Mark Abney
Research Associate Professor
My research focuses on problems in statistical and computational genetics. In general, my interests are in developing both new mathematical methods and computational techniques to overcome complex problems in the analysis of genetic data.
Sebastian Pott
Research Assistant Professor
The overarching motivation for my research is to understand how regulatory information encoded in the human genome is used to generate different transcriptional and cellular outputs. The main focus of my work is to develop high-throughput genomics technologies that measure multiple aspects of gene regulation in single cells, for example, transcript levels, activity of regulatory elements, and DNA methylation.
Emma Thompson
Research Assistant Professor
The broad focus of my research is the study of asthma and allergic diseases using integrated genomic approaches. Specifically, my research utilizes a cell culture model to characterize the genetic and epigenetic architecture of airway hyperresponsiveness, with a long term goal of identifying and characterizing genetic factors underlying asthma susceptibility.