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Fighting the (chemotherapeutic) resistance: restoring p53 function and silencing REV3L suppresses the cancerous metabolic phenotype in cisplatin treated human non-small lung carcinoma cells

Presented at WCCRT 2017

Linghao Kong*, Michael M. Murata*, & Michelle A. Digman

Absence of REV3L promotes p53-regulated cancer cell metabolism in cisplatin-treated lung carcinoma cells

Published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2018

Linghao Kong*, Michael M. Murata*, & Michelle A. Digman
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Toward visualization of active translation in dopaminergic neurons

Presented at CUURS 2019

Linghao Kong, Benjamin D. Hobson, & Peter A. Sims

Elongation inhibitors do not prevent the release of puromycylated nascent polypeptide chains from ribosomes

Published in eLife, 2020

Benjamin D. Hobson, Linghao Kong, Erik W. Hartwick, Ruben L. Gonzalez, & Peter A. Sims
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Elongation inhibitors do not prevent the release of puromycylated nascent polypeptide chains from ribosomes

Presented at CUURS 2020

Benjamin D. Hobson, Linghao Kong, Erik W. Hartwick, Ruben L. Gonzalez, & Peter A. Sims

Subcellular and regional localization of mRNA translation in midbrain dopamine neurons

Presented at CUURS 2021

Benjamin D. Hobson, Linghao Kong, Maria Florencia Angelo, Ori J. Lieberman, Eugene V. Mosharov, Etienne Herzog, David Sulzer, & Peter A. Sims

Subcellular and regional localization of mRNA translation in midbrain dopamine neurons

Published in Cell Reports, 2022

Benjamin D. Hobson, Linghao Kong, Maria Florencia Angelo, Ori J. Lieberman, Eugene V. Mosharov, Etienne Herzog, David Sulzer, & Peter A. Sims
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Neuronal disentanglement and Sparse Expansion

Presented at NEMI 2024

Shashata Sawmya*, Linghao Kong*, Ilia Markov, Dan Alistarh, & Nir N. Shavit

Presynaptic input synchrony at scale

Presented at COSYNE 2025

Linghao Kong*, Heidi Durresi*, Lu Mi, & Nir N. Shavit
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Wasserstein distances, neuronal entanglement, and sparsity

Published in ICLR 2025 as a Spotlight Presentation

Shashata Sawmya*, Linghao Kong*, Ilia Markov, Dan Alistarh, & Nir N. Shavit
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A connectomics-driven analysis reveals novel characterization of border regions in mouse visual cortex

Published in Neural Networks, 2025

Neehal Tumma*, Linghao Kong*†, Shashata Sawmya, Tony T. Wang, & Nir N. Shavit†
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Input differentiation via negative computation

Presented at ICML 2025 Workshop HiLD

Linghao Kong*, Angelina Ning*, & Nir N. Shavit
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Negative pre-activations differentiate syntax

Preprint on arXiv, 2025

Linghao Kong, Angelina Ning, Micah Adler, & Nir N. Shavit
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Expand neurons, not parameters

Preprint on arXiv, 2025

Linghao Kong*, Inimai Subramanian*, Yonadav Shavit, Micah Adler, Dan Alistarh, & Nir N. Shavit
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Talk on Wasserstein Distances, Neuronal Entanglement, and Sparsity

Published: March 18, 2025

Course Assistant

Course Assistant, Columbia University, Computer Science Department, January 2021 — May 2022

Guided students to implement the mathematical and theoretical principles taught in class in Python-based applications and problem sets through weekly office hours and biweekly lab sessions.

Research Mentor

Research Mentor, MIT, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, December 2022 — Present

Mentoring undergraduate students to conduct research in mechanistic interpretability, model efficiency, and connectomics.

Teaching Fellow

Teaching Fellow, MIT, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, September 2025 — Present

Developing problem sets and holding weekly office hours.