Hinco J. Gierman
Academic Appointments
- Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology
- Oral Communication Tutor, Center for Teaching and Learning - Center for Teaching & Learning
Key Documents
Professional Overview
Honors and Awards
- Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford university (2012)
- AFAR/EMF Fellowship for Aging Research, American Federation for Aging Research & Ellison Medical Foundation (2011)
- Glenn Laboratories for the Biology of Aging Seed Grant, Glenn Foundation (2011)
- Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford university (2010)
- Grant for Molecular Biology of Aging Summer Course at MBL, Ellison Medical Foundation (2009)
- Young Scientist Publication Award, AMC Graduate School, University of Amsterdam (2008)
Stanford Advisors
| Stuart Kim: | Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor |
Community and International Work
- Chair Gordon Research Seminar on Human Genetics & Genomics, International
- Co-founder WGS Club Seminar, Stanford University, Stanford University
- Science Educator at the Tech Museum, The Tech Museum, San Jose, Ca.
- Volunteer with Science is Elementary Program, Theuerkauf Elementary School, Mountain View, CA.
Internet Links
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
1) Finding genes that make you live over 110 years: Whole genome sequencing of the world's oldest people (supercentenarians). Collaboration with Institute of Systems Biology & UCLA.
2) Finding DNA variations that affect the expression of genes (eQTLs) involved in kidney aging & heart disease: Collaboration with Framingham Heart Study, Boston University.
Publications
- Arrangement of nuclear structures is not transmitted through mitosis but is identical in sister cells. J Cell Biochem. 2012; (11): 3313-29
- Genome-wide association and functional follow-up reveals new loci for kidney function. PLoS Genet. 2012; (3): e1002584
- Integration of genome-wide association studies with biological knowledge identifies six novel genes related to kidney function. Hum Mol Genet. 2012; (24): 5329-43
- Spatially confined folding of chromatin in the interphase nucleus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009; (10): 3812-7
- Domain-wide regulation of gene expression in the human genome. Genome Res. 2007; (9): 1286-95
- The three-dimensional structure of human interphase chromosomes is related to the transcriptome map. Mol Cell Biol. 2007; (12): 4475-87

