Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
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2025 - Present
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Integrative Genomics,
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
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2017 - Present
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
An expanded registry of candidate cis-regulatory elements.
Journal Article Nature · January 7, 2026 Mammalian genomes contain millions of regulatory elements that control the complex patterns of gene expression1. Previously, the ENCODE consortium mapped biochemical signals across hundreds of cell types and tissues and integrated these data to develop a r ... Full text Link to item CiteThe IGVF catalog-from genetic variation to function.
Journal Article Nucleic Acids Res · January 6, 2026 Genomic variation between individuals is essential for understanding how differences in the genome sequence affect molecular and cellular processes. The Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium aims to uncover the relationships among genom ... Full text Link to item CiteSMARCA2 is an essential and potent cofactor for a specific subset of the glucocorticoid response in A549 cells.
Journal Article bioRxiv · November 14, 2025 Glucocorticoids are a widely used, potent class of anti-inflammatory drugs that modulate the expression of hundreds of genes across the genome. Although the glucocorticoid response is primarily carried out by the glucocorticoid receptor (NR3C1, a.k.a. GR), ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Molecular basis of gd T lineage specification - Core B: Genomics Core
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Fox Chase Cancer Center · 2025 - 2030Project 2: The role of TCR, ligand, and signal strength in human ¿¿ T cell development
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Fox Chase Cancer Center · 2025 - 2030To support research on the development of CRISPR-based epigenome editing tools to refine genome wide association studies
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Open Philanthropy Project · 2018 - 2027View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Boston University ·
2007
Ph.D.