Len A. Pennacchio
Len A. Pennacchiois an Americanmolecular biologist,the head of the Genetic Analysis Program and the Genomic Technologies Program at theJoint Genome InstituteinWalnut Creek, California.[1]
Pennacchio did his undergraduate studies atSonoma State Universityand then went on to graduate studies atStanford University,receiving a Ph.D. in genetics in 1998. He became a research scientist at theLawrence Berkeley National Laboratoryin 1999, and joined the Joint Genome Institute in 2003. He retains his Lawrence Berkeley affiliation as well.[1]
Pennacchio contributed to thehuman genome projectwith an analysis ofhuman chromosome 16.[2] His research has also explored gene regulation,[3] the genetic basis of differences inbody shapebetween different individuals,[4] conserved sequencesin thegenome,[5] and connections betweenjunk DNAandheart disease.[6]
In 2008,Genome Technologymagazine named him as one of 30 promising young researchers in their annual "Tomorrow's PIs" edition.[7]
References[edit]
- ^abJGI – Len A. PennacchioArchived2011-04-25 at theWayback Machine,retrieved 2011-04-04.
- ^Scientists decode human chromosome 16,PhysOrg.com, December 23, 2004.
- ^Pearson, Helen (November 16, 2006), "Genetic information: Codes and enigmas",Nature,444(7117): 259–261,doi:10.1038/444259a,PMID17108933.
- ^Check, Erika (March 16, 2007), "How fat genes differ from thin ones: Resequencing effort unpicks genetics of body extremes",Nature,doi:10.1038/news070312-9.
- ^Sherriff, Lucy (September 7, 2007),"Missing DNA fails to kill mice",The Register.
- ^Fang, Janet (February 21, 2010), "Junk DNA holds clues to heart disease: Deleting a non-coding region leads to narrowing of arteries in mice",Nature,doi:10.1038/news.2010.82.
- ^Genome Technology Names 2008 'Tomorrow's PIs',RedOrbit, December 8, 2008.
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