Understanding the Functional Effects of Genetic Variants

Tuuli Lappalainen, PhD, assistant professor at New York Genome Center and Columbia University, seeks to understand the connections between genetic variants and gene expression patterns. Studying genome-wide association data, Lappalainen and her team of researchers are paving the way toward identifying how genetic differences may affect gene expression—and an individual’s risk for certain diseases.

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