Karolinska Institute/SciLifeLab, Exchange Programme Coordinator

RIKEN IMS, Exchange Programme Coordinator

RIKEN IMS, Exchange Programme Coordinator

Hi there! I am Chung, a Team Leader at RIKEN IMS. I am from Hong Kong and been working at RIKEN since 2014. The genome is my playground: I've worked on all kinds of genomes, from the very small RNA virus genomes of 3 thousands bases to the very large mammalian genomes of 3 billions bases. My research centers around what the genome is doing other than just coding for proteins: regulating gene expression, maintaining chromatin structure etc. These stuffs get more interesting if you zoom into the single cell resolution.

I love vintage stuffs: Showa was the best era, the hippies were right and the Beatles was (and is) the best band on the planet.

University of Tokyo, PhD, Laboratory of Dr. Kenta Nakai
Project: Single-cell Multiomics Data Integration

Hej! I am Weihang ZHNAG, a new Ph.D. student at the University of Tokyo for just 6 months. It is my honor to be given this valuable opportunity to take the exchange program at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. My research interest focuses on designing much more efficient algorithms for solving integration problems on the Single-cell level.

Thanks to this fantastic experience, I learned much advanced biological research from various aspects and met many friends in the meanwhile. I believe I will be benefited a lot from this program not only for my research but also for my whole life.

RIKEN IMS, PhD, Laboratory of Dr. Harukazu Suzuki
Project: DNA Methylation in Cancer

Hej! I am Yuki, a 3rd year PhD student at the Yokohama City University. My specificity is Epigenetics and blood diseases, especially I’m interested in one of the blood diseases, Familial Platelet Disorder (FPD). I enjoy watching baseball game, shopping, and playing video games on weekends.

I am honored to have participated in the RIKEN-KI Exchange Program.

We hope you will enjoy this blog about our memories in Sweden over prinsesstårta and coffee.

University of Tokyo, PhD, Laboratory of Dr. Kenta Nakai
Project: Gene Regulation of Macrophage Polarization

Hey, this is Yubo Zhang, from China, a D1 year student from the University of Tokyo. I have a strong research interest in macrophage re-polarization and I am also working on multi-omics sequence analysis. I have a wide range of hobbies, enjoy fitness and video games during my spare time. ( Also a big fan of dota :D )

RIKEN IMS, PhD, Laboratory of Dr. Masanori Arita

Project: Marine Product Metabolomics

RIKEN IMS, Postdoc, Laboratory of Dr. Chung-Chau Hon
Project: Leukemia Transcriptome

Hej! I'm a postdoc from laboratory for genome information analysis in RIKEN IMS. I'm interested in using bioinformatics to better understand human disease. My research focuses on studying the transcriptomics and epigenetics in acute myeloid leukemia and identifying the regulatory networks in different subtypes.

It's a great opportunity to visit Stockholm this time because we collaborated with several groups at the Karolinska Institute. I hope the program will help to enhance our collaboration, enjoy the Swedish culture, and make more friends!

RIKEN IMS, PhD, Laboratory of Dr. Piero Carninci
Project: RNA-DNA Interactions

Hey, I am Xufeng from China mainland, studying in Japan currently. I am a PhD student studying in the University of Tokyo, at the mean while conducting my research at Riken Yokohama IMS center.

I am involved in the FANTOM6, particularly in the RADICL-seq team to make a better understanding of RNA-DNA interactions, and long non-coding RNA (lncRNAs) functional annotation.

Sparked by this experience, I became more and more interested in post-transcriptional modifications, lncRNAs expression and functions, the high-order structure of chromatin, diseases mechanism and transcriptional interactions.

Thanks to all organizer and the whole funding group can give me this precious chance to karolinska institutet (KI), Sweden, really help us to strengthen our collaboration and further promote our research.

University of Tokyo, PhD, Laboratory of Dr. Kenta Nakai
Project: Spatial Transcriptomics

Hey, I’m Xin Zeng, a 2nd year Phd student at the University of Tokyo majoring in computational biology and medical sciences. My research focuses on analyzing the gene regulatory network of retina from an evolutionary perspective by next generation sequencing data.

RIKEN IMS, Postdoc, Laboratory of Dr. Nicholas Parrish
Project: Population Transcriptomics of Immune Cells

Hej! I'm Steve from RIKEN, Japan. I love thinking about host-virus interactions and how these shape the evolution of immunity, our physiology, and even our global ecology. With this knowledge, I want to create new technologies to solve infectious disease and other issues we face in our individual lives and as a society. We each bring genetic and other differences to the table, so bringing together diverse stakeholders from across the world is essential to realizing these goals.

Let's go for a fika and work out the way forward!

University of Tokyo, PhD, Laboratory of Dr. Kenta Nakai
Project: Genetics Correlation of ComplexTraits

Hallå! I’m Yi ZHENG, a 3rd year Phd student from the University of Tokyo. My research interest is in the Statistical Genetics on common diseases. By applying and creating innovative statistical methods to study the mysteries of human genetics, I hope to help people better understand how genetic diversity affects our traits and society.

RIKEN IMS, Technical Scientist, Laboratory of Dr. Takeya Kasukawa
Project: Single-cell Databases