People
Welcome to the Li lab at Purdue University.
Yini Li, PhD
Yini Li started her lab at Purdue University in September 2024. She received her PhD in Biology from Syracuse University with Eleanor Maine, and then pursued postdoctoral work at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine with Shuying Sun. She has always been fascinated by biological complexity, particularly the intricate interactions between RNA modifications, regulatory RNAs, and chromatin, and how their dysregulation manifests in neurological diseases.
Current lab members
Postdoctoral fellow
Transposon biology
PhD in Molecular Medicine/Systems Neurology, Ulm University, Germany (mentored by Dr. Francesco Roselli)
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Matthew Suzuki
PhD candidate
Drug screening for C9ORF72-ALS/FTD
BS in Biochemistry and Japanese, Purdue University
Fun fact: My favorite animal is the jellyfish!
Haley Oliver
PhD candidate
Transposon RNA metabolism
BS in Neurobiology and Physiology
Minors in Chemistry and Psychology, Purdue University
Fun fact: Prague is my favorite city I’ve visited!
Chang Liu
PhD student (co-mentor)
Epitranscriptomics and genomics
MSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University
Fun fact: I like Hello Kitty!
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Noah Strawhacker
Undergraduate researcher
Epitranscriptomics, genomics, and AI
Department of Mathematics
Fun fact: I play the cello!
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Janelle Macler
Undergraduate researcher
Department of Biological Science
Fun fact: I can whistle through my nose!
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Adrienne Chung
Undergraduate researcher
Department of Biological Science
Fun fact: I do henna as a hobby!
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Colleen Li
Undergraduate researcher
Multiomics
Department of Data Science & Applied Statistics
Fun fact: I play tennis!
Rosalyn Chu
Undergraduate Researcher
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Department of Biological Science
Virginia Luo
Undergraduate Researcher
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Department of Biological Science
Julien He
Undergraduate Researcher
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Department of Biochemistry
Stefanie Kish
Supporting Staff
Fun fact: I love to paint!
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Golden & Aster
Marketing
Fun fact: We are Taurus.
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