU Genomics Collective meeting
on February 10, 2021
2020
Happy holidays from the JEFworks Lab!
on December 18, 2020
Dr. Fan gives an invited seminar and spends the day virtually with the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department at JHSPH
on December 7, 2020
We welcome Feiyang Huang to the lab. Welcome Feiyang!
on November 13, 2020
Catherine Lo successfully completes her lab internship and will be writing up her research results for the Regeneron Science Talent Search competition. Best of luck Catherine!
on November 9, 2020
Dr. Fan gives a virtual invited talks as part of the Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference, the JHU Symposium on Genomics and Bioinformatics, and the Kavli NDI Breakfast Club
on October 27, 2020
Dr. Fan gives a virtual invited talk as part of the Keck Seminar Series.
on October 2, 2020
Lyla Atta successfully completes her rotations and will join the lab for her PhD! Glad to have you on the team Lyla!
on September 19, 2020
We welcome Tobi Adelaja to the lab as a visiting post-doctoral fellow. Welcome Tobi!
on September 8, 2020
We welcome Lyla Atta to the lab! Welcome Lyla!
on August 10, 2020
We welcome Brendan Miller to the lab! Welcome Brendan!
on July 15, 2020
The JEFworks Lab officially launches at Johns Hopkins University!
on July 1, 2020
We welcome Catherine Lo to the lab! Welcome Catherine!
on June 19, 2020
We welcome Arpan Sahoo to the lab! Welcome Arpan!
on June 1, 2020
2019
Congrats to Dr. Fan for being in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Healthcare List!
on December 3, 2019
Dr. Fan wins the 2019 Nature Research Award for Inspiring Science.
on October 15, 2019
Dr. Fan gives invited talks at KOGO and SGI.
on September 5, 2019
Dr. Fan gives invited talks at Bio-IT World and the MCTB Symposium at ASU.
on April 21, 2019
2018
NCI approves Dr. Fan's K00 grant to continue her work in developing statistical methods for characterizing tumor heterogeneity at the single cell level
on April 20, 2018
Dr. Fan starts her post-doctoral fellowship in Dr. Xiaowei Zhuang's lab at Harvard University
on March 1, 2018