Will became the interim director of the Bioinformatics Facility in 2022. To read more about Will’s expertise and experience, see the leadership page.

Amy received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology from Cornell University in 2009 studying mechanisms of DNA repair and recombination. She then pursued postdoctoral research in the fields of mammalian genome instability, cancer genetics, and infertility in the Dept. of Biomedical Sciences at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. Most recently Amy was a tenured Associate Professor of Biology at Elmira College, primarily teaching undergraduate coursework in genetics, biochemistry, and the biology of cancer as well as running a student-centered research program. She joined the BRC Epigenomics Core Facility as Lab Manager in the fall of 2022.

Danying holds a Ph.D. in Biophysics from the University of California, San Diego, and a B.S. in Physics from Peking University. She specializes in computational biology, data science, and web applications. She has worked on a wide range of projects, including cell signaling, cell motility, next-generation sequencing pipelines, labor management, and institutional research.

Catherine graduated from Elmira College with a Bachelor of Science in molecular biology.  She worked in several research labs in the Natural Sciences department at Elmira, most recently working on her research project involving subcloning a human gene into a plasmid in preparation for screening a human cDNA library via yeast two-hybrid. 

Devin graduated from Ithaca College with a Bachelor’s degree in biology. He was a member of Te-Wen Lo's lab for a year and a half while at Ithaca. His interests include researching anything genetics related, especially epigenetics. In his free time he enjoys playing guitar, reading, and exercising. 

Benjamin is going to Penn State studying biochemistry and molecular biology for undergrad. Ben has had a lifelong curiosity in biology and natural sciences with a specific interest in genetics. In his free time, he likes to practice making bread, playing classical guitar, hiking, and kayaking.

After receiving her Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she worked in biotechnology research in both the for-profit and higher education settings before coming to Cornell in 2009.  She has led the launch of two core facilities, the Transcriptional Regulation and Expression (TREx) Facility and the Genomics Innovation Hub (GIH). Jen assumed the directorship of the Genomics Facility in Summer, 2023. To read more about Jen’s expertise and experience, see the leadership page.

Chrissy Butler has been the lab manager for TREx since 2014, when it was previously known as the RNA Sequencing Core lab.  She performs library preparations from total RNA, small RNA, or rRNA-subtracted samples for the Illumina TruSeq system. The TREx lab provides the above services, sequencing, and data analysis as a complete package. Prior to TREx, Chrissy worked for 22 years in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics for Dr. Thomas Fox studying translational controls of mitochondrial gene expression in yeast. When not working in the lab, she enjoys her two cats, hiking around central NY with her 2 rescue dogs, exploring nature, and finding new vegan recipes to try out.

Faraz received his Bachelor's degree in Biomolecular Science and his Master's degree in Bioinformatics from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. As the Bioinformatics Analyst for TREx, he is actively developing and maintaining open-source workflows for RNA-seq, sRNA-seq and ATAC-seq services. Apart from this he provides consultation and collaboration on research grants and Genomics Innovation Hub projects for adaptability of new tools and data analytics approaches for scRNA-seq and scATAC-seq experiments. His hobbies include drone cinematography, UX design, golfing, riding electric skateboards and making R-shiny apps. 

Becky has been the director of the Imaging Facility since 2006. To read more about Becky’s expertise and experience, see the leadership page.

Teresa manages CT instrumentation and helps researchers to use x-ray based imaging techniques to see inside a wide variety of specimens. She uses her interdisciplinary scientific background to assist researchers from a variety of fields in their work. Teresa has worked in core facilities at Cornell since 2008 and is familiar with many of the shared resources on campus. Ask her where to start with a new project!