Aparna Nathan

Aparna Nathan

Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
Aparna Nathan

I am a research associate at Harvard, and recently completed my PhD in Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics in Raychaudhuri Lab. My dissertation focused on the integration of multimodal T cell data—RNA, surface proteins, genetics—to better understand their roles in infectious and autoimmune diseases. I also designed a single-cell approach to model state-dependent expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) and I am currently extending this work to better understand the state-dependent regulatory impact of immune disease-associated variants. Outside of research, I enjoy teaching and mentoring, writing about science for the public, and exploring Boston on foot.