Genomics
We develop and apply
statistical methods for
the comparative analysis
of genomic data.
Current projects include
detecting fast evolving
regions of the primate
genome and studying
microbial diversity
using metagenomic data.
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News...
Our research about human-chimp genetic differences was featured in the National Institutue of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Magazine Computing Life and the NIH Biomedical Beat news digest.
Katie Pollard's article entitled What Makes Us Human? was the Scientific American cover story in May 2009. Our comparative genomics research was featured on ABC News (click on second photo to play video).
The Pollard lab is now located at UCSF in the Gladstone Institutes. We also belong to the Institute for Human Genetics and Division of Biostatistics.
Katie Pollard received a 2008 Sloan Research Fellowship in Computational and Evolutionary Molecular Biology.
We received a $1.8 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to develop methods for analysis of metagenomics data with Jonathan Eisen and Jessica Green. Katie and Jonathan were featured in a Sacramento News & Review cover story.
Our Nature paper on a rapidly evolving RNA gene expressed during brain development received widespread news coverage: Time, Newsweek, BBC News, ScienceNow, Scientific American, The Economist, The Scientist, NPR, Capital Public Radio, and more. A list of Human Accelerated Regions (HARs) is here.