Project
Diagnosing rare pediatric diseases in record time
Rapid identification of disease-causing variants in DNA enables prompt diagnosis and treatment of rare disease in children.
My name is Lucas.
I am an MD/PhD student at UCSD MSTP. I am advised by Dr. Rob Knight through the Bioinformatics and Systems Biology program, and I am interested in advancing clinical diagnostics and therapeutics through the convergence of informatics, imaging, and artificial intelligence.
Where I've been
Blending biology with computation
I believe that the future of biomedical discovery lies in the application of novel computational techniques to unravel complex biological data.
Project
Visualizing chromatin structure throughout meiotic prophase
Elucidating patterns of chromatin organization is fundamental to understanding mechanisms of gene regulation and behavior.
Project
Identifying cancer drivers using methylation patterns
Dysregulation of DNA methylation can adversely impact tumor suppressor genes and developmental regulators, driving progression of cancer.