主讲人：Jeffrey Rogers, PhD
Associate Professor
Human Genome Sequencing Center and Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
邀请人：毛亚飞 上海交大Bio-X研究院
时 间：2026年10月8日（周四）13:30
地 点：闵行校区生物药学楼树华多功能厅
简 介：
Dr. Jeffrey Rogers is an Associate Professor in the Human Genome Sequencing Center and Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Rogers received his Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) and his PhD in Anthropology from Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut). His research has focused on the genetics and genomics of nonhuman primates. After completing his dissertation studies on the genetics of wild baboons in Tanzania, he did postdoctoral training at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (San Antonio) where he began combining studies of natural genetic variation with analyses of nonhuman primate models of human disease. He has collaborated with a diverse array of investigators, including experts in multiple human diseases as well as other researchers working on primate genomics. Dr. Rogers is currently a Core Scientist at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (Madison, Wisconsin), has served on Scientific Advisory committees for several other primate research centers and on multiple journal editorial boards and National Institutes of Health review committees.
摘 要：
This presentation will focus on whole genome analysis of nonhuman primates. My research involves population level studies of genetic variation in a wide range of primates, including both studies of natural populations in the wild and captive research colonies in the US. In this talk, I will present a background description explaining why studies of naturally occurring genetic variation among primates can lead to the discovery of damaging genetic variation in genes known to influence risk for disease in humans. I will discuss specific examples of primate disease models that we have identified in rhesus macaques and other nonhuman primates. The potential for additional discoveries and the strategies we are using to find new models of genetic disease will be summarized. I will also place the work we are doing with captive colonies of research primates into the broader context of genetic diversity across the many species of nonhuman primates.
