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Education, awards, publications and skills.
Contact Information
| Name | Kexin Dong |
| Professional Title | PhD Candidate, MIT Biology |
| kexindon@mit.edu |
Professional Summary
PhD candidate in Biology at MIT and the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, working at the interface of cancer biology, precision genome editing and computational genomics.
Education
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2024 - present Cambridge, MA, US
PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biology
- MIT Presidential Fellow (2024–2025).
- Sánchez-Rivera Lab and Hemann Lab, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.
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2023 - 2024 Cambridge, MA, US
Visiting Student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biology
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2020 - 2024 Beijing, China
Awards
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2026 MIT Prize for Open Data
MIT School of Science and MIT Libraries
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2024 President Fellow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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2024 Student Commencement Speaker
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publications
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2025 Computational prediction of human genetic variants in the mouse genome
Nature Biotechnology
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2024 High-throughput evaluation of genetic variants with prime editing sensor libraries
Nature Biotechnology
Skills
Genome editing: Prime editing, Base editing, High-throughput CRISPR screen and analysis
Computational biology: Python, NGS analysis, Variant annotation, Comparative genomics
Languages: Chinese (native), English (fluent)