Choo Liu

About Me

Hi! My name is Choo, a PhD Bioinformatics student at UCLA.

My career began as a molecular biologist in biotech (e.g., 10X Genomics), followed by statistical training (MS Biostatistics; Colorado School of Public Health / Anschutz Medical Campus statistics consulting core).

These past lives have converged in my work in the Luo Lab at UCLA (PI: Chongyuan Luo), where our group develops multiomic single-cell and spatial assays. My dissertation work extends statistical genetics to these new tools, particularly focusing on how genetic variation and 5mC-methylation interact with aging and neuropsychiatric phenotypes.

Learning about other folks’ research and teaching (including undergraduate student supervision) are my favorite parts of being in academia.

Please reach out if you’d like to collaborate or grab a coffee.

Recent Highlights

Eyring & Liu, et al. (2026) A Single-Cell Atlas of DNA Methylation in Autism Spectrum Disorder Reveals Distinct Regulatory and Aging Signatures in Prefrontal Cortex. bioRxiv

Li, et al. (2025) Integration of Polygenic Risk with Single Cell Methylation Profiles for Depression. bioRxiv

Krockenberger, et al. (2025) FastGxC: Fast and Powerful Context-Specific eQTL Mapping in Bulk and Single-Cell Data. bioRxiv

Other Interests

clinical volunteering (mental health and dementia settings), botany, synthesizers, field recordings, internet history/doomscrolling, rain and rocky beaches (pictured above: Lands End), film noir, and immediately misplacing all of my pencils and pens.

Choo Liu

About Me

Hi! My name is Choo, a PhD Bioinformatics student at UCLA.

My career began as a molecular biologist in biotech (e.g., 10X Genomics), followed by statistical training (MS Biostatistics; Colorado School of Public Health / Anschutz Medical Campus statistics consulting core).

These past lives have converged in my work in the Luo Lab at UCLA (PI: Chongyuan Luo), where our group develops multiomic single-cell and spatial assays. My dissertation work extends statistical genetics to these new tools, particularly focusing on how genetic variation and 5mC-methylation interact with aging and neuropsychiatric phenotypes.

Learning about other folks’ research and teaching (including undergraduate student supervision) are my favorite parts of being in academia.

Please reach out if you’d like to collaborate or grab a coffee.

Recent Highlights

Eyring & Liu, et al. (2026) A Single-Cell Atlas of DNA Methylation in Autism Spectrum Disorder Reveals Distinct Regulatory and Aging Signatures in Prefrontal Cortex. bioRxiv

Li, et al. (2025) Integration of Polygenic Risk with Single Cell Methylation Profiles for Depression. bioRxiv

Krockenberger, et al. (2025) FastGxC: Fast and Powerful Context-Specific eQTL Mapping in Bulk and Single-Cell Data. bioRxiv

Other Interests

clinical volunteering (mental health and dementia settings), botany, synthesizers, field recordings, internet history/doomscrolling, rain and rocky beaches (pictured above: Lands End), film noir, and immediately misplacing all of my pencils and pens.