About James
James Taylor (1979-2020) was an iconic professor in the CMDB department known for his eclectic taste in music, noteworthy shoes, wheeled-transportation, chill demeanor, dedicated skit performances, solid food recommendations, and especially his ardent support of his students and colleagues. He was a founder and co-lead of Galaxy, a widely used open resource for computational biology research. At Hopkins, he and his research group worked on understanding the genomic basis of gene regulation.
