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Aristotelis Tsirigos is a Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Pathology at New York University. His research focuses on cancer genomics and bioinformatics, specifically utilizing computational biology and genomics to understand pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He has developed several computational platforms including GenomicTools, an open-source platform designed for high-throughput genomic analytics, and HiC-bench, which provides a comprehensive environment for reproducible Hi-C data analysis. His contributions have significantly advanced the molecular understanding of epigenetic changes in leukemia, resulting in the discovery of novel long non-coding RNAs that could serve as biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets. Tsirigos has co-directed numerous research programs and has been instrumental in applying multi-omics approaches in precision medicine. He earned his PhD from New York University and has published extensively in reputable scientific journals, contributing to breakthroughs in molecular pathology and cancer research.
Open Program in Biomedical Sciences (Vilcek Institute) covers departments like Biochemistry, Pathology, Neuroscience, Microbiology, etc.