Bio
Experienced Computational Biologist with a demonstrated history of working in the pharmaceuticals industry. Skilled in data visualization, high throughout computing, biotechnology, molecular biology, and Management. Strong research professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) focused in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Education
PhD, University of Massachusetts Medical School (Worcester, MA)
BS, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester,MA)
Patent and Publications
Widespread haploid-biased gene expression enables sperm-level natural selection Science (March 2021) Kunal Bhutani, Katherine Stansifer, Simina Ticau, Lazar Bojic, Chloe Villani, Joanna Slisz, Claudia Cremers, Christian Roy, Jerry Donovan, Brian Fiske, Robin Friedman
Subsets of mononuclear phagocytes are enriched in the inflamed colons of patients with IBD BMC Immunology (November 2019) Hong Liu, Suryasarathi Dasgupta, Yu Fu, Brandi Bailey, Christian Roy, Eric Lightcap & Benjamin Faustin
Assessing long-distance RNA sequence connectivity via RNA-templated DNA-DNA ligation eLife (April 2015) Roy CK, Olson S, Graveley BR, Zamore PD, Moore MJ.
Deducing Exon Connectivity by RNA-Templated DNA Ligation/Sequencing Patent US8975019 B2 (March 2015) Zamore PD, Moore MJ, Roy CK
Putting the Pieces Together: Exons and piRNAs UMMS Dissertation (May 2014) Roy CK
An Ancient Transcription Factor Initiates the Burst of piRNA Production during Early Meiosis in Mouse Testes Molecular Cell (April 2013) Li XZ•, Roy CK• (•Equal contribution), Dong X, Bolcun-Filas E, Wang J, Han BW, Xu J, Moore MJ, Schimenti JC, Weng Z, Zamore PD
Defining piRNA primary transcripts Cell Cycle (May 2013) Li XZ, Roy CK, Moore MJ, Zamore PD.
UPF1 Is Crucial for the Infectivity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Progeny Virions Journal of Virology (August 2013) Serquiña AKP, Suman RD, Popova E, Ojelabi OA, Roy CK, and Göttlinger HG