Center for Combinatorial Gene Regulation News

Andrew Allen is a principal investigator in the Center for Combinatorial Gene Regulation. He is originally from Los Alamos, New Mexico, which is completely surrounded by national forests and outdoor activities were always his favorite things to do.

Schuyler Melore is a Duke University graduate student in the Reddy Lab, and currently works on wet lab technology development for the Center for Combinatorial Gene Regulation. He is originally from Northport, New York.

Alex Ochoa is co-investigator and statistical geneticist in the Center for Combinatorial Gene Regulation. He is originally from El Paso, Texas, which is near Juarez, Mexico. Ochoa enjoys the cuisine and visiting old friends when he visits.

Alejandro Barrera is a senior bioinformatician in the Center for Combinatorial Gene Regulation. He is originally from Madrid, Spain and loves the people and activities. Barrera enjoys spending time with his child, building structures, playing with the family dog.

The Duke Center for Combinatorial Gene Regulation (CCGR), an NHGRI Center of Excellence in Genome Sciences (CEGS), hosted the annual CEGS meeting October 18-20.

Shannon Clarke is the project manager for the Center for Combinatorial Gene Regulation research project. She also serves as assistant director of strategy and operations for the Division of Integrative Genomics in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics. Clarke earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Miami University.

The Duke Center for Combinatorial Gene Regulation (CCGR), an NIH-funded Center of Excellence in Genome Science, awarded two Clinical Trainee Pilot Research Grants of $15,000 each to Duke clinical trainees. The goal of these grants is to offer multi-disciplinary/cohort-based training in genetics and genomics for clinical trainees, expand the cohorts available to the CCGR project and develop new clinical partnerships.

The Center for Combinatorial Gene Regulation was kicked off in October 2020 during a time of ongoing uncertainty and hybrid work environments.  The strength of the collaborative relationships supported by the seven PI leadership team enabled the successful start of this NIH-funded center.  To read more, visit here.

Novel method identifies which master controllers of gene activity are essential to making adult cells of any type.

For the first time at Duke, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, is awarding a Center of Excellence in Genome Science (CEGS) grant, to a group of Duke researchers, providing $14 million of research support over five years.