Won Lab

Nana and Jessica’s paper on MPRA of human cortical structure-associated variants has now been published in Nature Neuroscience! This work was also a collaboration with Jason Stein, a long-standing collaborator of our lab. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-026-02454-2 Tweetorial: https://x.com/hyejung_won/status/2102755044894691578 Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/hyejungwon.bsky.social/post/3mw6v6kd6zc2t UNC press release: https://news.unchealthcare.org/2026/09/unc-scienti

Katherine, Hyunggyu, and Hyejung attended the 2026 IGVF meeting. Katherine was selected to present her recent work! We also met with Dr. Joe Dougherty at Washington University to discuss different MPRA strategies!

The Won Lab celebrated a farewell party for Trent and Maggie, who have been invaluable members of the lab over the past several years. Trent has been a fabulous Research Technician for the past four years, and Maggie has been a wonderful undergraduate researcher working with Katherine. We are excited to see Trent begin his graduate studies at Emory and congratulate Maggie on her new position as a Medical Assistant! At the same time, we are delighted to welcome Evelyn as our n

We are excited to welcome Evelyn to the lab! Evelyn received her B.A. in Cognitive Science from the University of Virginia. Most recently, she worked as a Research Specialist in the Department of Neurology at UNC studying neural activity and functional connectivity following focal cortical stroke. She will continue working on neuroscience research in the Won lab. Welcome, Evelyn!

Jiseok and Hyejung presented their recent findings at the Lake Conference in Thun, Switzerland. The conference was held beside a beautiful lake and featured a great deal of inspiring science. Hyejung gave an oral presentation, while Jiseok presented a poster.

Jingying presented her work on chromatin interaction QTLs at the Genome Organization & Nuclear Function Meeting at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Tatiana also presented a poster on her work investigating the role of C9orf72 in 3D genome organization. Great job!

The Won lab celebrated several exciting moments at Xolos and updated its lab photo! Trent was admitted to Emory University for his next graduate adventure, Yang joined the lab as a graduate student, Katherine and Trent won chili competitions, and Jingying was selected to give an oral presentation at a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory meeting. Congratulations to everyone!

We are excited to welcome Yang to the lab following a semester-long rotation. Yang is a Biostatistics student with extensive expertise in genetics and computational biology. He received his B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and his Sc.M. in Biostatistics from Johns Hopkins University. He will continue working on genetic and genomic datasets in the Won lab. Welcome, Yang!

Alejandro, Katherine, and Hyejung had a great time at the Molecular Psychiatry Meeting in stunning Kauai! Hyejung chaired a session, while Katherine and Alejandro presented posters. The presentation day also coincided with Katherine’s birthday, so we celebrated with a small lab gathering afterward!