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Christopher Mason

Title: WorldQuant Professor of Genomics and Computational Biomedicine; Director of the Initiative for Quantitative Prediction

Institution: Cornell

Discipline: Biology & Medicine

Appearances: 1

Notable: Principal Investigator for NASA Twins Study; Chair of NASA GeneLab steering committee (2018-2022); NIH Transformative R01 Award; NASA Group Achievement Award; Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Young Investigator Award; co-founded four biotech startups

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Biography

Christopher E. Mason is a genomicist and computational biologist whose lab identifies and characterizes essential genetic elements guiding the function of the human genome, with emphasis on elements orchestrating human brain development. He was a principal investigator for the NASA Twins Study and launched the PathoMap project to create the first genetic map of a city, leading to the International MetaSUB Consortium.

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