Cancer Bioinformatics - Fertig Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Lab Information

Research Areas

Systems biology and bioinformatics
Single cell technologies and algorithm development
Pattern detection and semi-supervised algorithms
Precision medicine in cancer
"What Netflix can teach us about treating cancer"
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Podcast with Dr. Fertig on mathematics in cancer research.

Recent News

Recent work published in Neuron and Cell Systems develops new algorithms for single cell genomics to track cellular transitions in the developing retina "Finding a cell's true identity"
See our recent review to learn more about applications of matrix factorization to genomics Stein-O'Brien et al. Enter the matrix: factorization uncovers knowledge from omics.

Funding

NIH/NCI R01 and U01
Johns Hopkins University Allegheny Award
NCI GI SPORE Pilot Award
CZI Collaborative Computational Tools for the Human Cell Atlas