Degrees
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Columbia University, 2010
B.A. Biology
B.A. Philosophy - Chicagoland Jewish High School, 2006
Awards and Recognition
- Adam Leroy Jones Prize in Logic. Columbia University, 2010
- Carl B. Boyer Memorial Prize in the History of Science. Columbia University, 2010
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF). Columbia University, 2007
- Dean’s List. Columbia University. Fall 2007 – Spring 2008, Spring 2010
Research Groups
- Research Assistant @ Lawrence Chasin's Lab | 2007-Current
- Investigated the regulation of mRNA splicing with a novel computational approach that compared pseudoexons with a set of evolutionary-neutral, exon-like non-exons. Successfully identified putative pseudoexon splicing regulators.
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Research Assistant @ Richard Carthew's Lab | Summer 2008
- Identified possible mRNA targets of species-specific miRNAs with an eye as to how they might act in phenotypic canalization.
- Developed a computational approach for combining the results of miRNA target prediction programs to detect target conservation across orthologous genes. Assisted with a similar analysis of miRNA miR-7 targets across orthologous genes for a Cell publication (Li X et al., 2009).
- Worked to develop a blot-based version of the gel-based Splinted Ligation miRNA detection assay.
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Research Assistant @ Pablo Gejman's Lab, under Maria M. Martinez | 2003-2006
- Co-developed LSMatchMaker, one of the first software program to perform quality control, association analysis and empirical significance estimations of large-scale (genome-wide) association data.
- Co-developed with John Otto.
Publications with Acknowledgements
These are publications where I have been acknowledged in the text
- Xin Li, Justin J. Cassidy, Catherine A. Reinke, Stephen Fischboeck, and Richard W. Carthew. (2009). A MicroRNA Imparts Robustness against Environmental Fluctuation during Development. Cell 137, 273-282.
- Shengdong Ke, Xiang H.-F. Zhang, and Lawrence A. Chasin. (2008). Positive selection acting on splicing motifs reflects compensatory evolution. Genome Research 18(4), 533-543.
Posters
- R. S. Gejman, J. S. Otto, J. Duan, J. OConnell and M. Martinez. "LSMatchMaker: An Integrated Environment for Association Analysis." International Genetic Epidemiology Society Conference. Park City, Utah. 2005
- J. S. Otto, R. S. Gejman, J. Duan, J. OConnell and M. Martinez. "LSMatchMaker: An Integrated Environment for Association Analysis." World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics XIII. Boston, Massachusetts. 2005.
- R. S. Gejman, L. Chasin. "Silencing Pseudoexons: A Cis-Element Story." SURF Colloquium. Columbia University, NYC. 2008
Extracurricular Groups
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CULPA
2008-Current Administrator
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LionPAC
2007-2008 Technology Coordinator
2008-2009 Vice President
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Free Culture@Columbia
2006-2008
Web Applications and Software
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Wetbook
An electronic laboratory notebook aimed at molecular biologists. Ruby on Rails
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Synagogues
The synagogue directory for the iPhone, iPod Touch and wandering Jew. Co-written with Jacob Andreas. Objective-C
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Columbia Underground Listing of Professor Ability (CULPA)
CULPA is the only professor and course review website for Columbia University. Ruby on Rails; Originally PHP.
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LionPAC
Columbia University's Pro-Israel group. Ruby on Rails
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Comic-Nation
One of the earliest (if not the first) WebComic update trackers. Originally written in PHP; rewritten in Ruby on Rails.
- H-Grade
Hebrew School report card generator. Contact me for school pricing. PHP
- LSMatchMaker
Large-scale association analysis management software developed in collaboration with J. Otto. No longer maintained. Java
Social Media and Other Links
Languages
- Ruby (on Rails), Java, Perl, PHP, SQL, Objective-C, R, Bash Scripting
- Spanish (fluent; certified interpreter), Hebrew (conversational)
Tutoring
I teach PHP, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Perl, MySQL and Java in Manhattan (or elsewhere by phone). Referrals, example code and rates are available upon request.