Evan Eichler

Evan Eichler is a Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator of Genome Sciences. He received his Ph.D. from Baylor College of Medicine. After his postdoctoral fellowship at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, he joined Case Western Reserve University in 1997 and the University of Washington in 2004. His research group provided the first genome-wide view of segmental duplications within human and primate genomes. He is a leader in identifying and sequencing normal and disease-causing structural variation in the human genome. The long-term goal of his research is to understand the evolution and mechanisms of recent gene duplication and its relationship to copy number variation and human disease.

PUBLICATIONS

Coe BP, Witherspoon K, Rosenfeld JA, van Bon BW, Vulto-van Silfhout AT, Bosco P, Friend KL, Baker C, Buono S, Vissers LE, Schuurs-Hoeijmakers JH, Hoischen A, Pfundt R, Krumm N, Carvill GL, Li D, Amaral D, Brown N, Lockhart PJ, Scheffer IE, Alberti A, Shaw M, Pettinato R, Tervo R, de Leeuw N, Reijnders MR, Torchia BS, Peeters H, Thompson E, O'Roak BJ, Fichera M, Hehir-Kwa JY, Shendure J, Mefford HC, Haan E, Gecz J, de Vries BB, Romano C, Eichler EE. (2014). Refining analyses of copy number variation identifies specific genes associated with developmental delay. Nat Genet Oct;46(10):1063-71.

Bernier R, Golzio C, Xiong B, Stessman HA, Coe BP, Penn O, Witherspoon K, Gerdts J, Baker C, Vulto-van Silfhout AT, Schuurs-Hoeijmakers JH, Fichera M, Bosco P, Buono S, Alberti A, Failla P, Peeters H, Steyaert J, Vissers LE, Francescatto L, Mefford HC, Rosenfeld JA, Bakken T, O'Roak BJ, Pawlus M, Moon R, Shendure J, Amaral DG, Lein E, Rankin J, Romano C, de Vries BB, Katsanis N, Eichler EE.(2014). Disruptive CHD8 mutations define a subtype of autism early in development. Cell Jul 17;158(2):263-76.

Huddleston J, Ranade S, Malig M, Antonacci F, Chaisson M, Hon L, Sudmant PH, Graves TA, Alkan C, Dennis MY, Wilson RK, Turner SW, Korlach J,Eichler EE. (2014). Reconstructing complex regions of genomes using long-read sequencing technology. Genome Res Apr;24(4):688-96.

Nuttle X, Huddleston J, O'Roak BJ, Antonacci F, Fichera M, Romano C, Shendure J, Eichler EE. (2013). Rapid and accurate large-scale genotyping of duplicated genes and discovery of interlocus gene conversions. Nat Methods Aug;10(9):903-9.

O'Roak BJ, Vives L, Fu W, Egertson JD, Stanaway IB, Phelps IG, Carvill G, Kumar A, Lee C, Ankenman K, Munson J, Hiatt JB, Turner EH, Levy R, O'Day DR, Krumm N, Coe BP, Martin BK, Borenstein E, Nickerson DA, Mefford HC, Doherty D, Akey JM, Bernier R, Eichler EE, Shendure J. (2012). Multiplex targeted sequencing identifies recurrently mutated genes in autism spectrum disorders. Science Dec 21;338(6114):1619-22.