SARA COOPER Sara Cooper, PhD, is a faculty investigator at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Research Focus
Her research focuses on understanding mechanisms of cancer pathology, pro- gression, and chemoresistance to help personalize cancer diagnosis and treat- ment. She also leads the Institute’s Information is Power Initiative , a community outreach effort that offers free or reduced-cost genetic risk screening for men and women across Alabama. Expertise Genomics, metabolomics, cancer, and personalized cancer treatment Lab Members Research Associates: Emily Gordon, PhD and Mikayla James Graduate Students: Peter Allen and Carter Wright Project Coordinator for Information is Power Initiative : Kristy Stoudemire-Bell
JANE GRIMWOOD
Jane Grimwood, PhD, is a faculty investigator at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Loretta Purdy Spencer Chair in Genomics, and a co-director of the HudsonAlpha Genome Sequencing Center. Research Focus She focuses on sequencing, finishing, and genome improvement of many eukaryotic genomes, including plants, fungi, and vertebrates. Expertise De novo genome sequencing, generation of high-quality genomic resources, genomic-enabled crop breeding, bioenergy HGSC Lab Members Team Leaders: Jerry Jenkins, PhD (Genome Analysis Group Lead), John Lovell, PhD (Evolutionary Analysis Group Lead), Mike Frizzell (Computational Infrastructure Group Lead), Melissa Williams (Library Construction and Sequencing Lead), Ada Stewart (Sequencing Lead) Computational Biologists: Dave Flowers, Paul Grabowski, Adam Healey, PhD, Min Kim, Sujan Mamidi, PhD, Chris Plott, Avinask Sreedasyam, PhD, Ming Tsai, Rachel Walstead, PhD Informatics Project Manager: Lori Handley Research Associates: Lori Boston, Teresa Jones, LaTonya Moore, Jessica Stephens, Shannon Talley, Jenell Webber
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