#  Qingbo Wang 

Advisor: Mark Daly

 

 

 



   ![Qingbo Wang](/sites/g/files/omnuum6836/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/bigphd/files/Wang_Qingbo.jpg?itok=u4q56IWX) 

 



 

 location\_on Hometown: Tokyo, Japan 

 laptop\_windows [Additional Advisor: Hilary Finucane](https://www.broadinstitute.org/bios/hilary-finucane) 

 

 



 

 **What is your academic background? What research experience did you have before grad school?**

   
*I completed my undergrad in the University of Tokyo in 2016, with BS degree in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology.  
During my undergrad, I worked on large scale off-target effect analysis of CRISPR/Cas genome engineering.*  
  
**What is your research area and why is it exciting?**

   
*I am trying to understand the non-coding regulatory mechanism of human genome, and use that to better understand rare diseases.  
As we have heard, 98% of our genome is non-coding and >90% of our GWAS finding is on non-coding region!*  
  
**Why did you choose BIG?**

   
*Because there are so many excellent research institutes around — Broad / DBMI / HMS / MGH and more.*  
  
**What was your favorite class and why?**

   
*STAT120. Learning Bayesian way of thinking was amazing.*  
  
**How do you like living in Boston? What do you do when you are not working?**

   
*Boston is great! I enjoy playing soccer outside!*

 **What advice would you give to college students who are interested in a PhD in genomics/bioinformatics?**

 *I think you're making the right choice!*



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Alumni Graduation Year
    
     [2021](/alumni-graduation-year/2021)
- ## People
    
     [Alumni](/people/alumni)