Division of Bioinformatics
Department of Preventive Medicine
Seminar Speaker Series
Hosted by
Dr. Benjamin Berman
Presents
JASON ERNST, PhD
Assistant Professor
UCLA Department of Biological Chemistry
"Genome-wide interplay between chromatin states,
transcription factor binding, and regulatory motifs across
multiple human cell types"
Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.
McKibben Lecture Hall, Room 149
USC Health Sciences Campus
(By Pappas Memorial Quad)
Dr. Ernst received his doctoral degree from Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer
Science. He holds a PhD in Machine Learning since August 2008. The title of his thesis is,
Computational Methods for Modeling and Analyzing Gene Regulation Dynamics, with a M.S in
Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. Dr. Ernst holds a B.S. from University of Maryland
College Park in Computer Science, graduated with High Honors, Mathematics with Honors, and
received a University Honors Program Citation.
Dr. Ernst most recent research positions include: University of California, Los Angeles Assistant
Professor at the Department of Biological Chemistry, since January 2012; Member of Faculty
Committee for the Interdepartmental PhD Program in Bioinformatics; Member of Jonsson
Comprehensive Cancer Center Gene Regulation Program Area; Member of Eli & Edythe Broad
Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA and Member of the Molecular
Biology Institute.
Light lunch will be served!
Contact: Pauline Martinez, Assistant to Dr. Paul Thomas, 323-442-7799;
pauline.martinez@med.usc.edu.