Facility Staff
Elsa Molina, PhD
Director
H.A. and Mary K. Chapman Charitable Foundations Genomic Sequencing Core
Ling Ouyang, MS
Senior Manager
H.A. and Mary K. Chapman Charitable Foundations Genomic Sequencing Core
Ling brings a wealth of knowledge from her longstanding position as Functional Genomics Core Manager at the Salk Institute. Since 2014 Ling has been cross training and supporting efforts in the Next Gen Sequencing Core for sample QC, library production and sequencer operator.
James Nguyen, BS
Research Assistant I
After completing a BS degree in Biochemistry from San Diego State University, James worked for several Biotech/pharma industries, including Beckman Coulter and Alta Analytical Laboratory for 7 years from which he gained valuable insight into immunochemistry and state-of-the-art instruments. James joined the Salk Institute in 2005 as a Research Assistant in the FGL Core where he gained extensive knowledge and experience operating notably real-time PCR instruments and performing DNA Miniprep for plasmid DNA purification assays. In 2014, James joined the NGS Core where he is a specialist in Qiagen DNA Miniprep.
Nina Tonnu, BS
Research Assistant III
After graduating with a BS in Cells and Molecular Biology from San Diego State University, Nina joined first the Salk Institute in 2001 where she gained tremendous experience as a Research Assistant working in cancer and gene therapy in Dr. Inder Verma laboratory for 19 years. After an experience in the industry, Nina joined again the Salk Institute in 2022 as a Research Assistant III in the NGS Core where she is an expert in library preparations for high-throughput sequencing.
Tzu-Wen Wang, BS
Research Assistant III
After graduating with a BS in Biotechnology from China Medical University in Taiwan, Tzu-Wen worked at the National Cheng Kung University for 6 years where she enhanced her skills in molecular biology as a research assistant working in cancer research with Dr. Hui-Ping Hsu. Tzu-Wen joined the Salk Institute in 2018 as a Research Assistant III in the NGS Core where she is an expert in library preparations and high-throughput sequencing operation runs.
