Margaret R. Starostik

Margaret R. Starostik is a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Rajiv McCoy at Johns Hopkins University. She completed her Ph.D. in the Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology & Biophysics Program at Johns Hopkins University, with co-advisement from John Kim in the Department of Biology and Mike Schatz in the Department of Computer Science.

Her research integrates computational and experimental approaches to investigate gene regulation mechanisms, with particular focus on piRNA pathways and transcription factors in C. elegans. Technical expertise includes:

• ChIP-seq analysis for protein-DNA interactions
• Small RNA-seq data processing
• Computational genomics pipeline development
• Analysis of male-specific transcription factors

Dr. Starostik maintains active scholarly presence through GitHub repositories containing analytical tools and course materials, demonstrating strong technical capabilities in Python-based genomic analysis. Her collaborative work bridges biological experimentation with computational methodology development in the genomics field.