Melissa Englund, Ph.D.

Boyle Lab Ph.D. alumnus

Melissa Englund, Ph.D.

Genetics and Genomics Ph.D. Student

Current position

Scientist (AI/ML) CZ Biohub Chicago

Boyle Lab history

  • Genetics and Genomics Ph.D. student July 2017–March 2023
  • Postdoctoral scholar May 2023–May 2025
Email ORCID

Research

Research areas

  • Non-coding Genome
  • Human Genetics
  • Gene Regulation
  • Silencers, Enhancer-blockers and Insulators
  • Massively-parallel Reporter Assays
  • CRISPR/Cas9 Genomic Targeting
  • PRDM1

Training

Education

  • B.A. Molecular and Cell BiologyUniversity of California, Berkeley

Recognition

Honors and awards

  • Michigan Predoctoral Training in Genetics (GTP T32)
  • Anita and Howard Cramer Scholarship Award for Academic Achievement
  • Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant (candidate)

Biography

Background

Melissa’s PhD research focuses on understanding the regulatory capacity of the human non-coding genome. Her work involves both development of novel plasmid-based tools for assaying negative regulatory element activity and the leveraging of these tools to characterize regulatory elements in the 300kb non-coding genomic region surrounding the gene PRDM1.

Research output

Boyle Lab publications

2 publications