Frank Albert, Ph.D.
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- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development
- Institution
- University of Minnesota
- Address
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6-160 Jackson Hall
321 Church St. SE - City, State, ZIP
- Minneapolis, MN 55455
- Phone
- 612-301-1243
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://albert-lab.org
- Research field
- Genetics
- Award year
- 2019
Research
The Albert lab will investigate how genetic variation in human genomes translates into the differences that make each of us unique. As a species, humans share the same set of genes, yet we all harbor millions of genetic variants—slight differences in DNA sequence that contribute to our distinctive characteristics and influence our risk for conditions such as heart disease and diabetes. As a postdoctoral fellow, I developed genomic and computational tools for mapping genetic variants in yeast and assessing their physiological effects. Now, the Pew scholarship will enable me to combine these methods with cutting-edge techniques in cell and molecular genetics to explore new ways of studying how genetic variation in human genomes alters the activation of genes and the production of proteins. Our work could expose intriguing connections between genetic variation and human disease, and improve our ability to diagnose and treat a variety of heritable disorders.
Scholar Keywords
2019 Search Pew Scholars
- Victoria Abraira, Ph.D.
- Frank Albert, Ph.D.
- Rudy Behnia, Ph.D.
- Gira Bhabha, Ph.D.
- Alan Brown, Ph.D.
- Eliezer Calo, Ph.D.
- Seemay Chou, Ph.D.
- Lillian Fritz-Laylin, Ph.D.
- Kelley Harris, Ph.D.
- Mazen Kheirbek, Ph.D.
- Philip Kranzusch, Ph.D.
- Kyle Loh, Ph.D.
- Marta Luksza, Ph.D.
- John Maciejowski, Ph.D.
- Jeffrey Moffitt, Ph.D.
- Noah Palm, Ph.D.
- Arthur Prindle, Ph.D.
- Caroline Runyan, Ph.D.
- Aaron Streets, Ph.D.
- Geetu Tuteja, Ph.D.
- John Tuthill, Ph.D.
- Xin Zhang, Ph.D.