Research

computational genomics

As a result of new technologies, genetics research has become a data-rich discipline with enormous complex datasets. Our teams are developing algorithms, data formats, and software to interrogate these datasets and integrate genome, phenotype, and health record data to understand the relationship between genotype and phenotype and predict disease risk.


Lynn B. Jorde

Lynn B. Jorde

Professor and Chair

Disease-gene identification; Population genetics

lbj@​genetics.utah.edu
Ellen Leffler

Ellen Leffler

Assistant Professor

Human and non-human primate evolutionary genomics; Infectious disease.

leffler@​genetics.utah.edu
Gabor Marth

Gabor Marth

Professor; Co-Director, Utah Center for Genetic Discovery; H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair

DNA sequence variations; Computational algorithms; Comprehensive web tool system

gmarth@​genetics.utah.edu
Aaron Quinlan

Aaron Quinlan

Professor; Associate Director, Utah Center for Genetic Discovery

Human genome interpretation; Application of genomics to clinical care; Chromosome stability and somatic genome evolution; Algorithm and genomics software development; Cancer genetics; Nucleotide repeat disorders; Population genomics; Genetics of complex cisease

aquinlan@​genetics.utah.edu
Mark Yandell

Mark Yandell

Professor; H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair; Director, Eccles Institute Bioinformatics program; Technical Director, Utah Genome Project; Co-Director, USTAR Center for Genetic Discovery

Computational biology; Human population genetics; Image processing; Computer-assisted bioinformatics; Comparative genomics

myandell@​genetics.utah.edu
Xiaoxu Yang

Xiaoxu Yang

Assistant Professor

Mosaicism, Bioinformatics, Human Genetics

xiaoxu.yang@​genetics.utah.edu