Biography:Deanna M. Church
Deanna Church | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | University of California, Irvine |
| Known for | Genomics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Bioinformatics |
| Institutions | 10x Genomics National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| Doctoral advisor | John J. Wasmuth |
Deanna Church is a scientist working in the areas of bioinformatics and genomics. She is known for her work on the human genome, "making the genome a friendlier place".[1]
Life
Church graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia[2] in 1990. She received a doctorate in Genomics from University of California, Irvine in 1997. Church describes her passion for bioinformatics as connected to her enjoyment of problem solving and being in a team that has direct impacts on people's medical care.[3]
Work
Church worked for the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) from 1999 until 2013.[4] While there, she headed NCBI's team in the Genome Reference Consortium, an international group focusing on refining data on the human genome.[2] She was part of the group involved in releasing GRCh38, a build of the human genome that included centromere sequences for the first time.[5]
In 2013, she joined Personalis as Senior Director of Genomics and Content where she worked towards improving bioinformatics for better analysis of the human genome.[3]
In 2016, she joined 10x Genomics as Senior Director of Applications.[6] Church has had over 35 publications in her career.[7]
See also
- Human genome project
- Mouse Genome Informatics
References
- ↑ "Deanna Church (dmchurch) on about.me" (in en). https://about.me/dmchurch. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NLM In Focus: Meet NCBI's Deanna Church, Genome Finisher". Infocus.nlm.nih.gov. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130703100526/http://infocus.nlm.nih.gov/2012/08/meet-ncbis-deanna-church-genom.html. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "101 questions with a bioinformatician #3: Deanna Church". ACGT. http://www.acgt.me/blog/2014/4/14/101-questions-with-a-bioinformatician-3-deanna-church. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ↑ "Deanna Church Brings Reference Genome Expertise to Personalis". Bio-itworld.com. http://www.bio-itworld.com/2014/2/5/deanna-church-brings-reference-genome-expertise-personalis.html. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ↑ "A star is born: the updated Human Reference Genome". Blogs.nature.com. http://blogs.nature.com/methagora/2013/12/the_updated_human_reference_genome.html. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ↑ "Renowned Reference Genome Expert Deanna Church Joins 10x Genomics". http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160205005134/en/Renowned-Reference-Genome-Expert-Deanna-Church-Joins. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ↑ "Publications Authored by Deanna Church". http://www.pubfacts.com/author/Deanna+Church. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
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