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Education

2019 - present: University of California, Berkeley - Ph.D, Integrative Biology, D.E. Computational Biology
Thesis: Mutation and evolution of human genomes in aging

2012 - 2016: University of California, Berkeley - B.Sc., Microbial Biology, Rausser College of Natural Resources


Publications

Schweiger, R. et al (Li, S. - author 6). Insights into non-crossover recombination from long-read sperm sequencing. bioRxiv. 2024.07.05.602249 (2024).

Vazquez, J. M. et al (Li, S. - author 16). Extensive longevity and DNA virus-driven adaptation in nearctic Myotis bats. bioRxiv. 2024.10.10.617725 (2024).

Li, S., Vazquez, J. M. & Sudmant, P. H. The evolution of aging and lifespan. Trends Genet. (2023).

Whitman, J. D. et al (Li, S. - author 19). Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 serology assays reveals a range of test performance. Nat. Biotechnol. 38, 1174–1183 (2020).

Featured in press: The New York Times, “Coronavirus Antibody Tests: Can You Trust the Results?”, April 24, 2020.

Choi, R*., Kim, D*., Li, S.*, Massot, M.*, Narayan, V.*, Slowinski, S.*, Schulenburg, H., Shapira, M. (2020). “Extra- intestinal regulation of the gut microbiome: The case of C. elegans TGFβ/SMA signaling.”, Cellular Dialogues in the Holobiont. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

(* denotes shared first authorship)


Awards

Fellow, Berkeley Connect in Computational Biology, 2021-2023.
Awardee, NIH Genomics Training Grant at UC Berkeley, 2020-2022.
Awardee, UC Berkeley Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, 2022.
Honorable Mention
, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, 2020.