Dr. Rongxin Fang

Biography

Rongxin Fang received his Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology from the University of California, San Diego, where he developed high-throughput genomic technologies and computational tools to map structure activity within the mammalian genome at large scale and single-cell resolution. His research focuses on investigating cis-regulatory elements, specifically enhancers that control gene expression, which drive diverse transcriptional programs underlying cellular diversity in the mammalian brain. He is a Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University and has worked on developing genome-scale, volumetric three-dimensional transcriptome imaging methods, which have significant implications in mapping molecular cellular architecture in the context of brain evolution and aging. His collaborations include integrating transcriptome imaging with functional neuronal imaging to identify neuronal populations responsible for specific brain functions.

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