Members of the Steinmetz Lab
Lars Steinmetz, Principal Investigator
Dieter Schwarz Foundation Endowed Professor, Department of Genetics, Stanford University
Co-Director, Stanford Genome Technology Center
larsms [at] stanford.edu
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Michelle Nguyen, Life Science Research Assistant
tlnguyen [at] stanford.edu
Michelle has been managing the lab for over 20 years. She works at the Stanford Genome Technology Center developing new genome editing tools to unravel the genetic basis of complex traits.
Kevin Roy, Postdoctoral Scholar
kevinroy [at] stanford.edu
Kevin develops and applies CRISPR genome editing technologies to dissect the genetic basis of complex traits.
Mariëlle van Kooten, Postdoctoral Scholar
mvk [at] stanford.edu
James Galante, Life Science Research Professional
jgalante [at] stanford.edu
James is a computational biologist building ML/AI-based predictive models of enhancer-gene regulatory interactions using CRISPRi perturbation data.
Marta Seczynska, Postdoctoral Scholar
marta.seczynska [at] stanford.edu
Marta uses functional genomic approaches to identify principles by which epigenetic pathways provide long-lasting responses to transient stimuli and maintain cellular memory.
Chris Mathy, Postdoctoral Scholar
cjmathy [at] stanford.edu
Chris is mapping systems and synthetic biology of protein networks.
Chenchen Zhu, Postdoctoral Scholar
czhu5 [at] stanford.edu
Spatial and single-cell genomics for dilated cardiomyopathy and beyond.
Andreas Gschwind, Postdoctoral Scholar
andreas.gschwind [at] stanford.edu
Andreas develops and applies novel computational methods to decipher and predict gene regulatory interactions.
Peter Griffin, Senior Research Engineer
griffin [at] stanford.edu
For the past two decades Peter has performed interdisciplinary work at the Stanford Genome Technology Center (SGTC) with a particular emphasis on digital microfluidics.
Julia Bauman, PhD student
jrbauman [at] stanford.edu
Building tools to better understand gene regulation
Umberto Aiello, Postdoctoral Scholar
uaiello [at] stanford.edu
Umberto studies molecular complexes involved in gene expression from the single amino acid resolution to the system biology scale using multiplexed genome editing
Simon Sretenovic, Postdoctoral Scholar
simonsre [at] stanford.edu
Simon works on high-throughput precision genome editing for dissecting complex traits in yeast and human cell lines.
Jon Bezney, Graduate Student
jbezney [at] stanford.edu
Jon’s research interests include combinatorial perturbations, multi-omics, machine learning, and algorithmic inspired method development
Lorenzo Magni, Graduate Student (Co-supervised with Stanley Qi)
lmagni [at] stanford.edu
Lorenzo is working on mitochondrial and organelle engineering to enhance energy related metabolism.
Bianca Edozie, Graduate Student (Co-supervised with Ron Davis)
bedozie [at] stanford.edu
Bianca’s research on ME/CFS aims to characterise the cell and molecular underpinnings of the disease and identify biomarkers for diagnosis.
Visiting Students
Michel Hendel, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
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