Mitchell Vollger

Mitchell Vollger is an Assistant Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Utah, specializing in computational tools for analyzing complex genomic regions. His research focuses on segmental duplications, gene regulation, evolution, and neurogenesis, with collaborations in the Telomere-to-Telomere Consortium and Human Pangenome Reference Consortium.

Education:

• B.S.E. from Princeton University
• Ph.D. from University of Washington

Research Interests:

• Development of computational methods for genome assembly and analysis
• Regulatory networks of duplicated genes
• Role of segmental duplications in human evolution and disease
• Integration of long-read sequencing technologies with chromatin biology
• Human-specific traits in neurogenesis

Recent Publications: His work spans genomics, bioinformatics, and epigenetics, addressing challenges like DNA methylation calling, haplotype-resolved gene regulation, and mutation dynamics in segmental duplications. Tools like StainedGlass highlight his contributions to visualizing genomic structures.

Laboratory: The Vollger Lab develops innovative approaches to decode rapidly evolving regions of the human genome. Contact: mrvollger@genetics.utah.edu