Daniella is a Visiting Assistant in Research in the Jha Lab and a current M.S. student in Biology with a focus in Bioinformatics & Genomics at the University of Oregon. In the Jha Lab, she is working on foundation models of gene expression that integrate DNA sequence, 3D genome architecture, evolutionary conservation, and transcriptomic data to better understand how genome organization influences gene regulation across healthy tissues and cancers. Previously, Daniella studied ancestry-related differences in the endometrial tumor microenvironment using single-cell RNA-seq approaches, engineered DNA repair protein variants in a structural biology lab, and built computational pipelines to analyze melanoma mutation data. She hopes to continue developing her computational skills to pursue a research career at the intersection of machine learning and cancer genomics. Outside of the lab, Daniella enjoys bouldering, hiking, and cooking.
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