Team

We are looking for new team members (see openings) !


Principal Investigator

Saori Sakaue, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Genome Sciences at University of Washington

  • Postdoc. Functional Genomics, Harvard Medical School
  • Ph.D. Statistical Genetics and Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
  • M.D. Medicine, The University of Tokyo

Current Lab Members

Tiffany Tu

Postdoc, started September 2025
 Ph.D. in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Duke University

Samvardhini Sridharan

Postdoc, started March 2026
 Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley

Seung Hyuk (Tony) Lee

Postdoc, started May 2026
 Ph.D. in Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles

Kyra Fetter

Genome Sciences PhD student, started June 2026
 B.S. in Bioengineering Bioinformatics, UC San Diego

Valerie Lynch

Genome Sciences PhD student, started June 2026, Joint with Jay Shendure lab
 B.S. in Biology, University of Texas

Betty Yu

Genome Sciences rotation PhD student, started September 2026
 M.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Southern California

Ally Aggarwal

Research and administrative assistant, Cornell University

This could be you !

See Openings for more info

Alumni

  • Winston Dredge — Postdoc; Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Carina Biar — Rotation Graduate Student; B.A. at Northwestern University; Now Graduate Student at Jay Shendure's lab
  • Avni Murarka — Summer student

Lab Fun

Sakaue Lab fun photo slideshow