Postdoc
lperezcano85@ucla.edu
Gonda 3309
Educational Background:
PhD Bioinformatics, Structural prediction and characterization of protein-RNA interactions, University of Barcelona, Spain
MS Proteomics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
BS Biotechnology, University of Vic, Spain
Research Project:
Analysis of large-scale DNA sequencing data to identify genes associated to autism spectrum disorder.
We generated 30X whole-genome sequence (WGS) for >4,000 individuals from the family-based Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) cohort, as part of the Hartwell Autism Research and Technology Initiative (iHART). Given that the majority of participating families have multiple affected individuals, our research is mainly focused on exploring the role of inherited risk loci. The iHART project seeks to advance the understanding of autism genetics and represents a landmark for the study of other complex diseases and investigations using whole-genome sequence data.
Joined the lab:
2014
