Carlos Bustamante
Academic Appointments
- Professor, Genetics
- Member, Bio-X
- Professor (By courtesy), Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)
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Contact Information
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Personal Information Tel (650) 723-6330Alternate Contact Tara Trim Administrative Assistant Email Tel Work 1-650-723-1073
Professional Overview
Honors and Awards
- MacArthur Fellow, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (2010)
- Provost Award for Distinguished Research, Cornell University (2008)
- Sloan Research Fellow in Molecular Biology, Sloan Foundation (2007-9)
- Marshall Sherfield Fellow, Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission (2001-2)
Professional Education
| Ph.D.: | Harvard University, Biology (2001) |
| A.M.: | Harvard University, Statistics (2001) |
| A.B.: | Harvard College, Biology (1997) |
Postdoctoral Advisees
Meredith Carpenter, Omar Cornejo, Brenna Henn, Joanna Kelley, Tuuli Emilia Lappalainen, Fernando Mendez, Marina Muzzio, Morten Rasmusssen, Karla Sandoval Mendoza, Suyash Shringarpure, Martin Sikora
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
My research focuses on analyzing genome wide patterns of variation within and between species to address fundamental questions in biology, anthropology, and medicine. My group works on a variety of organisms and model systems ranging from humans and other primates to domesticated plant and animals. Much of our research is at the interface of computational biology, mathematical genetics, and evolutionary genomics.
Publications
- Melanesian blond hair is caused by an amino acid change in TYRP1. Science. 2012; (6081): 554
- Population genetic inference from personal genome data: impact of ancestry and admixture on human genomic variation. Am J Hum Genet. 2012; (4): 660-71
- Demographic history and rare allele sharing among human populations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011; (29): 11983-8
- Genomics for the world. Nature. 2011; (7355): 163-5
- Genome-wide patterns of population structure and admixture in West Africans and African Americans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010; (2): 786-91
- Genes mirror geography within Europe. Nature. 2008; (7218): 98-101
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