Jingyi Wu, PhD

Jingyi Wu is an interdisciplinary biologist. She studies cancer and developmental biology through the lens of epigenetics. Wu laboratory develops and leverages genomics and bioinformatics tools to understand what happens to chromatin during cancer development and drug response. Her long-term goal is understanding the basic mechanisms of tumorigenesis and developing more effective diagnostics and therapies for cancer. 

Postdoc: Massachusetts General Hospital & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

PhD: Tsinghua University

Awards:

2025 The NCI Transition Career Development Award (K22)

2023 Charles A. King Trust Research Fellowship

2019 Damon Runyon Cancer Research Fellowship

2018 Distinguished Life Science Research Award

2017 Ray Wu Prize

2016 Cold Spring Harbor Conference Fellowship