Jinrui Xu

Jinrui Xu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Howard University's College of Arts & Sciences. A computational biologist, their research focuses on genome evolution, gene regulation, and cancer genomics. They develop bioinformatics tools to analyze complex biological data, such as GRAM for predicting non-coding variant effects and CytoSVM for cytokine-receptor interactions.

Education: PhD in Bioinformatics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2015).

Research interests include evolutionary mechanisms of genetic variation, regulatory networks in cancer, and protein structure analysis. Their work emphasizes functional genomic data interpretation and experimental methodology improvements, such as optimizing ChIP-seq analysis protocols.

Key contributions include advancing understanding of pseudogene functionality, protein fold classification, and regulatory element differentiation between wolf/dog populations. Collaborations span institutions like Yale University and the University of Washington, reflecting interdisciplinary research engagement.