Jan-Fang Cheng, JGI
Dr. Cheng began his genome science research career in 1987 when he cloned the human telomeres during his postdoctoral training in Columbia University at New York. He joined the Human Genome Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 1989, where he led the mapping efforts of YACs, PACs, and BACs for the human chromosomes 21 and 5 during the human genome era 1995 to 2000. Recently, in his capacity as the Functional Genomic group lead at the JGI, Dr. Cheng and Dr. Tanja Woyke together has developed the single cell genomics pipeline. Dr. Cheng also worked together with Dr. Sam Deutsch and applied automated processes to scale the DNA synthesis pipeline at the JGI. His group is now working together with Dr. Yasuo Yoshikuni to develop the next generation host engineering technology that can further accelerate the functional genomics research.
Education
- B.S. in Agronomy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- M.S. in Genetics, Pennsylvania State University
- Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology, Pennsylvania State University
Awards and Service
- 2021 LBNL Director’s Award for Safety to the Institutional Biosafety Committee
- Editor: HUGO/GDB Chromosome Committee 1999-2003
- Consultant or Scientific Advisory Committee: Hanwha Chemical R&D Institute, Korea 2001-2004, National Genome Sequencing Core Facility, National Research Program on Genome Medicine, Taiwan 2003-2005, Caliper Life Sciences, USA 2010-2012
- Committee Member: Institutional Biosafety Committee, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2012-current