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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Starting in September 2008, the Pollard lab will be located at UCSF in the Gladstone Institutes. We will 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.
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.
Postdoctoral Positions
We are hiring postdocs to work on several projects. More...