Peter Audano III, Ph.D.
Computational Scientist
Developing tools for genome variant discovery with a focus on complex rearrangements and long-read sequencing.
Pete has been in the computing industry since 2000 where he worked and earned his BS in Computer Science from Southern Polytechnic State University (now Kennesaw University). In 2012, he left the computing industry to pursue an MS and a PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology where he developed variant discovery techniques in bacteria and was involved in several small cancer studies with Dr. Fredrik Vannberg. In 2016, he joined the University of Washington under Dr. Evan Eichler where he developed methods to apply long-reads to structural variant discovery. In 2021, he joined the Jackson Laboratory under Dr. Christine Beck to study mechanisms of structural variation.
Education and experience
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Bioinformatics
Advisor: Fredrik Vannberg
2014-2016
Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S., Bioinformatics
Advisor: Fredrik Vannberg
2012-2014
Southern Polytechnic State University
B.S., Computer Science
2002-2008
Experience
The Jackson Laboratory
Research Scientist, Beck Lab
2021 - present
University of Washington
Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Eichler Lab
2020 - 2021
University of Washington
Bioinformatics Specialist, Eichler lab
2016 - 2020
IBM / Internet Security System
Technical Support / Product Lead / Performance QA
2005 - 2012
Earthlink
Technical Support / Web Hosting Support / Employee Helpdesk
2001 - 2012
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Research HighlightFebruary 22, 2024Improving the analyses of whole genome sequence data
Christine Beck and Peter Audano are at the forefront of research involving long-read sequence data. They are particularly interested in structural variants, where segments of the genome are deleted, inserted, duplicated or inverted.
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Research HighlightAugust 23, 2023New insights from fully sequencing 43 human Y chromosomes
New research presents the complete sequences of multiple human Y chromosomes from lineages from around the globe for the first time. This provides an essential step forward in understanding the roles of the Y chromosome in human evolution and biology.