Scientist with interests in population, evolutionary, molecular, and disease immuno/epi/genetics. IG for life.

Louisville, KY
Joined July 2014
So excited and proud to congratulate my first student @EastonFord11 on the successful defense of his PhD thesis. Introducing Dr. Ford! @BMGUofL1
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Well there it is. The Louisville Clinical and Translational Research Center (1P20GM155899-01) is up on the NIH Reporter website. We’re 5 days post-NOA and well into hiring staff. Best team I’ve ever worked with. @jiapenghuang
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Our latest study presents open access RNA-seq data from cell lines from 731 people from 26 globally diverse populations, addressing a persistent ancestry bias in our field. We hope this resource enables more equitable advances in personalized medicine. nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Great way to end a long week. Thanks to my team and collaborators, particularly @EastonFord11 and @ctwatson29 who have made the move to @uofl four years ago the best decision I've ever made!
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Honored to participate in #PRISMBangkok, hosted by @PacBio The enthusiasm for inclusive #immunogenomics research was wonderful. Excited to build collaborations around the world! Biscuit felt so welcome.
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Thanks to the organisers for a fantastic conference so far and an opportunity to talk about our work at @iedb_ @ljiresearch
Eve Richardson (La Jolla Institute for Immunology) presents “Methods for antigen-specificity prediction applied to BCR-seq data” #AIRRC7 Full agenda: tinyurl.com/airrcmeeting7
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Insightful Keynote presentation by Bill Schief, Scripps Research Institute, Moderna. #AIRRC7 Full agenda and more details on the meeting page: tinyurl.com/airrcmeeting7
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“Enhanced IG and TR germline sets can improve signal and reduce noise, providing a clearer picture of mutation levels, clonal structure, and response specificity” William Lees, Bar-Ilan University and University of Louisville #AIRRC7 Full agenda: tinyurl.com/airrcmeeting7
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Andreas Lossius (University of Oslo) discusses the importance of considering constant gene polymorphisms and allele-specific responses in the context of autoimmune and infectious diseases. #AIRRC7 Full agenda: tinyurl.com/airrcmeeting7
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Yana Safanova (Pennsylvania State University) presents state-of-the-art solutions to annotation and comparative analysis of highly diverged IG loci and discusses open immunogenomics questions. #AIRRC7 Full agenda: tinyurl.com/airrcmeeting7
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Easton Ford (University of Louisville) presents recent technology developments for the near full-length resolution of antibody heavy chains (FLAIRR-seq) applied to Acetylcholine Receptor Myasthenia Gravis (AChR MG) #AIRRC7 Full agenda: tinyurl.com/airrcmeeting7
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I'll be attending the amazing AIRR Community Meeting VII - Learnings and Perspectives. Let me know if you're planning to attend so that we can say Hi! 👋 Or register now and join me at the event! whova.com/portal/registratio… #airrc7 - via #Whova event app whova.com/portal/registratio…
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The talented Oscar L. Rodriguez will be discussing his work on genetic factors underlying variation in the developing BCR repertoire seqanswers.com/forum/site-ne…
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Excited to announce our new review: Beyond the Human Genome Project: The Age of Complete Human Genome Sequences and Pangenome References. w/ @BenedictPaten @rajivmccoy @khmiga @EimearEKenny et al. annualreviews.org/content/jo…
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AIRR-C seminar on antibody discovery and antibody polyreactivity with @IG_lab and Marta T. Borowska! antibodysociety.org/the-airr…. April 25, 1600 CET/ 1000 ET. Registration is open now!
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