(They/them) PhD Candidate, Bioinformatics, Department of Computational Biology and BioinformaticsContactdiaorch@umich.edu 3315 MSRB III
SPC5606, 1150 W. Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0600
Twitter: @diaorch
Education M.S. in Bioinformatics from the University of Michigan, 2017 B.S. in Biotechnology from Sun Yat-sen University, China, 2015
Research Interests Profiling transcriptional regulation logic in E. coli: - Searching for anticipatory regulation in E. coli under stress conditions in high throughput data sets
- High-resolution mapping of genome position-dependent transcriptional propensity in E. coli, working with Scott Scholz
Identifying targets and patterns in protein-nucleic acid interaction
Publications - Scholz, S. A., Diao, R., Wolfe, M. B., Fivenson, E. M., Lin, X. N., & Freddolino, P. L. (2019). High-resolution mapping of the Escherichia coli chromosome reveals positions of high and low transcription. Cell systems, 8(3), 212-225. [HTML]
- Abshire, E.T., Hughes, K.L., Diao, R., Pearce, S., Gopalakrishna, S., Trievel, R.C., Rorbach, J., Freddolino, P.L. and Goldstrohm, A.C., 2020. Differential processing and localization of human Nocturnin controls metabolism of mRNA and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide cofactors. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 295(44), pp.15112-15133. [HTML]
Awards and Certificate Completions - Preparing Future Faculty Seminar Completion Certificate, 2020, Rackham Graduate School and Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT), University of Michigan (A seminar series with peer-led discussions on roles of faculties in higher education, teaching philosophy and pedagogy, and developing and supporting identities in academic settings.)
- Bioinformatics Student Service Award, 2019, Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan
- Rackham Professional Development DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) Certificate, 2019
- Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant, 2019
- Rackham Conference Travel Grant, 2017, 2018
Research History
2015 to Present: Graduate Research Assistant, Freddolino Lab, Biological Chemistry Department, University of Michigan
2011 to 2015 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Ren Lab, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, China Research focus: transcriptome data analysis
2014 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Cui Lab, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, China Research focus: inflammasome pathway regulation (wet-lab)
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