Michael Wasney
I am a computational evolutionary biologist interested in the eco-evolutionary forces that shape genetic diversity in natural populations. Currently, I am pursuing my PhD in the Garud Lab at UCLA, where I research the spatial distribution of bacterial genetic diversity in the gut microbiome, the dynamics of adaptation in the context of microbial invasion, and other topics related to microbial ecology and evolution.
Contact
- E-mail:
michaelwasney@ucla.edu
- Office: Life Sciences Building 4114
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095 - Github:
michaelwasney
Research
Here are some of the projects I have worked on over the past several years.
Uniform bacterial genetic diversity along the guts of mice inoculated with human stool [In review]
Michael Wasney*, Leah Briscoe*, Richard Wolff, Hans Ghezzi, Carolina Tropini, Nandita Garud
Single-cell genomics improves the discovery of risk variants and genes of atrial fibrillation [Nature Communications, 2023]
Alan Selewa, Kaixuan Luo, Michael Wasney, Linsin Smith, Xiaotong Sun, Chenwei Tang, Heather Eckart, Ivan P. Moskowitz, Anindita Basu, Xin He & Sebastian Pott
* Denotes equal contribution.
Brief CV
- Current: PhD Genetics & Genomics, UCLA, 2021-present
I have been fortunate to receive funding support from:
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