Full Name
Wyeth Wasserman
Degrees & Honours
PhD
Job Title
Investigator
Company/Org.
BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Affiliations
Investigator, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Senior Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics
Professor, Department of Medical Genetics
University of British Columbia
Senior Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics
Professor, Department of Medical Genetics
University of British Columbia
Speaker Bio
A Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia and based at BC Children’s Hospital, Dr. Wyeth Wasserman’s computational biology research focuses on the analysis of the human genome.
After undergraduate studies in mathematics and cell biology, Dr. Wasserman completed a PhD in cancer research at the University of Wisconsin with a focus on the regulation of gene expression related to cancer prevention. He subsequently trained in the field of bioinformatics and worked in the pharmaceutical industry.
His research laboratory at BC Children’s conducts research in two overlapping domains: the control of gene activity and the identification of the causes of rare genetic disorders. His lab created the JASPAR database and a wide range of software which are used globally to identify the “on/off” switches in genes.
Since low-cost DNA sequencing became accessible for patients, his team works closely with clinicians at BC Children’s Hospital to discover the genetic causes impacting patients and families. Recent work has focused on assisted differential diagnosis within a set of metabolic disorders known as inborn errors of metabolism, which build on the IEMbase knowledge resource supported by his laboratory.
He is a co-lead for the Silent Genomes Project, focused on equity in rare disease diagnosis for Indigenous patients across Canada.
After undergraduate studies in mathematics and cell biology, Dr. Wasserman completed a PhD in cancer research at the University of Wisconsin with a focus on the regulation of gene expression related to cancer prevention. He subsequently trained in the field of bioinformatics and worked in the pharmaceutical industry.
His research laboratory at BC Children’s conducts research in two overlapping domains: the control of gene activity and the identification of the causes of rare genetic disorders. His lab created the JASPAR database and a wide range of software which are used globally to identify the “on/off” switches in genes.
Since low-cost DNA sequencing became accessible for patients, his team works closely with clinicians at BC Children’s Hospital to discover the genetic causes impacting patients and families. Recent work has focused on assisted differential diagnosis within a set of metabolic disorders known as inborn errors of metabolism, which build on the IEMbase knowledge resource supported by his laboratory.
He is a co-lead for the Silent Genomes Project, focused on equity in rare disease diagnosis for Indigenous patients across Canada.
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