Lawrence Xu begins rotation in the Palmer Lab

Yixuan (Lawrence) Xu joined the Palmer Lab in August 2026 as a rotation student in the Bioinformatics and Systems Biology PhD program.

He graduated from UCSD in 2026 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology: Bioinformatics and Biochemistry. He previously studied brain lineage tracing through somatic variant calling.

Outside of the lab, Lawrence enjoys watching movies, reading books, and trying out restaurants in San Diego.

Welcome, Lawrence!