Dr. Jesse Engreitz

Biography

Jesse Engreitz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics at Stanford University, where he also contributes to the Children’s Heart Center through the Basic Sciences Engineering Initiative. He leads the Functional Characterization Center as part of the Stanford Impact Genomic Variation Function Consortium and serves as the Associate Director at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Genomic Mechanisms of Disease at the Broad Institute. Engreitz's research focuses on mapping regulatory wiring of the genome to understand the genetic basis of heart diseases, particularly through innovative single-cell methods that integrate genomics and biochemistry. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of how genetic variants affect gene regulation, including developing large-scale CRISPR tools during his postdoctoral fellowship at the Broad Institute. Engreitz earned his PhD from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, where he studied genome regulation with notable figures such as Eric Lander. He has received support from prestigious institutions including the National Human Genome Research Institute and others. Beyond academics, he enjoys playing jazz and rock music, experimenting with Chinese recipes, and surfing.

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