About me...

As of July 15th 2018 I have started a position as an assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley. For more information about my research or joining the Sudmant Lab please check out our webpage - sudmantlab.org


I am a former Genentech Fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation and HHMI International Student Scholar. From 2014-2018 I was a postdoc with in Chris Burge's Lab at MIT. I completed my PhD in 2013 in Evan Eichler's lab in the Department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington. My research interests focus broadly on questions of diversity at different genomic scales. Specifically I'm interested in how aging differentially impacts molecular processes among varied cell types / genotypes / disease states. I currently live in Berkeley CA.



Selected Publications

Sudmant PH, Lee H, Dominguez D, Goyal MS, Raichle ME, Heiman M, Burge CB. Widespread accumulation of ribosome-associated isolated 3' UTRs in specific neuronal cell of the aging brain. Under Review

Sudmant PH, Alexis MS, Burge CB, Meta-analysis of RNA-seq expression data across species, tissues and studies. 2015. Genome biology - 26694591.

Sudmant PH, Mallick S, Nelson BJ, Hormozdiari F, Krumm N, Huddleston J, Coe BP, Baker C, Nordenfelt S, Bamshad M, Jorde LB, Posukh OL, Sahakyan H, Watkins WS, Yepiskoposyan L, Abdullah MS, Bravi CM, Capelli C, Hervig T, Wee JT, Tyler-Smith C, van Driem G, Romero IG, Jha AR, Karachanak-Yankova S, Toncheva D, Comas D, Henn B, Kivisild T, Ruiz-Linares A, Sajantila A, Metspalu E, Parik J, Villems R, Starikovskaya EB, Ayodo G, Beall CM, Di Rienzo A, Hammer MF, Khusainova R, Khusnutdinova E, Klitz W, Winkler C, Labuda D, Metspalu M, Tishkoff SA, Dryomov S, Sukernik R, Patterson N, Reich D, Eichler EE, Global diversity, population stratification, and selection of human copy-number variation. 2015. Science - 26249230.

Sudmant PH*, Rausch T*, Gardner EJ*, Handsaker RE*, Abyzov A*, Huddleston J*, Zhang Y*, Ye K*, Jun G, Fritz MH, Konkel MK, Malhotra A, Stütz AM, Shi X, Casale FP, Chen J, Hormozdiari F, Dayama G, Chen K, Malig M, Chaisson MJP, Walter K, Meiers S, Kashin S, Garrison E, Auton A, Lam HYK, Mu XJ, Alkan C, Antaki D, Bae T, Cerveira E, Chines P, Chong Z, Clarke L, Dal E, Ding L, Emery S, Fan X, Gujral M, Kahveci F, Kidd JM, Kong Y, Lameijer EW, McCarthy S, Flicek P, Gibbs RA, Marth G, Mason CE, Menelaou A, Muzny DM, Nelson BJ, Noor A, Parrish NF, Pendleton M, Quitadamo A, Raeder B, Schadt EE, Romanovitch M, Schlattl A, Sebra R, Shabalin AA, Untergasser A, Walker JA, Wang M, Yu F, Zhang C, Zhang J, Zheng-Bradley X, Zhou W, Zichner T, Sebat J, Batzer MA, McCarroll SA, 1000 Genomes Project Consortium, Mills RE, Gerstein MB, Bashir A, Stegle O, Devine SE, Lee C, Eichler EE, Korbel JO, An integrated map of structural variation in 2,504 human genomes. 2015. Nature - 26432246.

Sudmant PH, Huddleston J, Catacchio CR, Malig M, Hillier LW, Baker C, Mohajeri K, Kondova I, Antonacci F, Ventura M, Prado-Martinez J, Marques-Bonet T, Eichler EE. Evolution and diversity of copy number variation in the great ape lineage. Genome research 2013

Prado-Martinez J*, Sudmant PH*, Kidd JM, Li H, Kelley JL, Lorente-Galdos B, Veeramah KR, Woerner AE, O'Connor TD, (64 additional co-authors), Eichler EE, Marques-Bonet T. Great ape genetic diversity and population history. Nature. 2013

Sudmant PH*, Kitzman JO*, Antonacci F, Alkan C, Malig M, Tsalenko A, Sampas N, Bruhn L, Shendure J. 1000 Genomes Project, Eichler EE. Diversity of human copy number variation and multicopy genes. Science. 2010

* denotes equal contribution



In the news...

MIT News - January 2018 - School of Science Infinite Kilometer Awards for 2017

MIT News - October 2017 - Department of Biology hosts its first Science Slam

The Scientist - August 2015 - Genomic Elements Reveal Human Diversity

Nature News - October 2015 - Human genomics: The end of the start for population sequencing

UW Daily - July 2013 - Great ape genome reveals new evolutionary history

Guardian Express - July 2013 - Apes Humans BFFs

Der Spiegel - July 2013 - Menschenaffen: Inzucht hinterl�sst Spuren im Gorilla-Genom

UW Today - July 2013 - Great ape genetic diversity catalog frames primate evolution and future conservation

Live Science - July 2013 - Chimp Genetic History Stranger Than Humans'

HNGN - July 2013 - DNA Study Reveals Genetic Variations Among Members of Great Ape Family

Science News and Analysis - May 2013 - More Genomes From Denisova Cave Show Mixing of Early Human Groups

John Hawks Blog - Oct 2010 - Copy number variation in 1000 Genomes

Science News and Analysis - Oct 2010 - 1000 Genomes Project Gives New Map of Genetic Diversity