Evan Eichler

Professor
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Washington
 
Date of birth: October 6, 1968, Cheyenne, WY
Personal status: Married, four children
WWW site: http://www.gs.washington.edu/faculty/eichler.htm
http://eichlerlab.gs.washington.edu/
EDUCATION
1995 Ph.D. Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Thesis (David L. Nelson, Supervisor): AGG Interspersions within the FMR1 CGG Repeat: Models and Mechanisms of Triplet Repeat Instability
1991 – Research Scholar, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany
1990 B.S. Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Honours Program in Biology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008–Present Professor (with tenure)
Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington (UW), Seattle, WA
2005–Present Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (HHMI)
2015–Present Associate Member, New York Genome Center (NYGC), New York City, NY
2004–2018 Affiliate Professor
Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
2004–2008 Associate Professor (with tenure)
Department of Genome Sciences, UW, Seattle, WA
2003–2004 Associate Professor (with tenure)
Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland, OH
2003–2004 Appointed Faculty Member
Cancer Center, Division of Medical Sciences, CWRU, Cleveland, OH
2002–2004 Director of Bioinformatics Core Facility
Department of Genetics, CWRU, Cleveland, OH
1999–2004 Appointed Faculty Member
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
1997–2003 Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics, CWRU, Cleveland, OH
1997 Research Affiliate
Department of Human Genetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
1995–1997 Postdoctoral Fellow, Biology and Biotechnology Research Program
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA (Harvey Mohrenweiser, Supervisor)
HONORS AND AWARDS
2018 National Academy of Medicine (NAM; Elected 2017)
2014–2016 Honorary Professor, Kunming University of Science and Technology (KUST), Kunming, China
2013 Allen Distinguished Investigator (ADI), The Paul G. Allen Foundation
2013 National Academy of Sciences (NAS; Elected 2012)
2012 Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS)
2012 Mendel Lecture (“Gilded Pea” Award): European Society of Human Genetics, Nuremberg, Germany
2010 AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Newcomb Cleveland Prize
2009 Distinguished Alumnus Award: Baylor College of Medicine, Graduate School
2008 Curt Stern Award: American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), Philadelphia, PA
2006 AAAS Fellow
2005–Present Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
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1998–2001 Basil O’Connor Young Investigator Award: March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
1995–1997 Distinguished Human Genome Postdoctoral Fellowship: Department of Energy Genome Hollaender Fellowship
1994 Predoctoral Basic Research Award: American Society of Human Genetics
1993–1995 National Research Service Award/Human Genome Research: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
1990–1991 Research Scientist Award: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
1987 Canadian Summer Research Award: National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada
ACADEMIC SERVICE
a) Editorial
2009–Present Editorial Board of Molecular Autism
2004–2012 Academic Editor, Public Library of Science (PLOS)
2003 Section Editor, Curr Opin Genet Dev, Genomes and Evolution Special Issue
2002–Present Editor of Genome Research
2002–2004 Editorial Board of American Journal of Human Genetics
2002–2007 Editorial Board of DNA Sequence
2002–2009 Editorial Board of BMC Genomics
1999–2002 Editorial Board of Genome Research
b) Scientific Advisory Boards (SABs)
2013–2015 New York Genome Center (NYGC) SAB
2012–Present DNAnexus, Inc. SAB
2011–2013 SynapDx Corp. SAB
2009–2013 Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. SAB
2009–2012 Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) Structural Variation Project (SSVP) SAB
2008–2012 Yerkes National Primate Center SAB
2008–2012 International Cancer Genome Consortium SAB, Ontario Institute of Cancer Research
2005 Member, SAB (ad hoc), Genome Center North Carolina, UNC Chapel Hill
2004 Member, SAB (ad hoc), Regulatory Genetics and GRAND Project, Genome Center, McGill University, Montreal (Director: Tom Hudson)
2003 Member, SAB (ad hoc), Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Anthropology, Leipzig (Director: Svante Pääbo)
c) International
2017–2018 Organizer, Keystone Symposium: “Mobile Genetic Elements and Genome Plasticity”
2015–Present Member, International Advisory Board, International Laboratory of Human Genome Research (LIIGH), National University of Mexico (UNAM), Queretaro, Mexico
2014–2016 Chinese 1000 Talents Program, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China
2014–Present Co-Chair, Human Genome Structural Variation Consortium (HGSVC)
2012–2014 Board of Directors, American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
2012 Organizer, Personal Genomes and Medical Genomics Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York
2011 Reviewer, Molecular Cytogenetics, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford
2011 Organizer, Keystone Symposium: Functional Consequences of Genome Structural Variation
2011–2014 Steering Committee, 1000 Genomes Project (1KG)
2009 Chair, Gordon Research Conference (GRC): Human Genetics & Genomics
2009 Chair, ASHG Nominating Committee
2009 Co-organizer, Banbury Conference, “Functional Consequences of Structural Variation”
2009–2014 Member, International Cytogenomic Standard Array (ISCA) Steering Committee
2008–2014 Co-Chair, 1000 Genomes Project Structural Variation Working Group
2007 Vice-Chair, Gordon Research Conference (GRC): Human Genetics & Genomics
2005–2007 Member, ASHG Awards Committee
2004–2005 Genome Study Section (GMX), Canadian Institutes of Health, permanent roster
2004–2005 Organizer, Symposium: Understanding Human Genome Evolution, Bertinoro, Italy
2002–2005 Member, HUGO (Human Genome Organization) Organizing Committee
2001–2004 Member, HUGO (Human Genome Organization) Annotation Committee
2001 Member, Human Genome Project, Sequence Analysis Group, International Human Sequencing Consortium
2001–2003 Member of Faculty of 1000, Genomics
2000 Workshop Organizer, ASHG, “Primate Origins and Evolution”
1999, 2002 Reviewer, Wellcome Trust, Genome Grants
1999, 2001 Reviewer, German Human Genome Project grant proposals
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d) National Advisory
2016–Present Member, NIH/NHGRI CCDG Steering Committee
2015–Present Member, Center for Common Disease Genomics (CCDG), Neuropsychiatric Working Group
2015 Member, External Advisory Committee, MIND Institute IDDRC, UC Davis
2015 Chair, External Advisory Committee, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan
2014–2018 NIH/NHGRI Study Section, Genome Research Review Committee, GNOM-G
2014–2015 Member, IMFAR Program Committee
2014 Reviewer, Paul G. Allen Foundation Grant
2012 NCAB Working Group for the NCI Center for Cancer Genomics
2012 NIH Workshop, Establishing a Central Resource of Data from Genome Sequencing Projects
2012 Simons Foundation, SFARI 16p11.2 Workshop
2011–2016 Autism Sequencing Consortium (ASC)
2011 Reviewer, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
2010, 2011 Simons Foundation, Autism Next-generation Genome Sequencing Meeting
2009 NIH Study Section, NIMH ARRA Stimulus GO Application Review Committee
2009 NIH Study Section, NIMH P30 Study Section (ad hoc)
2006–2007 CNS Foundation Young Scientist Faculty Advisory Committee
2006 National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), Genomic Structural Variation Steering Committee
2005 NHGRI, External Advisory Board for Stanford University CEGS
2005–2011 NHGRI, Medical Sequencing Working Group (MSWG) Member
2004–2007 NIH Study Section, GCAT (formerly Genome), permanent roster
2003–2004 NIH Study Section, Genome, permanent roster
2003–2010 NHGRI, Annotating the Human Genome (AHG) Working Group, to identify species for large-scale whole-genome sequencing
2003 FASEB Advisory Committee for FY2005 Federal Appropriations, DOE subcommittee
2003–2004 NIH Study Section, Mammalian Genetics, ad hoc reviewer
2003–2004 NSF Study Section, Hominid Review panel, Molecular Anthropology
2002–2008 Member, BAC Resource Steering Panel (BRSP) Committee, NHGRI
2001 Reviewer, Biotechnology Study Section, NIDDK
2000–2001 NIH Study Section, Genome, ad hoc reviewer Camilla Day (SRA)
2000 Reviewer, Board of Regents Millennium Trust Louisiana Health Excellence Fund Proposals (State)
2000 Consultant, NIH trace data repository. Served as consultant on the creation of an archive for sequence trace data from the Human Genome Project
1999, 2002 External Reviewer, Molecular Anthropology, NSF
1999 Participant, NIH Summer Sequencing Project, part of group to assess utility of Fugu rubripes low-pass sequencing as a tool for human genome annotation
1998 Participant, NIH Meeting "Summer Sequencing Experiment." Prepared NIH user report to assess usefulness of low-pass sequencing (minimal sequencing) as a new strategy for human genomic sequencing
e) University
2017 Member, University of Washington Brain Health Solutions Initative
2016–Present Co-chair, Pediatric Mental Health Initative, UW Medicine (with Raphael Bernier)
2016–2017 Chair, Genome Sciences Faculty Search Committee (with Debbie Nickerson)
2016–2017 Member, Department of Genome Sciences Seminar Series Organizing Committee
2014–Present Co-PI, Interdisciplinary Training in Genome Sciences (Genome Training Grant: GTG; 2 T32 HG000035-21)
2014–Present UW Medical School Training Program (MSTP) Admissions Committee
2012–2013 Chair, Department of Genome Sciences Seminar Organizing Committee
2011–Present Member, Genome Sciences Teaching Curriculum Committee
2010–2011 Chair, Genome Sciences Faculty Search Committee
2009 Member, Genome Sciences 371 Course Planning Committee
2008–2009 Member, Department of Genome Sciences Seminar Organizing Committee
2006–2008 Member, CFAR Genomics Core Steering Committee, UW
2005–2008 Member, Human Variation and Medicine, Genome Sciences, UW
2005–Present Member, Genome Training Grant Advisory Committee, UW
2005–2008 Member, Genome Sciences Seminar Series Committee, UW
2004–2007 Member, Genomics Faculty Search Committee, Genome Sciences, UW
2004–2005 Member, UW Data Center Task Force, UW
2004–2005 Organizer, Department of Genome Sciences Fourth Annual Symposium: Comparative Genome Analysis, UW
2003–2004 Member, University Interdisciplinary Strategic Planning Committee, CWRU
2003–2004 Member, Steering Committee, R25 Training in Computational Genomics and Epidemiology of Cancer
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2003–2004 Member, Committee Appointments, promotions and tenure, Department of Genetics
2001–2003 Member, Chairman Search Committee for Department of Genetics
2001–2004 Director of Bioinformatics Core Facility, Department of Genetics. Construction of LINUX high-capacity, multi-processor PC cluster farm, development of a graduate student computational laboratory to be used in conjunction with course offering (Gene 508, Spring 2001) and supervision of departmental systems administrator, programmer and database manager
2000–2001 Chair, Bioinformatics Faculty Search Committee, Department of Genetics
2000–2004 Executive Committee Member, Center for Computational Genomics. Joint collaboration between School of Medicine and School of Electrical Engineering and Computational Sciences
2000 CWRU “Bioinformatics/Genomics Technologies” Panel
1999 Graduate Student Poster Presentation Judge, BSTP Student Symposium
1999 Bioinformatics presentation on behalf of School of Medicine to Dr. Yutaka Kuwahara (Senior Corporate Executive, Leader of R & D Global Operation, Research and Development Group, Hitachi) for the purpose of establishing tera-flop supercomputing capacity at CWRU
1999 Departmental Bioinformatics Core Facility design
1998 Medical School Training Program (MSTP) NIH Site Visit
1998 Keck Foundation Equipment Grant
f) Membership Affiliations
2013–Present National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
1997–Present American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
1997–Present American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
REVIEWER
Nature
Science
Cell
New England Journal of Medicine
Nature Genetics
Nature Biotechnology
Nature Medicine
Genome Research
Nature Review Genetics
Genes and Development
Nature Methods
Neuron
Trends in Genetics
American Journal of Human Genetics
EMBO Journal
Current Opinion Genetics and Development
PLOS Genetics
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Genome Biology
PLOS Biology
Science Translational Medicine
Nucleic Acids Research
Human Molecular Genetics
Genetic Epidemiology
Chromosoma
Journal of Medical Genetics
PLOS Computational Biology
American Journal of Psychiatry
Molecular Endocrinology
Genes Chromosomes and Cancer
BMC Genomics
European Journal of Human Genetics
Genomics
Mammalian Genome
Neurogenetics
Human Genetics
Journal of Molecular Evolution
Gene
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Mutation Research
Molecular Autism
Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics
Journal of Molecular Genetics
Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2016–Current GENOME 372 “Genomics and Proteomics”
Lecturer (13 contact hours/5 weeks)
Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington (UW)
2009–Current GENOME 465/565 “Advanced Human Genetics”
Lecturer (13 contact hours/5 weeks)
Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington (UW)
2009–2014 GENOME 351 “Human Genetics - The Individual and Society”
Lecturer (13 contact hours/5 weeks)
Department of Genome Sciences, UW
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2008 GENOME 371 “Introductory Genetics”
Lecturer (25 contact hours/10 weeks)
GENOME 465 “Advanced Human Genetics”
Lecturer (13 contact hours/5 weeks)
Department of Genome Sciences, UW
2007 GENOME 371 “Introductory Genetics”
Faculty Shadow (50 contact hrs/10 weeks)
Department of Genome Sciences, UW
2006–2007 GENOME 465/565 “Advanced Human Genetics”
Lecturer: Genome Structure, Disease, Diversity and Evolution—a 10-week course co-taught with Mary-Claire King (13 contact hrs/5 weeks)
Department of Genome Sciences, UW
2006 PATHOLOGY 530 “Cytogenetics”
Lecturer: Recurrent Microdeletion and Microduplication Syndromes (1 contact hr)
Department of Genome Sciences, UW
2005–2006 GENOME 580 “Ethics in Biomedical Research”
Lecturer: Handling Data (1 contact hr)
Department of Genome Sciences, UW
2004 GENOME 511 “Genomics”
Lecturer: Genome Technology and Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization
Department of Genome Sciences, UW (2 contact hrs/year)
1997–2004 GENE 500/504 “Advanced Eukaryotic Genetics”
Lecturer and Section Leader of course module: Population, Quantitative and Evolutionary Genetics. Topics: Physical Mapping, Genome Organization, Human Molecular Evolution and Repeat Structure Introductory course for all 2nd year Genetics graduate students
Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) (8 contact hrs/year)
2000–2004 GENE 511 “Critical Analysis of Scientific Literature”
Discussion Leader
Department of Genetics, CWRU (2 contact hrs/year)
1998–2004 MED school Core Academic Program, Genetics core small group sessions
Discussion Leader: Mendelian Inheritance, Linkage, Cytogenetics, Triplet Repeat Diseases, Cancer Genetics
Genetics core small group sessions for medical students (4 contact hrs/year)
2001, 2003 GENE 508 “Bioinformatics and Computational Biology”
Course Organizer and Lecturer. Course designed to provide an understanding of the theory and application of computational methods for molecular biology research.
Twenty-two lectures covering DNA sequence, computational genomics, protein, gene expression and phylogenetic analysis. For every hour of lecture, there are 2-3 hours of problem solving exercises within the computational laboratory.
Advanced course for upper year Genetics graduate students.
Department of Genetics, CWRU (62 contact hrs/year)
2000–2001 GENE 458 “Introduction to Computational Biology”
Lecturer: Computational Genomics
Introductory course offering crossover training between Genetics and EECS
Department of Genetics, CWRU (2 contact hrs/year)
1999–2002 CBIO 453 “Correlated Curriculum in Cell and Molecular Biology” (C3MB)
Lecturer: Bioinformatics, Physical Mapping, Genomics
Introductory course for all incoming BSTP graduate students
Basic Science Training Research Program, CWRU (4 contact hrs/year)
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1998, 2000 GENE 510 “Advanced Human Genetics”
Lecturer: Non-Mendelian Inheritance, Triplet Repeat Instability and Disease, Proteomic and Genomic Approaches, Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism and Phenotype Association
Advanced course for upper year Genetics graduate students
Department of Genetics, CWRU (6 contact hrs/year)
RESEARCH TRAINING
a) Doctoral Students
2019–Present Michelle Noyes, UW, predoctoral candidate.
2018–Present Philip Dishuck, UW, predoctoral candidate.
2017–Present Mitchell Vollger, UW, doctoral candidate, advanced to candidacy July 2018.
2014–2019 Madeleine Geisheker, MSTP, UW, doctoral candidate, advanced to candidacy September 2016.
2014–2018 Max Dougherty, MSTP, UW, doctoral candidate, advanced to candidacy December 2016, graduated May 2018. Transcription of human-specific duplicate genes. Current: UW Medical School & Clerkship Rotations, Seattle
2011–2016 Michael Duyzend, MSTP, UW, advanced to candidacy August 2013, graduated June 2016; M.D. 2017 UW. Thesis: Understanding the genetic basis of phenotype variability in individuals with neurocognitive disorders. Current: Resident Physician, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
2011–2015 Xander Nuttle, UW, advanced to candidacy June 2012, graduated Nov 2015. Thesis: Human-specific duplicate genes: new frontiers for disease and evolution. Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School with Michael Talkowski, Boston
2010–2014 Nik Krumm, MSTP, UW, advanced to candidacy July 2012, graduated June 2014; M.D. 2017 UW. Thesis: Discovery and convergence of inherited mutations in autism spectrum disorder. Current: UW Medical School, Seattle
2009–2013 Peter Sudmant, UW, advanced to candidacy August 2010, graduated September 2013. Thesis: Evolution and diversity of hominid genomes. Current: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, MIT with Chris Burge, Cambridge
2007–2011 Andrew Itsara, MSTP, UW, advanced to candidacy May 2009, graduated May 2011, M.D. 2012 UW. Thesis: Detection and characterization of human copy-number variation. Current: Resident Physician, Internal Medicine Specialization, UW School of Medicine, Seattle
2006–2010 Jeffrey Kidd, UW, advanced to candidacy June 2007, graduated January 2010. Thesis: Mapping and sequencing human genomic structural variation. Current: Associate Professor (tenure-track), Department of Human Genetics & Department of Computational Medicine and Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2004–2008 Zhaoshi Jiang, UW, advanced to candidacy June 2005, graduated November 2008. Thesis: Evolutionary reconstruction of primate segmental duplications. Past: Research Scientist, Genentech, Inc.; Current: Associate Director, Bioinformatics, Gilead Sciences, San Francisco
2000–2007 Matthew E. Johnson, advanced to candidacy December 2001 (Genetics), graduated August 2007. Thesis: Low-copy repeat regions on chromosome 16 and rapid gene evolution. Current: Technical Director, Center for Spatial and Functional Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2000–2004 Devin Locke, advanced to candidacy November 1998 (Genetics), joined laboratory April 2000 from Nicholls laboratory, graduated June 2004. Thesis: 15q11-q13 genomic instability. Past: Research Associate, Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine; Lead Interpretation Scientist, Knome Inc.; Current: SVP & General Manager, BioPharma at Seven Bridges Genomics, Cambridge
1999–2002 Jeffrey Bailey, advanced to candidacy December 1997 (Genetics), joined laboratory December 1999 from Chakravarti lab, graduated April 2002; M.D. 2005 CWRU. Thesis: Genome-wide analysis and detection of segmental duplications. Past: Assistant Professor of Medicine and Physician (Transfusion Medicine), University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester; Current: Mencoff Family Associate Professor of Translational Research, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI
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1998–2003 Juliann Horvath-Roth, advanced to candidacy November 1998 (Genetics), graduated November 2003. Thesis: Origin and mechanism of pericentromeric duplications. Current: Director, Genomics & Microbiology Research Laboratory, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences & Research Associate Professor, Biology, North Carolina Central University, Durham
b) Postdoctoral Fellows/Research Associates
2019–Present Yafei Mao, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Primate structural variation evolution.
2018–Present David Porubsky, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Great ape inversions and genetic diversity.
2018–Present Tzu-Hseuh (Stella) Huang, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Recent human segmental duplication evolution and autism etiology through interlocus gene conversion discovery.
2018–Present Glennis Logsdon, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Sequence, assembly, and variation of centromeric regions of the human genome.
2018–Present Madelyn Gillentine, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Modeling neurodevelopmental disorder candidate genes in human cells.
2017–Present Tianyun Wang, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Targeted sequencing of autism risk candidate genes.
2017–Present Amy Wilfert, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Identifying genetic drivers underlying the female protective effect and inherited autism.
2017–Present Arvis Sulovari, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Integrated discovery of dosage sensitivity genes in neurodevelopmental disorders.
2017–2018 Hui Guo, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Genetics of autism.
2017–2017 Davide Risso, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Characterization of the function of Homo sapiens-specific gene families. Current: Junior Nutrition Project Manager, Ferrero, Torino, Piedmont, Italy
2016–Present PingHsun Hsieh, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Paralogous copy number variation and disease association.
2015–2018 Jason Underwood, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Long-read transcript sequencing. Current: Pacific Biosciences, Inc.
2015–2016 Chris Hill, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Sequence and assembly of complex genomes using SMRT sequencing. Current: Software developer, Google Campus, Kirkland, WA
2015–2017 Zev Kronenberg, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Disease association and positive selection of structural variation. Past: Senior Computational Biologist, Phase Genomics Inc., Seattle, WA. Current: Pacific Biosciences, Inc.
2014–2018 Stuart Cantsilieris, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Structural diversity of duplicated immune response genes and disease association. Current: Research Scholar, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
2014–2019 Tychele Turner, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Characterization of autism genetic risk factors. Position in 2019: Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2013–2015 Bo Xiong, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Discovery and modeling of autism mutations. Current: Assistant Professor, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology at Wuhan, China
2013–2016 Holly Stessman, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Intersection of genetic drivers in cancer and autism spectrum disorder. Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE
2012–2017 Mark Chaisson, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: De novo assembly of next-generation sequencing data and structural variation detection. Current: Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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2012–2017 Osnat Penn, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Gene expression analysis of recently duplicated genes. Past: Scientist II, Modeling, Analysis and Theory group, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA. Current: Senior Bioinformatician Scientist, MyHeritage, Or Yehuda, Israel
2012–2013 Stuart Davidson, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Investigations into the genetic basis of autism and Asperger phenotypes. (deceased)
2011–2015 Fereydoun Hormozdiari, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Algorithm development for discovery and characterization of genome structural variation. Current: Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; M.I.N.D. Institute, UC Davis Genome Center
2010–2015 Megan Dennis, Ph.D., National Research Service Award (NRSA) / K99/R00 Postdoctoral Fellow: Genetic and functional analysis of copy number variants associated with neurocognitive disease. Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis
2010–2018 Bradley Coe, Ph.D., Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fellow: Development of a morbidity map for copy number variation in neurocognitive disorders. Past: Acting Instructor, Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington. Current: Laboratory Scientist, Pathology Department Genome Diagnostics Lab, BC Children's and Women's Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, BC
2010–2012 Beth Dumont, Ph.D., Genome Training Grant Fellow: Characterization of gene conversion within segmental duplications. Current: Principal Investigator, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor
2009–2012 Karyn Meltz Steinberg, Ph.D., National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellow: Exploring regions of extreme diversity in the human genome. Current: Staff Scientist, The Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis
2009–2013 Emre Karakoc, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Computational methods for characterization of genome and exome structural variation. Current: Assistant Professor, School of Engineering & Natural Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, Turkey
2009–2013 Brian O'Roak, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Next-generation sequencing approaches to gene discovery in autism spectrum disorders. Current: Associate Professor, Department of Molecular & Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland
2008–2013 Catarina (Katie) Campbell, Ph.D., National Research Service Award (NRSA) fellow: High-throughput genotyping of structural variants. Current: Investigator II in Next Generation Diagnostics Group, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Boston
2008–2012 Santhosh Girirajan, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Mechanisms and implications of large-scale genome rearrangements. Current: Associate Professor (tenure-track), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology & Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania (Penn) State University, University Park
2007–2012 Francesca Antonacci, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Discovery and characterization of chromosomal inversions as common variants in the human genome. Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Bari, Italy
2007–2011 Jeramiah J. Smith, Ph.D. (jointly supervised w/ Dr. Chris T. Amemiya), postdoctoral research: Developmentally programmed rearrangement of the lamprey genome. Current: Associate Professor, University of Kentucky, Lexington
2007–2010 Tomas Marques-Bonet, Ph.D., Marie Curie Fellow: Evolution of human/great-ape segmental duplications. Current: Associate Professor & ICREA Researcher, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
2007–2010 Gregory Cooper, Ph.D., Jane-Coffin Childs Fellow: High-throughput detection and genotyping of human copy number variation (Co-mentored w/ Debbie Nickerson). Current: Faculty Investigator, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, & Adjunct Faculty, Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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2006–2009 Cemali Bekpen, Ph.D., HHMI Fellow: Functional characterization of Morpheus gene family. Current: Postdoc, Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany
2006–2008 Heather Mefford, M.D., Ph.D., Burroughs-Wellcome Scientist and Medical Genetics Fellow: Duplication-mediated rearrangement within fetal demise. Current: Associate Professor & Attending Physician, Department of Pediatrics, UW School of Medicine & Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle
2005–2011 Can Alkan, Ph.D., HHMI Fellow: Development of mapping algorithms for next-generation sequence data. Current: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
2005–2007 Tera Newman-Eerkes, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Structural variation and linkage disequilibrium within the human population. Past: CEO & Founder, iGenix, Inc.; Current: Business Owner/VP, Amplicon Consulting LLC & Director of R&D, Iverson Genetics, Seattle
2003–2007 Andrew Sharp, Ph.D., Rosetta Postdoctoral Fellow: Detection of segmental aneusomy in duplicated DNA. Current: Associate Professor/Senior Faculty, Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York City
2002–2006 Xinwei She, Ph.D., Rosetta Postdoctoral Fellow: Computational analysis of segmental duplications. Current: Senior Computational Scientist, Merck, Boston
2002–2004 Audrey Lynn, Ph.D. (jointly supervised with Dr. Terry Hassold), postdoctoral research: Genetic and physical correlation of recombination. Current: Project Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine, CWRU, Cleveland
2001–2002 Vicky Choi, Ph.D., PMMB Fellow: Computational methods for sequence assembly of duplicated regions within the human genome. Last known position: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
2001–2004 Rhea V. Samonte, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Cytogenetic analysis of hominoid structural variation. Past: Laboratory Head and Assistant Professor, University of Philippines & GCCRD Project Manager, Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology; Last known position: Lab Director, PreventionGenetics, Marshfield
2001–2004 Ge Liu, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Testing the model of the neutral theory of molecular evolution using comparative primate genomics. Current: Research Biologist, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, USDA
1999–2002 Christine O’Keefe, Ph.D., postdoctoral research: Structural polymorphism within 16p11. Past: Research Associate, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center; Current: Medical Writer, Cleveland HeartLab, Inc., Cleveland
c) Masters
2005–2006 Jonathan Bleyhl, M.S. (Genome Sciences), Detecting signatures of positive selection within recently duplicated genes (deceased)
2002–2004 Karen Hayden Miga, M.S. (Genetics), Structural variation between chimpanzee and human genomes, CWRU. Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Univ of California, Santa Cruz
2003–2003 Tam Sneddon, M.S., Bioinformatics Diploma, External Placement, York University. Past: Research Scientist, NCBI, National Library of Medicine, NIH; Current: Senior Biocurator, Stanford University School of Medicine, San Francisco
d) Undergraduates
2019 Caitlin Johnson, B.S., Biology, University of California, San Diego
2019 Yashi Singh, summer intern, Interlake High School, Bellevue, WA
2019 Nicholas (Nick) Rose, B.S., Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology, UW
2018–2019 Ruiyang (Rick) Li, B.S., Biology, UW
2016, 2017 Idara Akpandak, B.S., Biology, University of Maryland
2016–2018 Naheed Arang, B.S., Microbiology & B.A., Integrated Science, UW
2015–2016 AnneMarie Welch, B.S., Microbiology, UW
2015–2017 Vy Dang, B.S., Biochemistry and Microbiology, UW
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2014 Ayorinde’ Cooley, B.S., Biology, Morehouse College
2013 Claudia Espinoza, B.S., Biology, University of New Mexico
2013 Lana Harshman, B.S., Biology, UW
2011–2014 Kenneth M.K. Mark, B.S., Biochemistry, UW
2011, 2012 Daryl Dhanraj, B.S., Emory University
2011 Su Jen Khoo, B.S., Biotechnology, Penn State University
2011 Kian Hui Yeoh, B.S., Biotechnology, Penn State University
2010 Niels Hanson, B.S., Computer Science and Biology, University of British Columbia
2010 Farhad Hormozdiari, B.S., Computer Science, Simon Fraser University
2010 Iman Hajirasouliha, B.S., Computer Science, Simon Fraser University
2009, 2010 Eric Chiyembekeza, B.S., Emory University
2009–2011 Tiffany Vu, B.S., Biology, UW
2007 Neil Shafer, B.S., Biology, UW
2006–2007 Trisha Smith, B.S., Computer Science, UW
2006 Kerry Hall, B.S., Computer Science, UW
2005–2007 Maika Malig, B.S., Biology, UW, Morpheus Mouse Model
2002–2003 Samouil Lieberman, B.S., CWRU Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences work study
2001–2002 Alexander Alekseyenko, B.S., CWRU Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, independent study, developing computational methods to incorporate sequence quality data into sequence alignments
e) Visiting Scientists/Scholars
2018 A. Bernardo Carvalho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016 Yuan Liu, Kunming Institute of Zoology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2016–2017 Sultan Cingöz, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, Izmir, Republic of Turkey
2015 Li-xin Yang, Kunming Institute of Zoology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2015 Yun-long Liu, Kunming Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2014–2015 Francesco Maria Calabrese, University of Bari, Italy
2013 Alexander Hoischen, Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2012 Sebastien Jacquemont, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Switzerland
2012 Robert Barstead, University of Oklahoma & Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
2011 Sònia Casillas, Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2009–2010 Luis Alberto Pérez Jurado, Hospital Vall d´Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
2008–Present Mario Ventura, University of Bari, Italy
2008 Cenk Sahinalp, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2008 Arcadi Navarro, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
f) Visiting Students/Interns
2018 Davide Vecchio, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
2017 Yuta Suzuki, University of Tokyo, Japan
2015 Fabio Anaclerio, University of Bari, Italy
2014–2016 Tianyun Wang, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Central South University, Changsha, China
2014 Navonil De Sarker, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India
2014 Ahmed Mahfouz, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
2013 Giorgia Chiantante, University of Bari, Italy
2011, 2012 Javier Prado Martinez, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
2010 Niels Hanson, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2009–2010, 2011 Claudia Catacchio, University of Bari, Italy
2009, 2010 Belen Lorente, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
2009 Pietro D'Addabbo, University of Bari, Italy
2009 Iman Hajirasouliha, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2008, 2009 Fereydoun Hormozdiari, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2008 Giuliana Gianuzzi, University of Bari, Italy
2008 Karen Buysse, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
g) Thesis Committees (*Chair)
2019–Present Michael Goldberg Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Kelley Harris
2018–2019 John E. Lazar Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: John Stamatoyannopoulos
2016–Present Alberto Rivera Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Willie Swanson
2016–2019 Seung-been Steven Lee Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Debbie Nickerson
2012–2016 P. Keolu O. Fox Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Debbie Nickerson
2011–2015 Patrick Mitchell Mol. Cell. Biol., UW Advisor: Harmit Malik
Evan Eichler, Ph.D.
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2011–2014 Joshua Burton Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Jay Shendure
2011–2014 Andrew Adey Mol. Cell. Biol., UW Advisor: Jay Shendure
2011–2014 Anna (Brosius) Sunshine Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Maitreya Dunham
2011–2014 Rachel Diederich Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: James Thomas
2010–2013 Jacob Kitzman Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Jay Shendure
2010–2014 Keisha Carlson Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Christine Queitsch
2010–2013 Katrina Claw Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Willie Swanson
2009–2012 Sarah Ng Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Jay Shendure
2009–2011 Cailyn Spurrell Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Mary-Claire King
2009–2013 Ray Malfavon-Borja Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Harmit Malik
2009–2011 Alexander Nord Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Mary-Claire King
2008–2012 Efrem Lim Microbiology, UW/FHRC Advisor: Michael Emerman
2007–2012 Kyle Siebenthall Genome Sciences, UW/FHCRC Advisor: Barb Trask
2007–2010 Thomas Nicholas Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Joshua Akey
2007–2010 Diane Dickel Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Mary-Claire King
2007–2010 Troy Zerr Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Debbie Nickerson
2007–2009 Eithon Cadag BHI, UW Advisor: Peter Myler
2005–2009 Johanna Eddy Mol. Cell. Biol., UW Advisor: Nancy Maizels
2005–2007 Molly Orton Mol. Cell. Biol., UW/FHCRC Advisor: Harmit Malik
2005–2007 Jennifer Gogarten Genome Sciences, UW/FHCRC Advisor: Barb Trask
2004–2007 Nathan Clark Genome Sciences, UW Advisor: Willie Swanson
2003–2005 Liesel Brihn* Genetics, CWRU Advisor: Joe Nadeau
2002–2004 Cory Valley Genetics, CWRU Advisor: Hunt Willard
2001–2005 Toshimori Kitami Genetics, CWRU Advisor: Joe Nadeau
2001–2004 Michelle Holko Genetics, CWRU Advisor: Bryan Williams
2000–2004 Can Alkan EECS, CWRU Advisor: Cenk Sahinalp
2000–2003 Erica Burner Genetics, CWRU Advisor: Anne Matthews
1999–2003 Debra Matthews Genetics, CWRU Advisor: Aravinda Chakrravarti
1998–2002 Mary Schueler* Genetics, CWRU Advisor: Hunt Willard
1998–2004 Jim Amos-Landgraf Genetics, CWRU Advisor: Hunt Willard
1998–2003 Minerva Carrasquillo Genetics, CWRU Advisor: Aravinda Chakravarti
1998–2003 David Satinover* Genetics, CWRU Advisor: Stuart Schwartz
h) External Examiner/Official Opponent of Ph.D. Dissertations/Defense
2019 Esko A. Kautto The Ohio State University Advisor: Richard K. Wilson
2010 Andrés Ingason University of Copenhagen Advisor: Thomas Werge
2010 Anna Wetterbom Uppsala University Advisor: Ulf Gyllensten
2007 Tomas Marques-Bonet Unversity of Pompua-Fabra Advisor: Arcadi Navarro
2006 Erik Arner Karolinska Institutet Advisor: Bjorn Andersson
2006 Louie van de Lagemaat University of British Columbia Advisor: Dixie Mager
2005 Ines Hellman MPI, University of Leipzig Advisor: Svante Pääbo
1999 Alyssa Barry University of Melbourne Advisor: Andy Choo
INVITED SEMINARS AND LECTURES
(1997–Present: 486 invited talks, seminars and keynote/plenary lectures)
1997
 Invited Seminar, Kaiser Permanente, Pediatrics Society, “Fragile X Syndrome: Mechanism and Clinical Implications,” Pleasanton, CA, January
 Invited Speaker, Chromosome 16 Workshop, Toronto, ON, Canada, March
1998
 Invited Speaker, EMBO Workshop, Hammersmith Hospital, “Trinucleotide Expansion Diseases in the Context of Mini- and Microsatellite Evolution,” London, UK, April
 Speaker, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL): Genome Mapping, Sequencing and Biology, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, May
 Invited Seminar, NIH: Genomic Alterations in Genetic Disease: Mechanism of Structural Rearrangements, Bethesda, MD, June
 Invited Speaker, Banbury Center Meeting: “Y Chromosome Disease and Evolution,” Lloyd Harbor, NY, July
 Invited Seminar, Genoplex (Biotechnology Company), Denver, CO, October
 Speaker, American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), Denver, CO, October
 Invited Seminar, Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, (Host: Dr. Haig Kazazian, Jr.), Philadelphia, PA, November
Evan Eichler, Ph.D.
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 Invited Seminar, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Departmental Seminar Series, Department of Molecular Biology, UW, Seattle, WA, December
 Invited Seminar, Computational Biology Seminar Series, UW, Seattle, WA, December
1999
 Seminar, Afternoon Series in Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Cleveland, OH, January
 Invited Seminar, NIH Human Genome Lecture Series, Bethesda, MD, January
 Invited Seminar, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield Clinic Wednesday Seminar, (Host: Dr. James Weber), Marshfield, WI, March
2000
 Invited Speaker, Reproductive Sciences 2000 “SNP Variation and Detection,” Salt Lake City, UT, February
 Invited Seminar, Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, March
 Invited Speaker, Banbury Center Meeting: Great Apes, Phenotypes and Genotypes, Lloyd Harbor, NY, March
 Invited Seminar, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, April
 Invited Seminar, Department of Genetics, Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada, April
 Invited Speaker, Department of Energy “Exceptional Chromosomal Regions of the Human Genome,” Rockville, MD, May
 Invited Seminar, Celera Genomics, Rockville, MD, July
 Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference: Molecular Cytogenetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, July
 Invited Participant and Speaker, Whitehead MIT Genome Center, International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium: Genome Sequence Analysis, Boston, MA, August
 Invited Speaker, Workshop on Gene Order Dynamics, Montreal, PQ, Canada, September
 Organizer & Speaker, ASHG “Origins and Primate Evolution,” Philadelphia, PA, October
 Invited Participant, Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania, HGP Sequence Analysis Group: International Human Sequencing Consortium, Philadelphia, PA, October
 Invited Speaker, NetGenics-Athersys Mini Symposium:, Computational Genetics Sequence Analysis and Annotation, Cleveland, OH, October
2001
 Invited Speaker, Advances in Genome Biology and Technology, Marco Island, FL, February
 Invited Lecture, NIH Lecture Series: Human Genome Sequence, Bethesda, MD, March
 Invited Speaker, Bioinformatics Policy Forum, CWRU, Cleveland, OH, March
 Invited Speaker, Banbury Center Meeting: Genomic Annotation Workshop, Lloyd Harbor, NY, March
 Guest Speaker, Advanced Genome Sequence Analysis Course, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, March
 Invited Speaker, Keystone Symposium: Human Genetics and Genomics, Breckenridge, CO, March
 Invited Speaker, American Genetic Association: Primate Evolutionary Genomics, San Diego, CA, May
 Invited Speaker, HHMI Joint Sequencing Workshop, Chevy Chase, MD, June
 Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference: Mutagenesis, Lewiston, ME, July
 Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference: Human Molecular Genetics, Newport, RI, August
 Invited Seminar, Baylor College of Medicine (Host: Juan Botas), Houston, TX, September
 Invited Speaker, Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Computational Biology, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, September
 Invited Seminar, University of Michigan (Host: John Moran), Ann Arbor, MI, October
 Plenary Speaker, Genome and Sequence Analysis Conference (Host: Craig Venter), San Diego, CA, October
 Invited Seminar, CWRU Blood Group, (Host: Sandy Markowitz), Cleveland, OH, November
 Invited Seminar, Sick Children’s Hospital of Toronto (Host: Lap-Chee Tsui), Toronto, ON, Canada, November
 Invited Speaker, Salk Institute, Conference on Human Origins, La Jolla, CA, November
 Invited Seminar, Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania (Host. Bev. Emanuel), Philadelphia, PA, November
 Invited Seminar, Department of Human Genetics, UCLA (Host: Nelson Freimer), Los Angeles, CA, December
 Invited Participant, NHGRI Genome Project Planning Session, Goals 2003–2008, Airlie, VA, December
2002
 Plenary Speaker, DOE Contractor Genome Meeting IX, Oakland, CA, January
 Invited Graduate Student Speaker, Department of Genomic Sciences, UW, Seattle, WA, February
 Invited Speaker, McDermott Center for Human Genetics, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, March
 Invited Seminar, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, March
 Invited Seminar, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, March
 Invited Speaker, American Association of Anthropological Genetics, Buffalo, NY, April
 Plenary Speaker, Human Genome Meeting (HGM 2002), Shanghai, China, April
 Plenary Speaker, RECOMB 2002, Washington, DC, April
Evan Eichler, Ph.D.
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 Invited Participant, Eleventh International Strategy Meeting on Human Genome Sequencing, NY, May
 Invited Seminar, Washington University School of Medicine, Genetics, St. Louis, MO, May
 Invited Lecture, Frontiers of Genomics VI, University of Madison-Wisconsin, Madison, WI, May
 Invited Speaker, European Human Genetics Meeting, Strasbourg, France, May
 Catalyst Speaker, Chimpanzee Conference One, Yerkes Regional Primate Center, Atlanta, GA, June
 Invited Speaker, NSF “Genomics of Human Origins,” National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, July
 Invited Lecture, European School of Genetic Medicine, Bertinoro, Italy, August
 Invited Seminar, Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, September
 Invited Speaker, 5th International Meeting on Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism and Complex Genome Analysis, Reykjavik, Iceland, October
 Invited Seminar, Decode Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, October
 Invited Symposium, ASHG Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October
 Invited Seminar, Institute of Genetic Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, November
 Invited Participant, NHGRI meeting “Beyond the Beginning: The Future of Genomics II,” Airlie, VA, November
 Invited Seminar, Department of Pharmacology, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, December
 Invited Seminar, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, December
2003
 Invited Seminar, Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, February
 Invited Seminar, Distinguished Lecture in Genome Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, Feb.
 Invited Seminar, Joint Genome Institute, DOE, Walnut Creek, CA, February
 Invited Seminar, Genome Sciences, UW, Seattle, WA, March
 Organizer, Human Genome Meeting 2003, Cancun, Mexico, April
 Invited Speaker, Bioinformatics 2003, SOCBIN, Helsinki, Finland, May
 Invited Symposium, Genome of Homo sapiens. 68th Annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, May
 Invited Seminar, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, June
 Invited Speaker, XIX International Congress of Genetics, Melbourne, Australia, July
 Plenary Speaker, 13th North American Colloquium on Animal Cytogenetics and Gene Mapping, Louisville, KY, July
 Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference: Human Genetics and Genomics, Waterville, ME, August
 Plenary Speaker, European Society of Cytogenetics, Bologna, Italy, September
 Invited Seminar, British Society of Human Genetics, York, UK, September
 Invited Seminar, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, September
 Plenary Speaker, European Life Scientist Organization (ELSO 2003), Dresden, Germany, September
 Invited Speaker, RECOMB Satellite: Comparative Genomics IMA, Minneapolis, MN, October
 Invited Seminar, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, November
 Invited Seminar, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada, November
 Invited Seminar, Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, November
 Invited Seminar, Department of Biological Sciences, Program in Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, December
 Invited Seminar, Department of Pathology, CWRU, Cleveland, OH, December
2004
 Invited Speaker, Keystone Symposium: Human Genome Sequence Variation, Breckenridge, CO, January
 Invited Speaker, Evolutionary Genomics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, January
 Invited Seminar, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, February
 Invited Seminar, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, February
 Invited Participant, Concept Development/Planning Meeting: The Development of a Chimpanzee Molecular Biology Discovery Resource, Coriell Institute, Camden, NJ, February
 Invited Speaker, Sequencing the Chimpanzee Genome, UCSC, San Diego, CA, March
 Invited Speaker, La Jolla Origins of Humans, Salk Institute, San Diego, CA, March
 Plenary Speaker, HUGO Genome Meeting, Berlin, Germany, April
 Keynote Speaker, 2004 Genetics Symposium, Penn State University, State College, PA, May
 Invited Speaker, Genomes and Evolution, SMBE, Penn State University, PA, June
 Invited Lecturer, The Jackson Laboratory: Experimental and Medical Genetics Short Course, Bar Harbor, ME, July
 Invited Participant, Workshop to Resequence the Human Genome, NIH, Bethesda, MD, July
 Co-Organizer & Speaker, Understanding Human Genome Evolution, Bertinoro, Italy, September
 Invited Speaker, ASHG, Toronto, ON, Canada, October
Evan Eichler, Ph.D.
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 Invited Speaker, Art Institute Seattle University, Seattle, WA, October
 Invited Seminar, Department of Pathology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, November
 Invited Seminar, Department of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, November
 Invited Participant, ISCN Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, December
2005
 Invited Seminar, Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, NC, January
 Invited Seminar, UBC Genome Sequencing Center, Vancouver, BC, Canada, February
 Invited Seminar, Department of Computing Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada, February
 Invited Speaker, International Conference on Primate Genomics, Seattle, WA, March
 Invited Lectures (2), Functional Genomics Neuroscience, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, April
 Frontiers Lecture in Biological Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, April
 Invited Speaker & Co-organizer, Biology of Genomes, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, May
 Invited Speaker, Genome Structural Variation Symposium, Toronto, ON, Canada, July
 Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference: Genomics and Genetics, Newport, RI, July
 Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference: Chromosome Dynamics, New London, NH, July
 Plenary Speaker & Moderator, David W. Smith Workshop, Iowa City, IA, August
 Invited Speaker, American Society of Primatologists, Portland, OR, August
 Distinguished Lecture Series, Wellcome Trust, Sanger Center, Hinxton, UK, September
 Invited Plenary, European Science Foundation: Functional Genomics and Disease, Oslo, Norway, September
 Invited Rudbeck Seminar, Uppsala University, Sweden, September
 Invited Lecture, British Society of Human Genetics, York University, York, UK, September
 Keynote Speaker, American Society of Plant Biologists, Snowbird, UT, October
 Invited Speaker, Marie Curie Conference on ArrayCGH and Molecular Cytogenetics, Monopoli, Bari, Italy, October
 Invited Speaker, ASHG, Salt Lake City, UT, October
 Invited Speaker, Center for Excellence in Genome Research, USC, Los Angeles, CA, November
 Invited Lecture, Population Biology, Evolution and Ecology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, December
2006
 Keynote Speaker, Symposium: DNA Structure, Genomic Rearrangements and Human Disease, Houston, TX, March
 Invited Speaker, Banbury Center Meeting: Autism Genetics Meeting, Lloyd Harbor, NY, March
 Invited Seminar, Nemours Biomedical Research Center, Alfred I Dupont Hospital, Wilmington, DE, March
 Frontiers of Genomics Lecture, Center for Genome Research, National University of Mexico, Cuernavaca, Mexico, April
 Invited Speaker, 2nd International Meeting on Cryptic Chromosomal Rearrangements in Mental Retardation and Autism, Troina, Italy, April
 Invited Plenary, Annual European Society of Human Genetics Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May
 Invited Speaker, 3rd Annual HapMap Analysis Meeting, Broad Institute, Boston, MA, May
 Invited Speaker, National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research, Bethesda, MD, May
 Invited Plenary, Human Genome Meeting (HUGO) 2006, Helsinki, Finland, May
 Invited Lecture, Dahlem Colloquium, Max Planck Institute for Human Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany, June
 Invited Lecture, 47th Short Course on Mammalian Genetics, Bar Harbor, ME, July
 Invited Speaker, International Congress of Human Genetics, Brisbane, Australia, August
 Invited Speaker, Chimpanzees in Research Conference, Yerkes National Primate Center, Atlanta, GA, October
 Invited Speaker, ASHG, New Orleans, LA, October
 Invited Speaker, NIAID Population Genetics Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November
 Invited Speaker, NAS Sackler Colloquium, The New Comparative Biology of Human Nature, Orange County, CA, November
 Invited Lecture, Biosciences Series on Evolution, Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, November
2007
 Invited Lecture, Pompua-Fabra University, Department of Human Genetics, Barcelona, Spain, January
 Invited Student Seminar, Molecular Genetics Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, January
 Invited Speaker, Advances in Genome Biology and Technology, Marco Island, FL, February
 Invited Seminar, Evolving Genome Seminar Series, University of Michigan, Anna Arbor, MI, March
 Invited Seminar, Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, May
 Invited Seminar, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, May
 Invited Speaker, Scientific Breakthroughs of the Year Session, American Thoracic Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May
 Invited Speaker, FASEB Mobile Element Meeting, Tucson, AZ, June
Evan Eichler, Ph.D.
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 Invited Seminar, Department of Developmental Biology, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France, June
 Invited Speaker, The Jackson Laboratory: Annual Birkenmeier Lectureship, Bar Harbor, ME, June
 Invited Plenary Speaker, European Conference of Cytogenetics, Istanbul, Turkey, July
 Invited Speaker & Organizer, Gordon Research Conference: Human Genetics and Genomics, Newport, RI, July
 Invited Plenary Speaker, Brazilian Congress of Genetics, Aguas de Lindoia, Brazil, September
 Invited Faculty & Speaker, Young Neuroscientists’ Workshop, Solvang, CA, September
 Invited Speaker, HUGO Mutation Detection, Xiamen, China, September
 Invited Plenary Speaker, World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, New York, NY, October
 Invited Seminar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, October
 Invited Plenary Speaker, NIH Intramural Sequencing Center 10th Anniversary Symposium, Bethesda, MD, October
 Invited Speaker, Applied Biosystems Symposium, ASHG, San Diego, CA, October
 Invited Seminar, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK, November
 Invited Speaker & Host, Nature Genome Structural Variation and Evolution Symposium, Seattle, WA, November
 Invited Speaker, Molecular Medicine Public Lecture Series, UW, Seattle, WA, December
 Invited Seminar, Department of Molecular Biology Seminar Series at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Dec.
 Invited Seminar, John Hopkins University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Baltimore, MD, December
2008
 Invited Seminar, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Danny Thomas Lecture Series, Memphis, TN, January
 Invited Seminar, University of California, San Francisco, Seminars in Biomedical Science Series, San Francisco, CA, January
 Invited Lecture, UW Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Works-in-Progress Series, Seattle, WA, February
 Invited Speaker, 2008 American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Mar.
 Invited Speaker, Genomic Disorders, Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Genomic Disorders, Hinxton, UK, March
 Invited Seminar, UC Davis Genome Center, Forefronts of Genomics Colloquium, Davis, CA, March
 Invited Speaker, 3rd International Conference on Primate Genomics & Human Disease Conference, Seattle, WA, April
 Invited Seminar, Genentech, San Francisco, CA, April
 Invited Speaker & Session Chair, 1000 Genomes Project & CSHL: Biology of Genomes Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, May
 Invited Speaker, IHG Symposium: Genomics and Personalized Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, June
 Invited Speaker, Molecular Genetics Consortium Workshop, Atlanta, GA, June
 Invited Seminar, Illumina, San Diego, CA, June
 Invited Speaker, XX International Congress of Genetics, Berlin, Germany, July
 Invited Speaker, Genomics of Common Disease, Broad Institute, Boston, MA, September
 Invited Speaker, AnEUploidy Workshop, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, September
 Invited Plenary, FISV Congress (Federation of Life Scientist Meeting), Riva del Garda, Italy, September
 Invited Plenary, Human Genome Meeting (HUGO, HGM2008), Hyderabad, India, September
 Invited Speaker, Human Variome Meeting, Hyderabad, India, September
 Invited Speaker, CSHL: Personalized Genomes Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, October
 Invited Speaker, PROUST Genes at Work on Time Conference, Torino, Italy, October
 Invited Lecture, Graduate Student Symposium, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, October
 Invited Seminar, Department of Genetics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, November
 Invited Seminar, Molecular Cell, Biology and Bioinformatics Program, Virginia Tech, VA, November
 Invited Speaker, 1000 Genomes Meeting, ASHG Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November
 Invited Speaker, Australian Health and Medical Research Congress, Brisbane, Australia, November
 Invited Participant, 2nd International Consortium Workshop on Clinical Cytogenetic Arrays, Bethesda, MD, December
 Invited Speaker, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) 47th Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, December
2009
 Invited Seminar, Indiana University Department of Biology, Bloomington, IN, January
 Invited Seminar, Miami 2009 Winter Symposium: Interpreting the Human Genome, Miami, FL, January
 Invited Participant & Discussion Leader, NHGRI workshop “Dark Matter of Genomic Associations with Complex Diseases,” Bethesda, MD, February
 Invited Seminar, Washington University Department of Genetics Spring Seminar Series, St. Louis, MO, February
 Invited Seminar, Comprehending Copy Number Variation Meeting, San Diego, CA, March
 Invited Seminar, University of California San Diego Genetics and Genomics Seminar Series, San Diego, CA, March
 Invited Seminar, Arizona Initiative for the Biology of Complex Diseases (ABCD) Colloquium: Problems in Complex Disease Biology, Tucson, AZ, March
 Invited Keynote Plenary, International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, San Diego, CA, March
Evan Eichler, Ph.D.
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 Invited Seminar, Washington University in St. Louis Symposium Celebrating the Darwin Bicentennial, St. Louis, MO, March
 Invited Seminar, Morehouse College Biology Seminar Series, Atlanta, GA, March
 Invited Seminar, 20th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Human Genetics, Aachen, Germany, April
 Invited Seminar, Pharmacogenetics Research Network (PGRN), Rochester, MN, April
 Invited Seminar, Cornell University Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Ithaca, NY, April
 Invited Seminar, The Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Naples, Italy, April
 Invited Seminar, European Genetics Foundation Course in Medical Genetics, Bertinoro, Italy, April
 Invited Keynote, Sequencing, Finishing and Analysis in the Future, Santa Fe, NM, May
 Invited Seminar, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, May
 Invited Speaker, 74th Cold Spring Harbor Symposium: Evolution: The Molecular Landscape, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, May
 Invited Speaker, 8th International Workshop on Advanced Genomics, Tokyo, Japan, June
 Invited Speaker, "Wednesdays at the Genome" Public Lecture Series, UW, Seattle, WA, July
 Speaker & Session Chair, Gordon Research Conference: Human Genetics and Genomics, Biddeford, ME, July
 Invited Seminar, The Jackson Laboratory: 50th Annual Genetics Course, Bar Harbor, ME, July
 Invited Plenary Workshop, Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics: Comparative Genomics Workshop, Rowland Flat, Australia, September
 Invited Session & Presidential Symposium Speaker, ASHG Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, October
 Invited Speaker, American Society of Nephrology's (ASN) 42nd Annual Renal Week Meeting, San Diego, CA, October
 Invited Speaker, 2009 PQG Conference: Human Genetic Variation, Health and Disease: New Knowledge, New Quantitative Challenges, Boston, MA, November
 Invited Course Presenter, CSHL: Advanced Sequencing Technologies & Applications, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, Nove