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]
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 |
Life
editChurch 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
editChurch 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Deanna Church (dmchurch) on about.me". about.me. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ^ a b "NLM In Focus: Meet NCBI's Deanna Church, Genome Finisher". Infocus.nlm.nih.gov. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ a b "101 questions with a bioinformatician #3: Deanna Church". ACGT. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Deanna Church Brings Reference Genome Expertise to Personalis". Bio-itworld.com. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "A star is born: the updated Human Reference Genome". Blogs.nature.com. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "Renowned Reference Genome Expert Deanna Church Joins 10x Genomics". Business Wire. 2016-02-05. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ "Publications Authored by Deanna Church". www.pubfacts.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.