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Geoffrey Schiebinger
Faculty
I'm interested in the interplay between theory and experiment in natural science. New measurement technologies like single-cell RNA sequencing are bringing ‘big data’ to biology. My group develops mathematical tools for analyzing time-courses of high-dimensional gene expression data, leveraging tools from optimal transport, at the intersection of probability, statistics, and optimization. With the theory we develop, we aim to answer questions like: How does a stem cell transform into a muscle cell, a skin cell, or a neuron? How can we reprogram a skin cell into a neuron?
Students and Postdocs
no-msc
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Contact
geoff@math.ubc.ca
604-822-4973
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