Ansuman Chattopadhyay, Ph.D.
•1990-1996
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
PhD. in Biochemistry
Protein synthesis initiation in eukaryotic system
•1997-2001
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville
Research Fellow
Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) mediated signal transduction
•2001-2002
Cellomics Inc., Pittsburgh
Knowledge Engineer
•2002- 2006
Information Specialist in Molecular Biology and Genetics
HSLS, University of Pittsburgh
•2006- Present
Head, Molecular Biology Information Service
HSLS, University of Pittsburgh
http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/molbio
ansuman@pitt.edu
Genomic achievements since the Human Genome Project
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Progress in Genomics
Source: Eric Green; HGP10 Symposium
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DNA Sequencing Cost
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Big DATA Biology
Multi-Gene
System-wide
High-throughput
Multi-Institution
Single Gene
Single Protein
Single lab
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Growth of PubMed Citations
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• Breast
Cancer
104K
• Schizophrenia
9.9K
• BRCA1
. p53
Lu et al. Database (Oxford). 2011: baq036
Aug 20th 2013
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Challenges for Biomedical Scientists
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GWAS
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Challenges for Biomedical Scientists
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Ansuman Chattopadhyay
ansuman@pitt.edu
http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/genetics