Evan Eichler
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Principal Investigator Professor of Genome Sciences Office Phone: (206) 543-9526 Office Location: S413C Email: ee3 [AT] u.washington.edu Assistants: Tonia Brown (tjbrown [AT] u.washington.edu) & Zoe Poyen (poyenz [AT] u.washington.edu) or (206) 543-7402 No solicitations! CC Tonia & Zoe on important emails to avoid spam/junk mail loss. |
Professional Experience
| Member | The Brotman Baty Institute (BBI) | 2020-current |
| Professor | Dept. Genome Sciences, U. Washington, Seattle, WA | 2008-current |
| Investigator | Howard Hughes Medical Institute | 2005-current |
| Associate Prof. | Dept. Genome Sciences, U. Washington, Seattle, WA | 2004-2008 |
| Associate Prof. | Dept. Genetics, CWRU, Cleveland, OH | 2003-2004 |
| Director | Bioinformatics Core Facility,
Dept. Genetics, CWRU, Cleveland, OH |
2002-2004 |
| Assistant Prof. | Dept. Genetics, CWRU, Cleveland, OH | 1997-2003 |
| Research Affiliate | Dept. Human Genetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY | 1997 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | BBRP, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA | 1995–1997 |
Education
| Ph.D., Molecular Genetics | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA | 1995 |
| Ludwig-Maximilians
Universität,
Munich, Germany |
1990-1991 | |
| B.Sc., Honours, Biology | University
of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, Canada |
1990 |
Research Interests
Genomic duplication followed by
adaptive mutation is considered one of
the primary forces for evolution of new function. Duplicated sequences
are also dynamic regions of rapid structural change during the course
of chromosome evolution. The long-term goal of my research is to
understand the evolution, pathology and mechanism(s) of recent gene
duplication and DNA transposition within the human genome. Our
work involves the systematic discovery of these regions, the
development of methods to assess their variation, the detection of
signatures of rapid gene evolution and ultimately the correlation of
this genetic variation with phenotypic differences within and between
species.