A computational biology lab at UCLA

Joined June 2019
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I am a guest editor with Martha Bulyk and Katie Pollard of a Genome Biology special collection on "Prioritizing non-coding variants" Link for more information: link.springer.com/collection… Submission deadline: November 25, 2026.
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MissenseHMM: state-based annotations for missense variants through joint modeling of pathogenicity scores biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… #biorxiv_genomic

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We are excited to release a single-cell and spatial 3D epigenomic atlas of developing human basal ganglia and inhibitory neurons, part of our BICAN effort in collaboration with @lab_paredes @jernst98 @emukamel @CEpigenomics @bpasaniuc biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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Thanks to @ferhatay and Aly Khan, we’re excited to announce a new chapter for RECOMB-RSG 2026. After years with ISCB/DREAM, we are transitioning to an official RECOMB satellite meeting (May 25 in Thessaloniki). recomb-rsg.github.io

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We like to introduce map3C, developed by Joseph Galasso, that drastically improves the mapping and contact calling performance of snm3C-seq and now enables accurate 3D genome modeling. map3C was developed in collaboration with @jernst98 and Frank Alber biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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📣New from Li et al! 📄Whole genome sequence-based association analysis of African American individuals with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia 👉bit.ly/4lWks1M
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Genome-wide identification and analysis of recurring patterns of epigenetic variation across individuals: Communications Biology, Published online: 07 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s42003-025-08179-5Recurring genome-wide patterns of epigenetic mark variation… nature.com/articles/s42003-0…
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Will comparative biology crack the epigenetic code to longevity? New imputed DNA methylation dataset covers 59 tissues from 348 mammals including long living species such as bowhead whale (211 years), bats, and the naked mole rat. Which tissue holds the key to longevity? Which genes, CpGs, and genomic regions? Cutting-edge imputation applied to data from the Mammalian Methylation Consortium. Emily Maciejewski, Jason Ernst (2025) CMImpute: cross-species and tissue imputation of species-level DNA methylation samples across mammalian species. Genome Biology. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article… @JasonErnstLab @eamaciejewski #epigenetics #compbio #longevity
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Here is a press release by ⁦@UCLAHealth⁩ that nicely summarizes the key findings from our paper published today ⁦@CellCellPress⁩. uclahealth.org/news/release/…
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Happy to share our new paper published today @CellCellPress. Thanks to all our coauthors from @dgsomucla, @UCLASemel, and CHDI. Distinct mismatch-repair complex genes set neuronal CAG-repeat expansion rate to drive selective pathogenesis in HD mice: Cell cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…
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Learning a Pairwise Epigenomic and Transcription Factor Binding Association Score Across the Human Genome biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_bioinfo

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Faculty Position in UCLA’s School of Medicine: Broad search in Biomathematics, Biochemistry, Genetics, Pharmacology, Neurobiology, Physiology, Microbiology, Immunology. We seek exceptional scientists committed to research and mentorship. Apply by Jan 19 recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF1006…

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After many zoom meetings, discussions & learning from one another about different ways to look at the same data/problem, our perspective article on regulatory genomics is out. We have a “hallmarks of gene regulation” figure which i am planning to use in my talks. Enjoy reading!
Delighted to have worked on this perspective on the cis-regulatory code with @JuliaZeitlinger, @JasonErnstLab, @ferhatay, @AMathelier, @AleMedinaRivera, @mahonylab, @sinhasaur arxiv.org/abs/2411.04363. We provide an overview of current progress and some challenges to think about.
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