Wei Lab in Computational Genetics

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We are a group of computational biologists, human geneticists, statisticians, and computer scientists, who develop more accurate and scalable computational methods that utilize massive genomic datasets to gain new insights into fundamental evolutionary processes. A recent focus in the Wei lab is to improve scalability in computational genetics methods through improving data structure by using graphs. Recent research topics in the lab include understanding demographic history, natural selection, complex traits, and gene conversion.

In this lab, we believe that research should be curiosity-driven, collaborative, and inclusive. We regard all questions worthy, and we encourage people to be inquisitive. We strive to culture an environment where everyone feels fully supported in their scientific pursuits, regardless of age, gender, sex, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, language, culture, origin, and upbringing.

The Wei lab is based in the Department of Computational Biology at Cornell University. Our research is currently supported by both NIH and NSF. To learn more about the goals of the lab, please check out our research interests and the publications pages.