Dr. Jingyi Fei

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Biography

Jingyi Fei is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago. Her primary research focus is on understanding the mechanisms by which RNAs mediate gene expression regulation in both bacterial and eukaryotic systems. She is currently studying regulatory RNAs and RNA modifications using advanced imaging techniques such as single-molecule fluorescence microscopy and super-resolution imaging tools. Her research group is also interested in the development of new labeling and data analysis methods for imaging RNA molecules. Fei has received multiple awards for her work, including the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award and the Searle Scholar Award. She actively leads several NIH and NSF funded projects focusing on areas such as transcriptomic characterization of membraneless organelles and spatially resolved high throughput lineage tracing.

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