Tom Sasani, PhD

I’m a computational biologist using genetic data to better understand health and evolution.

Experience

Staff Research Scientist with Dr. Aaron Quinlan

2022 - present: developing new methods to analyze germline mutation and genome evolution

Senior Data Scientist @ Recursion Pharma

2021 - 2022: analyzed data from massive cellular imaging experiments to find new disease treatments

Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Kelley Harris

2020 - 2021: discovered genetic modifiers of the germline mutation rate in mice

Graduate Student with Dr. Aaron Quinlan

2015 - 2020: characterized patterns of germline mutation in large human families