Gill Bejerano
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor, Developmental Biology
- Assistant Professor, Computer Science
- Member, Bio-X
- Member, Cancer Center
Contact Information
- Academic
Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 723-7666Administrative Contact Kathy Fisher Admininstrative Associate Email Tel Work 650-725-6792
Professional Snapshot
Administrative Appointments
- Technical Advisory Board, Numenta (2008 - present)
- Member, Editorial Board, Gene (2007 - 2008)
Honors and Awards
- New Faculty Fellow, Microsoft Research (2009)
- Fellow, David & Lucile Packard Foundation (2008-2013)
- Research Grant Award, Okawa Foundation (2008)
- Searle Scholar, Searle Scholars Program (2008-2011)
- Young Investigator Award, Human Frontier Science Program (2008-2011)
Professional Education
| Ph.D.: | Hebrew University, Computer Science (2004) |
| B.Sc.: | Hebrew University, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science (summa cum laude) (1997) |
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| Consulting: | Numenta |
Scientific Focus
Research Interests
The over-arching goal of the Bejerano lab is to bring Vertebrate Development and Genomics closer together.
Research in the lab sits at the intersection of highly cross-fertilizing fields: evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo), comparative and functional genomics of extant species, and paleo-genomics (the reconstruction and study of ancestral genomes). Our focus is the functional landscape of vertebrate genomes, and in particular that of the Human Genome.
Recent research has highlighted many thousands of genomic regions that have never been studied before. These regions appear to enact the exquisite gene transcriptional control required during vertebrate development.
The Bejerano Lab focuses on mapping the individual and synergistic functions of these regions; tracing their evolutionary histories, thought to be the major contributor to morphological diversity among metazoans; and understanding the roles these novel regions play in contributing to human disease.
Our computational approaches rely heavily on machine learning, probabilistic and statistical reasoning, and aim to glean novel biological insights. Accordingly, projects range from the pursuit of novel biological knowledge through to the design and implementation of the tools that facilitate these studies.
Publications
- Dispensability of mammalian DNA. Genome Res. 2008; (11): 1743-51
- Human genome ultraconserved elements are ultraselected. Science. 2007; (5840): 915
- Thousands of human mobile element fragments undergo strong purifying selection near developmental genes Proc. Nat’l Acad. Sci. USA. 2007; (19): 8005-8010
- Comparative genomic analysis using the UCSC genome browser. Methods Mol Biol. 2007: 17-34
- The UCSC genome browser database: update 2007 Nucleic Acids Research. 2007: D668-73
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