Sohit Miglani
PhD Student at Princeton University
B.S. Computer Science at Minerva University
A mathematician-turned-biologist passionate about building frameworks to understand biophysical principles of nature.
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Recent Articles
A chance to say Goodbye: The case for physician-assisted death
We’re all fighting a war everyday, on the battlefield of social media
It’s time to relabel ‘mental health disabilities’
Select Publications
Modeling phase separation of proteins with compact native states using LatticePy
Miglani S, et al. (March 2024)
An mRNA processing pathway suppresses metastasis by governing translational control from the nucleus
Navickas A, .., Miglani S, .. et al. (May 2023)
Regulation of eIF4E guides a unique translational program to control erythroid maturation
Forester C.M. , .., Miglani S, .. et al. (Dec 2022)
ERα is an RNA-binding protein sustaining tumor cell survival and drug resistance
Xu Y, .. , Miglani S, .., et al. (September 2021)
Honors and Awards
- 2024: Exemplar Mentor Award, McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning, Princeton University
- 2022: Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics Scholar, Princeton University
- 2020: Most Sustainable Hack Award, TreeHacks 2020, Stanford University
- 2019: Fellow of Impact Labs Coalition, a community of data scientists in the US.
- 2017: Finalists at YouFab Global Creative Awards, VIVITA Project, Tokyo.
- 2016: Barbara Wiedner and Dorothy Vandercook Memorial Foundation Scholarship
- 2016: Young Leaders for Active Citizenship, Summer Camp, Full Scholarship
- 2015: KVPY Young Scientists Fellowship, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Research Experience
Graduate Student Researcher, Princeton University, Aug 22 – Present
Junior Specialist II, University of California San Francisco, Oct 20 – Jun 22
Research Intern, University of Chicago, Oct 19 – Sep 20
Teaching Assistant, Minerva University, Jan 19 – May 20
Summer Scholar, Novartis, Jun 19 – Aug 19
Recent Presentations
Ripples in my proteins: How different parts of a protein talk to each other and change its structure
Princeton Research Day 2023
Finding Order in Disorder: Investigating Phosphorylation as a regulatory switch in disordered Proteins
Quantitative and Computational Biology Colloquium 2023
Inferring the dynamics of structural changes in proteins using protein language models
Princeton Structural Biology Colloquium 2023
Automated analysis and visualizations of
RNA-seq data in Atlantis
Senior Thesis 2020,
Minerva University