jxtxFoundation

2 Apr 2025

On this day, five years ago, we lost James Taylor. The Galaxy continues, and the JXTX Foundation has enabled numerous students to attend genomic data science meetings. Help us continue by donating here: jxtxfoundation.org/donate/

jxtxfoundation.orgJXTX + JJ Fund 2026 GCC AwardeesJXTX: The James P. Taylor Foundation for Open Science is pleased to announce the 2026 GCC scholarship recipients.

The JXTX Foundation honors the legacy of Prof. James P. Taylor, champion of open science & mentorship in genomics. Proud to announce 5 scholarship & fellowship awardees attending #GCC2026 in Clermont-Ferrand, France! @galaxyproject.bsky.social Meet them below. 🧵 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2026-5-...

Congrats to Zarlish Attique (Ayass Bioscience) — a JJ Fund Travel Fellow! 🎉 A Bioinformatics Analyst specializing in large-scale transcriptomics & functional genomics, Zarlish builds scalable RNA-seq & multi-omics pipelines for cancer research. #GCC2026

Congrats to Priscilla Garcia (Cal State Stanislaus) — a JJ Fund Travel Fellow! 🎉 A Master's student studying how land use & hydrology shape microbial communities & antibiotic resistance genes in freshwater ecosystems, using qPCR & sequencing. #GCC2026

jxtxfoundation.orgJXTX + JJ Fund 2026 GCC AwardeesJXTX: The James P. Taylor Foundation for Open Science is pleased to announce the 2026 GCC scholarship recipients.

Congrats to Finn Beruldsen (Univ. of Houston, PhD Biochemistry) — a JXTX Foundation Scholar! 🎉 Finn works at the crossroads of molecular dynamics & computational immunology, building tools like RMSX & Flipbook for T-cell analysis & protein visualization. #GCC2026

Congrats to Olyad Erba Urgessa (Haramaya University, Ethiopia) — a JXTX Foundation Scholar! 🎉 An Asst. Professor with 13+ years in biotech, Olyad is completing a PhD in Animal Biotechnology & advancing genomics & feed enzyme research across East Africa. #GCC2026

jxtxfoundation.orgJXTX + JJ Fund 2026 GCC AwardeesJXTX: The James P. Taylor Foundation for Open Science is pleased to announce the 2026 GCC scholarship recipients.

Congrats to Daniel Golparian (WHO Collaborating Centre, Sweden) — a JXTX Foundation Scholar! 🎉 As a Scientific Officer, Daniel tracks antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, doing vital genomic surveillance of resistant STI lineages worldwide. #GCC2026

The James P. Taylor Foundation for Open Science is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 JXTX+CSHL Genome Informatics Scholarships. JXTX provides support for students to attend conferences in CompBio and data science, where they can present their work [1/8]

His current project integrates RNA-seq data across species to identify conserved and differential gene programs—revealing fundamental principles of gene regulation and evolution. Ryan enjoys playing soccer, hockey, and piano. ⚽🏒🎹 [7/8]

jxtxfoundation.orgJXTX Foundation Awards Scholarships for CSHL Genome Informatics 2025JXTX: The James P. Taylor Foundation for Open Science is pleased to announce the 2025 CSHL Genome Informatics scholarship recipients.

Congrats to all three recipients! To learn more about the James P. Taylor Foundation for Open Science and this scholarship, go to jxtxfoundation.org/news/2025-01.... Enjoy the conference! [8/8]

These core areas are essential for extracting meaningful insights from sequencing data. She's also worked analyzing ancient DNA. For fun, Megan enjoys reading, playing bridge and performing on piano and oboe. 🎹🎶 [5/8]

Congrats to Ryan Moreno for winning a JXTX scholarship to Genome Informatics! Ryan is a PhD student in Biomed Data Science at UW-Madison, advised by Dr Sushmita Roy. He leverages evolutionary info to enhance computational analyses of gene regulation and expression. [6/8]

Her work tackles challenges in understanding gene expression at the transcript level, with major implications for precision medicine. When not in the lab, you'll find Zoe rock climbing, reading, or hanging out with her cat. 🧬🐱

Congrats to Megan Le for winning a JXTX scholarship to Genome Informatics! Megan is a PhD student in Computer Science at MIT, advised by Drs. Heng Li and Bonnie Berger. She develops algorithms for genome analysis, tackling problems in genome assembly, variant calling, and read alignment. [4/8]

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Congrats to Zoe Rudnick for winning a JXTX scholarship to Genome Informatics! Zoe is a 2nd-year PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins, developing algorithms to analyze RNA-seq data—incl long-read and single-cell datasets—to improve isoform quantification.

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Galaxy Project

17 Mar 2025

The GBCC2025 Scholarships are here! Thanks to the JXTX Foundation and Galaxy Project, 4 genomics and data science graduate students will receive scholarships to attend GBCC2025 in person. 📅 Apply by April 1, 2025 👉 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2025-2-...

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The James P. Taylor Foundation for Open Science is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 JXTX+CSHL Biology of Genomes Scholarships. JXTX provides support for students to attend conferences in CompBio and data science, where they can present their work [1/8]

Congrats to Amy Longtin (PhD student, Vanderbilt U, Lea lab) focuses on genotype by environment interactions and epigenetics in human and non-human primate species through the lens of evolutionary medicine. [7/8]

Congrats to William DeGroat (Undergrad, Rutgers, Kreimer lab) focuses on the development of computational methods to understand cell type-specific networks of cis-regulatory interactions and their perturbations. [8/8]

Congrats to Betselot Zerihun Ayano (Bioinformatician, Ethiopian Public Health Institute) specializes in pathogen genomics. He focuses on integrating bacterial genomics by linking genomic and epidemiological data to enhance antimicrobial resistance surveillance. [5/8]

Congrats to Elysia Chou (PhD student, UMichigan, Sartor lab) studies pinpointing cell type-specific gene regulatory mechanisms in psoriasis by building computational tools to link disease-associated variants or cis-regulatory elements to their target genes [6/8]

Congrats to Maria Carilli (PhD student,CalTech, Pachter lab) studies single-cell omics data using statistical and machine learning-based approaches. [3/8]

Congrats to Sakuntha Gunarathna (PhD student, U of North Dakota, Takaku lab) focuses on using machine learning to analyze cell-free DNA (cfDNA) for non-invasive cancer detection. [4/8]

jxtxfoundation.orgJXTX Foundation Awards Scholarships for Biology of Genomes 2025JXTX: The James P. Taylor Foundation for Open Science is pleased to announce the 2025 Biology of Genomes scholarship recipients.

and form connections with other researchers in the field. For more information on JXTX, its goals, and scholarships we’ve awards, see jxtxfoundation.org/news/2025-3-.... Awardees are: [2/8]

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Galaxy Project

@galaxyproject.bsky.social

21 Feb 2024

🌟GCC2024 scholarship opportunity🌟 We are thrilled to announce the JXTX + GCC2024 Scholarship, which will support six outstanding graduate students in attending GCC2024 in Brno, Czech Republic! See more and apply now! tinyurl.com/GCC2024schol...

Jason Kunisaki is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from @universityofutah.bsky.social who will present "Exploring the role of de novo germline and somatic mutagenesis in male subfertility" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...

Chandler Sutherland is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from the University of California Berkeley who will present "Roles of mutation and selection in the rapid evolution of plant innate immune receptors" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...

Omar Ahmed @oahmed.bsky.social is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from Johns Hopkins University who will present "Compressed pangenome indexing for rapid and robust taxonomic read classification" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...

Xiang Zhang is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities who will present "Mapping human gene function through a global genetic interaction network" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...

Prajna Hebbar is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from @ucsantacruz.bsky.social who will present "Improving Gene Annotations for Vertebrates and Human Pangemomes" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...

Yuyao Song is a JXTX/CSHL scholarship recipient from EMBL-EBI who will present "Constructing a cross-species knowledge graph of the cell type pattern of gene expression" at #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02...

Meet the six recipients of the JXTX Foundation & @cshlaboratory.bsky.social Scholarships for the 2024 Biology of Genomes conference! jxtxfoundation.org/news/2024-02... #bog24

jxtxfoundation.orgJXTX + CSHL 2024 Biology of Genomes ScholarshipJXTX + CSHL 2024 Biology of Genomes Scholarships

4 Feb 2024

Are you a grad student doing compelling research in #bioinformatics? The JXTX Foundation wants to enable you present your work at the 2024 Biology of Genomes Conference. MONDAY, FEB 5 is the last day to apply for a @jxtxfoundation.bsky.social #bog24 scholarship: jxtxfoundation.org/news/2023-11...

buff.lyJXTX + CSHL 2024 Biology of Genomes ScholarshipJXTX + CSHL 2024 Biology of Genomes Scholarships

2 Feb 2024

Grad students: Want to present your work at Biology of Genomes this year, but can't cover the costs? The JXTX Foundation is offering 6 scholarships for those working in genomics and data science. APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MONDAY. #bog24 buff.ly/3OrP79j #CSHL

1 Feb 2024

Application deadline for the @jxtxFoundation scholarships to attend the 2024 Biology of Genomes conference at @cshlaboratory.bsky.social HAS BEEN EXTENDED to Monday, Feb 5. Are you a grad student working in the intersection of #datascience and #genomics? Apply. jxtxfoundation.org/news/2023-11...

jxtxfoundation.orgJXTX + CSHL 2024 Biology of Genomes ScholarshipJXTX + CSHL 2024 Biology of Genomes Scholarships

31 Jan 2024

The JXTX Foundation & @cshlaboratory.bsky.social are providing support to 6 outstanding graduate students in genomics and data sciences to attend the 2024 CSHL Biology of Genomes Conference. Applications are due this Friday, Feb 2. #bog24 jxtxfoundation.org/news/2023-11... Apply now!

jxtxfoundation.orgJXTX + CSHL 2024 Biology of Genomes ScholarshipJXTX + CSHL 2024 Biology of Genomes Scholarships

9 Jan 2024

The JXTX Foundation & @cshlaboratory.bsky.social announce the 2024 Biology of Genomes Scholarships, providing support for 6 outstanding graduate students in genomics & data sciences to attend the 2024 CSHL Biology of Genomes Conference. Apply by Feb 2. #bog24 #cshl #jxtxfoundation

8 Dec 2023

Genome Informatics 2023 meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp... Poster 94: ⇒ Computational analysis of copy number variations in spatial transcriptomics data ⇒ Presented by Rongting Huang (University of Hong Kong) ⇒ buff.ly/3TewuZA