Dan Ju

PhD Student
Genetics and Epigenetics

Research Interest

Education

Research Experience

Publications and Presentations

Awards & Grants

Research Interest

Genetic architecture of complex traits, human demographic history, selection, polygenic risk scores, GWAS

Education

Expected 2023	Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Gennetics and Epigenetics Advisors: Dr. Ian Mathieson and Dr. Sarah Tishkoff
May 2017	B.A. Johns Hopkins University Major in Behavioral Biology with honors, minor in Music Dean’s List: Fall 2013-2017

Research Experience

2017 – 2018	PhD Lab Rotations, University of Pennsylvania Kamberov Lab - Analyzed single nucleus RNA-seq data to characterize the heterogeneity of cell populations in skin tissue from mice Tishkoff Lab – Studied replication of genes and SNPs from GWAS of European populations and African populations Mathieson Lab - Examined the contributions of selection and demographic change to modern European pigmentation variation using ancient
2015 – 2017	Research Associate, Cancer Epidemiology Program University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Advisor: Dr. Gertraud Maskarinec Identified breast cancer risk factors associated with elevated mammographic density in participants of the Multiethnic cohort
2014 - 2017	Research Assistant, Comparative Neural Systems and Behavior Lab Johns Hopkins University, Advisor: Dr. Cynthia F. Moss Investigated the coordination of bat facial movements with biosonar production

Publications and Presentations

Ju D*, Hui D*, Hammond DA, Wonkam A, Tishkoff SA. Importance of Including Non-European Populations in Large Human Genetic Studies to Enhance Precision Medicine. Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science, 5(1):321-339, 2022 Aug.

Maskarinec G, Ju D, Shvetsov YB, Horio D, Chan O, Loo LMW, Hernandez BY. Breast tumor tissue inflammation but not lobular involution is associated with survival among breast cancer patients in the Multiethnic Cohort. Cancer Epidemiology, 65:101685, 2020 April.

Maskarinec G, Ciba M, Ju D, Shepherd JA, Ernst T, Wu AH, Monroe KR, Lim U, Wilkens LR, Marchand LL. Association of Imaging-Based Body Fat Distribution and Mammographic Density in the Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 29(2):352-358, 2020 Feb.

Maskarinec G, Ju D, Fong J, Horio D, Chan O, Loo LMW, Hernandez BY. Mammographic density and breast tissue expression of inflammatory markers, growth factors, and vimentin. BMC Cancer, 18(1):1191, 2018 Nov.

Maskarinec G, Ju D, Morimoto Y, Franke AA, Stanczyk FZ. Soy Food Intake and Biomarkers of Breast Cancer Risk: Possible Difference in Asian Women? Nutrition and Cancer, 69(1):146-53, 2017 Jan.

Maskarinec G, Ju D, Horio D, Loo LMW, Hernandez BY. Involution of Breast Tissue and Mammographic Density. Breast Cancer Research, 18:128, 2016 Dec.

Ju D, Maskarinec G. Cocoa - Past Medicinal Uses, Current Scientific Evidence, and Advertised Health Benefits. In: Watson RR, Preedy VR (Editors). Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs: Bioactive Foods in Health Promotion. Elsevier Inc, Philadelphia, PA, 2016.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Ju D, Mathieson I. The evolution of skin pigmentation associated variation in West Eurasia. Talk given at New York Area Population Genomics. 2020 July 23; New York City, NY.

Ju D, Mathieson I. The evolution of skin pigmentation associated variation in West Eurasia. Talk given at Evolution in Philadelphia Conference. 2019 September 14; Philadelphia, PA.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Ju D, Mathieson I. The evolution of pigmentation-associated variants in Europe. Poster presented at Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2019. 2019 July 23; Manchester, England.

Ju D, Mathieson I. Tracing the evolution of pigmentation-associated variants in Europe. Poster presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics. 2018 Oct 17; San Diego, CA.

Ju D, Macias S, Sterbing-D’Angelo S, Moss C. Noseleaf dynamics and sensorimotor control in bat echolocation. Poster presented at DREAMS Undergraduate Research Day. 2017 Apr 21; Baltimore, MD.

Awards & Grants

Aug. 2021 – 2022	F31 Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH
August 2020	American Society of Human Genetics Reviewers’ Choice Abstract
June 2019 – July 2021	NIH T32 Predoctoral Training Grant in Genetics University of Pennsylvania
April 2019	NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention
May 2018	Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics Scholarship University of Washington