Siqi "Crystal" Liu
EDUCATION
College / University
Yale University
Highest Degree
Bachelor of Science
Major Subjects
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Country
China, P.R.
Lab Experience
Protein Biochemistry: SDS-PAGE, Western blotting, immunoprecipitation, basic protein purification
Molecular Biology: restriction cloning, transformation, DNA extraction, gel electrophoresis, PCR
Cell biology and imaging: cell culture, transfection, immunofluorescence, confocal microscopy, basic flow cytometry
Virology: pseudovirus production (HPV), infection assays
Computational skills: ImageJ, R, basic Python
Projects / Research
- 2026: Bachelor’s Thesis, "Mapping Human Papillomavirus L2 Capsid Emergence Reveals Region-Specific and Heterogeneous Accessibility"
- 2024 – 2026: Research Intern, "HPV16 L2 Capsid Emergence", DiMaio Lab, Yale School of Medicine
- 2025: Summer Research Intern, "Dengue Virus E Protein Engineering", Lok Shee-Mei Lab, Duke-NUS Medical School
- 2021 – 2023: Research Intern, "Probing Broad-Spectrum Immunity Genes in Citrus with CRISPR/Cas9", Irish Lab, Yale University
Scholarships / Awards
| 2026 – 2027: | Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School |
| 2026: | Graduated from Yale University magna cum laude; elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society |
| 2025: | Alan S. Tetelman 1958 Fellowship for International Research in the Sciences, Yale University |
| 2020: | Gold Medal, International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition (High School Division) |