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Data science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Population Genetics, Genomics
Area of Expertise
Dr. August Woerner's research interests are generally in the areas of computation and population genetics, with a focus in forensics, bioinformatics and machine learning. August’s current research projects run the gamut from streamlining bioinformatics pipelines—making them faster and more user friendly—to machine learning and statistical approaches to processing and calling MPS data, to inference problems in population genetics and genomics.
Techniques
Many of the tools I use and develop are inferential and typically are either classical (maximum likelihood or Bayesian inference) or modern (typically, machine learning).
Education/Academic qualification
MS in Computer Science, University of Arizona
PhD in Genetics, University of Arizona
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Projects
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Better algorithms and chemistry for mixture interpretation
Woerner, A. (PI) & Budowle, B. (CoI)
NIJ: National Institute of Justice
1/01/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Development of a Mitochondrial Mixture Database and Interpretation Tool
Budowle, B. (PI) & Woerner, A. (CoI)
NIJ: National Institute of Justice
1/01/18 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
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Reducing Human Trafficking Through Forensics in Central America
Budowle, B. (PI) & Woerner, A. (CoI)
US Department of State Bureau of INL
20/09/17 → 20/09/18
Project: Research
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A Sustainable Approach to High Confidence Metagenomics Analysis of Complex Samples
Budowle, B. (PI) & Woerner, A. (CoI)
30/05/17 → 7/05/18
Project: Research
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Autosomal resequence data reveal late stone age signals of population expansion in Sub-Saharan African foraging and farming populations
Cox, M. P., Morales, D. A., Woerner, A. E., Sozanski, J., Wall, J. D. & Hammer, M. F., 29 Jul 2009, In: PLoS ONE. 4, 7, e6366.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gibbon genome and the fast karyotype evolution of small apes
Carbone, L., Alan Harris, R., Gnerre, S., Veeramah, K. R., Lorente-Galdos, B., Huddleston, J., Meyer, T. J., Herrero, J., Roos, C., Aken, B., Anaclerio, F., Archidiacono, N., Baker, C., Barrell, D., Batzer, M. A., Beal, K., Blancher, A., Bohrson, C. L., Brameier, M. & Campbell, M. S. & 73 others, , 11 Sep 2014, In: Nature. 513, 7517, p. 195-201 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Higher levels of Neanderthal ancestry in east Asians than in Europeans
Wall, J. D., Yang, M. A., Jay, F., Kim, S. K., Durand, E. Y., Stevison, L. S., Gignoux, C., Woerner, A., Hammer, M. F. & Slatkin, M., 2013, In: Genetics. 194, 1, p. 199-209 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Model-based analyses of whole-genome data reveal a complex evolutionary history involving archaic introgression in Central African Pygmies
Hsieh, P. H., Woerner, A. E., Wall, J. D., Lachance, J., Tishkoff, S. A., Gutenkunst, R. N. & Hammer, M. F., Mar 2016, In: Genome Research. 26, 3, p. 291-300 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modeling SNP array ascertainment with Approximate Bayesian Computation for demographic inference
Quinto-Cortés, C. D., Woerner, A. E., Watkins, J. C. & Hammer, M. F., 1 Dec 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 1, 10209.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review