Michael Wasney

I am a computational 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
Bluesky: @michaelwasney.bsky.social

Research

Uniform bacterial genetic diversity along the gut [Nature Communications, Accepted in principle]

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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