Dr. Alper Uzun

Biography

Alper Uzun is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology Laboratory Medicine at Brown University. He has a diverse academic background that includes training as a molecular biologist at Istanbul University and medical biochemistry at Kocaeli University in Turkey. He completed his Masters and PhD in computational biology and bioinformatics at Northeastern University and underwent post-doctoral training in the Department of Pediatrics at Women and Infants Hospital. His research primarily focuses on utilizing genomics and bioinformatics to unravel the complex genetic architecture underlying conditions such as preterm birth, preeclampsia, and cancer. Uzun is also the Director of Cancer Bioinformatics at the Legorreta Cancer Center. He is deeply engaged in developing innovative computational tools for network biology and variant visualizations, managing large-scale genomic data, and leading research on the genetic architecture of complex diseases. His work has been presented at conferences and published in several notable journals, contributing significantly to the field of bioinformatics and genomics.

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