Faculty

Zhiping Weng, PhD
Director and Professor

Jeffrey A. Bailey, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Computational and experimental analysis of the role of segmental duplication and copy number variation in human disease.

Manuel Garber, PhD 
Associate Professor

To study the evolution of transcriptional control and non-coding RNAs in mammals through development and analysis of sequence-based molecular biology approaches.

Elinor Karlsson, PhD
Assistant Professor

Using ancient signals of natural selection to understand how the human genome works, and translating this insight into better medical therapies.

Konstantin Zeldovich, PhD
Assistant Professor

Molecular evolution and protein folding using computer simulations and theory.

Barbara Tabak, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Virus diversity and evolution, innate immune transcriptional network modeling, copy number detection methods.

Thom Vreven, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Computational analysis and determination of protein-protein interactions (see Weng-Zlab for more information).

Alper Kucukural, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Computational analysis and data integration of next generation sequencing data and developing reusable bioinformatics analysis pipelines. (see Bioinformatics Core for more information)

Patrick McDonel, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Experimental characterization and perturbation of gene networks in immune cells to understand and modify how they respond to stimuli.