Researcher Background
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Genetics, WashU Medicine
Training
- 2006 - 2009: Postdoctoral Fellow, Computational Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Education
- 2001: MS, Computer Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
- 2006: PhD, Computational Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Research & Selected Publications
Research Interest
Computational genomics and epigenomics. The evolution and adaption of human regulatory networks, with a focus on mobile elements (i.e., transposable elements) and their impact on gene regulation, their genetic and epigenetic control, and their roles in human biology and diseases. In particular, we are studying how DNA methylation changes in transposable elements influence tumorigenesis.
Research Publications