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Lior Pachter
Bren Professor of Computational Biology at Caltech
Lior Pachter is the Bren Professor of Computational Biology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).124 He is a computational biologist with a diverse background and research interests spanning mathematics, biology, and computer science.5
Born in Israel and raised in South Africa, Pachter completed his B.S. in Mathematics at Caltech in 1994 and his Ph.D. in Mathematics from MIT in 1999.53 He joined the faculty at UC Berkeley in 1999, where he held various positions until 2017.3
Pachter's research focuses on developing computational and experimental methods for genomics, with a current emphasis on single-cell sequencing technologies.6 He has authored over 100 research articles in areas including algorithms, combinatorics, comparative genomics, algebraic statistics, molecular biology, and evolution.7
Some key achievements and honors include:
- Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology (elected 2017)5
- National Science Foundation CAREER award recipient7
- Sloan Research Fellowship awardee7
- Miller Professor at UC Berkeley7
Pachter is known for promoting open science through new media and has gained attention for his thought experiments and critiques in the field of computational biology.5
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TIL that Jimmy Carter was the only president to have taken graduate-level coursework in science / engineering.
The Göttingen synagogue was burned down during Kristallnacht 86 years ago. In its place there is now a sculpture that beautifully evokes the Star of David (blue lines added by me). https://t.co/ryJxhu6W2u https://t.co/a3hDdddmhc
