The Blekhman lab's focus is on Population, Evolutionary, and Medical Genomics in humans and other primates. We are interested in understanding how genetic variation between individuals, populations, and species creates a wide range of phenotypic diversity. The lab generates genomic data, and employs computational, statistical, network-theory, data mining, and population-genetic approaches, with the goal of achieving a comprehensive understanding of the genetic basis underlying specific complex traits and diseases.
