Variant Effect Seminar Series Committee
Diego Calderon
Pronouns: he/him
Diego is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington in the labs of Drs. Jay Shendure and Cole Trapnell, where he pairs massively parallel reporter assays and single-cell assays with CRISPR to investigate gene regulation. Diego received his Ph.D. from Stanford University, where he studied the genetics underlying complex traits supervised by Dr. Jonathan Pritchard.
@diegoisworking
dcal [at] uw.edu
Yann Ilboudo
Yann is a research associate in Brent Richards’ Lab at McGill University in Montreal. Yann uses statistical genetics approaches in large-scale human genetics databases to identify causal disease modifying genes or biomarkers. Yann completed his PhD at Montreal Heart Institute in Montreal under the supervision of Dr. Guillaume Lettre. His PhD research focused on multi-omics approaches to understand sickle cell disease heterogeneity.
@Yann_Speaks
Adrine de Souza
Adrine is a PhD student at The University of Toronto in the Department of Molecular Genetics. Supervised by Dr. Fritz Roth, she is leading two large-scale variant effect testing of the VHL and AGXT genes. Adrine completed undergraduate studies in Biotechnology in Brazil and participated in an exchange program in Boston. She is interested in scientific communication, implementation of evidence-based care and teaching.
@adrinedesouza
adrinedesouza [at] gmail.com
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Ohanna Bezerra
Ohanna is a CANSSI STAGE postdoctoral researcher at the University of Toronto in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. She applies statistical methods in DNA methylation and whole genome sequencing data to understand the epidemiological, genetic, and epigenetic determinants of complex diseases. A molecular biologist by training, Ohanna received a master’s and PhD degree in Genetic Epidemiology from the Oswaldo Cruz Institution in Brazil, where she studied genetic susceptibility of infectious diseases in admixed population.
Social: @ohannaclb
Mariano Martín
Mariano is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) in the “Protein phase transitions in health and disease” lab, under the supervision of Drs. Benedetta Bolognesi and Ben Lehner. Mariano aims to understand how amino acids changes affects amyloid aggregation using massively parallel reporter assays. He received his Ph.D. from National University of Cordoba, Argentina, where he studied how variants in sodium iodide symporter (NIS) may cause congenital hypothyroidism, supervised by Dr. Juan Pablo Nicola. As part of his Ph.D. training, Mariano did a short-term fellowship in Yale University under the supervision of Dr. Nancy Carrasco.
Previous Members
Mireia Seuma
Organizing Committee (Institute for Bioengineering of Catalunya (IBEC))
Steven Erwood
Organizing Committee (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)