Students have two choices for the final project:
1) Write an article discussing a recent paper in genomics, geared for the general public, e.g. in the style of the New York Times Science section.
2) Apply their Python programming skills to a real research project (either their own, or in collaboration with a faculty member)
Final Projects 2024:
The genetic blueprint of multiple sclerosis - Meara Bury
[coding] GWAS on the family history of Alzheimer's disease - Harry Clarke
[coding] Mining and visualizing data for ASD from the CDC - Ginny Illingworth
Using the Huntington Disease genomic data to perform innovative treatments - Kristen Johnson
[coding] Assessing water quality after different filtration methods - Liam Lennon
[coding] Relationships between mutation count and survival in glioblastoma - Sarah Hellman
[coding] Post-dysbiosis effects of prebiotics and probiotics on chlamydia infection - Isaac Berman
PSEN2 mutation and Alzheimer's disease - Anaya Prince
Final Papers 2022:
The Science behind a healthy gut - Kat Tucci
Can diet change your microbiome to improve health? - Zoe Davis
Final Papers 2020:
Genomic traces of contact between Native Americans and Polynesians prior to settlement of Easter Island - Katrina Webster
Microbiome and fear-extinction learning in mice - Lauren Czelusta
Drug discovery and repurposing for COVID19 - Phung Huynh
Genomic signatures of Neanderthal ancestry in widespread human populations - Rory Cohan
Genomic studies of tolerance and resistance evolution in bacteria - Ian O'Neill
Proteomic landscape across the kingdoms of life - Ricky Marino
Genetics of COVID19 susceptibility - Paige Ramkissoon