Students will perform an in-depth investigation of phenotypic conservation at multiple functional levels in epigenomic methylation data - including CpG sites, genes, and functional groups within genes - and identify biologically relevant pathways that are preferentially conserved during growth. Students may have the opportunity to develop a clinically impactful epigenomic classifier for tumor aggressiveness and patient outcome.
Faculty Leads: Marc Ryser , Darryl Shibata
Project Manager: Lidea Shahidi, Ph.D. Candidate, ECE
Student Team: Yanlin Ma, Kevin Murgas