Camellia(Xinyue) Rui

Camellia(Xinyue) Rui

PhD student in Biostatistics

University of Southern California

Biography

I am a PhD student in Biostatistics at University of Southern California, working on statistical methods on elucidating genetic architecture of complex diseases with Prof. Nick Mancuso and Prof. Steven Gazal. During my undergraduate at USC, I served as a research assistant at center of genetic epidemiology, working on assessing the genotyping imputation quality of diverse populations worldwide with Prof. Charleston Chiang.

May or may not be reached at crui@usc.edu since I have a cat to take care of…

Interests

  • Statistical Genetics
  • Population Genetics
  • Machine Learning

Education

  • Biostatistics Ph.D, 2022-2027(exp)

    University of Southern California

  • Biostatistics M.S., 2020-2022

    University of Southern California

  • Mathematics B.A., 2019-2022

    University of Southern California

Skills

R

Statistics

Python

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

University of Southern California

Jun 2020 – Present Los Angeles, California
  • Helping with a research project on admixture mapping
  • Running simulations of admixed populations using Msprime, pySlim and SLiM
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

University of Southern California

May 2020 – Present Los Angeles, California
  • Building Pipeline for researching on imputation quality over 50+ populations all over the world for Genome Wide Association Study
  • Skills include using Python, R, Plink, and high performance computing in Linux system
  • Mentoring two undergraduate students in the lab, providing hands-on experience on the research project
  • Awarded Provost Research Fellowship in Fall 2020 and presented research progress during undergraduate poster session
 
 
 
 
 

Visiting Research Intern

Rlkagaku KENkyusho/Institute of Physical and Chemical Research

Jun 2019 – Aug 2019 Osaka, Japan

Responsibilities include:

  • Working on an independent project at a single cell dynamic lab researching single molecule ELISA (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)

  • Performing lab procedures like Hela cells culture and subculture

  • Performing lab techniques like Lysis of cells and PAGE (Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis)

 
 
 
 
 

Undergraduate Research Leader

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Nov 2018 – May 2019 Wisconsin

Responsibilities include:

  • Organized workshops providing scientific research opportunities to undergraduates on campus
  • Doing independent projects on arising interests in scientific researches
  • Assisting peer students involved in research by meeting with them in an integrated science course on a weekly basis
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

Wisconsin National Primate Research Center

Jan 2018 – May 2019 Wisconsin

Responsibilities include:

  • Working in a research lab about researching PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) by animal model
  • Analyzing MRI (magnetic resonance images) of marmosets’ brains, collecting data and doing statistic analysis.
  • Dosing 40 adult and juvenile rhesus female monkeys, assisting many lab procedures like necropsy
  • Presenting research progress during undergraduate poster session

Accomplish­ments

Keck School of Medicine/Graduate School Fellowship

University of Southern California Aug 2022
For incoming PhD students whose combination of background and training will make a substantive, documentable, and unique contribution to the program as assessed by faculty

Jennifer Battat Scholarship

University of Southern California Jun 2020
Recognized exceptional transfer students majoring in Economics or Mathematics, honor academic and personal achievements and continued contributions as an outstanding member of the USC Dornsife student community

Provost’s Research Fellowship

University of Southern California Sep 2019
Awarded 100 students at USC on excellent independent research project with a faculty member

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