Shu is from Buffalo Grove, IL and graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in Biological Sciences and a minor in Biometry and Statistics. During her undergraduate studies, Shu performed research in the Schimenti Lab at Cornell University surrounding the genetics of infertility, and completed her thesis on identifying genetic variants in the regulatory regions of infertility genes through computational analysis and experimental validation. In the Beroukhim lab, Shu has been developing methods to detect rearrangements that drive cancer.

Fun Facts: Shu enjoys fermenting food (such as kimchi and kombucha), reading and writing poetry, and playing badminton.

Andrew is a group leader in the Cancer Program at the Broad Institute of MIT. He led the Broad Institute’s effort to analyze somatic DNA copy-number alterations for The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Now, Andrew and Rameen Beroukhim are co-principal investigators of the Broad Institute’s copy-number Genome Data Analysis Center for the National Cancer Institute’s Genomic Data Analysis Network (GDAN). Andrew holds a PhD in molecular genetics from Ohio State University and a BA in biology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Favorite quote: “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon

Born and raised in Rockville, MD, John studied Physics at Harvey Mudd College.  Before coming to the Broad, John worked as a High Frequency Trader but has since made a big switch to Computation Biology.  He is motivated to make the world a better place through his research in Pediatric Low Grade Gliomas.

Fun Fact: John thinks berries are overrated. They are nutritionally sparse given their price.

Favorite quote: “I took Gotham’s white knight, and brought him down to our level.  It wasn’t hard.  See, madness as you know is like gravity; all it needs is a little push” –The Joker